Philadelphia reached 500 homicides this week amid concerns from elected officials about how to respond to violent crime playing out in city streets. Despite the milestone, the murder rate for 2022 is slightly lower than last year, according to police …
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A man wanted for allegedly shooting two British tourists in Los Angeles over the summer was arrested in West Virginia after months on the run, authorities said. Brandon Manyo Dixon, 25, was taken into custody on Monday near Charleston by …
A jury deciding the sentence for a former Texas police officer who was convicted of manslaughter last week for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window in her home in 2019 deliberated for over seven hours Monday. Aaron Dean, …
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A shooting just outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, shattered a glass entrance door at the facility on Monday afternoon, police and the hospital said. Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s emergency department is still open and operational despite the damage, hospital …
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Residents of Oregon’s most populous city dealt with unprecedented homicides, rising property crime and a general feeling of “lawlessness” during 2022, but Portland leaders have taken some steps to set a different tone for the new year. “The rise in …
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A Michigan man convicted of wounding seven people in a West Virginia bar after being thrown out of a 2019 New Year’s Eve party was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison. Kymoni Davis, 33, of Redford, Michigan, was sentenced …
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A Barnesville, Georgia man was sentenced to a life of incarceration on Monday, for killing his girlfriend last year during a Fourth of July barbecue. Raphael Kelley, 22, pleaded guilty in Henry County Superior Court on Monday to charges of …
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fl A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a man considered “armed and dangerous” after authorities say he wounded his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in a domestic violence-related shooting early Monday. The incident happened around 2:40 a.m. at a home …
A Los Angeles jury resumed deliberations Monday in Harvey Weinstein’s second sexual assault trial, meeting for a tenth day to decide on a verdict after weeks of testimony.
Police in Chicago have released new video of a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old boy in the face aboard a CTA Red Line train early Sunday. The shooting happened aboard the train around 2:05 a.m. …
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