A man who tried to save a drowning jet-skier but later fatally shot him will not be prosecuted after authorities determined he acted in self-defense, WLTX-TV reports. The 74-year-old gunman, whose identity has not been released publicly, shot 29-year-old Nathan Drew Morgan on Tuesday in Lake Keowee in South Carolina. Morgan and a female friend …
Police in New York are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who was caught on video viciously attacking a woman, amNY reports. The unidentified perpetrator can be seen in a video released by the NYPD putting on latex gloves moments before the brutal assault around 11:30 p.m. Sources told the newspaper that the …
Investigators say they have identified a suspect in the murder of a young California mother more than three decades ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. On May 2, 1988, 29-year-old Diane Lynn Dahn was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death inside a bedroom of her San Diego apartment. A colleague had come to check on …
A mass shooting in Arkansas has left one person dead and at least 24 people injured, including children, KARK-TV reports.Gunfire broke out Saturday evening at a car show in Dumas, a small town about 90 miles southeast of Little Rock.The shooting reportedly began around 6:50 p.m., according to Monticello Live. Arkansas State Police troopers and special agents …
Authorities in the Bay Area announced this week that charges had been filed against three men in the shooting death of a news crew’s security guard last November. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kevin Nishita was shot during an attempted robbery of a KRON4 crew on November 24. He died in a hospital three days later. …
Virginia sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 36-year-old women armed with a knife after responding to a domestic incident Friday morning in Loudon County. The Virginia State Police said Loudoun County deputies got a call about 4 a.m. about a domestic argument and were met at the door by Faubricia Virtaux Gainer, who came out …
A 2-year-old Minnesota boy reported missing on Thursday has been found safe and the man believed to have abducted him is in jail. Officials issued an AMBER Alert for Robert Ramirez, who was believed to have been taken from Pope County early Thursday, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Victor Ramirez, AKA Benigno Alvarrez, was arrested outside …
A Utah man arrested this week for a violent attempted kidnapping in Logan reportedly told police he thought the victim was his wife and let her go when he realized it wasn’t her. Logan Police Capt. Curtis Hooley said that witnesses said they saw Carlos Cisneros-Diaz punch a woman in the face and try to …
A Florida Burger King employee was arrested Thursday after she allegedly fired her gun at a customer after a dispute at the drive-thru window. Shateasha Monique Hicks, 30, has been charged with discharging a firearm in public, according to WTVJ. A witness told police that he saw Hicks and a man in a vehicle at …
An Alabama mother is accused of injecting herself with a large amount of heroin while she was giving birth, which authorities say resulted in the death of the baby, WALA-TV reports. Prosecutors have charged 34-year-old Amanda Malpas with chemical endangerment of a child resulting in death in connection with the incident. On March 5, Malpas …
A Pennsylvania father was gunned down while trying to help someone in need, leaving loved ones grieving and searching for answers about what happened, the Patriot-News reports.Authorities say 35-year-old Shawn “Cash” Hairston was shot at a boarding house in Harrisburg around 4:40 p.m. Sunday. He was rushed to an area hospital for lifesavig treatment but was …
A Florida man accused of killing his girlfriend’s mother on her 93rd birthday has been ordered held without bond in Orange County. An arrest affidavit says that a resident gave Javier Rosado Martinez access to the senior complex where Dolores Padilla-Marrero Sunday night, WESH reported. The next morning, one of her daughters found her dead …
