A man accused of shooting and killing one woman and wounding four others at a hospital in Atlanta on Wednesday was arrested following an hours-long manhunt, police said. Deion Patterson, 24, was taken into custody at a condominium complex in nearby Cobb County without incident, officials said at a Wednesday …
Read More »Andrew Lester, White man charged in shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl, out on bond as some urge additional charge of hate crime
Kansas City, Mo. — As Ralph Yarl struggled to come to grips with being shot after going to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, the White Kansas City, Missouri, homeowner who shot the Black teenager turned himself in, then was released on bond Tuesday. Andrew Lester, 84, surrendered …
Read More »Lori Vallow Daybell trial: Jury selection starting in Idaho trial of woman accused of killing her two kids and husband’s late
Hundreds of people are expected to gather at an Idaho courthouse Monday morning as attorneys begin selecting 18 potential jurors for the trial of a woman charged in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot. Prosecutors charged Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, with conspiracy, murder and grand …
Read More »Missing Dallas 13
A missing 13-year-old from Dallas was found on Friday locked in a shed 1,000 miles from her home after being abducted and then raped by a man she met on a social media platform, authorities said. Police found the teen in Lexington, North Carolina, in a locked outbuilding on the …
Read More »Deaths of 2 men found drugged after leaving New York City gay bars are ruled homicides
The deaths of two men who were found robbed and drugged after leaving gay bars in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen last year have been ruled as homicides, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported Friday. Both men died of “drug-facilitated theft,” the medical examiner said. The NYPD said …
Read More »Man in San Francisco synagogue fires “possible blanks”
Police in San Francisco are investigating a shooting inside a synagogue during which the unidentified suspect may have fired blanks rather than live rounds Wednesday night in what a synagogue official called an attempt to terrorize Jewish people. The synagogue didn’t report the incident until Thursday morning. No injuries or …
Read More »Video of Paul Pelosi attack released, showing suspect swinging a hammer at him
Video and audio of the violent October attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was released to the public Friday. It was released after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled there was no reason to keep the footage secret, especially after prosecutors played …
Read More »Death toll from mass shooting at California dance hall rises to 11; sheriff releases new details on investigation
The death toll from the weekend shooting in Monterey Park, California, rose to 11 on Monday, officials announced. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services said in a statement that one of the four victims taken to LA County-USC Medical Center for treatment has died. “Our heroic staff at LAC+USC …
Read More »Two University of Pittsburgh students charged with abusing medical cadaver
The University of Pittsburgh says it will review how it manages donated cadavers following abuse of corpse charges against two students, CBS Pittsburgh reports. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pitt receives about 80 cadavers per year from the state non-profit Human Gifts Registry. The two students have been charged with …
Read More »Man demanded $300,000 before killing 4 workers at Oklahoma pot farm, prosecutors say
A man accused of killing four workers at an Oklahoma marijuana farm had demanded the return of his $300,000 investment in the operation shortly before he started shooting, prosecutors allege in court documents. Chen Wu, 45, was charged Friday in Kingfisher County with four counts of first-degree murder and one …
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