A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit from the family of a mentally disturbed man who was fatally shot by Rochester police while he wielded a knife. Attorneys for Tyshon Jones, who was ...

Deputies stand outside a home in Moreno Valley where officers fatally shot a man on Monday. (OnScene.TV) Riverside County Sheriff's deputies fatally shot a "mentally disturbed" man Monday who ...

It doesn’t take long to meet the gunman, or at last a hasty sketch of him, drawn from a trickle of details that never quite snap into focus. This one is 19 years old, a quiet loner who hated school ...

Mentally disturbed criminal defendants can be required to accept a lawyer even when they're competent to stand trial and want to represent themselves, the state Supreme Court has ruled in upholding a ...

A man described as emotionally disturbed was shot by NYPD officers in the Bronx after police said he charged at them while brandishing scissors and a kitchen knife. The incident occurred near ...