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Hagerstown man shot after firing on deputy, sheriff’s office says

Mary Grace Keller and Patrick Kernan, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
A Hagerstown man who allegedly fired at a sheriff’s deputy during an attempted traffic stop was shot when the deputy returned fire early Friday morning, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said during a press conference Friday morning.

Lookman-Khalil Abolajo Bello, 28, of Hagerstown, was shot approximately three times after opening fire on a sheriff’s deputy at the culmination of a foot pursuit, Jenkins said.

According to Jenkins, a deputy tried to pull over a vehicle at about 2:45 a.m. for speeding and suspected driving under the influence on Interstate 270 and Md. 85, but the driver, later identified as Bello, allegedly refused to stop.

The driver, whom Jenkins identified as Bello, reportedly bailed out of his vehicle in the Kingsbrook Community area, and a foot pursuit began. The chase ended in the area of the 6900 block of Rooks Court, at which point the suspect allegedly started firing at the deputy, who returned fire and wounded the suspect. The deputy, who was not identified, was uninjured, Jenkins said.

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Yahoo News

TX Rangers investigating officer-involved shooting in Hutchinson County; 1 dead, 1 injured

HUTCHINSON COUNTY – The Texas Rangers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that occurred on Friday morning.

According to a Texas Department of Public Safetynews release shared on social media, at about 9 a.m., Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a check persons/welfare check of an individual, who was walking in the center of the road near State Hwy. 152 and Spring Creek Road.

When a Hutchinson County deputy arrived on the scene and contacted the person, later identified as 31-year-old Billy Mitchell, of Fritch, Mitchell advanced toward the deputy armed with a knife and attacked the deputy, the release states. The deputy, who was not identified, was injured in the attack and has knife wounds.

The deputy discharged their service weapon and struck Mitchell, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputy was treated for his wounds and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Amarillo.com

Man, 21, killed in shooting involving Dewey Beach officer early Saturday

Hannah Edelman, Yusra Asif and Brittany Horn, Delaware News Journal
On Saturday afternoon, The Starboard restaurant at Dewey Beach was a sea of green. Hundreds crowded inside in their St. Patrick’s Day best, beers in hand, as music thumped out onto the street. A line of hopeful entrants waited outside, a few of them lucky enough to skip to the VIP entrance. The rest lined the block – covered in a festive green carpet – and stretched around the corner onto Saulsbury Street.

Some of them traded rumors about the police activity in the area early that morning; but for the most part, no one spared a second glance at the spot where a Dewey Police officer reportedly shot a 21-year-old man from Milford after chasing him into an alleyway. The man later died, Delaware State Police reported.

Residents of Saulsbury Street said they weren’t surprised by the violence. They described it as a “rough part of town” where police activity is “not unusual.” According to Delaware Online/The News Journal’s gun violence database, there had not been a shooting in Dewey Beach in at least five years.

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The “journalists” forgot to start with “Once upon a time…” Thanks for the links, Gun Bunny.

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