Tag: homicide

Quebec Rights Commission Probes After Two Children Orphaned in Suspected Homicide

Quebec’s human rights commission says it is opening an investigation after two children were orphaned following what police suspect was the killing of their mother by their father. The commission says it believes the children’s rights may have been violated based on media reports about the incident, . The children were found at a home…


Another Vicious Assault of a Woman Caught on Camera, Repeatedly Run Over by a Car

Following the assault of four young women at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan, China, another brutal incident involving a woman happened in the same city. A video showing a local man repeatedly running over a woman in a parking lot has gone viral and sparked public outrage. On August 2, a number of videos posted…


Woman, 81, Killed in Her Woodland Hills Home

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.—An 81-year-old woman who had suffered burns was found dead in her home in Woodland Hills, and police sought the public’s help Aug. 3 to find whoever killed her. A family member of the victim called police at 7:48 p.m. Aug. 2, and officers went to the 208000 block of Martha Street, north…


2 Men Charged With Murder in Shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik

Two men have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in relation to the fatal shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing. The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said the murder charges have been laid against 21-year-old Tanner Fox and 23-year-old Jose Lopez. IHIT said it will…


US Marine in Custody After Stabbing Death of Wife in Hawaii

HONOLULU—An active-duty U.S. Marine accused in the stabbing death of his wife is in custody and facing a second-degree murder charge. The Honolulu Police Department said Saturday that Bryant Tejeda-Castillo was being held on $1 million bail. Police say he was captured shortly after the Wednesday killing of 27-year-old Dana Alotaibi along a freeway. Police…


5 Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Police announced July 22 the arrest of five people in connection with a shooting in Long Beach that left a 24-year-old man dead and a woman injured. After an investigation, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) units served a multi-location warrant service in the cities of Long Beach, Signal Hill, and Los Angeles…


Orange County Creates $150,000 7-Eleven Shooting Victims Relief Fund

Orange County will provide up to $150,000 to aid some victims of a series of shooting at half a dozen 7-Eleven stores across Southern California on July 11—affecting three cities in the county—leaving three dead and three injured. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on July 19 to use money from the discretionary budgets…


Man Faces Murder Charge After Woman Set on Fire on Toronto Bus

A first-degree murder charge has been laid against a man after a woman was set on fire on a Toronto bus and died of her injuries weeks later. The fatal alleged assault of Nyima Dolma occurred on June 17 at around 12:20 p.m. aboard a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus near the Kipling Subway Station…


Homeless Man Killed in Anaheim Park

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Police July 6 identified a man found dead in an Anaheim park and said his death was being investigated as a homicide. Authorities were sent to Ponderosa Park, in the 2100 block of South Haster Street, at about 7 a.m. July 5 “regarding an unresponsive male,” Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. Michael Anthony…


Man, 64, Killed at Home by Burglar on July Fourth

LOS ANGELES—A 64-year-old man who died in a struggle with a would-be burglar inside his Lincoln Heights apartment was identified on July 5, while a search continued for his assailant. Jose Mancia died in the confrontation that occurred about 9:30 p.m. Monday at 2008 Griffin Avenue, according to police and the coroner’s office. Mancia was…