Tag: shoot

Police: Body in Barrel in Lake Mead Was Man Who Had Been Shot

LAS VEGAS—The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought is that of a man who was shot, police said Tuesday. The killing probably happened between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s because the victim was wearing shoes that were manufactured during…


Police: 1 Dead After Teens in Body Armor Shoot Each Other

BELLEVIEW, Fla.—A Florida teen was fatally wounded while he and a friend took turns wearing body armor and shooting each other, police said. Christopher Leroy Broad, 15, died the evening of April 3 after being rushed to a hospital, according to police in Belleview, a community about 60 miles (95 kilometers) northwest of Orlando. Following…


2 Dead in Missouri Motel Shootout

A police officer and a gunman died following a shootout at a motel in eastern Missouri that left another officer wounded. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesperson Dallas Thompson says Bonne Terre officers Lane Burns and Garrett Worley were sent to a reported disturbance at a Motel 6 in Bonne Terre about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Thompson…


6 People Shot Outside Oregon Concert; Suspect Not in Custody

EUGENE, Ore.—Six people were shot during a concert at an event hall in Oregon on Friday night, and the suspected shooter was not yet in custody, police said. Officers responded to the WOW Hall in Eugene after reports of a shooting around 9:30 p.m., police said in a statement. “What law enforcement found when they…


1-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Mom, Baby in Walmart Parking Lot in Texas

By Jamie Landers From The Dallas Morning News DALLAS—A woman was seriously injured when her 1-year-old child accidentally shot her and an infant in a Granbury parking lot Wednesday, police say. The shooting happened around 11:25 a.m. outside a Walmart along U.S. Highway 377. The children’s 23-year-old mother was standing outside the driver’s side door…


Deputy Shot to Death in Illinois; Gunman at Large

MILL SHOALS, Ill.—Authorities in two states are searching for a gunman who killed an eastern Illinois deputy early Wednesday and is suspected in a carjacking in neighboring Missouri a couple of hours later. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that Deputy Sean Riley responded to a motorist assist call on Interstate…


Police: Man Kills Twin, Wounds Father Before Shooting Self

TROY, Mich.—Police say they believe a 23-year-old man fatally shot his twin brother and shot and wounded their father before apparently taking his own life in suburban Detroit. A 64-year-old woman was also in the home in Troy during the shooting Monday morning but was not harmed, police said. Police responded to separate 911 calls…


2 Florida Deputies Fatally Shoot Domestic Violence Suspect

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Two Florida sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a domestic violence suspect who refused their orders to drop his gun, officials said Tuesday. Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call Monday night about a domestic dispute between a woman and her ex-boyfriend, according to St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway. According to an incident…


DC Police Fatally Shoot Man Holding ‘Rifle-Style’ Paintball Gun

An unnamed Metropolitan Police Department officer fatally shot a man reportedly holding a firearm on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., according to law enforcement officials. The officers were responding to a call reporting a man with a long gun, though the “firearm” could have been an airsoft gun or paintball gun, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)…