A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape custody on Monday. The ...

Two detention officers were escorting the suspect -- a heightened protocol after the inmate had previously attempted a failed ...

The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe into the incident, as is standard in all shootings involving law ...

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...

Cherokee County Sheriff's Deputy Francisco Flattes was shot and killed after struggling with an inmate he was escorting to a ...

One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Lincolnton on Sunday afternoon, police said. Officers responded to a ...

A woman was killed Sunday, her 42 nd birthday, according to the Columbia Police Department. Police said they were conducting ...

The police department said “a brief physical altercation” occurred after the motorcycle attempting to flee a traffic stop and ...

A 1-year-old who had stopped breathing one morning had suffered “multiple” fist punches to the head, according to ...

One person died June 26 after a vehicle became engulfed in flames following an accident on Interstate 40 East, according to ...

The community in Cherokee County, North Carolina continues to mourn the loss of a detention officer was shot and killed by a ...

A boy was killed Monday night when he accidentally shot himself with an unsecured firearm in Durham, police say.