A federal grand jury indicted Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, on August 28 on five counts of attempted murder of a federal officer after he opened fire on United States Marshals attempting to arrest him in Vero Beach, Florida, wounding one deputy in the chest.

A Las Vegas Metro officer was shot responding to a domestic barricade call on August 10, marking the second LVMPD officer casualty in eight days and the 10th officer-involved shooting in the jurisdiction this year.