13-year-old fatally shoots younger brother in the head while playing ‘cops and robbers’: Affidavit
Homicide
An investigation found that the 9-year-old boy was shot at close range
Police
July 13, 2020
Group of Five Guys employees fired, suspended for turning back on police officers, refusing to serve them: Reports
A group of Five Guys employees in Alabama who reportedly refused service to three police officers Tuesday have been fired or suspended in light of mounting backlash. The Five Guys franchise, located in Daphne, said Friday in a Facebook post that they temporarily closed the restaurant for “further education and customer service training.” A representative …
Juveniles
July 10, 2020
Toddler boy is found dead in vehicle, marking 8th hot car death this year: Report
Authorities in California are investigating after a 22-month-old boy was reportedly found dead in a hot car on Wednesday. The Fullerton Police Department said in a statement that they responded to the 400 block of West Wilshire Ave at 3:30 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive child in a vehicle. Responding officers and paramedics attempted …
Murder
July 10, 2020
Mom starved toddler daughter for 3 weeks, then threw her dead body in a dumpster: Police
The baby’s body is still missing
Suicide
July 10, 2020
Robert Fuller: Death of Black man found hanging from tree is ruled a suicide
Police in California ruled this week that a Black man who was found hanging from a tree in June died by suicide. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) announced Thursday that their investigation supported a preliminary finding that Robert Fuller, 24, took his own life. The investigation uncovered no signs of foul play in …
Sex Crimes
July 9, 2020
Music teacher who photographed girls using semen-tainted flutes gets 18-year prison sentence
A California music instructor who photographed five elementary school students using flutes he ejaculated into was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison. The California Attorney General’s Office announced John Zeretzke’s sentencing in a statement issued Wednesday. Zeretzke, 61, was indicted last year, after an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, Los Angeles …
Murder
July 9, 2020
MANHUNT: Suspect on the run after fatally shooting pregnant woman carrying his unborn baby at George Floyd Memorial site [Prosecutors]
Doctors were able to deliver the slain woman’s baby, who remains in critical condition
Police
July 9, 2020
Breonna Taylor: Investigator PRAISES cop for ‘passive’ approach to deadly raid in newly-released police interview [Report]
Previously-unheard audio of interviews about the police raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s death provides additional insight into what happened the night the young woman was fatally shot by police while she was asleep at home. NBC News obtained audio of interviews with Louisville Metro police Seargent Jonathan Mattingly and Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, 28. …
Murder
July 9, 2020
Husband bludgeons wife with hammer, smothers her infant child after learning the baby wasn’t his: Docs
A Virginia man was arrested Wednesday, a day after he allegedly attacked his wife with a hammer and smothered her 5-month-old daughter at their shared home. The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that Dennis Chambers, 60, was arrested in New Kent County. On Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to a Gloucester home and …
Missing
July 8, 2020
MISSING: Mom & young son vanish after car breaks down on interstate
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has issued a Silver Alert for an “endangered” woman who reportedly vanished with her young son after her vehicle became disabled. The agency said Nenna Williford, 42, was last seen traveling northbound on I-85 in Thomasville. Williford reportedly has dementia or another cognitive impairment, prompting the statewide alert. …
Shooting
July 8, 2020
Police: Boy shot twice in 2 different drive-by shootings in 3-day period
Authorities said the 11-year-old was shot in the leg in both instances
Missing
July 8, 2020
UPDATE: Nonverbal tot found dead in river a month after disappearance [Officials]
Authorities in Colorado have identified a body found in a river Friday as a 3-year-old boy who vanished early last month. The Eagle County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that Sebastian Rodriguez Castro was found dead in Eagle River, just east of Dotsero. The coroner’s office determined his cause of death was consistent …