A 9-year-old boy pointed a loaded gun at his own head and shot himself in a crowded Chicago home on New Year’s Day, according to a police report about the incidnet. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Jarvis Watts died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide, but police labeled …
Eight people, including five children, were found dead from gunshot wounds inside a home in southeastern Utah on Wednesday. Enoch City police said they were sent to the address for a welfare check and found the bodies. Investigators also said they don’t “believe there is a threat to the public or that there are any …
A 7-year-old Philadelphia girl is in stable condition recovering from a gunshot wound to the foot after she was struck by a stray bullet Wednesday night. The girl was inside her home in the city’s rough Kensington section when the shooting took place at about 7:30 p.m., police said. “She’s an absolute innocent bystander,” Deputy …
One person was shot to death and nine other wounded Saturday night as thousands of revelers gathered on the streets of Mobile, Alabama, to ring in the new year. Mobile police identified the slain victim as a 24-year-old man who was pronounced dead on Dauphin Street about 45 minutes before the city’s “MoonPie” drop to …
A Georgia tire shop employee is dead after a customer fatally shot him, mistakenly believing he was stealing his car. Quadarius McDowell, 30, took his car to a Tires Plus location in Decatur for repairs early Saturday afternoon. At some point, an employee — identified as Daniel Gordon, 24 — went to retrieve the vehicle. …
Two Florida man are dead after they shot each other in an ongoing dispute at the business they both own on Thursday afternoon. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said that Akeido Bennett, 31, and Xavier Figueroa, shot each other at the business at 3135 US 92 East in Lakeland, WOFL reported. The sheriff’s office did …
A 17-year-old Texas boy shot and killed a co-worker he was helping take down Christmas decorations on Thursday, and the victim’s grandparents say they don’t want the boy to be charged with their granddaughter’s death. Marissa Dikeman, a 19-year-old student at Houston Christian University, came home from her job at her family’s deer processing plant …
A Texas apartment complex resident shot and killed a maintenance worker he believed was a burglar on Saturday evening. Grand Prairie police said that Cesar Montelongo Sr, 53, was checking balconies for frozen or burst water pipes at Clayton Pointe Apartments at around 6 p.m. A resident assumed he was a burglar and shot him …
An Indiana man faces multiple charges after he shot his wife, walked out into frigid temperatures with their toddler daughter, and then shot a deputy who responded to the call. WTHR reported that gusty winds put wind chills at 30 degrees below zero in Franklin County around the time Gregory Guilfoyle, 31, headed out with …
Two Florida teenagers were found shot to death Sunday night in a remote area of Palm Bay — on the east coast about 30 miles south of Cape Canaveral — known as “The Compound.” Police said a 911 call Sunday night reported a dead body in a ditch in a wooded area of the The …
Fresno police in California are investigating after a man showed up at a Taco Bell Monday night with a gunshot wound. The man, whose identity has not been released, arrived at the restaurant on Shields Avenue and First Street in Fresno at about 8:30 and was taken to a nearby hospital, KFSN said. Investigators said …
An overnight shooting Monday in New Orleans ended with two people dead and four injured. According to WAFB 9, the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of St. Maurice Street. The News Orleans Police Department said a shooting broke out at what appeared to be a large gathering or holiday party. The …
