Two dead after gun battle over imaginary girlfriend
Murder
The suspect was found dead in a home after leading police on violent chase, and reportedly aiming his gun at an elementary school
Police
October 13, 2017
Police officer shot and killed in line of duty in New Orleans
A New Orleans police officer was shot and killed early Friday while on duty in New Orleans East. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison told NOLA.com that the fatal shooting took place at approximately 12:15 a.m. Four officers were patrolling the area near Cindy Place and the Interstate 10 Service Road when they “saw something …
Murder
October 13, 2017
EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Oxygen’s ‘Criminal Confessions’ investigates possible serial killer on the loose in Baton Rouge
Is there a serial killer on the loose in Louisiana? In an upcoming episode of Oxygen’s Criminal Confessions, police in Baton Rouge investigate a string of chilling deaths. After women are found brutally murdered, the city suspects a serial killer is on the loose. Exemplifying police work at its finest, Baton Rouge’s tenacious detectives lead …
Violent Crime
October 12, 2017
White restaurant manager enslaved mentally disabled black worker for FIVE YEARS: Feds
A white restaurant manager in Conway, South Carolina, is accused of beating and forcing an intellectually disabled black man to work for little to no pay for five years. According to The Post and Courier, the US Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that they indicted Bobby Paul Edwards, 52, on a felony forced labor charge. The victim, John Christopher Smith, 39, reportedly …
Murder
October 12, 2017
Mandalay Bay Las Vegas staff did not call police until AFTER Stephen Paddock shooting massacre began: Report
Staff at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino did not call police until after Stephen Paddock began shooting out his hotel room window — several minutes after the gunman shot a security guard on the 32nd floor hallway, according to an ABC News report. An anonymous source who reportedly reviewed the hotel’s phone records for …
Violent Crime
October 11, 2017
North Carolina teen accused of decapitating mother heads to hospital, not prison
The North Carolina man accused of stabbing and decapitating his mother earlier this year has been found incompetent to stand trial, according to Fox News. As CrimeOnline reported in March, Oliver Funes Machada, 19, called authorities to report that he had killed his mother. When officers arrived, they reportedly encountered him walking out of the …
Murder
October 11, 2017
Las Vegas Shooting: New audio of Stephen Paddock’s first shots; Mandalay Bay maintenance worker says he was warned of gunfire
A maintenance engineer at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has come forward to tell his harrowing story of surviving Stephen Paddock’s shooting massacre that killed 58 people and injured nearly 500 more. Stephen Schuck appeared on the Today show Wednesday to describe his ordeal, crediting hotel security guard Jesus Campos with …
Murder
October 10, 2017
BREAKING: Mandalay Bay hotel group questions police account of Las Vegas shooting timeline in new statement
A representative for the hotel management group that operates the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino has released a statement that strongly implies disagreement with the latest police timeline of events last Sunday night, when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of thousands attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival. The shooting massacre claimed 58 lives …
Murder
October 10, 2017
BREAKING: Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used hotel freight elevator before deadly massacre
“In this company’s history, no public person has ever walked in a service elevator unless they were accompanied by security,” the hotel mogul said in a recent interview, before backpedaling
Violent Crime
October 10, 2017
Have you seen this woman? Caretaker kidnaps, stabs, beats 85-year-old elderly woman: Police
Authorities are searching for a woman in Texas who reportedly kidnapped an 85-year-old elderly lady, beat and stabbed her, then tried to rob her before fleeing from a gas station. Fox4 reports that police accuse of Lesia Ann Coco, 49, of arriving uninvited to the elderly lady’s Irving home, where Coco once worked while caring for …
Murder
October 10, 2017
New questions about Las Vegas shooting as police reveal a dramatic change in timeline
The new information contradicts an earlier narrative that police believed a hotel security guard prompted Stephen Paddock to stop shooting, and raises new questions about why police waited before entering the hotel room
Murder
October 10, 2017
Texas Tech student shoots, kills police officer after cops find drugs in his room
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody Monday night and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted. In an earlier statement, the university identified the …