Archive for May, 2009
2 killed, 6 wounded in shooting at graduation party in Arizona
MESA, Ariz. — Two people were killed and six others — two of them children — were wounded in a shooting at a high school graduation party, police said Sunday. A 37-year-old man was taken into custody after a four-hour standoff with police at a house in Mesa, east of Phoenix, Mesa Police Sgt. Ed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Rapper shot to death over a fight during a flight
LOS ANGELES, CA — A 23-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of murder following the shooting death of up-and-coming rap artist Dolla outside a Los Angeles shopping mall, police said Tuesday. The Los Angeles Police Department said Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, of Georgia, had been booked for murder and was being held on one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man shot and killed in his front yard
San Diego -A man was shot in the head and killed yesterday in Logan Heights, and two men were detained a block away for questioning, San Diego police said. The shooting happened about 6:15 p.m. on South 30th Street near Logan Avenue. A resident reported that a man had been shot in a front yard [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Inglewood police shoot, kill man at birthday party
Inglewood, CA – Inglewood police shot and killed a man who allegedly brandished a weapon early Sunday while officers were attempting to break up a birthday party, authorities said. Police said officers responded to reports of a fight shortly after 12:45 a.m. in the 800 block of South Osage Avenue. Officers opened fire on Marcus [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fatal shooting likely in self-defense
San Antonio, Texas – Police said a Northwest Side shooting death Sunday night could be justified in self-defense. 26-year-old Boanegres Najera broke into a friend’s home in the 9600 block of Timber Laurel after he was kicked out of a bar for causing a disturbance. Najera allegedly stole a gun from the home. Later in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Richmond teen shot to death during argument
Richmond, CA – A Richmond teen is dead after someone pulled a gun during an argument.Police say the 15-year-old boy died after being shot multiple times as he argued with a group of friends around 6 p.m. Sunday. Investigators are hoping witnesses will come forward. They’re offering a reward of $10,000 for information leading to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3-year-old fatally shot dead at home
CHICAGO, Ill. (STNG) — The death of a 3-year-old Roselle Jaquan Reed, fatally shot in the chest early Sunday on the West Side has been ruled a homicide. A weapon was accidentally discharged at the residence, with two juveniles were present. The shooting is initially being classified as an accident, Banks said. No one is in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Woman Charged In Shooting Death Of Live-In Boyfriend
CLEVELAND, OH — A Cleveland woman has been charged in connection with the weekend shooting death of her live-in boyfriend. Channel N. Martin, 30, was charged with murder in the death of Mack Fluker. Police said Martin shot Fluker Saturday during a domestic dispute at the couple’s East 136th Street home. More on newsNet5.com
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Man shot and killed by police in Gainsville, FL
Gainsville, FL – A struggle between an Alachua County sheriff’s lieutenant and an 18-year-old Gainesville man on a busy city street ended Friday afternoon with the deputy fatally shooting the man, whom witnesses reported had attacked the deputy and tried to grab his gun. The shooting occurred shortly before 1 p.m. after a flood of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Store owner fatally shot
Chicago, IL – On Thursday night, Norton, 55, of unincorporated Glen Ellyn, was found shot to death in the rear of his store, his hands bound and a bullet through the back of his head. Police are calling the incident robbery-related. No one was in custody Friday evening. Recently, Norton had told gang members allegedly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Buffalo man kills girlfriend, holds children hostage before turning gun on self
Buffalo, NY – A 29-year-old man apparently shot his 21-year-old girlfriend to death late Tuesday night and then held police at bay for four hours with three young children in the house, before he shot and critically wounded himself, Buffalo police say. The standoff, which occurred in the 300 block of Millicent Avenue, began just [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Man Shot and killed by Wife over a domestic squabble
PISGAH, Alabama – A shooting death at a home in northeast Alabama is under investigation. The Jackson County sheriff’s office said 28-year-old Jason Frederick Brown died in a shooting Tuesday night at his home on Alabama 71. Investigators said the victim was shot by his common-law wife after a domestic squabble. Sheriff’s officials would not [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man charged after shooting his estranged wife’s boyfriend
Myrtle Beach, SC – A 24-year-old Conway man was charged with shooting his estranged wife’s boyfriend to death in front of her two children at her townhouse in the Forestbrook area. Jeffrey Todd Horan forced his way into the unit, walked to a back room and shot Hubert James Aland, according to a police report. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Police search for clues in man’s shooting death
Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police were planning to blanket the area near where a man was found shot Tuesday to search for clues to his death. Police were handing out fliers door-to-door in the neighborhood near the Battle Ridge at Chastain community where Christopher Ryan Davis, 19, of Clayton, was found face-down in front of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man Shot Dead at apartment Complex
Jacksonville, FL – Police are canvassing an apartment complex known for violent crime, after a man is shot to death. Officers were called to the Hill Top Village Apartments, off West 45th Street and Moncrief on the Northwest side Saturday afternoon, in response to an alarm going off. However, when they got to the complex, they heard several [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )San Jose man killed by police was mentally ill, father says
San Jose, CA – “Don’t kill him! He’s mentally ill!” That’s what Brian Duy Pham, 29, shouted as police officers rushed into his Berryessa neighborhood home just about noon Sunday, according to family members. His brother, Daniel, had just attacked him with a knife. 27-year-old had allegedly moved toward police with a knife. Two officers [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man arrested in death of Cut Off woman
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Lesley Peters said deputies have booked 22-year-old Toby Gray with second-degree murder. She said Gray knew the victim, 37-year-old Raquel Barrios, for about two to three weeks. Peters said the shooting, which took place in the Alidore community Sunday night, happened after an argument over money that Barrios [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man fatally shot in Philadelphia neighborhood
Philadelphia, PA – A man in his early 20s was fatally shot in the city’s Oxford Circle neighborhood Friday night, police said. The victim, whose name was not released pending family notification, was shot multiple times in the 1200 block of Elbridge Street. The shooting was reported at 9:57 p.m. The man was taken to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )9-year-old girl shot to death in York
York, PA – A 9-year-old girl was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon.Ciara Savage, of Lancaster, was in the 500 block of South Duke Street when she was shot in the back about 2:35 p.m., York County Coroner Barry Bloss said. Darren Moore, who lives further north on the block, said he [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )14-year-old girl shot to death a 12-year-old boy
MARSING, Idaho – a 14-year-old girl found a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol in a closet of a residence she was visiting around 2 p.m. Sunday. She brought the pistol into the living room where the boy, Marcos Jaramillo, and a friend were watching television and accidentally fired one round while handling the firearm, officials said. The [...]
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