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A Montgomery police officer remains in critical condition at Montgomery's Jackson Hospital after he was shot while making a traffic stop in the 1800 block of North Decatur Street around 12:45pm on Thursday. As of late Thurday night, the mayor told WSFA 12 the officer is in "grave condition." Mayor Bobby Bright, who says he's been in emergency room with the officer, says the officer has responded to some voice communication by blinking his eyes, but, "If he makes it through the night we'll all be lucky." The officer's family is now with him. During WSFA 12 News at 6:00,...

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed two men who aimed guns at him early Friday, shortly after the officer had helped throw one of the men out of a bar at closing time, according to law enforcement officials. Police officials said the officer was justified in shooting the two men after they pulled up to his black Hummer and both pointed handguns at him. Kenneth Elrod, 31, of the 5400 block of West Carmen Avenue, was drinking at the bar near Belmont and Central Avenues early Friday when the staff asked him to leave, law enforcement sources said....

A Jefferson County grand jury declined yesterday to indict two detectives in the fatal Dec. 5 shooting of an African-American man holding a box-cutter knife with his hands cuffed behind his back. ''Every person in Kentucky, whether a citizen or police officer, has the right of self-defense,'' Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Stengel said at a news conference last night, after the grand jury's decision in the slaying of James Edward Taylor was announced. ''On that night, Mr. Taylor used a box-cutter as deadly physical force,'' Stengel said, forcing Detective Michael O'Neil to defend himself. Stengel said that when asked by the...