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A Houma, Louisiana, homeowner heard strange noises shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday and went downstairs to find an alleged intruder, whom he shot in the forehead. 4WWL reported the alleged intruder, 34-year-old Dex Herbert, fled after being shot. Police used a K9 to find Herbert a few blocks away holed up in another house. WGNO noted a second suspect, a female named Tye Corbitt, was discovered in the same house as Herbert. She was allegedly holding a handgun when police located her and she was also arrested.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Israel, only to see their weapons intercepted and destroyed by the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 fighters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier battle group. CENTCOM said U.S. forces “shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period.”

The shooting plunged the town into lockdown and started a daylong police search for Bowles, who was clad in camouflage. Bowles was located by police early this afternoon where he was barricaded inside a rural property. According to the West Australian, he was waving a Nazi flag and wearing a Swastika. Terry Czernowski was shot by his co-worker at a grain silo business in Kelleberrin, near Perth.

A Tennessee woman fatally shot a “scared” 4-year-old girl — then claimed to cops she was only trying to give the child a “gun safety lesson,” authorities say. The suspect had allegedly hit the tot with a sandal right before for failing to wake the woman up and eating food without permission. Breanna Runions, 25, was charged with murder and aggravated child abuse after allegedly pushing the loaded gun into little Evangaline Gunter’s chest and pulling the trigger at a home in Rockwood on Sunday, WBIR reported. Runions, who was not the child’s mother, initially tried claiming to officers that...

Middletown, Connecticut — On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at approximately 6:33 a.m., the Middletown Police Department received a complaint of excessive noise and breaking glass at 195 Liberty Street, Middletown. Detective Karli Travis was working a routine shift in patrol uniform and responded to the call in a marked police cruiser. Detective Travis parked her police cruiser at the intersection of Liberty Street and Park Place and approached the subject premises on foot. Near 195 Liberty Street, Detective Travis was confronted by 52-year-old Winston Tate. Tate was in possession of a hammer. Tate charged at Detective Travis and knocked her...

Horrifying bodycam video shows the moment a Denver cop fatally shot a man pretending to lunge at her with a knife — as a young child stands in the line of fire, just feet away. The recently released footage shows officers repeatedly yelling at Brandon Cole, 36, as he pretends to have a weapon, which later turned out to be a black marker. The deadly confrontation was watched by Cole’s wife and son, as well as an unconnected woman and child who walk right by the female officer pointing her weapon at the suspect and yelling at him to show...

A scooter-riding gunman shot three people in Queens early Saturday, killing an elderly man and leaving two others hurt before he was taken into custody, police said. The victims included an 86-year-old man who died, a 44-year-old man who was shot in the torso, and a 63-year-old man who took a slug in the shoulder, police said. “It seems random,” a police spokesperson said.

San Francisco police officers shot and killed 40-year-old Sergio Barrios following a three-hour standoff during which Barrios allegedly snorted cocaine and drank alcohol. The incident occurred May 19, but body cam footage was just released. The Daily Mail reported that officers received a call about Barrios at 2:20 p.m., alleging he was armed and burglarizing a home.

A Louisiana man allegedly shot a 14-year-old girl in the back of the head as she played hide-and-seek with a group of friends on his property — where he told police he opened fire after seeing “shadows.” David Doyle, 58, has been charged with aggravated battery, four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and the illegal discharge of a firearm, police said. The incident occurred Sunday morning in Starks, a small town near the border with Texas, where police received reports of a shooting. Detectives determined that “several juveniles were playing hide and seek in the area and were...

Police videos “It was me! I need a tourniquet!” We’re now learning more about a situation when a Hobart-Lawrence officer’s gun went off, shooting him in the leg during a police chase. Police released footage from Officer Samuel Schroeder’s body and dash cameras from early December. Officers were asked to check on a person’s welfare. Officer Schroeder pulled that person over after a short pursuit, then was hurt when his gun fired. The video shows him falling to the ground shortly after a gun goes off. A closer inspection of the video shows Officer Schroeder’s finger was inside the trigger...

* Keshondra Turner, 53, was cooking in her soul food truck at 1pm on Tuesday when a man attempted to hold up the business and fire his weapon at her. * The assailant's gun jammed allowing Turner time to reach for her firearm and shoot several rounds at the criminal. * The 23-year-old would-be robber was declared dead on the scene and Turner was taken to a local hospital for a panic attackA Texas grandma with a gun took down an armed robber Tuesday who had attempted to hold up her family-owned soul food truck. The woman, Keshondra Howard Turner,...

A student shot two staff members at Denver’s East High School Wednesday morning then fled the scene before police could apprehend him. CBS News reported that the staff members survived being shot and one is in stable condition and the second is in critical. ALERT: #DPD is responding to a shooting at East High School. Unknown number of victims at this time. Investigators are working to gather information, expect large police presence in the area. Updates will be posted to this thread as they are made available. #Denver pic.twitter.com/YkosOOOjmS — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) March 22, 2023

A Flatonia (Texas) man was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a shooting in the Shiner area on Sunday, March 5. In an interview on Monday, March 6, Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon said that the Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 12:55 a.m. According to Sheriff Harmon, it was in reference to a gunshot victim in the 3400 block of Highway 90A east of... (subscription required to get more from this source). From the Fayette County Record, the Postmaster is Michael Joseph McKim and he shot a man who according to "Sheriff Harmon"...

A suspect on probation for hit-and-run allegedly shot and killed police officer Peter Jerving Tuesday morning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NBC News reported Jerving was 37-years-old and was shot following a foot pursuit of 19-year-old Terrell Thompson. Thompson was suspected in a robbery and “fled on foot after they arrived at the robbery scene about 1:15 a.m. on the city’s south side.” Officer Jerving was able to catch Thompson and two struggled, then Jerving was shot.

A Las Vegas gas station clerk shot a customer who refused to wear a mask when he tried to pay for chips, police said. The customer walked into the Terrible Herbst Convenience Store on Feb. 6 without a mask on, and a worker inside asked him to put one on or leave, Las Vegas police said in a case report. He brought three bags of chips up to the counter, but the clerk refused to ring him up, police said. The man then walked out of the convenience store with the snacks in hand without paying, police said, and the...

A Utah man was arrested for firing a gun at his father after he came home with the wrong order of chicken wings, according to officials. Alika Unga Suliafu, 31, started an argument with his father when he returned to their Davis County apartment with a batch of wings that he did not like in October, according to court documents obtained by Fox 13. The father-son argument escalated until at one point, investigators say Suliafu retrieved a gun from another room and pointed it directly at his father, who begged him not to shoot. Just as Suliafu fired, his father...

A Texas (San Antonio) driver ended up dead Wednesday night after crashing her vehicle and then firing shots at three people who tried to come to her aid, according to a report. As for the gun-wielding driver, who was in her 20s or 30s, a nearby neighbor shot her dead after coming to the defense of the three Good Samaritans who were fired upon, FOX 29 reported. Those shot by the suspect were a 50-year-old man who died at a hospital, a woman in her 50s and a male in his late teens, the report said.

Former President George W. Bush celebrated his 75th birthday on Tuesday by shooting a 74 in a round of golf. "Feeling good on my 75th birthday," Bush 43 wrote in an Instagram post. "And thanks to … Cape Arundel Golf Club for giving me a chance to finally shoot my age – with a stroke to spare." A scorecard showed the former commander-in-chief scoring between 3 and 5 on each hole of the par 69 course – landing a bogey just once. He beat his rival by three points, according to the scorecard.

The person responsible for shooting and nearly killing a senior dog at a Richmond park late last year has been charged. Timothy Holloway, 32, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals, a third-degree felony. Holloway confessed to shooting and abandoning the dog at Harlem Road Park in Dec. 2019, according to a Facebook post from the Fort Bend County Constable's Office, Precinct 3. "Justice for Clarence!" officials stated in the post. "It took six months of hard work and investigation but today brings closure to this case." Named "Clarence," the then-11-year-old pit was found in a...

Liberal activist charged with attempted murder and assault  A liberal lawyer from Colorado is being charged with attempted murder and assault after he shot a driver in the head while the motorist tried to creep through a line of protesters blocking the road.A nearby security camera captured the incident on tape.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AMqJ2C4K4g&feature=emb_titleObtained by KRDO NewsChannel 13, video shows about a dozen protesters swarm the middle of the street before a truck approaches very slowly and attempts to make its way through the small group.Despite driving extremely slow, not hitting anyone or even putting any of the protesters in danger, attorney James Marshall,...