Archive for March, 2009
2 men, 1 woman slain in Compton apartment
COMPTON, California — Homicide detectives Monday were investigating the fatal shootings of two men and a woman in an apartment.Neighbors contacted authorities after hearing gunshots in the apartment about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Butao. All the victims were declared dead at the scene. The apartment is behind several businesses [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Family of 6 died from Murder-suicide
Santa Clara, California – Police found was one of the worst shooting scenes in Santa Clara history: six bodies were scattered around the three-story townhome, four were dead, including a42-year-old man whom police suspect was the shooter. Two handguns were found nearby. Paramedics performed CPR on a 4-year-old girl, but she too died at the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Triple shooting in Dorchester, MA claims 3 victims
The gunman who opened fire on a car on a Dorchester street early Sunday, killing three of four passengers inside, may have been smarting after getting spurned by one of his victims who had just left a late-night party, a police source said. The victims, identified by police yesterday as Shacora Gaines and Chantal Palmer, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gunman Kills 8 in Nursing Home
Carthage, North Carolina – North Carolina police are investigating whether the man accused of killing eight people in a nursing home shooting spree may have targeted the home because his estranged wife worked there, according to The Associated Press. At 10 a.m. Sunday morning, while many residents of Carthage, N.C., were sitting quietly in church, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 dead in suspected murder-suicide in Firestone
Firestone, Colorado – A suspected murder-suicide left three people dead early Saturday morning in a Firestone subdivision. The incident, which led to a three-and-a-half hour standoff and prompted the partial evacuation of the Eagle Crest subdivision in Firestone, ended after members of the Weld County Regional SWAT team entered the residence at about 9:15 a.m. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Two killed in San Diego transit shooting
An apparent act of workplace violence in San Diego this morning left two employees of the Metropolitan Transit System dead and a third on life support, police said. The incident began about 2:15 a.m. in the parking lot of the transit system’s downtown San Diego headquarters, where an employee shot two co-workers. When police arrived, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )21-year-old shot and killed while driving away from club
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -21-year-old Jonathan P. Ingersoll was shot and killed while driving away from an Oklahoma City club on March 22. Police say the shots were fired from another vehicle. Police have arrested 1 of 2 men who had warrants issued following a drive-by shooting death in northwest Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )22-year-old man shot to death by another gang member
EDINBURG, Texas – Albert Tobias Cuevas, 29, is wanted in connection with the death of 22-year-old Alton resident Arnulfo Calderon Hernandez Jr. Hernandez’s body was found March 21 in the middle of 8 Mile Line between Stewart and Bryan roads, northeast of Mission. Sheriff’s investigators believe Cuevas shot Hernandez multiple times inside Cuevas’ moving 2004 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )4 police officers killed in Oakland shootings
Oakland, California – At least three police officers in Oakland, California, were shot and killed Saturday afternoon after a man pulled over for a routine traffic stop opened fire and then battled SWAT officers at a nearby building, police said. A fourth officer — also shot — remained in critical condition, and was pronounced dead [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )1 killed, 3 wounded in Spartanburg shooting
Spartanburg, South Carolina – Police are still looking for suspects in a shooting that killed a teen-ager and wounded three women late Friday night in Spartanburg’s Collins Parks Community, a police spokesman said. Malcolm R. Crawford, 17, of 290 Westover Drive, was pronounced dead at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, according to Randy Bogan of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man shot by policy after raising gun in hospital emergency room
Las Vegas, NV – A gunman was shot and killed by police in the emergency room at the St. Rose Dominican Hospital Siena Campus. Just after 1 a.m. on March 11, 2009, Charles Campbell enters the building. The surveillance video shows Campbell in the emergency room. Witnesses testified that Campbell walked in with a gun and said [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gun Nut Kills 11
A CRAZED gunman killed 11 people then himself as he went on a shooting spree in two towns at night. Cops in Alabama found the body of the killer’s girlfriend in his burnt out home. Two of the dead found earlier were a cop’s wife and child and others were members of gunman Michael McLendon’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Riverview woman charged in death of Maine man
RIVERVIEW, FL – A Riverview woman has been charged in the March 5 death of a man who was staying at her residence. Tamra Suzanne Leasure, 43, of 12920 Shadow Run Blvd., Riverview, was arrested today and charged with the second-degree murder of Arthur R. Tilley Jr., 57, of Dedham, Maine, according to a release [...]
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