Category: Public Safety

Lawyer Says ‘Psychotic Break’ Explains Stepson’s Killing

DENVER—A lawyer for a Colorado woman who repeatedly stabbed and then shot her 11-year-old stepson before driving his body across the country said Friday that the brutality of the attack was the strongest evidence that the killing was the result of a “psychotic break.” During closing arguments in Letecia Stauch’s murder trial in Colorado Springs,…


Shooting Leaves 12-Year-Old Florida Boy Dead at Store

DANIA BEACH, Fla.—A gunman fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded a man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida convenience store in an apparently random attack, sheriff’s officials said Friday. Broward County Sheriff’s deputies said Darren Rosenthal, 29, shot a man sitting inside a car outside the Dania Beach 7-Eleven at…


Maryland Police: Attackers Tried to Shoot Boy on School Bus

OXON HILL, Md.—Three masked attackers boarded a school bus in Maryland earlier this week and tried multiple times to shoot a boy, but the attack was foiled by a malfunctioning gun, police said. The bus stopped in Oxon Hill, a suburb of the nation’s capital, to drop off students just before 5 p.m. Monday, when…


‘Not a Safe Place Anymore:’ Actor Scott Baio Leaving California

Actor Scott Baio is leaving California, after feeling unsafe due to the state’s insurmountable homeless crisis, the star announced on Wednesday. The 62-year-old has lived in Los Angeles for 45 years, but says it’s now time to “exit stage right’ from California” adding it’s “not a safe place anymore.” “After 45 years, I’m making my way to…


Police Video Shows Idaho Killings Suspect in Traffic Stop

PULLMAN, Wash.—Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled over for allegedly running a red light about a month before the killings. The video shows Washington State University campus police stopping Bryan Kohberger on Oct. 14, 2022, in Pullman, the Idaho Statesman reported Thursday….


IN-DEPTH: How Active Shooter Response Has Evolved Since Columbine, Aurora, and Uvalde

On March 27, officers from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) responded to calls of an active shooter at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, and neutralized the threat within 14 minutes. MNPD’s response was a stark contrast to another elementary school shooting in May 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “There’s compelling…


ANALYSIS: Are Biden’s Immigration Policies Putting Americans’ Safety at Risk?

Following a four-day manhunt, the illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing five neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, in Cleveland, Texas, was arrested on April 30 after authorities received a tip on his whereabouts. Francisco Oropesa, 38, was taken into custody without incident on May 2 in Cut and Shoot, Texas, authorities said during a…


ANALYSIS: How Biden’s Immigration Policies Are Putting Americans at Risk

Following a four-day manhunt, the illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing five neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, in Cleveland, Texas, was arrested on April 30 after authorities received a tip on his whereabouts. Francisco Oropesa, 38, was taken into custody without incident on May 2 in Cut and Shoot, Texas, authorities said during a…


Senators Urge China to Curb Flow of Chemicals Used in Fentanyl Production

On Thursday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Beijing to curb the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico, which are used by drug cartels to produce fentanyl. “China is not doing enough to halt the stream of chemicals that Mexican drug cartels use to produce fentanyl, the destructive drug that has…


Parents of Teenager Who Took His Own Life After ‘Sextortion’ Highlight Dangers of Online Scams

The parents of a 17-year-old Michigan teenager who took his own life after being targeted in a “sextortion” scam online are warning parents to have “tough conversations” with their children about the dangers posed by such scams. Jordan DeMay, from Marquette, Michigan, was found dead by law enforcement officers on March 25, 2022, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound….