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News media has now reported as Trooper Joel Davis preliminary details are that the trooper was fatally shot after responding to a domestic violence incident.   A state police trooper and a 27-year-old woman were killed Sunday night as part of an apparent domestic violence incident in upstate New York. Trooper Joel Davis was responding to a domestic violence incident in the town of Theresa in Jefferson County. Officials say 27-year-old Nichole Walters was found dead at the scene. A suspect — identified as active duty Army infantryman Justin Walters — is in custody. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered flags...

Indiana- A homeowner accused of shooting his neighbor last month will not face charges because the Johnson County prosecutor says it was in self-defense. Police say there was a shootout between Jeffrey Weigle and his neighbor, IFD fireman Dean Keller, at their homes in Greenwood as part of an ongoing feud about property, fencing, and dogs. The shooting was captured on Keller’s security cameras, and it shows Weigle raising a gun just before Keller shot him.  Weigle returns fire, and a total of 16 shots were fired between the two. At the end of the video Weigle gets up and walks out of...

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 Want to see what rules made the Cut?? Here we go   Number 1.....   1. When working at a new house for the first time, shut-up, work hard, and pay attention. I can promise you that everyone is paying attention to you. 2. The young firefighter knows the rules, but the old one knows the exceptions. 3. Let the tool do the work. 4. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.-Michael Caine 5. "Twenty-five years from now you will be more disappointed by the the things that you didn't do than the...

  Timothy Stansbury died in a New York housing project stairwell in 2004 because he startled a police officer. The officer's surprise at encountering Stansbury caused the officer's hand to clench and his weapon to fire. The death was ruled accidental by a grand jury, though the officer was later stripped of his gun for the remainder of his career. Akai Gurley died in another New York housing project stairwell last fall. A rookie officer with his finger on the trigger of his pistol tensed as he pushed open a stuck door; the added pressure on the trigger caused his...