A neighbor’s Ring camera captured the chilling sight of a suburban Chicago man shooting three members of his family outside their Oak Forest home early Friday morning, then barricading himself inside the home and apparently setting it on fire. The fire soon engulfed the home, and once it was extinguished, police found 44-year-old Carlos Gomez …
Deputies are investigating a a deadly shooting in the far northeast corner of Maryland Friday morning that left five people, including three children, dead. Cecil County Sheriff Scott Adams said a 911 call came in at about 9:19 a.m. from a man who said that three children and a woman had been fatally shot. “The …
A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
A South Carolina woman and her two children were found fatally shot on Wednesday in what is being investigated as a double-murder suicide. The Sun News reported that Horry County police officers performing a welfare check at a Carolina Forest home the discovered bodies of Laura Moberley, 42, Eric Moberley, 11, and Emily Moberley, 8. …
The suspect also killed the apartment manager and a neighbor before committing suicide.
A 14-year-old Missouri girl died on Thursday, days after a suicide attempt that her mother said stemmed from bullying at school. Spirit Butler’s mother, Mary, reportedly found her unresponsive on the floor on August 8 — days before she was expected to start high school. The teen was on life support before succumbing to her …
A Massachusetts woman allegedly shot to death her father, brother-in-law, and his father before killing her self this week and left a chilling Facebook post blaming domestic abuse for her actions. Khosay Sharifi, 31, wrote in the post that her brother-in-law physically abused her sister for 14 years and that both sets of parents were …
California investigators said a woman whose burning body was found hanging from a tree at a popular park may have taken her own life. According to the Los Angeles Times, a passerby alerted rangers at Griffith Park after spotting a fire that was near a merry-go-round and the Los Angeles Zoo. Park rangers contacted the …
A New York man took his own life after allegedly killing a restaurant delivery driver, reportedly over duck sauce. As CrimeOnline previously reported, NYC police arrested Glenn Hirsch, 51, in June and charged him with first-degree murder, in connection with the April death of Zhiwen Yan. Yan, a delivery driver for Queens’ restaurant, Great Wall, …
A Florida family found dead inside their home this week has been identified, according to Orlando police. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the bodies were discovered inside a home off of Lake District Lane in the Lake Nona area of Orlando. Police responded to the home after someone called for a welfare check to the residence. Inside, police found …
A 9-year-old boy survived a brutal attack at an Iowa state park on Friday that left his parents and 6-year-old sister dead. Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green provided the information that the boy had survived in a Facebook post, although he didn’t clarify if the child was at the campsite when a gunman shot dead …
Three members of a family were shot to death early Friday morning at an Iowa state park, and the suspected gunman was later found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators have not yet released the names of the three victims but said the suspect was Anthony O. Sherwin, 23, from Nebraska. He is …
