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Police: Man shot after hitting officer with car

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A standoff ended with the death of a handcuffed burglary suspect who hit a Montana police officer with his own patrol car before the officer opened fire, authorities said. The 29-year-old man was in the back seat of the idling patrol car Sunday afternoon when he somehow

Police kill gunman, find 3 more dead in Colo. home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 6th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) - SWAT officers who stormed a Colorado home where a gunman had holed up found a horrific scene - four dead bodies including that of the gunman. Police said the armed man fired shots at officers Saturday from a second-story window before

UPDATE: 4 People Dead After Hours-Long Police Standoff At A Colorado Home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Four people, including an armed suspect, died during an hours-long police standoff Saturday at a Colorado townhome, authorities said. An Aurora police department SWAT team responded after shots were heard at the townhome at 3 a.m., said Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee

4 dead after police standoff at a Colo. townhome

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A gunman barricaded inside his Colorado home fired shots at police from a second-story window before he was killed as SWAT officers stormed the home Saturday. Once inside, they found the bodies of three other adults, authorities said. The

Feds: 2nd inmate who escaped Chicago jail captured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By CARYN ROUSSEAUAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Weeks after a pair of bank robbers made a daring escape from a downtown Chicago high-rise jail, police said Friday they captured the last of the two men but didn't notice him at first because he had disguised himself as an older person. Kenneth

Trial begins for 2 men accused of funding Taliban

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

MIAMI (AP) - An elderly Muslim cleric and his son funneled thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban to fund killings, kidnappings and suicide bombings "in the name of a perverted form of the Muslim faith," a prosecutor said Friday. That was the characterization of Assistant U.S. Attorney John

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press MOPTI, Mali (AP) - Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, erecting a formidable set of defenses to protect what has essentially become al-Qaida's new

NEW DETAILS: Man Killed In North Spokane; Murderer At Large

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

UPDATE: Aaron Cummings died from a gunshot wound to the chest in a gang-related shooting in Spokane on Sunday evening, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner and Spokane Police officials Monday. The prime suspect for the shooting is Salvador Rivera-Romero, a known gang member who's

NEW DETAILS: Man Killed In North Spokane; Murderer At Large

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

N. Spokane SWAT Standoff Ends With No Arrests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane County SWAT team cleared the scene of a standoff after three hours without making any arrests. The standoff started just after 3:30pm Sunday afternoon at a home near Perry and Buckeye. Police say a woman called 911 to report that someone was being held against their