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Woman killed in cold blood outside mall was shot by husband she was divorcing
Murder
May 5, 2017

Woman killed in cold blood outside mall was shot by husband she was divorcing

A man who fatally shot his wife outside a Fort Worth mall before killing himself was undergoing divorce proceedings, officials said. On Monday afternoon, Leslie Bradley, 47, called 911 to report someone shooting at her as she sat in Ridgmar Mall’s parking lot. According to The Dallas Morning News, police spokesman Bradley Perez said the victim, who …

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Violent Crime
April 27, 2017

Help! Police need public’s assistance after 17-year-old gets gunned down in street

Dallas police are looking for anyone who has information about a shooting on Wednesday night that left a teenage boy dead. Dallas News reports that Mark Burnough, 17, was shot and wounded near Interstate 20, at an apartment complex off of the 6900 block of South Cockrell Hill Road. He was rushed to the hospital, where …

Boy finds mother shot dead in family townhouse
Murder
April 17, 2017

Boy finds mother shot dead in family townhouse

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 …

Police: Angry husband shoots Texas man in the face over $10
Violent Crime
April 10, 2017

Police: Angry husband shoots Texas man in the face over $10

An argument over $10 in Fort Worth, Texas, ended with a man shot in the face on Thursday night and another man behind bars. Dallas News reports that Jonathan Atkinson, 77, is accused of shooting the victim at around 11 p.m., off of Sunshine Drive, in between East Berry Street and Miller Avenue. According to Forth …

NRA employee accidentally shoots himself at firearms museum
Weird Crime
April 8, 2017

NRA employee accidentally shoots himself at firearms museum

A National Rifle Association (NRA) museum employee accidentally shot himself on Friday, police said. According to NBC Washington, the shooting happened at the National Firearms Museum, a site run by the National Rifle Association out of its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. According to USA Today, the unidentified 46-year-old man suffered a wound to the lower body …

Alabama woman shoots at car full of kids over a ‘messy house’
Family Crime
April 5, 2017

Alabama woman shoots at car full of kids over a ‘messy house’

A Tuscaloosa, Alabama, woman is behind bars after police say she shot at a car with another’s woman’s children inside,  apparently over a messy house. At around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, officers arrived at a home off of Sixth Street in Tuscaloosa, after someone called 911 to report gunfire.  Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Capt. Kip Hart said …

BOLO: Ohio suspect opens fire in bar; on the run
Police
April 3, 2017

BOLO: Ohio suspect opens fire in bar; on the run

Toledo police are searching for a suspect who shot two people outside of a bar on Monday, then fled away. ABC 13 reports that the incident happened just after 1 a.m. on West Sylvania, close to Vermaas Avenue, at The Antidote bar. While outside on the bar’s patio area, the suspect fired multiple shots, wounding two people. The …