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DA: Both gunmen fired potentially lethal shots at Philly cop

By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Two brothers charged with killing a Philadelphia police officer during a shootout inside a video game store each struck the officer with a potentially lethal shot, prosecutors said Wednesday as the suspects waived their preliminary hearing. Ex-convict Carlton Hipps, 29, and half brother Ramone Williams, 25, together fired six bullets that struck …
Source: Police Updates
DA: Both gunmen fired potentially lethal shots at Philly cop

Prosecutor: Border agent justified in fatal OIS

Associated Press SUMAS, Wash. — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was justified in fatally shooting a 20-year-old Canadian man who crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally in March and sprayed the agent with bear spray, a prosecutor in Washington state said Tuesday. Whatcom County prosecutor Dave McEachran said the agent retreated as far as he could from the young man, identified as Jamison Edward Childress …
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Prosecutor: Border agent justified in fatal OIS