On May 26, Buffalo Police responded to a domestic violence call on the city’s East Side. A 911 call came in. A man had locked his wife in a room. He had a pistol. He said he was going to kill her.

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LAPD Bodycam Captures the Moment a Suspect Chose to Die on a Freeway Off-Ramp

He didn’t end up on that off-ramp by accident. Every decision that morning was his.

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That’s where this ends — with Jesus Jaime dead on the Olympic Bo...

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Buffalo Officer Stabbed, Suspect Shot — Here's What the Body Cam Shows

Derrick Harris was standing on Broadway with scissors in his left hand and a box cutter in his right. He was cutting himself. Saying he was going to die.

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