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  • California: Officer Struck and Killed in San Jose

    Police, family and South Bay residents paid their respects as a procession honoring Officer Michael Katherman took the fallen officer from San Jose to a Los Gatos funeral home. Officer Michael Katherman, 34, was struck by a silver minivan while on patrol Tuesday afternoon on North 10th Street and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital a short time later, police said.

  • Louisiana: New Orleans PD officer Natasha Hunter dies of injuries from I-10 crash

    New Orleans Police officer Natasha Hunter, 32, died Tuesday afternoon (June 7) of injuries she suffered early Sunday morning when a suspected drunk driver hit her while she investigated a multi-vehicle crash on an Interstate 10 shoulder near the Esplanade Avenue exit, New Orleans police said.

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