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New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell is stepping down after 18 months on the job NEW YORK -- New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to hold the position, is stepping down after 18 months on the job. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, announced the resignation in an email to department staff Monday afternoon. “While my time here will come to a close, I will never step away from advocacy and support for the NYPD, and I will always be a champion for the people of New York City,” she wrote. Adams, a Democrat, confirmed the move in a statement, thanking Sewell for her “steadfast leadership.” Sewell took over as commissioner when Adams, a former NYPD captain, became mayor in January 2022, having pledged beforehand to name a woman to the post. During her brief tenure, she oversaw a decrease in some categories of crime – including murders – while contending with several high-profile crises, including the fatal shooting of two officers dur...

A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay, a city official said Tuesday. The Indianola Board of Aldermen voted Monday night to immediately stop paying Sgt. Greg Capers, board member Marvin Elder said Tuesday. Capers, who is Black, had previously been suspended with pay, according to Carlos Moore, the attorney representing the family of the boy, Aderrien Murry. Moore said the family is still pushing to get Capers fired. "He needs to be terminated and he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Moore said. Aderrien Murry was hospitalized for five days with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and fractured ribs after Capers shot him in the chest May 20, Moore said. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is examining the case, as...

A veteran Indiana sergeant was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at a hospital early Monday, authorities said. A veteran Indiana sergeant was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at a hospital early Monday, authorities said. At about 12:50 a.m., Tell City Sgt. Heather Glenn and other officers responded to a disturbance at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, located near the Indiana-Kentucky border, Indiana State Police Sgt. John Davis said at a news conference. Police are investigating a shooting at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Indiana, July 3, 2023, that involved a police officer. NewsNation MORE: 30 injured, 2 fatally, in Baltimore mass shooting: 'It was a war zone' An altercation unfolded at the hospital between the officers and 34-year-old Sean Hubert, and shots were fired, Davis said. Glenn and Hubert were shot in an exchange of gunfire and both died at the scene, Davis said. Police are investigating a shooting at the...

Rudy Farias, now 25, had been reported missing since March 6, 2015, and was found outside a church on June 29, police said. In a stunning twist, a Texas man who was found outside a church last week, eight years after his mother reported him missing as a teenager, had never been missing in the first place, Houston police announced at a news conference Thursday. Rudy Farias, now 25, had been reported missing the day after he disappeared while walking his dogs on March 6, 2015, according to police. MORE: Missing teen found after 8 years, police say He was found outside a church on June 29, police said. Police announced Thursday that "Rudy returned home the following day on March 8, 2015," but his mother allegedly kept deceiving police, insisting her son was missing. A billboard for Rudy Farias who went missing in 2015, when he was walking his two dogs, was found eight years later in Houston. KTRK Both Farias and his mother had interactions with police over the years , during ...

A Las Vegas police officer accused of stealing nearly $165,000 in three casino heists is scheduled to face a jury as prosecutors paint him as a gambling addict who grew increasingly desperate under a crush of debt LAS VEGAS -- A trial for a Las Vegas police officer accused of stealing nearly $165,000 in a series of casino heists is set to begin Monday with prosecutors painting him as a gambling addict who grew increasingly desperate under a crush of debt. Prosecutors claim Caleb Rogers, 35, carried out three robberies over a span of four months while armed with a weapon issued by the police department. Rogers' attorney, Richard Pocker, said the government's evidence allegedly tying Rogers to two of the robberies is weak. He accused the FBI and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detectives of pressuring two people, including Rogers' brother, into identifying him as the suspect in the robberies to close out the cases. Rogers made off with more than $85,000 in the firs...

Las Vegas police say a man has taken a woman hostage at the Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino LAS VEGAS -- A man has taken a woman hostage inside the Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. The man pulled the woman into a hotel room around 9:15 a.m., police spokesman Capt. Steve Connell said. A chair and other items were thrown out a broken window and landed in the pool area below, he said. Officers have secured the area outside the room, Connell said. No shots have been fired, and it’s not clear if the man is armed. Broken glass and furniture fell intermittently for about an hour from a window of the Palace Tower, said Associated Press writer John Marshall, who was on vacation with family. A hotel desk employee said the hostage was taken on the 21st floor and guests on other floors were not evacuated or restricted from movements, said Marshall, whose room is on the fifth floor. “It looks like he’s pretty much emptied the room of furniture,” Marshall said...

Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for two suspects after an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old took place at the Willow Grove Mall. Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for two suspects after an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old took place at the Willow Grove Mall in Montgomery County Wednesday evening. The Abington Township Police Department received a call for an attempted child abduction at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, told police she was riding down an escalator of the mall when she was confronted by an adult male at the bottom. The man, who identified himself to her as "Alex," asked her to walk with him. The child then informed him that she was underage. When she attempted to step away from him, the man grabbed her arm and restrained her, forcibly taking her through the mall, Abington police said. The Abington Township Police Department released several photos of two men who all...

Police say a man fleeing a New York City drug bust crashed his motorcycle and died after a police sergeant threw a cooler at him in an attempt to stop him NEW YORK -- A man fleeing New York City police officers on a motorcycle died Wednesday after a sergeant hurled a plastic picnic cooler at his head from close range, causing a violent crash , authorities said. Eric Duprey, 30, who had three young children and worked as a delivery driver, was pronounced dead within minutes of being struck on a Bronx sidewalk. The sergeant, Erik Duran, was suspended without pay just hours later, an unusually quick disciplinary move by the NYPD. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has jurisdiction to probe deaths involving police, is investigating. Friends and acquaintances attended a vigil Thursday night for Duprey and a makeshift memorial of photographs, candles and other mementos grew on the spot where he died. Surveillance video viewed by The Associated Press showed Duprey driving the gas...

Police believe they may have found the body of 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell in a Georgia garbage facility. Police say his father is a suspect in the investigation. A body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia Thursday is believed to be missing 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell, whose father reported the child had been kidnapped during an armed robbery last week. The toddler's father was charged with lying about the robbery to police and has been identified as a suspect in the child's death. The identity of the child has not yet been confirmed as Mitchell, the East Point Police Department said. The medical examiner will officially identify the body. "We have not confirmed the identity of the child J'Asiah Mitchell; however, there is high probability based on the circumstances surrounding this case," police said in a statement. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images The body was found at the East Point Transfer Station on Thursday, according to police. Mitchell...

A grief-stricken family and school are mourning the shocking death of a college student who was shot and killed in Texas this week in an apparently random assault. A grief-stricken family and school are mourning the shocking death of a college student who was shot and killed in Texas this week in an apparently random assault. Wes Smith, a junior at Texas Christian University, was shot multiple times early Friday while standing on a sidewalk in Fort Worth's West 7th entertainment district, according to a police affidavit. A suspect arrested shortly after the attack allegedly admitted to shooting Smith three times for no discernable reason, according to the affidavit. MORE: 1 dead, 1 injured in apparent random shooting at Austin business: Police Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said Smith was killed "in a senseless act of gun violence." "Wes was a TCU student and a remarkable young man who impacted countless lives including my own son as a football coach for his middle...

Philadelphia's mayor says the city's police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, will step down this month to take a leadership position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will step down this month to help lead a New York-area transit system, the mayor said Tuesday, ending a turbulent three years in which she guided one of the country’s largest police forces through pandemic lockdowns, Black Lives Matter protests and frequent turmoil over race and policing. Outlaw, the first Black woman to run the 6,000-member department, came aboard just before the pandemic shutdown and quickly had to oversee the city's safety as intense protests broke out in Philadelphia and across the country in the summer of 2020 over the police killing of Black people. Her resignation comes just a few months before the end of Mayor Jim Kenney’s tenure and as the rates of homicides and other crimes have become a major issue in ...

A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 27-year-old man is expected to be fired after a 30-day suspension, the police commissioner said. A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 27-year-old man while he was sitting in his car was suspended for 30 days and the city's police commissioner said she intends to fire the officer at the end of the suspension. The announcement by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw at a press conference on Wednesday came a day after the family of Eddie Irizarry Jr. released security video appearing to show Officer Mark Dial firing his weapon multiple times at Irizarry through the driver's side window of the car within seconds of getting out of his patrol vehicle. "Today, I am announcing that I've made the decision to utilize Commissioner's Direct Action to suspend police officer Mark Dial with the intent to dismiss him at the end of 30 days due to administrative violations," Outlaw said. Specifically, ...

The grandmother of the pregnant 21-year-old fatally shot by an Ohio police officer spoke out Wednesday following the release of the police body camera of the incident. The grandmother of a pregnant 21-year-old, who was fatally shot by an Ohio police officer, spoke out Wednesday during a virtual press briefing following the release of the police body camera video of the incident. Nadine Young said the body camera video of her granddaughter Ta'Kiya Young’s fatal shooting on Aug. 24, which was released by the Blendon Township Police Department on Friday, made her feel "real sick." "It was void of any humanity or any decency at all. He must be held accountable, full stop," Nadine Young said. Ta'Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus, was seven months pregnant when she was shot and killed, her family said. Her funeral will be held on Thursday. Young was a potential shoplifting suspect when she was approached by police in a Kroger's parking lot, according to polic...