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Man Kills Wife With 3 Kids Home

Police said three children were inside the family home when the fatal shooting happened. VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Washington state man accused of shooting his wife to death allegedly told investigators he became enraged because he believed she did not take his chronic back pain seriously, according to court documents filed after the killing inside the couple’s home. Authorities identified the suspect as 39-year-old Timothy Havens, who was arrested after police responded to reports of …

Teen Girl Fatally Shot During Prom Photo Event

Saturah Hayes was identified as the Haywood High School student killed during a pre-prom gathering at a Brownsville park. BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — A 17-year-old Haywood High School student was killed and four other people were wounded Friday night when gunfire broke out at a city park where students had gathered for prom photos, authorities said. The shooting turned a senior celebration into a homicide investigation and left a West Tennessee community mourning as state and …

Security Guard Kills Teen Outside Sporting Goods Store

Aaron Brown Myers is scheduled to be sentenced July 21 in King County. RENTON, Wash. — A King County jury has convicted an off-duty security guard of second-degree murder and assault in the 2024 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy outside a Renton sporting goods store. Aaron Brown Myers, 52, was found guilty Friday in the death of Hazrat Ali Rohani, who was shot outside a Big 5 Sporting Goods store on June 5, 2024. …

Teen Found Dead After Months of Alleged Torture, Boyfriend Charged

Police said the case remains active after a medical examiner ruled the 19-year-old’s death a homicide. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 24-year-old Charlotte man has been charged with murder and rape after police said a 19-year-old woman was found dead May 1 inside an east Charlotte apartment, where court records allege she had been bound and injured. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identified the woman as Isabella Mary Alexandria Stroupe and the suspect as Thomaz Kenon Hamilton. The case …

Mother of Three Loses Both Legs After Train Incident

Sonja Celius remains hospitalized after she was struck near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road. PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Nevada mother of three remains hospitalized in Phoenix after both of her legs were amputated following an April 25 train collision near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road, police and family members said. Sonja Celius was in Arizona for what her family expected to be a short stop when she was struck by a train in west Phoenix. …

Young Child Killed in 10-Story Fall From Building

Police and county inspectors are reviewing Seven Springs Apartments after another child fall at the Cherry Hill Road complex. COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A child died after falling from a high-rise apartment building Thursday night in Prince George’s County, opening a police investigation and a county inspection review at a College Park complex where other children have fallen. The fall was reported around 9 p.m. May 7 in the 9300 block of Cherry Hill Road …

Teen Nursing Student Killed Outside Trader Joe’s

Grace Edwards, 19, died days after she was struck near Bellflower Boulevard and Stearns Street. LONG BEACH, Calif. — A Long Beach man has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges after police said a 19-year-old nursing student was struck and killed while walking with her mother in an East Long Beach shopping center parking lot. The case moved into court this week six months after the crash that injured Grace Edwards on Nov. 2, 2025. …

Actor Stabbed Makeup Artist More Than 20 Times

The former “How I Met Your Mother” actor faces a possible life sentence at a June hearing. LOS ANGELES — Actor Nick Pasqual was convicted Friday of attempted murder and other felony counts in the 2024 stabbing of his estranged girlfriend, Hollywood makeup artist Allie Shehorn, inside her Sunland home after a Los Angeles trial. The verdict ended the trial phase of a case that drew attention because of the violence of the attack, the …

Family Says Airline Abandoned Dementia Patient Before Deadly Crash

The family says the 75-year-old was left alone after an international flight to Houston. HOUSTON — The family of a 75-year-old man with dementia has sued Spirit Airlines, alleging the carrier failed to provide promised assistance before he wandered out of a Houston airport and was killed by vehicles. The lawsuit, filed April 22 in federal court in Houston, centers on the death of Marcos Humberto Vindel Osorio after he arrived from Honduras on June …

Parents Beat up High Schoolers in Girls Flag Football Brawl

Police said three teenagers were treated for minor injuries after adults joined a postgame fight. WYANDANCH, N.Y. — Two Long Island parents were arrested after police said they joined a fight involving teenagers after a varsity girls flag football game Thursday evening at Wyandanch Memorial High School. The fight followed a game between Wyandanch Memorial High School and Southampton High School, according to Suffolk County police. Investigators said the altercation began among players before two …