Category: Crime and Incidents

LIVE 1 PM ET: Philadelphia DA Krasner Holds a News Conference on the Mass Shooting Case

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner holds a news conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 5 after the arraignment of the mass shooting suspect Kimbrady Carriker. …


LIVE 1 PM ET: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Gives Update on Shooting That Left 5 Dead

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner holds a news conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 5 after the arraignment of the mass shooting suspect Kimbrady Carriker. …


LIVE NOW: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Gives Update on Shooting That Left 5 Dead

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner holds a news conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 5 after the arraignment of the mass shooting suspect Kimbrady Carriker. …


Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Gives Update on Shooting That Left 5 Dead

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner holds a news conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 5 after the arraignment of the mass shooting suspect Kimbrady Carriker. …


1 Dead, 6 Hurt in July 4th Block Party Shooting on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

SALISBURY, Md.—A 14-year-old boy was killed and six other people were injured in a shooting at a Fourth of July block party on Maryland’s Eastern Shore early Wednesday, according to the county sheriff’s office. The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting in Salisbury shortly after midnight, according to a statement…


9 People Shot and Wounded in DC, Including 2 Juveniles

WASHINGTON—Nine people were shot and wounded, including two juveniles, early Wednesday in Washington, D.C., police said. Shortly before 1 a.m. police responded to a report of a shooting on Meade Street in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. capital, Assistant Chief Leslie Parsons of the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement on Twitter. Upon…


9 People Shot and Wounded in Washington, Including 2 Juveniles

WASHINGTON—Nine people were shot and wounded, including two juveniles, early Wednesday in Washington, D.C., police said. Shortly before 1 a.m. police responded to a report of a shooting on Meade Street in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. capital, Assistant Chief Leslie Parsons of the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement on Twitter. Upon…


Woman Rescued After Days Stuck in Swamp in Massachusetts Park After Hikers Hear Screams, Police Say

EASTON, Mass.—A Massachusetts woman who went missing last week has been found alive in a swampy area of a state park after hikers heard the woman’s cries for help, police said. Emma Tetewsky, 31, was reported missing on June 26, and police in recent days had appealed to the public for help in finding her….


Victims in Philadelphia Shooting Identified

PHILADELPHIA—A 40-year-old man with a rifle, a pistol, extra magazines, a police scanner, and a bulletproof vest fatally shot four men in a Philadelphia neighborhood and chased and killed a fifth man inside a house, police said. A 2-year-old boy and a 13-year-old were also wounded in the Monday night violence that made the working-class…


Fireworks Explosion in Western Michigan Kills One Woman and Injures 9 Other People

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich.—Fireworks explosions in adjacent counties in western Michigan left at least one woman dead and nine others with injuries from critical to minor, authorities said. Both explosions happened Monday within about 30 minutes of each other and no more than 30 miles apart, first in Allegan County, when an errant mortar apparently shot…