PHILADELPHIA, PA - An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was in serious condition and a friend was dead after the two were shot during a robbery attempt in the city's Hunting Park neighborhood last night. Police later shot a man who matched the description of one of the assailants and arrested a man with him. The officer, Martin P. Campbell, was hit ...

San Francisco police say they now believe a Washington parolee they thought was slain by officers in a shootout died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Kenneth Harding was a "person of interest" in the fatal shooting of community college student Tanaya Gilbert, 19, in South Seattle on July 13. The bullet that killed Harding, 19, on Saturday did not match the ...

San Francisco, CA (AP) -- In the wake of at least three recent officer-related shootings — including the video-recorded wounding of a knife-wielding man in a wheelchair — the San Francisco Police Department is reviving efforts to equip officers with less-lethal electric stun guns. It comes nearly a year after the Police Commission narrowly rejected the department's proposal to even explore ...

LIVERMORE, CA -- An explosion triggered by illegal drug activity rocked a Livermore apartment complex late Saturday and critically burned three people, police said. The 5:15 p.m. blast happened in a unit where two of the victims lived at 3624 Silver Oaks Way, said Livermore police Lt. Mike Peretti. Police and firefighters found Paul Lom, 35, of San Jose, and Lexie ...