Authorities said the man was discovered in the road on Franklin Avenue early Wednesday morning. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An early morning call to Louisville Metro Police led officers to a grim scene in Pleasure Ridge Park on Wednesday, where a man was found dead in the road beside a vehicle along the 2600 block of … Read more
Police said one man was detained after officers answered a shooting call on Alice Avenue near Marjorie Street. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police detained a man after an early Wednesday shooting on Alice Avenue in South Memphis left one man dead and a woman critically injured, setting off an overnight investigation on a residential block … Read more
Investigators have released few details beyond a gray sedan, recovered shell casings and a 5 a.m. timeline that ended with Antwan Washington dead in his home. CHICAGO, Ill. — Chicago police are investigating who opened fire into an Englewood apartment before dawn March 28, killing 45-year-old Antwan Washington as he sat inside the home he … Read more
Prosecutors say the Aug. 7, 2025, shooting happened during a carjacking and kidnapping. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with death-penalty-eligible charges against a man accused of killing an Uber driver during a carjacking, as the victim’s mother traveled to Albuquerque to watch a status hearing and to publicly describe the son she … Read more
Officials say workers did not see the woman; her family disputes that account. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville officials are investigating the death of Tyrah Adams, a 35-year-old woman who was homeless and often stayed near a west Louisville alley, after she was picked up by sanitation equipment during a routine cleanup and later died, prompting … Read more
Investigators searched a home near where Dequavious Graves was shot on his route. DECATUR, Ga. — Authorities said a person of interest is in custody in the killing of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who was shot while delivering mail in a DeKalb County neighborhood, a case that drew federal investigators to a home … Read more
The defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal that avoided life without parole. Troy, N.Y. — Joshua Fowler was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the killings of his wife, his father and his grandmother in the Town of Grafton, a case that prosecutors said started with a domestic dispute … Read more
Victims were his fiancée and her two teenage sons, police and court records say. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids man accused of fatally shooting his fiancée and her two teenage sons will remain in jail without bond as prosecutors pursue first-degree murder charges tied to a Jan. 27 shooting inside a home on … Read more
Two young men died in the water; a 21-year-old survivor faces burglary and conspiracy counts. DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released the names of two men who died and a third who survived when an SUV went into a Deerfield Beach lake early Tuesday, a crash investigators linked to a … Read more
The ruling ends a week of scrutiny over school protocols and a child’s disability-related behavior. MARIETTA, Ga. — A Cobb County juvenile court judge dismissed two felony counts against 12-year-old Jadon Ringland on Monday, ending a case that began when he echoed violent phrases during a January science lesson at Hightower Trail Middle School. Prosecutors … Read more