CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A person was shot and killed at a “Stop the Violence Beach Party” in Euclid on Sunday. Police said two other people were shot in Euclid that same night. The first incident took place at Sims Park, 23131 Lakeshore Blvd. Police said about 250 people were there. Around 8 p.m. shots […]
AKRON, Ohio — One person is dead and four others injured after shots were fired during a vigil for a murder victim. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday in the 900-block of Moeller Avenue in Akron. Several people had gathered for a vigil to remember Ronnie Travis, Akron police told Fox 8. Travis was […]
“The video is disturbing to say the least,” Edwards said. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-Louisiana) on Wednesday announced the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division will investigate the shooting of Alton Sterling, a Black man killed by police in Louisiana on Tuesday evening. Edwards added that the Middle District of Louisiana’s U.S. Attorney’s office and the […]
Alton Sterling is the latest victim of a police shooting, this time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. But as video of his graphic death continues to circulate, the question remains – when will it end? Find updates on the Alton Sterling shooting below: The two officers involved in the shooting have been identified as Blane Salamoni […]
A man trying to remove a gun shell casing from his shirt killed his son after accidentally shooting him at a Florida gun range police reported. According to the New York Daily News, the shooting happened Sunday at Sarasota’s High Noon Gun Range at 3:15 p.m. when William Brumby tried to remove a spent shell […]
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – The Islamic Society of Akron and Kent released a strongly worded statement condemning the cold-blooded massacre inside an Orlando gay bar. “The heinous act act of violence by a deranged man with a Muslim background is utterly indefensible,” the statement reads. ISAK said members of the Muslim community in Northeast Ohio […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Hillary Clinton kicked off her campaigning as a presumptive Democratic presidential candidate at Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center today. Introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, Clinton made it clear that in light of the shooting massacre in Orlando, her speech would be much different from she originally planned. “I originally intended to come to Cleveland under much […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A Cleveland man was identified Monday as one of 49 killed in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20, who went by Omar, is originally from Cleveland and his mother still lives here. His sister tells Cleveland 19 reporter Lydia Esparra, “Omar was a baby.” A GoFundMe account […]
UPDATE: Fifty people were killed inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Mina and other officials said Sunday morning, just hours after a shooter opened fire in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. At least 53 more people were injured, Mina said. Police have shot and killed the gunman, he told reporters. […]
Officials placed the campus on lockdown as police and SWAT officers swarmed the surrounding area. The Los Angeles Police Department released a statement verifying that the two victims were male. At this time, the search for the suspect is still ongoing. The campus remains on lockdown. SOURCE: LAPD Police in California are searching for […]
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) – Activists are banding together in support of Harambe by creating a petition to pass ‘Harambe’s Law.’ The petition states the law would give legal consequences when an endangered animal is harmed or killed due to the negligence of visitors. As of Tuesday morning, the petition has more than 106,000 supporters. Once it reaches enough signatures, its author – […]
The world is watching the parents of the little boy who fell into a gorilla’s habitat. The world was stunned when video emerged of a 4-year-old boy falling into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. Zoo directors ultimately made the decision to kill the 17-year-old animal, fearing for the baby’s life. Now outrage […]