A California mother and her 8-year-old son were hospitalized after they were shot by a suspect who rammed their car and fled the scene after the shooting. City of Pittsburg police said that the shooting was domestic-violence related and that the mother was specifically targeted by the suspect, East County Today reported. The mother was …
The body of a 17-year-old girl was found on Interstate 94 Friday morning in suburban Detroit. The girl, whose identity has not been released, had a gunshot wound to the head, Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw told the Detroit News on Saturday. Police responded to the scene shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday, between …
Police in Louisiana are asked for help finding a 15-year-old girl last seen in Baton Rouge on October 10. Kaylen Gautreau is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 115 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes, according to WAFB. Gautreau was last seen near Alello Drive on the city’s east side. Anyone …
Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against the ex-boyfriend of a woman who was found dead, buried in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn earlier this year. Marcus Spanevelo remains in jail in Santa Rosa County, Florida, however, on an out-of-state fugitive warrant from St. Clair County, Alabama, jail records show. Cassie Carli was last …
A Texas teenager reported missing along with his mother on Thursday morning has been identified as the driver of a vehicle involved in a chase and crash Friday in Nebraska. A woman’s body was found in the trunk of the vehicle driven by Tyler Roenz, 17, who was hospitalized in serious condition, Harris County Sheriff …
A Kentucky man has been charged with physically abusing a toddler and posting a video of the abuse on Snapchat. Benjamin J. Franklin, 23, faces charges of criminal abuse of a child under 12 and strangulation. Arraignment is scheduled for October 19, according to WAVE. According to Franklin’s arrest report, the 2-year-old’s mother told investigators …
One of the victims was the 15-year-old suspect’s older brother.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a juror in the penalty phase of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s trial called the Office of the State Attorney to say she felt threatened by a fellow juror during deliberations. Prosecutors filed a motion asking the court to authorize the sheriff’s office to interview the juror who felt …
The Connecticut man who shot three police officers responding to a domestic call, killing two of them, was a hard-drinking, gun-loving “teddy bear,” neighbors say. Investigators think Nicholas Brutcher, 35, likely lured the officers to his home with a fake call Wednesday night because he opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle when they arrived, as …
A 56-year-old Iowa man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife at her dog kennel business over the weekend. Angela Prichard, 55, was found dead on Saturday, and Christopher Eugene Prichard was arrested the following morning on warrants for violating a protective order, the Iowa Department of Public Safety …
A 15-year-old suspect is hospitalized in critical condition after a mass shooting in a bucolic residential neighborhood bordering the Neuse River Greenway of east Raleigh. Five people, including an off-duty police officer and a 16-year-old boy, were killed in the shooting, and two others were wounded, including another police officer who was treated and released. …
Update: The suspect is in custody. He is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. It’s not known if they were self-inflicted. Original story: Five people were shot and killed by a gunman Thursday in a Raleigh neighborhood perched along the Neuse River Greenway in the east of the North Carolina capital. One of the dead was an …
