Tag: Crime and Incidents

9 Dead, 34 Injured During Chicago’s Memorial Day Weekend

May 29, 2023
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Forty-three people were shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, with nine people killed and 34 others injured, including two toddlers, according to the police. Victims of the shootings range in age from 2 to 77 years, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) said. At least a dozen of them were fired at while standing on…

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Suspect Arrested in 5 Separate Shootings in Phoenix Metro Area That Left 4 Dead

May 29, 2023
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MESA, Ariz.—A suspect has been arrested in connection with five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded, authorities said Sunday. Mesa police said 20-year-old Iren Byers was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder….

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Police: Fugitive’s Body Found in Ohio River, Days After Recapture of Fellow Ohio Escapee

May 29, 2023
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HENDERSON, KY—A convicted murderer who escaped last week from a northwest Ohio prison with another inmate by hiding in a trash container was found dead Sunday after his body was spotted floating in the Ohio River, police in Kentucky said. The discovery brought to a close a manhunt for the missing inmate, Bradley Gillespie, 50….

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Fire Chief in Iowa Says 1 Person Rescued Overnight From Building Collapse in Davenport

May 29, 2023
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—One more person has been rescued and taken to a hospital after a building collapsed in Iowa. Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a news conference on Monday that it was unclear how many people, if any, were still missing after an apartment building in the eastern Iowa city collapsed. Rescuers were called…

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Shooting at New Mexico’s Red River Motorcycle Rally Kills 3, Wounds 5

May 28, 2023
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RED RIVER, N.M.—Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon. Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three fatalities and five victims were transported to hospitals…

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Pennsylvania Baseball Player Fatally Struck in the Face While Dismantling Unapproved Dugout

May 27, 2023
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HARRISBURG, Pa.—A college baseball player died after he was struck in the face when a makeshift dugout he was helping to dismantle collapsed on him this week. Angel Mercado, 19, was a middle infielder who had just completed his freshman season at Division II Central Penn College. He was playing in a summer recreation league…

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Navy Contractor Jet Was on Fire Before Deadly California Crash, Federal Report Says

May 27, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A Navy contractor’s aircraft caught fire before it crashed off the California coast earlier this month, killing three people on board, federal investigators said Friday. The twin-engine Gates Learjet 36A plunged into the Pacific Ocean near San Clemente Island on May 10 while trying to make an emergency landing at a Navy airfield there,…

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Mother of Man Who Killed Gabby Petito Said in Letter She Would Help Son ‘Dispose of a Body’

May 27, 2023
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.—The mother of the man who killed Gabby Petito told her son in an undated letter that she would “dispose of a body” if needed because she loved him so much, according to copies of the note shared publicly for the first time this week by attorneys for Petito’s parents. The handwritten note by…

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Alex Murdaugh’s Longtime Friend Admits Helping to Steal $4 Million Wrongful Death Settlement

May 27, 2023
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—A longtime friend of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh admitted Thursday he helped his old college roommate steal more than $4 million meant for a wrongful death settlement after Murdaugh’s housekeeper died in a fall. Cory Fleming, 54, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court. He faces up to five years…

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2 Dead in Small Plane Crash at South Florida Airport

May 27, 2023
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LANTANA, Fla.—Two people died Friday when a small plane crashed at a small South Florida airport, Palm Beach County sheriff’s officials said. The crash at the Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana happened shortly after 11 a.m. officials said. Television helicopter footage shows the Cessna Skyhawk broken into several pieces well off the runway….

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