The annual ZombiCon convention in Fort Myers, Florida turned deadly on Saturday night after a gunman opened fire, killing one person and injuring five. According to the Associated Press, the person who suffered the fatal gunshot wound is 20-year-old local college football player Expavious Tyrell Taylor. Authorities have yet to release a possible motive for the shooting, […]
Maryland will begin to phase out the state’s Confederate flag license plates beginning this fall. Reuters reports that the Charleston AME church massacre in June was the catalyst behind the change, after pictures of shooter Dylann Roof posing with the flag surfaced online. U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis issued the order on Thursday, lifting a 1997 injunction at […]
Grandfather says 6-year-old "doesn't even remember" fatally shooting 3-year-old sibling http://t.co/G44LWyMrMu pic.twitter.com/hZm6aFs4jn — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) October 19, 2015 A six-year-old boy shot and killed his three-year-old brother in Chicago Saturday night after their father, Michael Santiago, showed the older son where the firearm was stashed on top of the refrigerator. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi […]
The Dallas Cowboys fan who was shot during an altercation outside of Arlington, Texas’ AT&T Stadium after Sunday’s Cowboys/Patriots game has died. Police said Rick Sells, 43, was shot in the neck after the game, and wasn’t involved in the fight until he tried to break it up. Rick was scheduled to get married next month […]
When will we reach a serious solution regarding gun control and gun safety in this country? This week, a two-year-old in South Carolina found a gun in the car he was riding in and accidentally shot his grandmother. And last month, another two-year-old boy shot himself in the leg with his father’s handgun, which was sitting on […]
Growing up with parental pressure is nothing new, but one teen took getting revenge to the extreme. A 16-year-old boy from Sugar Land, Texas stabbed his 45-year-old father repeatedly, says a police spokesman. The bloody ordeal began when the father found out his son was missing from Clements High School’s football team, the NY Daily […]
While many fans of the Cowboys and Patriots were stunned by the 30-6 blowout last night, things got a lot more serious after the game. According to the Arlington Police Department, a man in his early 40s suffered a gunshot wound to the head resulting from an altercation in a parking lot near AT&T Stadium […]
Two people have been shot at a Texas Southern University student housing complex in Houston. It has been confirmed that one of the victims has died. A university spokesman said the shooting was reported today at 11:30 a.m. at the University Courtyard Apartments. Houston Police now have two suspects in custody and are seeking a […]
The family of Mohamed Bah, who died at the hands of police officers in 2012, is accusing the NYPD of covering up his death.
In a world where we depend on GPS, this is pretty scary. A 70-year-old woman was murdered in Brazil after following directions from the Waze app, which took her to the wrong destination, CNN reports. Regina Murmura was traveling with her husband, Francisco, when the couple mistakenly drove into a slum area while trying to reach a popular tourist spot […]
Kiesha Jenkins, a Black transgender woman and college student, was fatally shot, making her the 21st transgender woman killed this year.
With gun control fresh on the minds of Americans after Oregon’s Umpqua Community College shooting, yet another heartbreaking story has come to the surface. An argument between two kids in Jefferson County, Tenn. turned deadly on Saturday, when an 11-year-old boy killed his 8-year-old neighbor with a shotgun. According to the Washington Post, the boy wanted […]
