Year: 2018

Dimitrios Pagourtzis: Officials say Santa Fe school shooting suspect hid guns under trench coat, surrendered because ‘he didn’t have the courage to commit suicide’

 Dimitrios Pagourtzis: Officials say Santa Fe school shooting suspect hid guns under trench coat, surrendered because ‘he didn’t have the courage to commit suicide’
Mass shooting

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Texas teen believed to have killed at least 10 people Friday when he opened fire at Santa Fe High School, was able to sneak weapons into the school by hiding them under a trench coat. From USA Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Friday afternoon that Pagourtzis, 17, used his father’s shotgun and .38 revolver …

Santa Fe school shooting suspect identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis: Reports
Mass shooting
May 18, 2018

Santa Fe school shooting suspect identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis: Reports

Law enforcement sources have reportedly identified the suspect in Friday morning’s deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student who attends the high school. Sources told CBS News that Pagourtzis is the Texas student that’s in custody. The identity of another male student being detained and questioned isn’t immediately known. A student …

Teen girl shoots 56-year-old ‘sugar daddy’ when he didn’t give her enough money: Police
Violent Crime
May 18, 2018

Teen girl shoots 56-year-old ‘sugar daddy’ when he didn’t give her enough money: Police

An Oregon teen was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly shot a 56-year-old man in the stomach when he wouldn’t give her money. The Oregonian reports Raelyn Domingo, 15,  of Vancouver, reportedly signed up under the name “asianperssuasion” on the site “Seeking Arrangement,” which states, “Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies … both get what they want, when …

Former Playboy centerfold apparently jumps to death with her 7-year-old son
National
May 18, 2018

Former Playboy centerfold apparently jumps to death with her 7-year-old son

By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Playboy centerfold involved in a custody battle apparently jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from the 25th floor of a Manhattan hotel, law enforcement officials said Friday. The pair checked into the penthouse suite of the Gotham Hotel at about …

Santa Fe school shooting suspect is a male student: Report
Juveniles
May 18, 2018

Santa Fe school shooting suspect is a male student: Report

A suspected gunman, believed to be a male student, has been taken into custody after allegedly opening fire on multiple students inside Sante Fe High School in Texas, killing at least eight people. “This morning an incident occurred at the high school involving an active shooter,” the Sante Fe Independent School District’s website states. “The …

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Family Crime
May 18, 2018

Mother and 7-year-old son dead in suicide jump from Manhattan hotel

A mother and her seven-year-old son are dead after the woman jumped from a hotel building in midtown Manhattan during rush hour Friday morning, bringing the boy with her. ABC 7 reports that the woman, 46, and the boy jumped from inside the Gotham Hotel on East 46th street at about 8:30 a.m. Friday. They …

Sheriff: Active shooter reported at Texas high school
School Crimes
May 18, 2018

Sheriff: Active shooter reported at Texas high school

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement officers are responding to a high school near Houston after an active shooter was reported on campus. The Santa Fe school district issued an alert Friday morning saying Santa Fe High School has been placed on lockdown. Galveston County sheriff’s Maj. Douglas Hudson says units are responding to …

Police seek cell phone records for ‘friend’ of slain suspended teacher Rachael Deltondo, who said she was an informant set to testify against police: Report
Murder
May 18, 2018

Police seek cell phone records for ‘friend’ of slain suspended teacher Rachael Deltondo, who said she was an informant set to testify against police: Report

Authorities in Pennsylvania have are seeking the cell phone records of a friend of Rachael Deltondo, the suspended teacher who was shot dead in her driveway on Mother’s Day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Deltondo, 33, was gunned down on May 13 as she came home from getting ice cream with friends. WTAE reports that police …

Gunfire erupts at Trump resort; police arrest man carrying flag, firing gun
Violent Crime
May 18, 2018

Gunfire erupts at Trump resort; police arrest man carrying flag, firing gun

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A man shouting about Donald Trump entered the president’s south Florida golf resort early Friday, draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with police before being arrested, police said. One officer received an unspecified injury, officials said. Police were notified of an “active shooter” in the Trump-owned Trump …