John Houser shot eleven people at a movie theater before eventually turning the gun on himself taking his life. Three of those victims have later died. LAFAYETTE, Louisiana — As moviegoers settled in for the comedy “Trainwreck,” John Russell Houser stood up in the movie theater and began firing indiscriminately. Then, as people rushed from the […]
So far this year, police around the country have shot and killed 462 people; 124 of whom were armed and in the midst of a mental or emotional crisis, reports The Washington Post. The number accounts for a quarter of the nearly 500 people fatally shot by police in the first six months of 2015, the […]
UPDATED: Monday, May 11, 2015, 3:09 PM ET – An employee at a nearby business has informed CNN that the man who fired a weapon, injuring George Zimmerman, said the former neighborhood watchman was waving a gun during the dispute. Employee Kenneth Cornell said the unidentified shooter informed him that he and Zimmerman have had previous three disputes. The […]
In a Wednesday interview with Good Morning America, the brother of a Black South Carolina man who was fatally shot by a White North Charleston police officer said that while the murder charge against the cop is a “positive development,” the family is still apprehensive. “It is unusual right now, but I feel like we have […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) –The jury has found former Navy SEAL Christopher Heben NOT GUILTY on charges of falsification and obstruction of official business. Prosecutors believed Heben was lying to Bath Police about being shot by three gunmen. Heben claimed he was shot in the stomach by three black men in the parking lot of the […]
UPDATE: Thursday, March 12, 1:55 PM EST Two men and one woman were questioned in connection to the shooting of two veteran officers in Ferguson, Mo. Wednesday night. A police spokesman has confirmed that the group was seen making a hole in the roof of their Ferguson home. After being questioned last night, they were […]
UPDATED, Monday, March 2, 2015, 8:16 a.m. EST – The Los Angeles Police Department has released a statement in the shooting death of a man in the city’s Skid Row section, which Buzzfeed has posted. It reads, in part: At approximately noon today, a private citizen placed a 9-1-1 emergency call to report a robbery near […]
UPDATED Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 3:05 p.m. EST – The Department of Justice’s decision not to charge George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin marks the end of the road for any legal recourse his family will seek in the case, a family lawyer told NewsOne. When asked if they will seek any further remedy […]
CLEVELAND – The mother of a Florida teen, whose death sparked a national debate, said here in Cleveland that more needs to be done to improve relations between police departments and the communities they serve. Sybrina Fulton spoke at the Cleveland Public Library. Back in 2012, her family was tragically thrust into the spotlight when […]
A 9-month-old baby boy was shot in the head by his five-year-old brother. The children’s devastated mother called 911 around 9 a.m. to her home…
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner just released the autopsy report on Tamir Rice. According to the medical examiner, Thomas P. Gilson, the 12-year-old, who weighed 195 lbs., died of a gunshot wound to the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis. His death has been ruled a homicide. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Tamir Rice’s family spoke to local media for the first time Monday. Tamir, 12, was shot by police at the Cudell Recreation Center last month. According to police, Tamir was holding a toy gun and did not raise his hands when commanded. “On Nov. 22nd, two little boys knocked on my […]