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“It’s really dark without him,” Stephanie Diller tearfully tells me, as she tenderly speaks of her husband, NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, killed in the line of duty Monday. I think of that Friday strangely termed “good” on that hill called Calvary. Although mid-day, the Gospel tells us, “There was darkness over all the earth.” Such sadness so gripped the world that it trembled with spasms of grief as earthquakes erupted. Here was a man of love, goodness, mercy, and truth viciously slain, on that cross, dying for us. This was the teacher who observed, “Greater love than this no one...

https://www.odmp.org/officer/26983-police-officer-jonathan-diller More to follow pending the media handling of this incident

The Brackenridge police chief was killed and another officer was injured after shots were fired in Brackenridge on Monday. The injured officer, a Tarentum police patrolman, has been released from the hospital according to the police department. The incident prompted a heavy police presence as investigators searched for the suspect, 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan, Jr. Swan was shot and killed by police after a chase and an exchange of gunfire in the city of Pittsburgh. Here is what else we know so far: Shooting incident Allegheny County police said the first encounter with Swan began Sunday night when Pennsylvania State...

The 34-year-old man involved in a Thursday shooting that left both himself and a Lebanon police officer dead had mental health issues and had strangled a former girlfriend multiple times, court documents said. Travis Shaud was unemployed and on disability because of his mental illness last year when his ex-girlfriend and mother of his 1-year-old child filed a protection of abuse order against him, Lebanon County documents said. Shaud’s criminal record before the fatal shootout Thursday wasn’t extensive, but two assault charges, accounts from his neighbors and his own social media posts paint a troubled portrait of him. Police said...

A Lebanon, Pa., police lieutenant killed responding to a call Thursday afternoon was just a month away from retirement after spending 40 years on the force, the city’s mayor said. Lt. William Lebo, 63, had a May 1, 2022, retirement date planned, Mayor Sherry Capello said during a news conference Friday about a shooting that also landed two of Lebo’s coworkers in the hospital. Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf said officers were called to the 1100 block of Forest Street in Lebanon at 3:30 p.m. Thursday for a domestic dispute that turned out to be a burglary. Four...

One Lebanon City police officer was killed and two others were injured in a shooting Thursday that happened as they were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance, city officials said. The officers were called to the 1100 block of Forest Street in Lebanon at 3:30 p.m., Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said. At 4:24 p.m., shots were exchanged between officers and a suspect, and three officers were hit, Capello said. One officer died, Capello said. One of the surviving officers was in critical but stable condition Thursday night. The other officer was in stable condition. Lebanon City Police Chief...

Two NYPD officers were reportedly shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call in Harlem Friday evening. NBC New York reports that the shooting occurred “on West 135th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.” The New York Post notes that the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. and observed that the domestic incident was “between a mother and son.”

The mother of two brothers charged in the murder of a Chicago police officer has been arrested after scuffling with police and guards, kicking one of them, while trying to visit her son in the hospital, police said. Evalena Flores was arrested at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after she ran down a hall and confronted Chicago police officers and security guards posted outside the room of Emonte Morgan, Oak Lawn police said. Flores tried to push by them, demanding to see her son, and kicked one of the guards in the groin, police...

When Chicago Police officer Ella French was murdered after a traffic stop on another bloody weekend in the city of anarchy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot made her “big speech.” Mayors always make “the big speech” when a police officer is killed in the line of duty. And the one Lightfoot delivered on Sunday was typical of others I’ve seen. It was somber and sought to bridge the divide between police critics and supporters and protect her own flanks. And it was deeply political, because she used it to cover her own flanks. But Lightfoot forgot an important part. She forgot to...

The father the male Chicago police officer wounded in Saturday night’s attack reportedly “excoriated” Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) face to face when she arrived at the hospital where the officer was being treated. Breitbart News pointed out Chicago PD officer Ella French and her partner were shot Saturday night during a traffic stop just after 9 p.m. French was killed in the attack and her male partner was wounded and hospitalized in critical condition.

