UPDATE: No explosives on truck that prompted shut down of Tennessee highway: Cops
Police
The vehicle was said to have been playing ‘similar’ audio to that played by the Nashville bomber’s RV before it detonated.
Murder
December 27, 2020
7-year-old shot while riding in a car out Christmas shopping in posh Buckhead dies
A 7-year-old Georgia girl shot in the head while out Christmas shopping with her family last week has died, WSB reports. Kennedy Maxie was riding in a car with her aunt near Phipps Plaza in Atlanta’s toney Buckhead district on December 21 when shots rang out, according to the aunt, who said she didn’t realize …
Terror
December 27, 2020
REVEALED: Investigators identify Nashville suicide bomber, motive still unknown
Nashville Mayor John Cooper believes AT&T may have been the target of the blast, and detectives are looking at reports that Anthony Warner may have been paranoid about 5G technology.
Mass shooting
December 27, 2020
Special forces soldier charged in bowling alley shooting that left 3 dead, 3 wounded
An active duty soldier has been charged in a deadly shooting at an Illinois bowling alley on Saturday that left three elderly men dead and three more people — including two teenagers — wounded, the Rockford Register Star reports. Most of Don Carter Lanes, which also includes a bar and an off-track betting site, was …
Shooting
December 26, 2020
One hospitalized in shooting at southwest Virginia mall
Police closed down Valley View Mall in Roanoke, Virginia, Saturday night after responding to reports of shots fired, the Roanoke Times reports. One person has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries in what the paper said was a fight between two groups of people. Roanoke Police Chief Sam Roman told WSLS there were four shots fired …
Court
December 26, 2020
Murder charges kept after pregnant woman, 26, used meth before baby stillborn
The California Supreme Court this week rejected a challenge to murder charges filed against a 26-year-old woman who used methamphetamines before her fetus was stillborn, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Chelsea Becker has been in jail in Kings County since the 2019 stillbirth and has pleaded not guilty, although she acknowledged using the drug. She’s …
Terror
December 26, 2020
‘Person of interest’ in Nashville bombing gave away his home last month
Investigators now believe the explosion was likely a suicide bombing, CNN reports, citing law enforcement sources.
Shooting
December 26, 2020
SEE VIDEO: Police searching for man who FIRES 20-PLUS SHOTGUN BLASTS into home on Christmas Day
Police in Canada are looking for a man who disturbed Christmas morning in Toronto’s Etobicoke district with shotgun fire, CP24 reported. Detectives released surveillance camera footage in which multiple volleys from the shotgun can be heard over about a three minute period. Toronto police said the suspect was driving an older, light grey Subaru Forester …
Assault
December 26, 2020
Mystery Man COLLARED after vicious BRICK ATTACK on unsuspecting woman on sidewalk
New York police have arrested a man and charged him with hitting a woman with a brick as she walked down a street on Christmas Eve, CBS New York reported. Lisa Cavanaugh, 51, was hospitalized with cuts to the back of her head and is expected to recover. Christopher Guzman, 28, has been charged with …
Murder
December 26, 2020
5 family members found dead inside Arkansas home in Christmas Day shock
Pope County deputies are investigating an apparent suicide with multiple murders after finding five members of an Arkansas family dead in their home on Christmas Day. The victims were two women and three girls ranging in age from 8 to 50 years old, Sheriff Shane Jones said at a news conference on Saturday, according to …
Terror
December 26, 2020
Investigators identify ‘person of interest’ in Christmas morning Nashville explosion
Investigators have identified a person of interest in the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville, The Tennessean reported Saturday. State and federal agents converged on a duplex in Antioch, about 12 miles southeast of Nashville, Saturday morning for “court authorized activity,” FBI public affairs officer Darrell DeBusk told the newspaper. DeBusk said no arrests have …
Shooting
December 25, 2020
Boyfriend threatens Florida woman with tomahawk so she shoots him dead: Cops
A Florida woman shot and killed her boyfriend Thursday night when she found him with a tomahawk raised above her while she was lying in bed, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Jill Fritch, 59, told deputies that she grabbed a gun next to the bed and shot Troy Sorrell, 60, in self-defense, according to Volusia …