Year: 2020

Missing
August 10, 2020

Urgent Missing: Police search for North Carolina man who vanished over the weekend

Police in North Carolina are searching for a missing man who has not been seen since Friday. According to Statesville.com, 50-year-old Curtis Allen Wuellner was last seen at his home on Laurel Cove Road in Statesville on Friday evening. He was not in the home when family members woke on Saturday morning, but his family …

Heroes
August 9, 2020

HERO: Off-duty, vacationing cop pulls ultralight pilot from lake when the plane crashed

A vacationing Massachusetts police officer watched from his boat on Lake Winnipesaukee as an ultralight plane crashed into the New Hampshire lake Sunday afternoon and jumped into action, the Stoneham, Massachusetts, Police Department said, ultimately bringing the 78-year-old pilot to safety as his plane sank to the bottom. Joe Ponzo, a 23-year-veteran of the Stoneham Police …

Missing
August 9, 2020

MISSING: 7-year-old girl and her mother vanish on trip to Koreatown in LA

Los Angeles police are asking for help finding a 7-year-old girl and her mother who vanished during a family trip to Koreatown, NBC Los Angeles reports. Ruby Alvarado and Xyla Aguirre, 24, were last seen in the 3100 block of West 6th Street around 9 a.m. Saturday, LAPD said. The family is concerned, police said. …

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Child Abuse
August 9, 2020

Toddler in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the head

A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head Saturday morning in northwest Atlanta and remained in critical condition on Sunday, WSB reports. The incident took place at around 10 a.m., Atlanta police said. Atlanta police announced on Sunday they had arrested Dontavious Wells, 31, multiple counts related to the shooting. “It appears the child …

Murder
August 9, 2020

Man gunned down dead as wife watched in horror, all over cigarette

A Bronx man walking with his wife Saturday night nonchalantly flicked his finished cigarette away, apparently unaware he’d flicked it toward three men who were, in the words of the New York Daily News, “hungry for a fight.” The three men, strangers to Curtis Holley, argued with him, and the argument escalated until one of …

Shooting
August 9, 2020

Deadly shooting breaks up annual D.C. block party

An annual block party in southeastern Washington, D.C., erupted into gunfire early Sunday morning, scattering hundreds of people attending throughout the city’s Greenway neighborhood. The shooting left a 17-year-old boy dead and an off-duty cop “fighting for her life,” the Washington Post reports. More than 20 people were wounded when at least three shooters opened …