Police: Boy shot twice in 2 different drive-by shootings in 3-day period
Shooting
Authorities said the 11-year-old was shot in the leg in both instances
Homicide
July 8, 2020
Pregnant mom of two shot in her car dies shortly after doctors deliver her baby: Reports
A pregnant Minnesota woman who was shot Sunday night as she sat in her car died shortly after doctors successfully delivered her baby, according to reports. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that officers found Leneesha Columbus, 27, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound near the intersection of East 37th Street and South Elliot Avenue. Columbus was …
Shooting
July 7, 2020
Police identify father, 11-year-old daughter killed by neighbor in ‘dangerous dog’ dispute
Police in Florida on Tuesday identified the victims and suspect in a tragic shooting that left three people — including an 11-year-old girl — dead. Port St Lucie police said Guy Alexander Hansman, 55, and his daughter, Harper Hansman, were shot and killed by their neighbor, 82-year-old Ronald Delserro, after a Monday court hearing that …
Shooting
July 7, 2020
Shotgun-wielding intruder killed at Milwaukee VA hospital
Police shot and killed a man with a shotgun who tried to enter Milwaukee’s VA hospital Monday night, the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal reported. Officials said the man, who has not yet been identified, was stopped by VA police outside the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center’s east entrance shortly after 8:30 p.m. When police told …
Celebrity
July 7, 2020
Rickey Smiley: Comedian’s teen daughter shot 3 times in Houston; shooter at large [Report]
Radio show host Rickey Smiley said his 19-year-old daughter was shot multiple times Sunday in Texas during a road rage incident. Smiley, 51, made the announcement Monday on his radio show, “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show.” Smiley said his daughter, Aaryn, was caught in the crossfire while en route to a Whataburger in Houston. Citing …
Shooting
July 5, 2020
74-year-old North Carolina woman killed by ‘celebratory gunfire’
Although police frequently caution against it, 4th of July celebrants often fire their guns into the air, perhaps forgetting, in their glee, that what goes up must come down. Too often when those bullets come down, the result is death. Paulette Thorpe, 74, died Saturday from just such a celebration in Durham, North Carolina, the …
Murder
July 2, 2020
Pregnant woman shot dead by boyfriend was found next to twins’ sonogram picture, police say
Authorities believe a Texas man fatally shot his pregnant girlfriend Monday afternoon before he took another woman’s car at gunpoint. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Darionne Burley, 26, was found dead in the front passenger seat of a car parked in a lot in Mansfield. Police were called to the scene after a woman reported …
Shooting
June 30, 2020
Homeowner shoots 26-year-old woman who tried to steal Nazi flag from his yard, police say
An Oklahoma man allegedly shot a woman multiple times early Sunday after she tried to steal a Nazi flag from his yard. According to the Enid News & Eagle, Garfield County officials said Monday that the 26-year-old shooting victim is in good condition and is expected to recover from injuries she sustained outside a home …
Protests
June 29, 2020
16-year-old boy dead, 14-year-old wounded in shooting in Seattle’s occupied protest zone
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy wounded Monday morning in a shooting on the edge of the protest area known as CHOP in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. According to the Seattle Times, police said they believed the two teens were in a white Jeep Cherokee seen in surveillance footage colliding with a …
Shooting
June 23, 2020
13-year-old girl fatally shot in the neck at her own home as she performs TikTok dance for mom: Reports
A girl in Illinois was reportedly killed Saturday when a stray bullet pierced through her home and struck her. The Chicago Sun-News reported that Amaria Jones, 13, was shot in the neck in her Chicago apartment. Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were also wounded in the attack. Jones died at a hospital about 30 …
Shooting
June 22, 2020
Block party shooting leaves 2 dead, 12 injured; some victims were hit by cars: Police
Half a dozen of the injured victims have life-threatening injuries
Shooting
May 28, 2020
Hero soldier thwarts potential mass shooting on bridge by using car to run over armed suspect: Police
An active-duty soldier reportedly stopped Wednesday’s shooting incident on a Kansas bridge by using his car to run over the armed suspect. According to the Leavenworth Times, the 34-year-old man intervened as multiple law enforcement agencies handled an active shooter situation on Centennial Bridge, which connects Kansas with Platte County, Missouri. Police said the 37-year-old …