Category: manslaughter

Washington Commanders Safety Booked on Manslaughter Charge

LEESBURG, Va.—Washington Commanders safety Deshazor Everett turned himself into a Virginia jail on an involuntary manslaughter charge after an investigation found he was speeding before his sports car slammed into trees and rolled over, killing his passenger. Everett, 29, was treated for serious injuries after the Dec. 23 crash. His passenger, Olivia S. Peters, 29,…


British Carer Who Suffocated Thief During Citizen’s Arrest Cleared of Manslaughter

A carer who suffocated a suspected burglar while performing a citizen’s arrest has been cleared of manslaughter. Nathan Smith, 38, knelt on 43-year-old Craig Wiltshire’s back for nine minutes in the early hours of November 20 2019 after tackling him in the street. He refused to ease off even when the victim twice told him…


3 Officers Charged in Shooting Death of 8-Year-Old Girl

PHILADELPHIA—Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring three people. A grand jury recommended the charges against the three Sharon Hill Police officers, Devon Smith,…


Trial Begins for Ex-Cop Kim Potter Who Killed Daunte Wright

A former suburban Minneapolis police officer who has said she meant to use a Taser instead of a handgun when she fatally shot Daunte Wright in April went on trial on Wednesday. Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center Police officer was identified in April as responsible for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Wright, whose death…


4 Arrested Over Lancashire House Explosion in Which Young Child Died

Four people have been arrested in connection with an explosion at a house in Heysham, Lancashire, in which a young child died. Emergency services were called to the scene on Mallowdale Avenue in the early hours of May 16, and found two houses had collapsed with a third seriously damaged. Two-year-old George Arthur Hinds died…


4 Charged in Death of Man at Detroit-Area Mall in 2014

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Four people were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter, nearly eight years after the death of a Black man who was pinned to the floor by security guards at a Detroit-area shopping mall. The Michigan attorney general’s office reopened the case in 2020. McKenzie Cochran, 25, struggled with guards and was hit with pepper spray…


Teenager Charged Over Fatal Attack on 86-Year-Old Army Veteran

A teenager has been been charged with the manslaughter of an Army veteran who was assaulted outside his own home. Frank Fishwick, 86, was found with a facial injury after police were called to The Paddock in Preston, Lancashire, on Friday afternoon. The pensioner, who served with the Royal Engineers, was taken to hospital but…


Ex-LA Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Man

LOS ANGELES—California’s attorney general has filed manslaughter charges against a former Los Angeles police officer who was off duty when he fatally shot a mentally ill man who was shopping with his parents in 2019. Officer Salvador Sanchez, who was a seven-year veteran of the LAPD at the time of the shooting, was arrested Monday…


Teenage Mother Jailed Over Death of Toddler She Abandoned for Days of Partying

A teenage mother who left her toddler daughter to starve to death while she partied in London and Coventry has been jailed. Verphy Kudi, 19, was sentenced on Friday to nine years imprisonment at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex, England. She has pleaded guilty in March to the manslaughter of her 20-month-old daughter Asiah in…


Man Admits Killing University Worker During Knife Attack Spree

A man has admitted to the manslaughter of a university worker and several linked charges in connection with seven other people injured in a series of knife attacks in Birmingham city centre. Zephaniah McLeod entered pleas at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday in connection with the spate of stabbings in the early hours of Sunday,…