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An Indiana sheriff says a 4-year-old boy who was fatally shot while out fishing with his father was struck in the head. Wells County Sheriff Monte Fisher told The Associated Press on Sunday that Jacob Michuda was shot in the head late Friday night while he and his father were fishing from a pier at a pond outside Ossian.

A sheriff's deputy in New York died Tuesday after being shot at the end of a standoff, and his wife went into labor with their second child upon hearing the news, local media reported.

A county sheriff's deputy killed his ex-wife in a convenience store parking lot Monday, then shot a Virginia state trooper before being gunned down himself, police said.

At least four people were injured and several suspected motorcycle gang members were detained in central Arizona on Saturday after an apparent shootout, according to an official with the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.