MOUNT PLEASANT, MI — A Coleman man accused of shooting his preteen niece and engaging police in a lengthy, armed standoff is to have his mental health evaluated before the case against him can proceed.

Aurora police found a 41-year-old Aurora man who was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and died after he was taken to a local hospital.

Mark Trujillo filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming a police shooting severed his spinal cord which caused him to become paralyzed.

A 22-year-old man is facing a murder charge in connection with a December shooting that killed one person and wounded another, Dallas police said Friday. Kevin Evans was already in Dallas County jail on unrelated charges, according to police.

A former St. Louis County police officer was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation for firing into the air at a trick-or-treating event and shouting that people were going to die.

A 16-year-old shot in the Frankford neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore on Friday morning is in stable condition, police said.

Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story shares more details about what led to the Young Park shooting and called for more directed action on crime involving minors.

Devon L. Smith, 43, was shot Thursday morning in the London Towne Houses complex and hospitalized in serious condition, but he later died, officials said.

An Alabama judge heard conflicting testimony on Tuesday about newly released body camera video that captured the moments before a police officer fatally shot an armed Black man outside of his home.