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A Louisiana fire marshal confirmed on Tuesday that a baby boy found severely burned last week in Natchitoches was not a victim of a random act. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Brown spoke with KEEL on Tuesday morning and although he could not divulge a lot of information, he did confirm that 25-year-old Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith, who …
The family of an Australian woman fatally shot by a police officer in Minneapolis last year has filed a multimillion lawsuit against the officer who fired the fatal shot, along with his partner, the police department, and the city. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Justine Damond, 40, was shot and killed by Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor …
Disputing theories offered via social media and by investigators, officials said Bronx teen Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was killed because he was mistaken for a rival gang member, not due to his resemblance to someone in a sex tape. NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea also revealed Wednesday that the department accessed the gang database to identify the …
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A man walked along a Toronto street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes, shooting 14 people and killing two before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police. Police Chief Mark Saunders did not rule out terrorism as a motive, though officials did not immediately identify the …
An Alabama teenager accused of shooting a pregnant female and killing her unborn child is now facing prosecution, AL.com reports. The suspect, 19-year-old Avery Robert Turner, has been in jail since the shooting in April. Grand jurors in Jefferson County indicted Turner on a capital murder charge. He is also facing attempted murder charges, WBMA-TV reports. …
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say gunmen have opened fire on a minibus carrying members of a taxi drivers’ association, killing 11 people and critically wounding four others. Police Brig. Jay Naicker says the victims of the Saturday night attack had attended a colleague’s funeral and were returning home when the ambush occurred. He …
The suspect who barricaded himself inside a Los Angeles Trader Joe’s walked out peacefully on Saturday night without incident, after allegedly shooting his grandmother and girlfriend earlier in the day. CBS Los Angeles reports that after a little over four hours, hostages began walking out of the store and seem to be uninjured. However, police …
Authorities say a 28-year-old California man has already shot two people before fleeing in his grandmother’s car, crashing it into the Trader Joe’s off of Hyperion Avenue in Los Angeles. A suspect in his late teens barricaded inside the store, is apparently telling police that he’ll start shooting if they try to enter the store. As CrimeOnline …
Authorities in Utah released surveillance footage from a pawn shop in Bountiful that they say shows the moment an attempted robbery ends with the store owner opening fire and killing the suspect. According to KSTU, the incident occurred in May and the news outlet received a copy of the video from the Bountiful Police Department …
The father of a 9-month-old daughter died in a Washington, D.C., hospital on Friday after being robbed and shot at an upscale Atlanta country club, following a wedding he attended. Christian Broder, 34, a former general manager of Millie’s in northwest Washington, D.C., passed away close to two weeks after he was shot in Atlanta. …
A Florida man who shot another man following an altercation over a handicapped parking spot won’t be facing charges due to the state’s Stand Your Ground law. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Michael Drejka, 47, and Markeis McGlockton, 28, got into a confrontation in a Clearwater parking lot on Thursday. Police told the news …
A Virginia man has died after accidentally stabbing himself in the groin with his sword. The New York Daily News reports that a 28-year-old man in Newport News was walking down stairs in an apartment building on Sunday while carrying a sword when he unintentionally stabbed himself. Police responded to the building on the 900 …
