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Louisville, Kentucky — On Monday, November 13th, 2023, around 2:30 p.m., LMPD 4th Division Officers were dispatched to a domestic violence run in the 1000 block of Beecher Street. When officers arrived on scene at the home, they encountered a male suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jaron Bobbitt, sitting in a vehicle in a driveway. Bobbitt was armed with an AR-style pistol. Bobbitt then led officers on a foot chase through a densely populated neighborhood. The officers repeatedly commanded Bobbitt to drop the weapon. Bobbitt refused to comply despite being told to drop the gun multiple times.

An LMPD officer discharged his weapon striking Bobbitt when Bobbitt pointed the loaded AR-style pistol at the officer. Officers immediately rendered life-saving aid. Bobbitt stated to officers that the firearm was a “toy gun". Investigators discovered that the gun was not a toy and was, in fact, fully loaded with live ammunition. Medics transported Bobbitt to University of Louisville Hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released the next day on Tuesday, November 14th. The domestic violence victim sustained multiple injuries to include a knot on forehead, a bruised and black left eye, and pain and swelling to the back of her head. Bobbitt is facing multiple charges for causing the victim's injuries and fleeing from officers.

Sandy, Utah — On November 9, 2023, at 7:30 a.m. the Sandy Police Department said the unidentified 16-year-old stole a U.S. Army van from an Army recruiting building on 9400 South in Sandy. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle in South Jordan, but the suspect fled, and officers did not pursue. Hours later, a person called 9-1-1 and reported a teenager driving a U.S. Army van through the neighborhood and asking for gas. officers tried to stop the vehicle again. At that moment, officers found the teen followed him through Sandy, unsuccessfully trying tire spikes at a few locations to stop him.

On Monroe Street, an officer approached the driver, yelling, “Get out of the car now! Get out of the car now! Get out of the car now!” Police said the suspect backed up, made a U-Turn and started driving into oncoming traffic before hitting a motorcyclist who was severely injured. Two officers then followed the teen suspect into a dead-end area. Officers then attempted to block the suspect’s escape as he turned the vehicle around. The driver of the van then veered toward an officer and the officer opened fire in an attempt to stop the vehicle, wounding the driver. The driver stopped the vehicle after bumping into a police vehicle. Officers are seen removing the teen from the van and laying him on the ground. The teen was transported to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Fresno, California — On Thursday, October 5, 2023, shortly before 12:30 a.m., officers from the Fresno Police Department’s Northwest Policing District responded to a convenience store in the 5600 block of North Fig Garden Drive regarding a report of a stabbing victim. While officers arrived and provided first aid to the victim, witnesses provided a description of the suspect. The Fresno Police Department’s helicopter, Air1, located a subject matching the description in a nearby church parking lot. Assisting officers responded to the parking lot to make contact. Officers located the subject, later identified as 45-year-old Samuel Davidson-Rollin, in the parking lot.

While maintaining a safe distance, officers made contact with him. Davidson-Rollin approached the officers, carrying both a knife and a canister of pepper spray. Despite commands from the officers, Davidson-Rollin did not stop approaching the officers nor drop the weapons he held. Davidson-Rollin continued advancing towards officers, spraying pepper spray at them. When Davidson-Rollin reached a distance of approximately 10 feet from the officers, two officers discharged their firearms. Officers provided aid to Davidson-Rollin, who was transported to CRMC for treatment of his injuries. Davidson-Rollin is expected to survive his injuries.

Westminster, Colorado — On October 1, 2023, around 7:53 p.m., Westminster Police Officer Robb Phelps was dispatched to a disturbance with injuries in the 1400 block of 116th Avenue. As Officer Phelps arrived on scene, several individuals were in a physical altercation with a male subject in the parking lot. Officer Phelps gave several loud, verbal commands to the individuals. One individual did not comply.

As Officer Phelps deployed his Taser, in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, the individual produced a gun and pointed the weapon at another person. After several more loud, verbal commands to drop the gun were ignored by the individual, Officer Phelps then fired one round from his duty weapon, striking the subject. Officers preformed life saving measures until paramedics arrived on scene and transported the male subject to the hospital. Ultimately, the male subject died from his injuries.

Los Angeles, California — On October 14, 2023, at around 1:30 a.m., Central Division uniformed officers were in the area of South Broadway and 7th Street, when they were flagged down by a community member, directing them to a man armed with a knife. The officers located the suspect, later identified as 47-year-old Earl Callier, and ordered him to drop the knife. Callier refused to comply with commands and continued walking north on South Broadway toward 6th Street while still holding the knife. Officers deployed 40mm Less-Lethal-Launchers (LLL), which were ineffective, and Callier ran north on South Broadway.

Callier continued east on 6th Street toward a group of pedestrians, when officers deployed an additional 40mm LLL. Still armed with the knife, Callier ran into the street and charged at an officer, resulting in an Officer-Involved Shooting. Callier was struck by gunfire and fell to the ground, where he was subsequently taken into custody without further incident. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and transported Callier by rescue ambulance to a local hospital where he is listed in stable condition. No officers or other community members were injured as result of this incident. A kitchen-style knife, with a five-inch serrated blade, was recovered at scene and booked as evidence.