Block party shooting leaves 2 dead, 12 injured; some victims were hit by cars: Police
Shooting
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 …
Shooting
May 17, 2020
Grandmother, man charged after little girl kills herself while playing with loaded gun
A man and a woman are in jail in Bartow County, Georgia, after the woman’s granddaughter shot and killed herself while playing with a loaded gun. 11 Alive said Kimberly Anne Roberts, 47, was charged with a probation violation, and James Phillip Lillie, 50, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, …
Sex Crimes
April 21, 2020
Convicted sex offender targets boy he met on Facebook, kidnaps him at gunpoint: Police
A level-three sex offender in Massachusetts was recently arrested for kidnapping at least one boy he met online. WBZ-TV reported that Charlese Horton, 42, friended one of the victims on Facebook. The victim claimed Horton repeatedly messaged him and demanded he remove certain people from his page, for unknown reasons. When the victim ignored Horton, …
School Crimes
February 7, 2020
Transgender student pleads guilty to deadly school shooting; He reportedly told police it was revenge for bullying
A Colorado teen who told investigators he planned a deadly shooting at school because he was taunted by classmates over his gender identity pleaded guilty on Friday to more than a dozen felonies, including first degree murder, the Denver Channel reported. Alec McKinney, 16, was originally charged with 43 counts in the May 7, 2019, …
Shooting
February 1, 2020
BREAKING: 2 dead in shooting outside Florida church after funeral
At least two people were killed Saturday afternoon when an unknown gunman opened fire outside a Florida church after a funeral, the Palm Beach Post reported. An adult male and a 15-year-old boy were pronounced dead outside Victory City Church in Riviera Beach. An adult female and a girl were wounded and taken to nearby …
Shooting
January 1, 2020
‘Celebratory gunfire’ on New Year’s Day kills nurse as she watches family set off fireworks
Authorities in Texas said a woman was fatally shot on New Year’s Day as she watched her friends and family set off fireworks from her driveway. Harris County police responded to a Laurel Oaks residence and found Philippa Ashford, 61, dead at the scene. Officials told KPRC that officers discovered Ashford with a gunshot wound …
Murder
December 5, 2019
Sailor opens fire on civilians at Pearl Harbor shipyard, killing 2 before shooting himself
A U.S. sailor on duty guarding a submarine in dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard shot and killed two civilian shipyard workers on Wednesday and severely wounded another before using a service weapon to kill himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the situation unfolded at Dry Dock 2 at about 2:30 p.m., prompting a lockdown …
School Crimes
December 4, 2019
Transgender student will stand trial as an adult for deadly school shooting, judge rules
A Colorado teen who told investigators he planned a deadly shooting at school because he was taunted by classmates over his gender identity, will stand trial as an adult, a judge in Castle Rock ruled Wednesday. Alec McKinney, who was born female but identifies as male, and Devon Erickson, 19, are accused in the May …
Mass shooting
October 27, 2019
BREAKING: Gunman on the run after deadly mass shooting at Homecoming party
At least two people are dead and 14 more injured following a mass shooting at a homecoming party for Texas A&M University-Commerce. NBC News reports that gunfire broke out at a party at an off-campus building in Greenville on Saturday night during homecoming weekend. The unidentified shooter reportedly used a semi-automatic weapon, killing two people who …
Shooting
October 3, 2019
Florida man kills son-in-law who came from Norway to surprise him for his birthday
A Florida man shot and killed his son-in-law Tuesday night in a birthday surprise gone tragically wrong, police said. Christopher Bergan, 37, and his wife flew from Norway to Florida Tuesday to surprise Richard Dennis, his wife’s father, for his 61st birthday. Bergan knocked on Dennis’s back door then hid in some nearby bushes. When …