While covering a protest on May 31, KPCC/LAist reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez was shot in the neck with a 40mm foam round by a Long Beach Police Department officer.

A former Louisville police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to using excessive force in an incident at a 2020 protest in the city where he fired a foam round into a crowd.

The event was later dubbed “the shot heard round the world” by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1837 "Concord Hymn." The musket balls will be on display Saturday, July 13, at Minute Man National ...

‘Shot Heard Round the World’ musket balls recovered from site of famous first-day Revolutionary War battle By Steve Almasy, CNN 2 min read Updated 8:39 PM EDT, Tue July 9, 2024 ...