Christopher Waken A woman was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds as investigators examined the deaths of dogs found inside a north Harris County apartment. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Domestic violence and animal cruelty investigators are working together after a woman was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds and dogs were found dead inside an apartment, an investigation that … Read more
Election officials said the contractor was unharmed and all ballots being collected from an Erdman Avenue drop box were recovered and secured. BALTIMORE — A Baltimore City Board of Elections contractor retrieving ballots from an Erdman Avenue drop box escaped injury Thursday when gunfire struck the contractor’s vehicle during a nearby police shooting, election officials … Read more
Gyana Marie Martin, 26, was found dead with a 34-year-old man inside a northwest Indianapolis apartment Thursday morning. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A 26-year-old mother of two was killed Thursday morning in what Indianapolis police are investigating as an apparent murder-suicide inside an apartment on the city’s northwest side. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called … Read more
Investigators are trying to reconstruct a vehicle encounter that may have stretched several blocks before a woman was critically wounded. CHICAGO — Surveillance video from businesses in Brighton Park is emerging as a key part of the investigation into a Thursday morning shooting that critically wounded a 32-year-old woman while she traveled in a vehicle … Read more
Police confirmed one suspected attacker died in the Oct. 9 confrontation, while several details circulating online remain unverified. PINETOWN, South Africa — Dashcam footage spreading across social media has put new attention on an attempted carjacking in Pinetown in which police say a father shot and killed one suspected attacker after armed men opened fire … Read more
Mayel Porter was 16 when Joshua Huff was killed in 2022, while a co-defendant received a 35-year prison sentence. COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Muscogee County judge has sentenced Mayel Porter to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 killing of 16-year-old Joshua Huff, ending a case in which the victim and … Read more
The gunfire erupted near 10 a.m. on North 20th Street, striking a mother and her two adult children. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A burst of gunfire on a North Philadelphia residential block Wednesday morning wounded three members of one family and alarmed neighbors as police began searching for whoever carried out the daytime attack. The shooting … Read more
North Clackamas officials said Edward Villa worked for the district, while police said the triple homicide posed no continuing threat to schools. HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. — A longtime North Clackamas School District employee was identified as the suspect in the shooting deaths of three people at a Happy Valley home, bringing the investigation into a … Read more
Sixteen officers searched Montgomery High School after reports of a knife and possible gun, but police said no firearm was found. SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Reports of weapons during a student fight brought 16 police officers to Montgomery High School and sent the campus into lockdown Tuesday before authorities determined there was no continuing threat … Read more
The criminal case developed months after a June collision as investigators obtained a warrant and examined the driver’s cellphone activity. LEVAN, Utah — A fatal three-vehicle crash in a construction zone has become a felony automobile homicide case built partly on digital evidence after Utah investigators obtained a warrant for a driver’s cellphone and found … Read more