Details are scarce in the murder case against Double Amputee Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius, but the police want you to know they do not think this was an accident. They told the court today they will be charging Pistorius with premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Police said the victim was shot four times at Pistorius’ villa […]
Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside the Olympic athlete’s home in South Africa. Police said a 26-year-old male would appear in court later on Thursday. Police in South Africa do not name suspects in crimes until they have appeared in court but police […]
There’s been movement in the case of Hadiya Pendleton. According to the Associated Press, two gang members were charged with murder Monday in the death of the 15-year-old Chicago honor student who was shot just days after returning from Washington, where she performed during President Barack Obama’s inauguration festivities. Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, […]
Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer who’s the subject of a manhunt by authorities for the murders of 3 people, including a police officer, has begun to attract fans via social media. A small, but growing segment of the online community is cheering him, referring to him as the “the black Rambo” and “the black Jason […]
A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago. Police say Hadiya Pendleton was shot in the back Tuesday in a South Side park and died at a city hospital. Authorities say Hadiya was one of about 12 teenagers sheltering from heavy rain […]
Five people were gunned down in Chicago yesterday, which included a man who was the son to a local woman who already lost 3 of her kids to gun violence. The 34-year-old son, the youngest of Shirley Chamber’s children, was shot in the head while sitting in his car on the West Side of Chicago. […]
The mother of Trayon Martin, along with state lawmakers, plan to hold a news conference on Wednesday morning to decry the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law and demand that the Florida Legislature repeal it. Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon’s mother, and family attorneys will join Democratic state Rep. Alan Williams, of Tallahassee, and Democratic state Senator […]
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after multiple shots were fired inside an Indianapolis mall Friday night, police said, Witnesses told police at least four or five shots rang out in Lafayette Square Mall just before 7 p.m. Mall security footage showed a thin black male in dark clothing standing near the center of the […]
Family members of those who were killed in the Aurora movie theater shooting sent an angry letter to Cinemark after being invited to “a special evening of remembrance” and a movie in the theater where their loved ones were massacred. Relatives of eight of the victims signed the letter, saying they were especially angry that […]
Newtown massacre gunman Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, where his youngest victims were shot at close range, law enforcement officials told NBC News. The chilling details emerged as authorities prepared to release the names of the 20 children and six adults slaughtered Friday at the Connecticut school. A team from […]
SOURCE: CNN As many as five people were shot Friday in front of the Empire State Building in New York, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department said. Authorities converged on the building around 9 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Additional details were not immediately available.
George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old who admitted to shooting an unarmed Miami Gardens teenager and who is now the focal point of a race-related scandal of national proportions, habitually called 911 to report ‘suspicious people and activity’. Licensed to carry a firearm and a student of criminal justice, Zimmerman went door-to-door asking residents to be on […]
