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Police shoot armed man at station; find suicide note in pocket

The man aimed a fake gun, forcing the officer to fire; the note claimed he had cancer and apologized for burdening police - Full Story

Fla. man killed by police after dousing self in gasoline, wielding scissors

The suicidal man came at officers and refused to back off, forcing the officers to fire - Full Story

Columns

Dr. Laurence Miller - Practical Police Psychology

Blue on Blue: Reactions to a cop-on-cop shooting

In a few, fortunately quite rare cases, a good guy becomes the bad guy and these encounters turn deadly - Full Story

Blue on Blue: Lessons from a tragic 2007 shooting

When one of your 'band of brothers' leaves the band - Full Story

Witness: Fatality at Wash. school possible suicide-by-cop

A teen who watched a man open fire near a high school in Issaquah, Wash. on Saturday has raised questions of whether the shooter wanted to harm people or if he sought gunfire from officers. Suicide by cop?

In-depth News

Fatal shooting of Boston man called "suicide-by-cop"

QUINCY, Mass. — Police shot and killed a 65-year-old Quincy man yesterday after he attacked officers with a knife as they responded to a report of an attempted suicide.

Police and an emergency unit responded to a 911 call and found James Hart with self-inflicted knife wounds inside a small shed. When officers tried to force Hart out of the small structure with a chemical spray, he ran out and attacked with a 12-inch kitchen knife.

Mr. Hart lunged at two of the officers while urging them to shoot him - Full Story