A 3-year-old Alabama boy died Friday afternoon after what Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called “a senseless act of gun-related violence.” Police responded at about 1:45 p.m. to an intersection just a few blocks from the Alabama State Capitol in downtown Montgomery — although they believe the shooting took place a few blocks north of that …
Six members of a Philadelphia family were stabbed in their sleep early Friday morning. A 29-year-old man, a member of the family who also lived in the house, was arrested a short time later when he was found covered in blood three blocks away. The victims ranged in age from 26 to 55, the Philadelphia …
Investigators in Arizona have charged a Phoenix man with the fatal shooting of a beloved member of Scottsdale’s Special Olympics Team earlier this week. John Merryman, 38, was arrested at his home overnight Friday and charged with murder in the death of 59-year-old Scott Harkness, who was found on the side of a road about …
A former US Air Force military police sergeant with links to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a drive-by shooting that left one federal protective services officer dead and another wounded. Steven Carrillo was an active-duty staff sergeant at Travis Air Force Base on May 29, 2020, when he and …
Rapper Kodak Black was among three people shot outside a Los Angeles restaurant where a slew of celebrities were attending a party following a Justin Bieber concert. Bieber had performed earlier at the Pacific Design Center in WeHo, and the afterparty was held at The Nice Guy, with Drake, Kim Kardashian, Kendell Jenner, Leo DiCaprio, …
The head caddie of an exclusive country club in the Hamptons was allegedly choked to death by a colleague after watching golf on television, The Southampton Press reports. The victim, 45-year-old Kevin Somers, died February 5 at the Long Island home of 34-year-old Marc Dern. Authorities allege that Somers and Dern were watching a golf …
A Pennsylvania man allegedly murdered his former girlfriend and then dismembered and beheaded her body with a machete, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Around 4:15 a.m. Friday, a neighbor called authorities to report screaming at an apartment building in Clifton Heights, a suburb of Philadelphia. Arriving officers initially knocked on the home’s front door, but no …
A 21-year-old Chicago man shot and killed the 12-year-old brother of his friend last month after the boy teased him about his girlfriend. Jaran Hughes, 21, was ordered held without bond on Wednesday. He’s been charged with murder in the January 2 death of Marcel Wilson as the boy was playing video games with his …
Neighbors and relatives said they called authorities multiple times, but the victim remained in the home
The man accused of driving through a suburban Wisconsin Christmas parade last year, killing six and wounding dozens, pleaded not guilty on Friday to all 77 charges filed against him. Attorneys for Darrell Brooks Jr, 39, also filed requests on Thursday for a change in venue and that the jury be sequestered during trial. On …
The trial of a woman charged with the death of her stepson has been put on hold after the judge accepted a motion from her attorneys to change her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Letecia Stauch has been charged with first degree murder in the death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, who disappeared …
A Long Island grandmother helps capture a suspected scammer. 73-year-old former 911 dispatcher Jean Ebbert receives a call from a man claiming to be her grandson, who’s been jailed for DUI. He needs $8,000 for bail. The problem with the scammer is, Ebbert’s grandchildren aren’t old enough to drive. Ebbert decides to play along and …
