Hoover, Alabama, police announced Sunday that they had made an arrest in a shooting at the state’s largest mall last week that left an 8-year-old boy dead and three other people wounded. Royta Giles Jr was shot in the head at Riverchase Galleria in Hoover on July 3 and was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital …
Police in the southern California city of Bakersfield have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on July 1. Armando Cruz was arrested on suspicion of murder, sexual assault, and kidnapping in the disappearance of Patricia Alatorre, according to KGET. Late Sunday night the Bakersfield Police …
An Alabama police detective who was shot and killed overnight at her home had recently been granted a protective order against the man now in custody for her killing. Montgomery police officers responded to calls about a person shot in east Montgomery’s Park Lake neighborhood at about 2:15 a.m. Monday, WSFA reported, and when they …
A New York woman who was caught on film calling police on an African-American birdwatcher in Central Park has been charged with false reporting, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. According to the statement, Amy Cooper was issued a ticket to appear at an arraignment on October 14 on a misdemeanor charge of false reporting …
An Army investigator said this week that a promotion for Vanessa Guillen made her the same rank as a suspect in her death and disappearance, Spc Aaron Robinson, and that he was “in no way in her chain of command.” The Army said in a statement that Guillen was promoted from private first class to …
Seven white men were arrested on an Oregon beach Saturday night for firing illegal fireworks, fighting with police, and harassing a Black family, the Lincoln City Police Department announced Sunday. Police said they were called to the beach in front of the Inn at Spanish Head at about 9:30 p.m. because of the illegal fireworks. …
Update: 8 p.m.: The Washington State Patrol cancelled the alert for four children missing after a 4th of July barbecue. KIRO reported they were found safe. Original report: The Washington State Patrol issued an alert Sunday for four children missing after a 4th of July outing in Montana with their non-custodial parents. According to KXLY, …
Remains found earlier this week east of Fort Hood in Texas are those of Pfc Vanessa Guillen, her family told the Washington Post on Sunday. According to the Post, family members said that Army investigators had made the positive identification, 2 1/2 months after Guillen’s disappearance from the base. The discovery of the remains on …
Although police frequently caution against it, 4th of July celebrants often fire their guns into the air, perhaps forgetting, in their glee, that what goes up must come down. Too often when those bullets come down, the result is death. Paulette Thorpe, 74, died Saturday from just such a celebration in Durham, North Carolina, the …
An Ohio police officer responded to a call about an intoxicated man outside a Toledo Home Depot just after midnight Saturday, but the man turned and fired a single shot into his chest, the Toledo Police Department announced. Officer Anthony Dia, 26, was rushed to ProMedica Toledo Hospital, where he died, Police Chief George Kral …
An 8-year-old boy died after being shot at Alabama largest mall Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department said. Three other people, including a juvenile girl, were wounded in the shooting that sparked panic at Riverchase Galleria, police said. The 8-year-old’s family identified him as Royta Giles Jr and said he was shot in the head, …
A homeless Washington, D.C., man — one of 26 evicted earlier this week from a site in Franklin Square — has now been hailed as a hero after he stopped another man from stabbing a police officer. John Burrows said he saw the attack on Thursday, and it made him angry. “I was really mad …
