A celebratory cannon blew up when it was fired during a baby shower in Michigan on Saturday, killing one of the attendees. MLive reports that Evan Thomas Silva, 26, was standing 10 to 15 feet from the device when it exploded, sending shrapnel into three parked cars and the garage where the shower was held, …
A 13-year-old girl was killed Saturday when she tried to get out of a stolen vehicle and ended up being dragged for several miles, KWCH reports. Kevin Palmer, 34, was arrested and charged with felony murder in the incident, which took place around noon. Wichita police said the girl, who has not been named, was …
A former Texas teacher was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for stalking a 16-year-old student and possessing child pornography, the Dallas Morning News reports. Court documents say that Ricky Lynn Badley, 45, began sending the teen girl text messages in 2019, referring to her as a “little girl” and his “new …
A 5-year-old girl remains hospitalized Sunday and has not awakened since she was critically injured in a car crash on Thursday, the Kansas City Star reports. The girl, identified as Ariel by her family, was in a car struck by a pickup truck driven by Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid — the 35-year-old …
A YouTube prank went horribly wrong Friday night when one of the people being pranked shot and killed a prankster. Metro Nashville police said Timothy Wilks, 20, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park in the city’s Old Hickory neighborhood just before 9:30 p.m, The Tennessean reported. Witnesses …
An Ohio man is in jail Saturday, charged with fatally shooting two of his girlfriend’s children and critically wounding a third, the Toledo Police Department said. Ahmir Phillips, 5, and Gabriel Phillips, 1, were pronounced dead at the hospital. Four-year-old Ashtan Phillips underwent surgery and was still in critical condition on Saturday, when police said …
The couple has now been arrested, and the county has ordered an investigation.
Breakout star Jerry Harris was arrested last year on similar charges.
An Atlanta area home daycare operator has been charged with murder after a 4-month-old baby was found dead in her care earlier this week, 11Alive reports. Amanda Harris Hickey, 45, initially reported the incident herself on Wednesday, according to the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), saying the child had been sleeping in …
Jail officials used tear gas to bring inmates at the St Louis City Justice Center under control Saturday morning following an hours-long melee that included smashed windows, flaming debris, and clogged toilets, the St Louis Post Dispatch reports. Authorities said the disturbance began at about 2:30 a.m. when a guard and an inmate fought and …
A 20-year-old babysitter is in jail Friday on charges of abducting a 3-month-old Virginia boy on her first day caring for him, WAVY reports. Little Jiraiya Cherry’s family found Tykirah Reid via an online babysitting group and invited her for a tryout on Thursday at their Newport News apartment. Reid was communicating with the baby’s …
Two children were dead and a third was in critical condition after a shooting at an Ohio apartment complex Friday afternoon, Toledo police said. The department said the shooting came during a domestic dispute, and a suspect is in custody. Police have not released the names and ages of the victims or the suspect. Neighbors …
