A Texas toddler is dead after he found a loaded gun in his teen brother’s room and shot himself in the face with it shortly after midnight Tuesday morning. Police believe 2-year-old Rio Carrington was in his brother’s room by himself, KXAS reported, but several other children and the boy’s mother were in other parts …
Two Texas students were wounded in a shooting Monday morning on the campus of an Arlington high school. Officials said Lamar High School was on lockdown after the 7:30 a.m. incident, and a suspect was taken into custody. Police have not said if the suspect is a student and did not describe the conditions of …
A 15-year-old Texas girl who went missing in late April has been found, and investigators believe she may have been sex trafficked while she was missing. Brendetta McDonald, the girl’s mother, told WFAA that her daughter left their apartment on April 27 after being scolded and never returned. “I figured she was just going to …
A Florida may accused of shooting to death his girlfriend and her brother and sister before fleeing the scene with his son was ordered held without bond on Saturday. Investigators issued an Amber Alert for the 8-year-old boy and Terrell Lewis Friday morning after discovering the three bodies at River City Landing Apartments in Arlington, …
Two Kentucky teens have been charged with rape and other sex crimes involving a minor after a sheriff’s deputy responded to a call about a disturbance at a restaurant late Wednesday night. A Carlisle County deputy found Carl Wecker, 19, and Alexis Davis-Mardis, 18, apparently under the influence of narcotics. Wecker, in fact, told the …
A 14-year-old Atlanta girl who didn’t return home from her first day at school last week has been found in Texas. Caitlin Winchester was found safe, and Arlington police arrested 23-year-old Andre McNair, charging him with harboring a runaway child, CBS DFW reported. Atlanta Public Schools confirmed the girl had been found and said in …
Celebratory gunfire led to the death of a 39-year-old woman in Texas shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, WFAA reports. Arlington police said Mario Alanis, 34, and his girlfriend Blanca Guerra were marking the new year in their backyard. Alanis tried a shoot a firearm into the air, but the gun didn’t go off. Alanis …
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed by a man dancing with a gun in his hand during a New Year’s Eve celebration, WFAA reports. Zantyler Foster-Hooks, 21, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Messiah Taplin. Foster-Hooks was one of four adults in the Arlington apartment at the time of the shooting. When …
Authorities in Texas have arrested two women they say were operating a methamphetamine laboratory inside of an apartment. According to KDFW, a young child was inside the apartment when the equipment exploded Friday night. Fortunately, the child — and everyone else in the vicinity — avoided injuries. A number of neighbors reported hearing a loud …
Authorities said a suicidal man who doused himself in gasoline became engulfed in flames after an officer used a stun gun on him. Arlington police spokeswoman Sgt. VaNessa Harrison said the officer believed the man was holding a lighter that he intended to use. While Sgt. Harrison recognized the risk of using an electrical stun gun near gasoline, she …
An 8-year-old boy woke up to find his mother dead of an apparent gunshot wound Friday morning. According to NBC Dallas Fort Worth, a neighbor in Arlington, Texas, called 911 to report that the boy came over after finding his mother unresponsive. The child was home Thursday night and reportedly didn’t hear or see anything out …
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