In the past decade more than 95,000 Americans wer killed by people using firearms. Among the victims were 511 police officers whose deaths were examined by The Washington Post in a year-long investigation.
Sylvester Brown, center, escorts the coffin of his brother Wesley Brown, a slain Maryland state trooper, as other troopers carry the coffin to the grave site in Suitland.
Line-of-duty deaths among officers rose this year Article | A total of 160 officers on federal and local levels died in the line of duty as of midday Monday, an increase over the 117 killed last year, when the number of deaths reached a 50-year low, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Baltimore officer killed with gun that was confiscated, then returned Article | Troy Chesley, 34, a plainclothes Baltimore detective assigned to the public housing section, had just finished his late-night shift in January 2007 and was putting the key in the front door of his girlfriend's North Baltimore home.