Sentences with phrase «said armed police»

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«We sell most of our guns to civilians in their homes, so our police need to be at least as well armed as our citizens,» he says, adding that civilians can only buy semi-automatic rifles while police and military buy the fully - automatic version.

Highlighting a dark side to its popularity, the game was used by four teens in Missouri to lure nearly a dozen victims into armed robberies, police and media reports said.

«We should be focused on arming law enforcement,» said Mr. Scott, who has proposed helping school districts pay for an armed police officer or sheriff's deputy at every school, and for every 1,000 students in large high schools.

One Coral Springs police officer, armed with a rifle, said he positioned himself near a parking lot in case the killer started firing down from inside the school.

The armed police officer on the Douglas campus never encountered him, police said.

PARKLAND, Fla. — A heavily armed 19 - year - old who had been expelled from a South Florida high school opened fire on campus shortly before classes let out Wednesday, killing 17 people while terrified students barricaded themselves inside classrooms, police said.

A man in a Ford - 150 pickup truck drove by, extended his arm and sprayed with a large can, police said.

He said: «One of the leaders tells us that there are armed police outside... that we are to lock all doors and get away from the windows.

Police also claim that they thought Harris could have been armed and on PCP (which is unconfirmed), saying that the shooting was «inadvertent» (they say Bates meant to fire his Taser) and that he was «absolutely a threat when going down.»

«There was an 11 - year - old boy playing in the park and he was struck in the [arm], sort of a graze wound,» said police spokesman Hector Alfaro.

An 11 - year - old boy was shot in the arm, and an 18 - year - old person was shot in the chest at about 6:30 p.m. in the 7400 block of North Wolcott Avenue, police spokesman Eugene Mullins said.

Orland Park police hosted two training classes open to law enforcement officials around the region and hired former Olympia Fields police chief and law enforcement instructor Jeff Chudwin to give Orland Park officers guidance on legal and practical issues presented by the law, such as politely but quickly asking whether a driver is armed during a traffic stop, Kenealy said.

A frozen yogurt store worker was burned on the arm when a «furious» customer threw hot caramel on him, but he later overheard the woman bragging about it at a Wicker Park Blue Line station and summoned police who arrested her, officials said.

In the second set of robberies, police arrested five juveniles, three 13 - year - olds and two 15 - year - olds, who are suspected in six strong - arm robberies on Division Street near Wells and LaSalle Streets, Kusinski said.

The person hit a boulder and suffered an injury to the arm shortly after 6 a.m., police said.

«The mayor was concerned by reports about the use of armed officers but has been reassured by [Met commissioner] Sir Paul Stephenson there is no intention of using armed police in routine manner,» she said.

(And before you berate me for saying I'm arguing for lawlessness, because people break the law anyway, no: I'm arguing, as with arming the police, that there is a good pragmatic argument for not doing so.

Following these happenings, especially ahead of a crucial election in November, TV3 network reported sources at the Police Regional Headquarters to have said those crimes are not mere armed robbery attacks as they suspect terrorism, considering the manner with which the criminals conduct their operation.

«The police are currently holding five persons who are said to be connected to the circumstances leading to the lynching of Capt. Maxwell Adam Mahama, whom they claimed they mistook for an armed robber,» the Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said

When Sergeant Hugh Barry was called to respond to the home of Bronx woman Deborah Danner on Tuesday night, he initially found her armed with a scissor, police said.

Describing the Chancellor's plans announced in the Autumn Statement as «ideologically driven», Mr Cable said the police, armed forces and social care would be severely hit by the proposals.

«The governor no matter where he is goes, he's protected by contingent of armed State Police,» Russo said.

The Katsina State Police Command said it recovered no fewer than 198 illegal arms from herdsmen and cattle rustlers in the state.

Fayose said it was strange for serving military generals to be interrogated by junior police officers, adding that «The president should not act in a way that he will be perceived as ridiculing the armed forces.»

The police spokesman said it was the confession by one of the criminals allegedly armed by Melaye that prompted his invitation by the police.

