A Louisiana man allegedly shot at children who had been playing hide-and-seek outside his home, striking a 14-year-old girl, officials said. The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head early Sunday and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the Calcasieu …
Read More »Driver charged in fiery fatal crash was 13
Police say a fiery crash that killed one person Saturday was caused by a 13-year-old out for a joyride in the family car, CBS Sacramento reports. The teen is now facing felony charges. According to police in the Sacramento suburb of Woodland, the incident began when officers saw the vehicle …
Read More »Nashville school shooting 911 calls show terror at The Covenant School during attack
Callers pleaded for help and the sound of sirens, crying and gunfire could be heard in the background of 911 calls released Thursday and made during Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville. Police released recordings of multiple calls that were made during the attack at The Covenant School in which six …
Read More »A farmer found the body of a newborn girl in the trash in 1992. DNA has led to the arrest of the baby’s parents.
The parents of a baby killed in 1992 are in custody after newly developed DNA evidence led investigators to them, state troopers said. A farmer in Picayune, Mississippi, looking to feed his animals, found the infant’s body on April 15, 1992. The body was found in a trash bin inside …
Read More »Maurice Hastings, wrongly imprisoned for 38 years, declared innocent
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he didn’t commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles Wednesday. Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. The judge in October vacated Hastings’ …
Read More »Murder suspect who cut off ankle monitor is on the run, New Mexico officials say
A wanted murder suspect is at large in New Mexico, authorities announced this week. Joe Anderson, 41, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last year, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release published on Wednesday. One day earlier, Anderson had cut off his ankle monitor …
Read More »N.Y. judge jails ex
New York — A former gynecologist convicted of sexually abusing patients was ordered to spend the next two months in jail as he awaits sentencing, a federal judge in New York City ruled Wednesday. After hearing statements from some of the victims during the bail hearing, U.S. District Court Judge …
Read More »Nakira Griner convicted of murder 4 years after toddler son found buried in New Jersey yard
A woman accused of having killed her toddler son almost four years ago and telling police he had been kidnapped before his remains were found buried in the yard of her New Jersey home has been convicted of murder and other charges. Prosecutors in Cumberland County say 28-year-old Nakira Griner …
Read More »Man who killed 3 at Indiana mall told ex he would “take others with him” if he died
The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people and wounded two more at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her that he didn’t expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed himself, he would “take others” with him, police said Wednesday. Jonathan Douglas Sapirman …
Read More »Probe finds rail yard had no advance warning of 2021 shooting that left 10 dead
San Jose, California —An investigative report of the deadly mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in May of 2021 found that officials had no prior warning of the incident that left ten people dead, including the gunman, CBS Bay Area reports. The VTA Board of …
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