A Florida man who fatally shot his girlfriend and her 10-year-old son on Sunday claimed he carried out the double slaying during an argument over television and football, police said. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Tyron Terell Johnson, 42, called 911 Sunday evening and said he opened fire on two people “because he was being attacked” …
A South Carolina man is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting his 17-year-old cousin during an argument over salt and vinegar potato chips. According to the Post and Courier, Ryan Dean Langdale, 19, initially reported the September 29 incident as an accidental shooting. However, police announced Wednesday that forensic evidence contradicted claims that the 17-year-old …
Officials are now offering $20,000 for information about the person behind two fatal shootings in one Illinois neighborhood in two days. WFLD reported that the ATF’s Chicago Field Division announced this weekend that they’re contributing $5,000 to a $15,000 fund raised by the Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago, community activist Raul Montes Jr. and Cook County …
Authorities are investigating after a masked gunman fatally shot two men in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood in a 36-hour period. The Chicago Tribune reported Eliyahu Moscowitz, 24, was shot to death Monday evening on the 1100 block of West Lunt. His death came a day after Douglass Watts, 73, was reportedly shot and killed while walking his …
The attorney representing the family of a Texas man fatally shot in his own apartment by his downstairs neighbor, a Dallas officer, announced they’ll be suing the city and the officer that killed him. According to The Dallas Morning News, attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean, the parents of Botham Jean, 26, will …
A Michigan man is dead after allegedly fatally shooting his mother-in-law, her boyfriend, and their dog before kidnapping his wife and two young children. Police said Bruce Huntley, 33, killed Lisa Bradley, 58, and her longtime boyfriend, James Cole, 54, Saturday after his wife and two children, ages 2 and 4, sought refuge at their home following …
The 2016 shooting that left eight family members dead on their Ohio farm was likely carried out by professional killers, a mass killings expert said last week. Dr. Jennifer Murray, an associate professor at Indiana State University, told WLWT that the April 2016 slayings had “aspects of a professional hit” and didn’t appear to be carried …
A Texas father and son reportedly caught on tape fatally shooting their neighbor during an argument over a mattress were re-arrested Saturday and had their bond increased. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that John Miller, 67, and Michael Miller, 31, were rearrested after the victim’s fianceé, Kara Box, recently provided footage of the deadly September 1 …
An Oklahoma inmate sentenced to life without parole for killing his Lebanese neighbor in a hate crime has died just six months after he was condemned to life in prison. According to Tulsa World, Stanley Vernon Majors, 63, was found dead Wednesday in an infirmary bed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The details surrounding his …
A Pennsylvania man who used his shotgun to drunkenly shoot at non-existent clowns in his second-floor apartment was sentenced to prison this week. Nathan A. Matthias, 35, will spend 22 months to five years behind bars for a December 2016 incident that occurred in his Reading apartment. At the time, Matthias told responding officers that …
The sister of a Texas man shot and killed by an officer in his apartment last week said her brother never left his door unlocked—contradicting comments the officer reportedly made to police. Allisa Jean, the sister of Botham Jean, 26, told CBS News Wednesday that it’s highly unlikely that her brother was in the dark …
A bodycam apparently captured the tense moments when a Nebraska police officer pulled over a suspect who brandished his gun and shot him in the shoulder. In a detailed account released to the public, the Omaha Police Department said Ken Fortune, 42, a member of the department’s Gang Unit, and two other officers conducted a traffic …