Amba said the police recovered arms and ammunition from the suspects, including two locally - made single - barrelled pistols; two live ammunition; five 9 mm live ammunition and some charms.

Police officials said they considered Thevenin was considered armed because he was using his vehicle as a weapon.

There have also been several complaints from Ghanaians in other parts of the country who say armed robbers have been terrorizing them without any help from the police.

On July 22, 2010, police said Fowler Jr. was slashed on the arm with a razor blade while trying to break up a fight in front of the Seals Community Center at Kirk Park.

Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum says his department is ready to join the growing list of police agencies which employ aerial drones for everything from reconstructing traffic accidents to resolving armed standoffs.

Rensselaer County D.A. Joel Abelove says because Faison was armed, the shooting does not fall under the recent executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo empowering Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to review police - citizen encounters that end in a civilian death.

The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested no fewer than 248 suspects in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, murders, rape, cultism, among others in the state.

DSP Folashade Odoro, the Police Public Relation Officer of the command, who confirmed the incident, said two of the armed robbers were killed during cross fire.

Metropolitan police commissioner Ian Blair today unveiled a new temporary taskforce in response to the shootings and said there would «be an increase in intelligence - led armed interventions and high visibility policing in certain locations».

Scores of heavily armed police stormed the party's headquarters five minutes after the violence to forestall any reprisal, after the Invisible Forces repelled attacks from the group from Kasoa, Afreh said.

He said: «The police are prosecuting 155 of the armed robbery cases while the rest are being investigated.

The state Commissioner of Police, Olukolu Tahir Shina, who confirmed the abduction said the nurse was abducted at his residence Tuesday morning by hoodlums armed with locally manufactured guns.

In his explanation, IG Idris said the withdrawal of the ADC was based on the previous experience the police recorded whereby the military caught an ADC to an unnamed governor escorting a vehicle loaded with arms on Election Day.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the police and the armed forces to deal decisively with these killings and to ensure that the perpetrators are found and punished.

The Police Command in Enugu State on Sunday says it has arrested one Nnadi Daniel, a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping suspect in Uzo - Uwani Local Government Area of the state.

The Police spokesperson said that the fleeing armed robbers also made away with the police officer's Toyota CamrPolice spokesperson said that the fleeing armed robbers also made away with the police officer's Toyota Camrpolice officer's Toyota Camry car.

Two suspected notorious armed robbers who the Police say have been terrorizing residents in the Ashanti Region have been shot dead The two, who whose nicknames have been given as 50 Cent and Lumba, were killed Tuesday dawn in a sting operation by the Ashanti Regional Police Command to capture them.

«When a police officer stops and makes inquiry of an individual about to burglarize a location, the officer has stopped the burglary,» Kelly said, «When an officer stops and makes an inquiry of people looking to strong - arm a bodega, they have stopped a burglary, or worse.»

Forte, 21, was shot in the arm, police said.

The Police said, «On Sunday being 13th May 2018, at about 1.30 am, based on credible intelligence, IRT Operatives attached to Operation Absolute Sanity launched by IGP Ibrahim Idris arrested one of the most wanted kidnapper / armed robber and Killers within Maraban Yakawada, Giwa local government area of Kaduna state.

Two shootings on the J'Ouvert parade route before dawn on Monday killed Borel and Poyau and injured several others, including a 72 - year - old woman who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the arm, police said.

Iwuagwu said that the money was part of N 557,995,065, donated by the Bayelsa Government to the Nigeria Police Force for the purchase of arms and ammunition

The Plateau State Police Command on Friday said all is set to clamp down on those in possession of illegal arms across the state starting from...

However, Troy police officials had said they believed the 37 - year - old was armed — with his car — and that he allegedly drove forward and pinned French's legs against the officer's police cruiser before he opened fire.

Ajisebutu who said that the Police had began investigation to unravel the circumstances that surrounded the killing, also disclosed that the officer was killed by armed robbers and not Fulani herdsmen.