Category: Crime and Incidents

Woman, 2 Children Dead in Missouri Shooting; Man With Possible Self-Inflicted Wound Hospitalized

ST. ANN, Mo.—A woman and two children died in a shooting inside a Missouri home. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Monday in the St. Louis County town of St. Ann. Police Chief Aaron Jimenez told KTVI-TV that officers found a teenage boy dead in the kitchen, a woman dead in the garage, and a…


Shooting After Local Festival Leaves 3 Dead and 8 Injured in Texas, Police Say

DALLAS—Authorities in Texas say three people were killed and eight people were injured when gunfire erupted following a local festival. The shooting in Fort Worth happened at about 11:47 p.m. Monday in the Como neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, just hours after the end of the neighborhood’s annual ComoFest. Police said shots were fired…


Shooting After Holiday Festival Leaves 3 Dead and 8 Injured in Texas

DALLAS—Three people were killed and eight others injured when shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds following a festival in a Texas neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como happened at about 11:47 p.m. Monday, and police said a chaotic scene followed as people tried to flee on foot…


Police Release Video of Officer Killing Gunman and Ending Mass Shooting at Texas Mall

ALLEN, Texas—Police have released video footage of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video details the final moments of Mauricio Garcia, 33, after he unleashed a rain of bullets from a rifle at…


Man Charged for Allegedly Attacking Connecticut Lawmaker After Muslim Prayer Service

HARTFORD, Conn.—A Connecticut state lawmaker was attacked as she left a Muslim prayer service, and a fellow worshiper chased and held the man until police arrived, authorities said. Rep. Mayram Khan was with her sister and her children on the morning of June 28 outside the XL Center, an arena in downtown Hartford, where they had…


Man Charged With Murder in Deaths of Daughter, Sister-in-Law After 6 People Found Dead in House Fire

GREEN POND, S.C.—A man has been charged with murder in the killings of his sister-in-law and daughter after South Carolina authorities found six people dead while responding to reports of a house fire and stabbings, officials said at a press conference Monday. Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone identified a 50-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl…


Police Officer Killed in Confrontation With Domestic Violence Suspect in Indiana Hospital

TELL CITY, Ind.—A man suspected of domestic violence fatally shot a police officer in a southern Indiana hospital early Monday and was then killed by other officers, authorities said. The confrontation occurred at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. Police were called when a victim of domestic violence…


Firework Explodes in Illinois Man’s Face, Causing Critical Injuries

CARY, Ill.—A powerful firework exploded in an Illinois man’s face, critically injuring him, as he was trying to determine why it hadn’t detonated, authorities said Monday. The firework was one of many commercial-grade fireworks possessed by the 58-year-old man at a Sunday night gathering in Cary, the Lake County sheriff’s office said. “He lit a…


4 Killed, 4 Injured in Mass Shooting in Southwest Philadelphia

A suspect is in custody after four people were killed and four more injured in a mass shooting that unfolded in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia on Monday night. The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the area of 56th Street and Chester Avenue, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer. Law enforcement swiftly responded to the scene…


5 Killed, 2 Injured in Mass Shooting in Southwest Philadelphia

A suspect is in custody after five people were killed and two more were injured in a mass shooting that unfolded in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia on Monday night. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw told reporters that two who were injured are boys aged 2 and 13. They were in a stable condition at…