A prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Missouri police officer who shot and killed a woman and her infant child last year.

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.

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson will not file charges against the officer involved in the death of an Independence woman and her child.

Police officer Cody Scott and wife Kylie Scott have both pleaded not guilty to two felony neglect charges after a witness called 911 to report that their daughter, 6, was being forced to stand outside in 18-degree weather with a sign that read: 'I want to stab and kill my brother.

A sadistic Indiana police officer forced his 6-year-old daughter to stand outside in the freezing cold holding a twisted sign as punishment for “pouting” when she wasn’t allowed to wear lip gloss, authorities said.

Baltimore County Police identified the officers who discharged their firearms after an armed subject opened fire in the parking lot of the Catonsville police department Thursday. The officer wounded in the shooting remains in guarded condition and under close observation at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol said authorities are looking for Billy Wayne Williams following the shooting of a police officer in Muskogee County.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) issued a Blue Alert for Billy Williams on behalf of Webbers Falls Police Department.