A 62-year-old Methodist pastor was shot and killed in East Texas Sunday morning when he confronted a fugitive hiding in his church after a police chase, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said at an evening news conference. Mark Allen McWilliams was armed when he found 21-year-old Mytrez Deunte Woolen in the Starrville Methodist Church bathroom …
A 30-year-old Army drill sergeant on holiday leave was found fatally shot in her car on Interstate 10 in San Antonio early Friday morning, News4SanAntonio reports. Staff Sgt Jessica Mitchell was taken to University Hospital San Antonio, where she was pronounced dead at about 3 a.m. The San Antonio Police Department responded to what they …
A 2-year-old Maine boy is fighting for his life after an older sibling found a gun in a closet, loaded it, and shot him in the head, according to the Maine State Police. Waterville police got a call about the shooting just before noon on Saturday, state police said. The boy, who has not been …
A 15-year-old Texas boy has been charged with beating his mother to death, CBS DFW reports. McKinney police say they were called to the home at around 1 a.m. by the boy’s father and found the mother, 50-year-old Stacy Ellen Barney, dead. The boy, who has not been identified, had fled the home and was …
Authorities in central Wisconsin are looking for a 14-year-old girl who left her home before 5 a.m. Sunday morning and is believed to be endangered, the Stevens Point Police Department reports. Cassandra Kozlowski is described as about 5 foot 1 inch tall and 130 pounds with a tattoo of a planet on her right thigh …
A fugitive hiding in an East Texas church disarmed an armed pastor Sunday morning and shot and killed him before fleeing in the pastor’s car, the Dallas Morning News reports. Another person in the church was wounded in the shooting and a third was injured in a fall, police said. None of the victims nor …
The suspects accused of killing slain Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery apparently don’t want him to be referred to as a victim during their upcoming murder trial. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the lawyer for Gregory and Travis McMichael filed a motion at the Chatham County Superior Court, indicating that Arbery shouldn’t be referred …
Seven children and two adults are dead after a horrific traffic crash on a remote California highway, the Fresno Bee reports. Authorities believe the 28-year-old driver of a Dodge Journey SUV swerved off the road onto a dirt shoulder and then overcorrected, leading him to slam into an oncoming Ford F-150 carrying seven children and one adult, …
Two Colorado police officers were injured Friday when a man who threatened to harm law enforcement opened fire, the Pueblo Chieftain reports. The two officers – Sgt. Josh Rude and Deputy Nicolas Berumen of the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office – were shot during an hour-long stand-off with 48-year-old Eddie Lovins at his home in Pueblo West. Police …
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 …
A Colorado registered sex offender accused of looking up child pornography on an AT&T store iPad last spring pleaded not guilt last week to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. According to an affidavit, Nathan Wood used the iPad for four hours …
