The facts support that (the officer’s) actions were responsive and defensive in nature,” the Jackson County prosecutor said, “and, therefore, under these circumstances the State cannot disprove the Shooting Officer’s anticipated claims of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

Former Stamford police officer Zachary Lockwood, 25, is charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle in the crash that killed Rev. Tommie Jackson.

Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey asked people to “please pray” for the officers, who were shot around 6:30 p.m. Friday.

A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in New Jersey, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses described as seeing officers running down a busy street before they heard a volley of a dozen or more gunshots.

A teenager is charged with murder after a Newark, New Jersey police officer was shot and killed. A second officer is hospitalized.

A Newark police officer was killed in the line of duty Friday night in a shooting that also wounded a second officer, according to police union officials. The officers were shot at 6:37 p.m. in the area of Broadway and Carteret Street in Newark, according to a statement from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Austin Police said at least five people died and 11 were hurt in a crash involving at least 17 vehicles, including semi-trucks, on Interstate 35 in north Austin late Thursday night. Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte,

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson released a statement saying that under Missouri law, the officer who shot and killed Maria Pike and her infant, Destinii, was justified in using deadly force.