A Wisconsin woman was allegedly drunk driving when a man fell from atop her pickup truck, resulting in his death late last month. The Star Tribune reported that Preston Decorah, 27, was found unconscious in a driveway on March 30, hours after an incident that occurred on a rural road in the Hertel area. The …
A Michigan girl has passed away after spending two weeks on a ventilator. Officials say she died from COVID-19 complications. The Detroit News reports that 5-year-old Skylar Herbert is the first child in Michigan to pass away from the disease. Around a month ago, the little girl told her parents she had a severe headache. …
A 5-month-old in Louisiana died on Sunday, days after their father allegedly threw them to the ground and slammed their head against a metal bar on a swing set. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said Brian Young, 21, confessed to harming the infant while the mother was at work. WWL reported that the mother …
An armed man hijacked a Dallas transit bus Sunday morning, forcing the driver to lead police on a 20-mile chase through several Dallas suburbs before spike strips stopped the bus and the suspect was killed in a shoot-out with police, according to NBC DFW. Police identified the hijacker as Ramon Thomas Villagomez, 31, and said …
More than 13 people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting that unrolled over nearly 60 miles of Nova Scotia, Canada, beginning Saturday evening in the small, rural community Portapique on the north shore of Cobequid Bay and ending hours later and 60 miles away in Enfield when the suspect was shot …
Police in multiple Alabama jurisdictions are trying to sort out the details of a 36-hour crime spree that included murder, robbery, a shoot-out with officers, and a suspect on the run. After an overnight manhunt, Birmingham police on Saturday arrested a Georgia man, 32-year-old Derrick Lee Hightower, who was wanted for a homicide in Auburn …
Texas authorities believe they’ve found the body of a Christoval woman missing since February 26, the Kirbyville Banner reported on its Facebook page, citing a news release from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said it has sent the body for an autopsy and positive identification, but it was found in the same …
A Texas police officer was shot and killed and two other officers were injured Saturday night in what authorities say was an ambush, KXAN-TV reports. San Marcos officer Justin Putnam (pictured center), 31, died at the scene of the shooting, while the two other officers, Justin Mueller (left) and Franco Stewart (right), are in the hospital …
The parents of three young Utah children were murdered in what authorities describe as a violent home invasion, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Tony Butterfield, 31, and his wife and Katherine Butterfield, 30, were found shot death early Saturday at their home in West Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. A neighbor had …
Five people who attended a high school basketball game in Indianpolis have died after contracting coronavirus. According to the Indianapolis Star, five men who attended a sectional semifinals game at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis on March 6 have since died after contracting coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. Earlier that Friday, state health …
A northwestern Indiana man has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, according to the Northwest Indiana Times. Michael J. Tunstall, 26, told police the boy woke up Thursday from a nap vomiting and became unresponsive after he carried the child to a bathtub. Tunstall said he …
Birmingham police captured a suspect wanted for murder in Auburn, Alabama, after an hours-long manhunt that included a brief shoot-out with officers. The as yet unidentified suspect was wounded in the shoot-out and is receiving treatment, Deputy Chief Scott Praytor said. Praytor said the ordeal began late Friday night in east Birmingham when officers responded …
