The family of Ashtian Barnes, a 24-year-old killed in a traffic stop, say officer is responsible for circumstances that made him shoot.

Ashtian Barnes, an unarmed Black man, was killed by an officer in 2016 after being pulled over outside Houston while driving his girlfriend’s rental car, which had unpaid toll fees.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider on Wednesday a woman's civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of her son during a traffic stop in Houston in a case that could make it easier to hold officers accountable for using excessive force.

A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Officer Shaun Lowry, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, stopped driver Jason Arrington for running a red light around 5:10 p.

An officer who accidentally shot a man during a traffic stop when she tried to remove his holstered gun is being fired. The bodycam also is released.

A police department in Florida is moving to fire an officer after she accidentally shot a man with his own gun during a routine traffic stop last month. Officer Mindy Cardwell was called to assist with a traffic stop on Dec.