A Colorado man allegedly killed his wife on New Year’s Eve, a week after he was released from jail on bail on a charge of domestic violence against her, the Durango Herald reports. Damon Lamont Mathews, 44, is being charged with first degree murder in the death of Rachel Phillips Mathews, 47, at her home …
A judge granted Steven Brandenburg’s wife temporary sole custody of their children in divorce proceedings, saying children are in ‘imminent danger.’
A 62-year-old Methodist pastor was shot and killed in East Texas Sunday morning when he confronted a fugitive hiding in his church after a police chase, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said at an evening news conference. Mark Allen McWilliams was armed when he found 21-year-old Mytrez Deunte Woolen in the Starrville Methodist Church bathroom …
A 30-year-old Army drill sergeant on holiday leave was found fatally shot in her car on Interstate 10 in San Antonio early Friday morning, News4SanAntonio reports. Staff Sgt Jessica Mitchell was taken to University Hospital San Antonio, where she was pronounced dead at about 3 a.m. The San Antonio Police Department responded to what they …
A 2-year-old Maine boy is fighting for his life after an older sibling found a gun in a closet, loaded it, and shot him in the head, according to the Maine State Police. Waterville police got a call about the shooting just before noon on Saturday, state police said. The boy, who has not been …
A 15-year-old Texas boy has been charged with beating his mother to death, CBS DFW reports. McKinney police say they were called to the home at around 1 a.m. by the boy’s father and found the mother, 50-year-old Stacy Ellen Barney, dead. The boy, who has not been identified, had fled the home and was …
Authorities in central Wisconsin are looking for a 14-year-old girl who left her home before 5 a.m. Sunday morning and is believed to be endangered, the Stevens Point Police Department reports. Cassandra Kozlowski is described as about 5 foot 1 inch tall and 130 pounds with a tattoo of a planet on her right thigh …
A fugitive hiding in an East Texas church disarmed an armed pastor Sunday morning and shot and killed him before fleeing in the pastor’s car, the Dallas Morning News reports. Another person in the church was wounded in the shooting and a third was injured in a fall, police said. None of the victims nor …
Celebratory gunfire led to the death of a 39-year-old woman in Texas shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, WFAA reports. Arlington police said Mario Alanis, 34, and his girlfriend Blanca Guerra were marking the new year in their backyard. Alanis tried a shoot a firearm into the air, but the gun didn’t go off. Alanis …
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed by a man dancing with a gun in his hand during a New Year’s Eve celebration, WFAA reports. Zantyler Foster-Hooks, 21, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Messiah Taplin. Foster-Hooks was one of four adults in the Arlington apartment at the time of the shooting. When …
A Colorado registered sex offender accused of looking up child pornography on an AT&T store iPad last spring pleaded not guilt last week to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. According to an affidavit, Nathan Wood used the iPad for four hours …
A New Year’s Day tragedy left two young Ohio sisters and their father dead in an apparent murder-suicide, Columbus police report. Police said a call about a domestic dispute brought them to an apartment on the west side of Columbus shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, but when they arrived they were directed to another nearby …
