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After many months of courtroom showdowns, conspiracy theories and accusations of a cover-up, the trial in the killing of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe started on Tuesday.
Faith Karimi, CNN
Dedric Privette pleaded guilty last month to charges that included felony death by motor vehicle, driving while impaired and aggressive driving in the October 2021 death of Officer Ryan Hayworth, then 23.
Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter
Attorneys for the two men charged in the murder of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd appeared in court Thursday.
Friends, famliy and colleagues gathered at Central Baptist Church in Dunn on Tuesday to remember Harnett County Deputy Chris Johnson. Johnson died in a crash on Feb. 6.
On Thursday, the body of the Harnett County deputy who died in a crash was escorted from Betsy Johnson Hospital to a funeral home in Clinton.
"Operation Fly Our Flag" organized the memorial ride through downtown Greensboro to honor Sergeant Dale Nix. Nix was killed on Dec. 30 after he attempted to stop a robbery at a Sheetz gas station he frequented in Guildford County.
WRAL staff
Greensboro Police Sergeant Philip Dale Nix, who was shot while trying to stop a crime at a Sheetz gas station, was laid to rest on Thursday.
Greensboro Police Sergeant Philip Dale Nix, who was shot while trying to stop a crime at a Sheetz gas station, will be laid to rest on Thursday.
Police said the man told an officer how much Nix meant to him and how much of a positive impact he had on him.
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On Saturday, an off-duty Greensboro police officer, Sergeant Philip Dale Nix, was shot and killed at the Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road. He was trying to stop the suspects from stealing beer, according to court documents.
Sky 5 flew overhead Wednesday as dozens of law enforcement vehicles lined up in Raleigh on District Drive near PNC Arena. EMS workers stood outside an ambulance with flashing lights to show their support for the fallen officer.
The three suspects charged in connection to the shooting death of a Greensboro officer appeared in court on Tuesday. Jamere Foster, who is charged with first-degree murder, is facing a maximum sentence of the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Police departments and other first responders from across the region will join the memorial ride along Interstate 40 as they take the fallen officer back to the Greensboro area.
A Greensboro police sergeant shot and killed last week while trying to stop a crime will receive a police escort back to Greensboro on Wednesday.
Greensboro police said the officer was a 22-year veteran of the police department and was trying to stop a crime during the shooting.
A veteran police officer killed Saturday in Greensboro was shot trying to stop the suspects from stealing beer, according to new documents.
Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd, 48, was shot and killed late in the evening on Aug. 11, 2022.
Raleigh police honored an officer killed in the Hedingham shooting on Tuesday.
Just days before Christmas, a community gathered to honor the life of Cumberland County Deputy Oscar Bolanos-Anavisca, hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver one week ago.
Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Thursday evening, Brodnax, Virginia, Police Chief Joe Carey died after being hit by a pickup truck on Route 58 while removing a dead animal from the road.
Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer
Family members and friends are mourning the loss of Oscar Yovani Bolanos-Anavisca Jr., who died Friday after getting hit by a suspected drunk driver.
Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West discussed the case where Cumberland County deputy Oscar Yovani Bolanos-Anavisca Jr. was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver.
The deputy killed in Cumberland County is the 215th law enforcement member killed across the country this year, according to the group Officer Down Memorial.
