Tag: Public Safety

Judge Mulls Evidence for 3 of 6 in Alabama Birthday Shooting

DADEVILLE, Ala.—An Alabama investigator on Tuesday described a bloody, chaotic crime scene littered with 89 bullet casings and other evidence after a shooting killed four young people and wounded dozens at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Authorities have charged six people with reckless murder. The lead investigator in the case testified at a court hearing…


Driver in Fatal Uber Autonomous Crash Set for June Trial

PHOENIX—An Arizona Uber driver involved in the first death connected to a fully autonomous vehicle will be tried in June on a negligent homicide charge. Rafaela Vasquez, 49, previously had been scheduled for trial next month in the March 2018 crash that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked a bicycle outside the lines of…


Sheriff: Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered Making Delivery

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday. Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged with killing the driver during a delivery Wednesday at a home in Holiday, Florida, Pasco County…


Russian Spy Intrigue Fizzles as Hawaii Stolen ID Trial Nears

U.S. prosecutors who introduced Russian spy intrigue into the case of a couple accused of living for decades in Hawaii under identities stolen from dead babies are now saying they don’t want jurors to hear about photographs showing them wearing foreign uniforms. A U.S. judge granted the request last week, ruling that the uniforms are…


Nashville Police Reject Request to Release Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has officially rejected a public records request filed by The Tennessee Star newspaper, which sought the release of the manifesto written by Audrey Hale—the assailant behind the March 27 shooting in which six people were killed at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. In…


Mississippi Jail Escapee a Suspect in Killing, Carjacking

JACKSON, Miss.—A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson, authorities said Tuesday. Anthony Watts, 61, was shot and killed Monday night around 7 p.m. on Interstate 55 after he pulled over to help a man who had wrecked a…


1 Dead, 1 Injured in Blast at Chicago Area Petroleum Plant

LEMONT, Ill.—An explosion and fire at a suburban Chicago petroleum refinery killed one person and injured a second on Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said one person was confirmed dead and a second was transported to a hospital in Joliet with injuries following the explosion at Seneca Petroleum in Lemont, Illinois….


Former Minnesota Officer Convicted in Daunte Wright Killing Released From Prison

The former Minneapolis-area police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright was released from prison on Monday after serving part of her sentence for the fatal shooting. Kimberly Potter, now 50, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the 2021 shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old man, during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb…


Parents and 6 Children Found Shot Dead in Burning Oklahoma House

TULSA, Okla.—Preliminary autopsy reports show eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning home were each shot. The bodies of Brian Nelson, 34, his wife Brittney Nelson, 32, and their six children were found in October inside the flaming home in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb. Police at the time called it…


Ohio Man Charged With Federal Offenses for Firebombing Church to Stop Drag Queen Story Hour

An Ohio man is facing federal charges over an unsuccessful attempt to burn down a church that was planning to host a “Drag Story Hour” event, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday. According to a complaint (pdf) filed by the FBI, 20-year-old Aimenn Penny was arrested on March 31 after he allegedly threw…