Tag: shooting

Three Men Arrested in Connection with Suspected Gang Killing

Gang violence is continuing to take a toll on Santa Ana, where police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man shot dead in his grey BMW. “Obviously we have a gang problem,” said Santa Ana Police spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bertagna. “In any shooting, especially when people are driving down the road and people are shooting, [there’s] a…


1 Dead, Several Injured in Shooting at Chicago-Area Hotel

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.—A shooting early Saturday during a large gathering at a suburban Chicago hotel, which has been a hot spot for crime, left one man, a rapper, dead and several other people wounded, police said. The shooting occurred during “some type of large get-together” among guests at the Indian Lakes Hotel in Bloomingdale, according to…


Police: Man Shot Assisted Living Worker to Stop ‘Thievery’

DENVER—A 95-year-old Colorado man accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker at his assisted living center told police he was tired of staffers stealing money from him and decided to shoot the man to make the thefts stop, according to a court document released Thursday. Okey Payne was arrested Wednesday in his room at…


2 Dead in Wisconsin Home Invasion Shootout: Police

Two people died Wednesday following a home invasion in the town of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, authorities said.


Teen Faces 6 Murder Counts in Shootings at Indianapolis Home

INDIANAPOLIS—A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a heavily pregnant 19-year-old woman was charged with six counts of murder Thursday, according to a prosecutor and court documents. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday in the shootings a day earlier, was charged as an adult,…


Police: Man Shoots 7 in Series of Chicago-Area Attacks

CHICAGO—A man killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings over roughly four hours that started on Chicago’s South Side and ended with his death in a shootout with police in a parking lot just north of the city. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the attacks, which began…


Police: Chicago Shooter Who Killed 3 Posted Social Media Rants

CHICAGO—A man who police say killed three people and wounded four others during a series of shootings in and around Chicago posted nonsensical and expletive-laced videos in the days and hours leading up to the attacks. Investigators on Sunday were trying to determine a motive for the Saturday afternoon attacks in which police say 32-year-old…


New Brunswick RCMP Issue Alert Warning Residents About Armed Man Wanted for Shooting

MONCTON, N.B.—Police in southeastern New Brunswick are warning residents about a man carrying firearms who is wanted for a shooting Tuesday near a high school in Riverview. The RCMP have distributed an Alert Ready message to the greater Moncton area, saying 24-year-old Janson Bryan Baker intends to use the firearms. However, police later distributed a…


1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Shooting at Texas Church: Officials

A pastor has been killed and two others injured at a shooting at a Texas church on Sunday morning, officials said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote in a statement: “Our hearts are with the victims and the families of those killed or injured in this terrible tragedy. I am grateful for the law enforcement officers who apprehended…


1 Killed, 2 Injured at Hotel Shooting in NYC

A triple-shooting at a hotel in New York City left one man dead and two others wounded, likely marking the first homicide of 2021.