A Georgia woman told police she was “directed by ‘God’” to open fire on a Florida interstate highway “in relation to the solar eclipse” on Monday. Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, checked out of a local hotel, allegedly telling staff when she did she intended to go on a shooting spree, the Florida Highway Patrol said. …
A security guard and a suspect were shot and killed early Saturday morning in a shooting at a bar inside a Miami mall. According to WPLG, the security guard was killed after intervening in an argument between patrons at the Martini Bar at CityPlace Doral. Police officers, who were already nearby, responded to the scene …
A recently hired South Carolina police officer has been suspended after his 4-year-old son shot himself with his father’s service weapon while visiting relatives in North Miami Beach. Peter Tidot, 29, told police that and his son arrived at his parents’ home on Wednesday and that he put his Sig Sauer .45 in his waistband …
A “customer” argued with a drive-thru worker at a Chicago fast food restaurant early Wednesday morning and shot her. The 20-year-old woman was taken to a hospital in fair condition with a gunshot wound to her right arm, WMAQ reported. Police didn’t say how many shots the gunman fired, but at least one shattered a …
A 20-year-old man was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries late Tuesday night after he was shot while sitting at a Maryland Applebee’s restaurant. Southern Maryland News Net said that man was shot in the upper body and that the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. According to WMAR, the shooting was preceded …
Seven juveniles were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown Indianapolis mall Saturday night. Indianapolis Metro Police Department officers patrolling the downtown area just after 11 p.m. heard gunshots near the Circle Centre Mall and responded to find six juveniles with gunshot wounds. One of the victims was taken to the hospital in critical condition …
A Georgia Walmart employee opened fire inside the store Friday night, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding a 9-year-old girl. Fayetteville Police identified the suspect as Adrian Jelks, 19, and said he fled the scene in in a vehicle that was later found abandoned, WAGA reported. Antavius Holton, 19, was the target of the shooting …
A Missouri deputy sheriff left his gun loaded and unattended at a family gathering last week, and his 2-year-old nephew found it and shot himself. Ferguson Police spokesperson Pat Washington said the St. Louis deputy, who was not identified, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Washington said the child wasn’t taken to …
Philadelphia Police have arrested a fifth suspect in the bus stop shooting earlier this month that wounded eight high school students and charged one of the other suspects with murder in a separate shooting in February. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said the latest arrest is a 15-year-old boy who was inside a Dunkin’ by …
Kansas City police have charged a third adult suspect with murder in the shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally in February. The February 14 shooting killed popular radio host Lisa Lopez-Galvan, 43, and wounded at least 25 others, many of them children, as CrimeOnline reported. Jackson County prosecutors announced Thursday …
The fourth suspect in a shooting at a Philadelphia bus stop earlier this month was arrested Tuesday in Virginia. Eight high school students were wounded in the shooting on March 6. Police said one of them, shot nine times, was the intended target and was hospitalized in critical condition, as CrimeOnline reported. Investigators from the …
Investigators in Utah are working to determine what to do after a 9-year-old boy shot his father in the back of the head and then attacked him with a hatchet last month. The 31-year-old father was taken a hospital and later died. Newly released police documents, including a frantic 911 call, provide fresh information on …
