Investigators are working to determine whether a 54-year-old woman died from police gunfire or a self-inflicted wound after hours of shooting in a neighborhood standoff. PALM BAY, Fla. — A deadly gun battle between Palm Bay police and a barricaded woman has entered a new phase, with state investigators now reviewing how the confrontation unfolded … Read more
Investigators say the suspect drove away after the shooting and was later found at a Charlottesville hospital as Maryland sought murder charges. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The arrest of professional cornhole player Dayton James Webber at a Virginia hospital has become the next key turn in a Maryland homicide case that began with a reported argument … Read more
The father’s murder charges come as Vance County remains under state-led child welfare leadership. HENDERSON, N.C. — The arrest of a Henderson father in the deaths of his two teenage children has drawn new attention to earlier warnings about child safety in Vance County, where the state took over welfare services last year after finding … Read more
Authorities said the investigation remained active after gunfire on Clinton Street Sunday evening. BROCKTON, Mass. — A fatal shooting on Brockton’s Clinton Street left one man dead Sunday night and turned a brief witness encounter into one of the first public clues in an investigation that had produced no arrest by the end of the … Read more
Relatives say Alesa Leach sought protection before police accused her ex-boyfriend in her death. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The arrest of a Jacksonville man in the death of 58-year-old Alesa Leach has deepened a family’s grief and sharpened questions about how a woman with a protection order could still end up dead months before a murder … Read more
The killing of Christopher Jaber and the arrest of David Swank Prince have jolted a city where homicides have been nearly unheard of in recent years. LAFAYETTE, Calif. — Residents of a quiet Lafayette neighborhood were still processing a rare daytime homicide Tuesday after officers found 34-year-old Christopher Jaber dead inside a Westminster Place home … Read more
Authorities said the suspect left eastbound on Barstow Avenue after two men were shot during a disturbance. FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno homicide detectives are searching for a gunman who police say opened fire during a disturbance at a northwest Fresno apartment complex early Sunday, killing one man and injuring another before escaping in a vehicle. … Read more
Police said the child was struck during a late-night domestic dispute in the Hillcrest area, and one adult left before officers arrived. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 2-year-old boy died after a shooting late Sunday at a Westside apartment complex, where Jacksonville officers said adults were involved in a domestic dispute just before midnight and gunfire … Read more
A small Lake County business planned a community fundraiser as police continued searching for the driver in the case. MASCOTTE, Fla. — A Mascotte tire shop is grieving the loss of longtime employee Ashley Tyer after a payment dispute with a customer escalated into a roadside incident that coworkers say ended with her being thrown … Read more
Investigators said two women were wounded Saturday afternoon and the gunman had not been found by late evening. OXON HILL, Md. — A nearby worker who said he heard six gunshots became one of the first public witnesses to a Saturday afternoon shooting in Oxon Hill that left two women hospitalized and Prince George’s County … Read more