In a press conference Wednesday morning, authorities identified the officer who was killed as Kittitas County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Thompson. He was born in Walla Walla, graduated from Central Washington University and had been working in Kittitas county law enforcement for 14 years.
For a third day, police are searching Friday for a man suspected of killing a deputy in central Maine and driving away with the officer's squad vehicle, authorities said.
A Coeur d'Alene police officer was shot and a suspect killed during a shootout in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday night.
A police commander was fatally shot while responding to a call Tuesday in downtown Chicago, authorities said.
Two Ohio police officers were fatally shot Saturday while responding to a 911 hangup call involving potential domestic abuse, authorities said.
An El Paso County, Colo. deputy was shot and killed, and three other law enforcement officers were wounded during a shooting Monday near Colorado Springs.
A northern Idaho judge has ruled that the jury trial for a man accused of killing a Coeur d'Alene police officer will remain in Kootenai County.
