ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation’s top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food. SEE ALSO: Salt Lake Is Gayest City In Nation A Broken Heart Can […]
New Orleans is in the midst of a violent murder spree unlike anything the city has seen before or since Hurricane Katrina. SEE ALSO: Man Stabbed At Airport, Gets On Flight Anyway According to an excellent piece in today’s New York Times, New Orleans’ murder rate in 2010 was 10 times the national average, “long before […]
Via: Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute graduate was fatally stabbed after a fight at an off-campus house party, police said. Officers report that law enforcement arrived to the scene at about 1:30 a.m. to find Kortneigh McCoy bleeding to death in the street outside the house from a wound to the head. She was […]
Via: Baltimore Sun Baltimore police have identified the 21-year-old victim who was fatally shot early Sunday in the 1200 block of Ward Street in Southwest Baltimore, officials said. The victim is identified as Rasheed Abdullah. A medical crew pronounced him dead at 5:55 a.m. Police currently have no suspects. If you have information on this case […]
Via: WJZ-TV 17-year-old John Crowder was shot and killed Monday morning just two blocks away from his grandmother’s home. The victim, his cousin and a friend were walking home and were all shot. Crowder was already being sought out by colleges to play football. He just moved back into the city a month ago after […]
Via: WJZ-TV The family of the murdered marine, Tyrone Brown, intends to file a lawsuit. Many have shown up to pay their respects to the murdered marine, many of whom didn’t personally know the marine. Brown was shot and killed June 5 outside of a nightclub by off-duty police officer Gahiji Tshamba. The officer has […]
Via: Baltimore Sun An arrest has been made in the shooting death of an off-duty Prince George’s County trooper working as security for an Applebee’s restaurant. The police will not identify the suspect. A 2 p.m. news conference is scheduled for Monday afternoon. The trooper was shot after a dispute with a customer over an […]
Via: WJZ-TV Officer Gahiji A. Tshamba, charged with the shooting death of former Marine Tyrone Brown, turned himself into authorities this weekend. An arrest warrant was issued Friday. The officer is expected to appear in court today. He is charged with first-degree murder and first-and second-degree assault and using a firearm in commission of a […]
Via: WJZ-TV Trooper First Class Wesley W. Brown, 24, was shot and killed outside the Applebee’s restaurant in Forestville Thursday evening by a customer who had a dispute over a bill. The state trooper escorted an irate customer out of the restaurant and into the parking lot. Shortly after, gun shots rang out and Brown […]
Via: WJZ-TV Annapolis police arrested and charged Timothy Height with first- and second- degree murder, first- and second- degree assault and reckless endangerment. Authorities arrived at the home in the 1900- block of Copeland Street around 7 a.m. Saturday to find the 2-year-old Armoir Faith Turner dead in her bed with a fractured skull, broken […]