LEVELLAND, Texas (KCBD) - An LSO SWAT Commander was killed and four other officers were injured in a deadly SWAT standoff in Levelland. Law enforcement secured the area near 10th Street and Avenue J around 2 p.m. Thursday, and worked to push back the perimeter as the subject, later identified by law enforcement as 22-year-old Omar Soto-Chavira, fired shots “in all directions” from inside. Soto-Chavira then surrendered to officers around 11:30 p.m. He was transported to Lubbock to be treated for his injuries. Three responding officers were treated for their injuries and released. Sgt. Shawn Wilson with Levelland Police was...

LONGWOOD, Bronx (WABC) -- An NYPD officer was shot while sitting in a marked police van, sources say. The officer was shot in the neck and chin on 906 Simpson St. in Longwood just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Sources say the suspect walked up, started asking directions and then opened fire at the officer. The officers then fired back.

The suspect in the shooting fled the scene and was later located in a nearby apartment. Once police entered the residence, officials say the suspect was confirmed dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mooresville K9 Officer Jordan Harris Sheldon, 32, was shot during a routine traffic stop on West Plaza Drive shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday. He was transported from the scene, but officials say he later died from his injuries. Sheldon served with the Mooresville Police Department for six years. The suspect in the shooting fled the scene and was later located in a nearby...

Officials refused to say the name of the gunman involved in the west Texas shooting out loud during a press conference Sunday. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke began the update by noting that the investigation into the shooting that left seven dead and 22 injured is still active and ongoing. “There are still multiple crime scenes that are being worked. There are no definitive answers as to motive or reasons at this point. But we are fairly certain that the subject did act alone,” Gerke, who was accompanied by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. “You’ll notice that I’m not naming...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police were responding to an active shooting scene in the city's Tioga section. There was word that possibly two officers were shot. It happened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. One officer has been shot in the head and is listed in critical condition while another officer was shot in the arm. No word on the other officer's condition at this time. Both were taken to Temple University Hospital.

Officer Andre Moye was shot and killed after conducting a traffics top near the junction of I-215 and Eastridge Avenue in Riverside. As Officer Moye completed paperwork to impound the vehicle the driver retrieved a rifle from it and opened fire. Despite being mortally wounded, Officer Moye was able to radio for assistance. Officers from the California Highway Patrol, Riverside Police Department, and Riverside County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and engaged the subject in a prolonged shootout. Two other officers were wounded and the subject was killed. The subject who shot him had previously served 10 years in...

One California Highway Patrol officer was killed and two were injured on Monday in a gun battle in Riverside, California, a department spokesman said. A suspect was injured and neutralized, according to NBC Los Angeles. Police officers returned fire when the suspect shot at them during a traffic stop, said Riverside Police Department spokesman Ryan Railsback. The incident took place at about 5.35 p.m. local time, and shots were heard as police pulled a fellow officer out of the line of fire, according to NBC Los Angeles. “One officer was transported to the county hospital in Moreno Valley in our...

Three Auburn police officers were shot, one killed, and an overnight manhunt for the military-veteran suspect considered armed and extremely dangerous continued Monday morning by dozens of law enforcement agencies until the suspect was caught hours later. The man arrested was found about a mile away from where the incident unfolded late Sunday night off Wire Road in south Auburn, in what started as a police response to a call of domestic disturbance. Veteran Auburn police officer William Buechner, on the force since April 2006, was killed. Auburn officers Webb Sistrunk, serving since 2011, and Evan Elliott, serving less than...

The trial of a man charged with killing two Southern California police officers in an ambush-style attack began with tears Wednesday, as jurors cried when the prosecutor in the case held up the AR-15 rifle used in the killings and described the fatal wounds. Prosecutor Manny Bustamante told jurors in opening statements that admitted gang member John Hernandez Felix targeted the officers simply because they were police. Some cried as he spoke of their wounds. Palm Springs Officers Lesley Zerebny and Jose "Gil" Vega were killed while responding to a domestic violence call at Felix's mother's house on Oct. 8,...

An NYPD detective was shot and killed while responding to a robbery at a cellphone store in Queens Tuesday night, and NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill says it appears to be "an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire." Det. Brian Simonsen, 42, was killed after being hit by gunfire at the T-Mobile store at Atlantic Avenue and 120th Street in Richmond Hill, according to a preliminary investigation, O'Neill said. Simonsen was a 19-year veteran. Two separate 911 callers reported a robbery in progress at the store and at least one of the callers said two employees had been forced at gunpoint...