Two students were killed Monday in what police believed was a gang-related shooting at a Des Moines charter school dedicated to helping at-risk youth. The founder of the facility was also shot and wounded in the attack. An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested, the police said in statement Monday night. …
Read More »5 dead in North Carolina apparent murder
Five people are dead in North Carolina on Saturday in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, according to a news release from the High Point Police Department. High Point police were called around 7 a.m. regarding two people screaming for help. They arrived to find the two people asking …
Read More »Professor sues TikToker who accused her in University of Idaho murders
A professor at the University of Idaho has filed a defamation lawsuit last week against the internet personality Ashley Guillard, who alleged to have solved the prominent murder cases and whose TikTok videos have repeatedly alleged that the school’s history department chair was involved in the fatal stabbings of four …
Read More »Oklahoma man charged in killings of 4 men found in river
A Oklahoma man accused of killing and dismembering four men in eastern Oklahoma was charged Monday with four counts of first-degree murder. Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski announced the charges against Joseph Kennedy, 67, at a news conference. The dismembered bodies of Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike …
Read More »Execution of Alabama inmate stayed by appellate court; state has appealed
An appellate court on Thursday night ordered a halt to the scheduled execution of an Alabama inmate convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife, but the state is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to proceed with the lethal injection. The 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals …
Read More »Officer shoots driver after car plows through barricade at Omaha Halloween celebration
Omaha, Nebraska — A Halloween celebration turned frantic after a man drove through a barricaded area and was shot by an Omaha police officer Monday night, police said. CBS Omaha affiliate KMTV reports that the man was critically wounded. His name hasn’t been released. Police said no one else was …
Read More »6 killed in Wisconsin apartment fire; “criminal investigation” underway
Six people died in an apartment fire early Friday in the southern Wisconsin village of Hartland, the police chief said. The death toll was revised, after officials said earlier that seven people died. “This is an active criminal investigation by the Hartland Police Department,” Police Chief Torin Misko said at …
Read More »Ohio man pleads guilty to trying to kill romantic rival with gift
A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to building an explosive bomb in Ohio and then driving to Maryland, with the intention of killing a romantic rival, according to authorities. Clayton McCoy intended to kill the boyfriend of the woman he liked, the Department of Justice said in a news release. …
Read More »Judge tosses manslaughter charge for captain of California boat that caught fire and killed 34
A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment Friday charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on the third anniversary of one of the deadliest maritime disasters …
Read More »Man accused of acting as lookout during prison killing of notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger to stay locked up until trial
A man charged in the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled Monday. Sean McKinnon, 36, was on federal supervised release when he was arrested Thursday in Florida on charges including conspiracy to commit first degree …
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