A Missouri man was shot dead by police Friday morning after two murders and a child abduction the night before. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office said police gunned down George Manning, 43, just after 7:30 a.m. Friday, hours after the night of terror began when he allegedly shot and killed a woman in a car …
A Milwaukee woman and her felon boyfriend have been charged in the fatal shooting of the woman’s 4-year-old niece, who found the boyfriend’s loaded, unsecured handgun under and pillow and shot herself with it. Anthony Brookshire’s Draco-style weapon was “stored” under pillows on an air mattress, police said, according to WISN. A six-time convicted felon, …
A 4-year-old Florida boy found a loaded, unsecured handgun in the family car Friday night and shot himself in the head with it. Quinta and Robert Morris found their son, Chosen, in the car with a gunshot after hearing a “pop” and thinking the children had broken something, WTVT reported. The parents rushed the boy …
Pennsylvania officials have identified the gunman who entered a York County hospital with a handgun and zip ties, held staffers at gunpoint, and died when law enforcement opened fire to protect those staffers. West York Borough police officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the shoot out, the borough said in a statement on Facebook. York …
Denver police have arrested an accountant for a shooting at a park on Sunday that left one person wounded. Ryan Egelston, 28, reportedly told police he first got into an argument with a man because he asked to sit on a park bench where Egelston was sitting, KUSA reported. He said “he thought the man …
A police chase of a suspect in a female acquaintance’s homicide ended in the suspect’s death at Newport Beach Pier in California. On Saturday, a little after 2:30 a.m., the Menifee Police Department responded to a gunshot call at the 25000 block of Mesa Edge Court. Upon police arrival, they found Storm Wolf, 38, of …
A 21-year-old American citizen has been arrested for the fatal shooting of a US Border Patrol Agent in Vermont this week. Teresa Youngblut, believed to be from Washington state, has been charged in federal court with using a deadly weapon while assaulting the border patrol agent and using and discharging a deadly weapon in that …
A cop killer has been granted early release, prompting the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) to call for reform. Lee Ernest Walker fatally shot New York Police Officer Juan Andino on June 15, 1984. Andino had stopped Walker to question him about the theft of a pair of Cazal sunglasses, valued at approximately $140. The glasses …
Connecticut police are looking for a driver who shot a 12-year-old boy multiple times after a snowball hit a car Wednesday evening. The boy was hit multiple times but his wounds were desribed as non-life-threatening, WVIT reported. Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert told NBC News the driver “looped the block” to chase the boy and …
A Wisconsin man who shot and killed his stepson earlier this week told police he was trying to “look cool” by displaying his firearms but did not in fact know much about guns. Steven Merkel, 52, is charged with reckless homicide in the shooting death of 8-year-old Michael Meagher early Monday morning, as CrimeOnline previously …
A 4-year-old Ohio girl was killed and.a police officer critically wounded in a shootout between police officers and a suicidal man they were called to check on. Officers found the man walking down a street shortly after 2 p.m. and tried to talk with him, but he opened fire on them “almost immediately,” St. Clair …
Hours of family altercations in Houston ended early Tuesday with a man shooting his younger brother to death. Houston Police said they were first called for a family disturbance the home on the city’s northwest side — where the two brothers lived with their mother, the younger man’s girlfriend, and their baby — at about …
