Tag: US police

“Mom, Mom, Mom”: Videos of fatal police beating up man in US released

Footage of US police beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month, leading to injuries from which he later died has been released.

January 28, 2023

8 injured in shooting at US mall in Wisconsin, gunman missing

The shooter was identified by police as a "white male in his 20s or 30s."

November 21, 2020

Bail set at $1 million for US police officer Derek Chauvin charged with George Floyd’s murder

Floyd died in Minneapolis after Chauvin, a white police officer, held him down with a knee on his neck though he repeatedly pleaded, 'I can’t breathe,' and 'please, I can’t breathe'

June 9, 2020

US man fatally stabbed with daughter on lap

A man was having dinner with his daughter sitting on his lap when he was fatally stabbed by a homeless man in a random attack in Southern California. Anthony Mele was dining at a steakhouse on Wednesday when 49-year-old Jamal Jackson stabbed him in the neck. He died on Thursday but his daughter was not...

April 23, 2018

Girl called ‘terrorist’, attacked in Virginia hate crime

A 13-year-old girl in a headscarf was attacked in the US state of Virginia and police are treating the incident as a hate crime. Police officials said they believed the girl was targeted “because of her religious attire”, according to a Washington Post report on Tuesday. The incident happened on April 6 while the teenager...

April 10, 2018

17 killed in Florida school shooting, ex-student arrested

At least 17 students and teachers were killed as a heavily-armed 19-year-old went on a shooting spree outside and inside his former high school in Florida state in the US, authorities said. The shooter was arrested an hour later. The horrific violence unfolded on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, which ironically was...

February 15, 2018

17 dead in Florida school shooting; suspect in custody

At least 17 people, including students, were killed after a former student opened fire at a Florida high school, law enforcement officials said on Thursday. The shooting suspect, identified as Nicolas Cruz, has been taken into custody. The FBI is assisting local officials in the investigation. “Nicolas Cruz was the killer. He is in custody....

February 15, 2018

Student from Punjab shot dead by robbers at grocery store in US

A 21-year-old Indian student has been shot dead allegedly by four armed robbers, including an Indian-origin man, at a grocery store in the US state of California, according to a media report. Dharampreet Singh Jasser was on duty at a grocery store next to a gas station in Fresno city in California on Tuesday night when four...

November 16, 2017

US police find body ‘most likely’ of missing Indian girl Sherin

Police in the US today discovered the body of a child, which they say is “most likely” of a three-year-old Indian girl who went missing two weeks ago. Sherin Mathews, who has developmental issues and limited verbal communication skills, was last seen outside her family’s backyard in Richardson city in Texas on October 7 after...

October 23, 2017

Man detained near White House with 9 weapons in vehicle: Police

Washington D.C. police on Monday said that they found at least nine weapons including assault-style weapons in a former police officer’s car after stopping him for urinating near the White House. The man, identified as 37-year-old Timothy Joseph Bates from the southern US state of Tennessee, is facing charges that include illegal possession of firearms,...

September 26, 2017