At least eight people are dead and hundreds of others have been injured after tragedy struck at a Houston music festival Friday night, KTRK-TV reports. Around 9:15 p.m. Friday, while rapper Travis Scott was performing, a crowd of about 50,000 concertgoers at the Astroworld Festival began pushing toward the stage, prompting alarm from some in …
NFL player Henry Ruggs III was drunk and driving 156 miles per hour when he killed a woman Tuesday after his vehicle slammed into her SUV. Newly discovered video shows it was not his first time being reckless on the road, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The video appears to show Ruggs revving his vehicle’s …
A party on Halloween weekend turned deadly when gunfire rang out, killing one person and injuring multiple others, KPRC-TV reports. Around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, police were called for a shooting in progress at a house party in north Houston. When officers arrived, they saw a large group of people dispersing from the scene, most of whom …
A man who won about $10,000 at a casino was followed to his home and murdered this week in what police believe was an apparent robbery attempt, WPVI-TV reports. The victim, 54-year-old Sree Ranga Aravapalli, left the Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, early Tuesday morning and drove to his home 50 miles away in Plainsboro, …
The parents of a Texas man accused of murdering a young boy and abusing his brothers say they are horrified by the allegations against him, KHOU-TV reports. Brian Coulter, 31, is accused of beating to death 8-year-old Kendrick Lee, his girlfriend’s son, at some point last year and leaving his body in a Houston apartment. Coulter …
A former New York City police officer who allegedly plotted to have her former husband murdered and her boyfriend’s teen daughter run over by a car will serve time behind bars, WCBS-TV reports. In court on Friday, Valerie Cincinelli, 36, was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of obstruction of justice stemming from the murder-for-hire allegations. Authorities …
A sex offender with terrifying face tattoos allegedly attempted to rape a woman who was sleeping next to her boyfriend, The Smoking Gun reports. Authorities allege that the man, 46-year-old Michael Campbell of Missouri, pulled a woman’s pants and underwear down while her boyfriend was sleeping alongside her, according to court documents obtained by the …
The fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set this week occurred with a prop gun that may have been used with live rounds at off-site social gatherings, TMZ reports. On Thursday, the actor Alec Baldwin fired a gun on the set of the movie “Rust “ that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director …
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Before Alec Baldwin pushed the trigger of a prop firearm that killed a woman and seriously injured a man on a New Mexico film set, the employee who handed him that weapon reportedly yelled “cold gun,” KOAT-TV reports. Yelling “cold gun” is usually intended to indicate that a firearm does not have live rounds, according …
A young mother is dead after she was shot by a stray bullet while reading a Bible story to her infant daughter, WFLD-TV reports. Now, family and friends are grieving the tragic loss of 23-year-old Melanie Yates, whom they described as a beloved person in their lives. The bullet struck Yates in the head at her …
A homicidal nurse could face the death penalty after he was convicted this week of murdering four patients, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reports. Jurors on Tuesday found 37-year-old William George Davis guilty of capital murder in the deaths of John Lafferty, Ronald Clark, Christopher Greenway, and Joseph Kalina, who each had experienced neurological complications and died while …
