HOUSTON (AP) — City police say three people have been killed and two are wounded after a shooting outside a strip club in southwest Houston. Police spokesman Victor Senties (SEN'-tees) says three people died at the scene in the shooting around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday and two others were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer was indicted Wednesday in the death of an unarmed drug suspect, the first time a New York City officer has faced criminal charges in a fatal shooting since a groom was killed in a 50-shot police barrage on his wedding day in 2006. New York Police Department Officer […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Police cordoned off a Buffalo hospital and its sprawling campus where a woman was fatally shot Wednesday morning, prompting authorities to lock down the facility with hundreds of patients and workers inside as they searched for the gunman. Police haven't released any information on the victim or if they believe the […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man accused of killing three people at a party near Auburn University turned himself in Tuesday after a three-day manhunt that included a tense but fruitless search of a Montgomery home by police tactical units. A Montgomery defense attorney said she arranged for Desmonte Leonard to surrender after getting word […]
Two football players who had dreamed of being part of Auburn University’s winning tradition were slain Saturday night along with an Auburn resident in a shooting that has stunned a college town usually sleepy in the summer. Police and U.S. Marshals continue to search for the 22-year-old Desmonte Leonard suspected of killing three people and […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 75-year-old Milwaukee man was ordered to stand trial and pleaded not guilty Monday in the fatal shooting of his 13-year-old neighbor. John Henry Spooner, who is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the May 31 killing of Darius Simmons, waived his right for a preliminary hearing. The white-haired Spooner, wearing black-rimmed […]
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Several people were shot at an apartment complex near Auburn University in Alabama when a fight broke out during a pool party, authorities and a witness said. Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson told the Opelika-Auburn News that police were called Saturday night. He did not say who was shot or discuss […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Seattle cafe on Wednesday, killing three people, critically wounding two others and setting off a manhunt that forced officials to close nearby schools, authorities said. Police searching for the suspect also had to respond to another fatal shooting near the city's downtown. They say a man […]
SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) — A police chief says a campaign worker was struck in the leg in a drive-by shooting about 100 yards from a South Texas polling place that doubles as a police and fire station. San Juan police Chief Juan Gonzalez declined to identify the 55-year-old man who was wounded until his […]
t least eight people were injured when an argument escalated to gunfire in Oklahoma City, just blocks from Chesapeake Energy Arena, after the NBA playoff game between the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers, city police said Tuesday. Capt. Dexter Nelson said a scuffle erupted Monday night in a crowd of people walking toward the […]
A police officer told investigators Tuesday that he shot a 14-year-old boy suspected in the overnight break-in of a Houston-area classroom after believing the teenager was reaching for a gun. The boy was in critical but stable condition at a Houston hospital and was expected to survive, authorities said. The officer was placed on leave […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A once-rising rapper was convicted Tuesday of a 1993 killing after recently telling police he’d shot someone while trying to rob him years ago. G. Dep hugged his lawyer after hearing the jury’s verdict in an unusual trial that came about only because of his confession, which he didn’t deny making […]
