ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman ordered a bulletproof vest and an infrared home security device last year while he was out on bond awaiting his murder trial in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to records released Thursday. The records logged by Seminole County police monitoring Zimmerman during his release show that he […]
DALLAS (AP) — A former teacher who once moonlighted as a hip-hop dancer entertaining NBA crowds has been arrested in the fatal shooting of four people in two Dallas-area homes, and police said Thursday he used an explosive device in one of the attacks. Investigators arrested Erbie Bowser, 44, on Wednesday night at the second […]
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A disabled junk dealer feuding with local officials over his debris-strewn property packed a rental car with guns and ammunition before opening fire at a town meeting and killing three men, authorities said Tuesday. Rockne Newell, 59, had lost his property this year in a court fight over complaints that he […]
14-year-old Shaaliver Douse was shot and killed early Sunday by New York police after he reportedly did not drop his gun when ordered. Officers say they heard gunshots then witnessed Shaaliver Douse chasing another male down a street in the South Bronx. Douse was shot with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun as he ran. The officers, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a few harrowing seconds, eight officers from a suburban Los Angeles police department had their guns drawn and pointed at a group of college filmmakers shooting a robbery scene at a coffee shop. One of the actors immediately dropped his fake assault rifle. But another held onto his fake handgun, […]
Rapper Antwain Steward, also known as “Twain Gotti”, was arrested earlier this month and charged with the double murder of two friends after he bragged about the killing in a rap song. The Virginia native is accused of killing Brian Dean and Christopher Horton back on May 10, 2007. The then 16-year-old friends were shot […]
According to TMZ, George Zimmerman was hauled over for speeding and yes, he had a gun with him. The stop happened in Forney, Texas on Sunday, just after noon. Zimmerman told police that he was headed “nowhere in particular” and informed them he had a firearm in his glove compartment. And since he didn’t have […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — As Cheyne Dougan rounded the corner at Clarksville High School, he saw three students on the floor moaning and crying. In a split-second, two more ran out of a nearby classroom. “He’s got a gun,” one of them shouted as Dougan approached with his pistol drawn. Inside, he found one student […]
PARK FOREST, Ill. (AP) — A 95-year-old suburban Chicago man who pulled a foot-long knife and threatened police with a cane and a shoehorn has died after officers used a Taser and a bean bag gun to subdue him. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the man became upset after an ambulance crew in Park Forest tried […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 14-year-old boy is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the head early Friday. New Orleans Police say the shooting happened just after 2 a.m. on Thursday. Investigators say 33-year-old Merritt Landry fired one shot at the teenager, who was in Landry’s front yard near his vehicle. Police say […]
Rev. Rodney Francis wants your toy guns. Francis, pastor of the Washington Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, is collecting toy guns in an effort to change the culture of violence among young black men in a city that recorded 113 homicides last year. The bold project is called the “Toy Gun Buy Back […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A husband and wife canceled a news conference in which they had planned to talk about how George Zimmerman reportedly assisted them after their SUV flipped over on a Florida highway. Mark and Dana Gerstle had planned to speak Wednesday afternoon at the Orlando law office of Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara. […]
