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A suspect who allegedly opened fire on an Albany, New York, police officer Wednesday morning died from gunshot wounds after the officer returned fire. Syracuse.com reported the officer approached the car during a 12:30 a.m. traffic stop and the suspect stepped out from behind it and began shooting. The officer shot back, killing the suspect. The officer was wounded during the exchange of gunfire but remained conscious and is expected to survive. Breitbart News reported that a Syracuse police officer and a Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy were shot and fatally wounded Sunday night in Salina, New York. The suspect who...

After several women came forward on TikTok saying they had been randomly punched in the face by strangers, the NYPD has made an arrest — though it's not clear if the suspect is believed to be connected to any of the claims on social media. Police arrested Skiboky Stora, 40, of Brooklyn, on Wednesday after a 23-year-old woman reported to police that on Monday morning, a stranger had struck her, the NYPD confirms to PEOPLE in a statement. “The victim fell to the ground and suffered injuries to the left side of her face,” they said in the statement. Stora...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a Jewish man in California who died from injuries sustained while counterprotesting a pro-Palestine demonstration, authorities said. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, has been taken into custody Wednesday in Moorpark in connection to the death of Paul Kessler, who was involved in a scuffle with pro-Palestinian protestors on Nov. 5, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced. He will be booked at the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility on involuntary manslaughter charges, authorities said.

A suspect has been captured and charged in the Florida shooting during Halloween fun early Sunday that left two dead – including a 14-year-old boy — and more than a dozen wounded, police said. Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the aftermath of the bloodshed, Tampa police announced Sunday afternoon. Authorities have not identified the two fatal victims but were both males — ages 14 and 20. One grieving father told WFLA his 14-year-old son Elijah Jaquan Wilson was one of the dead

DELHI TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 16-year-old has been identified as the person shot and killed Friday at a smoke shop in Delhi Township, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office said. Delhi Police Chief Jeff Braun said police were called to the VIP Smoke Shop on Delhi Road at around 1 a.m. "While responding, an update was provided that an employee of the business shot an intruder who broke into the business," says a press release from Delhi police. When police got to the scene, they found a person dead inside the shop. On Monday, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office identified the...

A Virginia mom has been found dead in a makeshift tent at a campground, and authorities have arrested a man in New Jersey who drove off from the scene in her car in her slaying. The body of Cara Abbruscato, 41, was found around 3 p.m. Saturday underneath a tarp that was tied to a tree to make a tent in Burke Lake Park in Fairfax Station, the Fairfax County Police Department announced (FCPD). Abbruscato had stab wounds and lacerations to her upper body, but an autopsy will confirm the official cause of death, police said at a press conference...

The daughter of a 60-year-old woman who was beaten with her own cane in a disturbing caught-on-camera assault in Harlem said she’s angry nobody came to help her defenseless mom — as cops identified her alleged attacker as a 43-year-old man with at least nine prior arrests. Laurell Reynolds, 60, of the Bronx was walking through the West 116 Street and Lenox Avenue station at about 3:30 a.m. Friday when Norton Blake allegedly stripped her cane from her and beat her with it, according to NYPD officials and a disturbing two-minute-long recording of the crime. Nobody stepped in to help...

Three people were wounded Monday night when a suspect opened fire around 11:50 in gun-free Times Square. NBC 4 reported that there was an argument between “a teen” and three others, when the teen eventually opened fire. A 15-year-old, 17-year-old, and one other teen were wounded by gunfire.

A series of explosive devices and a “Molotov cocktail-style object” detonated outside three northeast Washington D.C. businesses early Sunday morning, causing no deaths or injuries but leaving the city on edge. There was some damage to the buildings, with broken windows and debris.The suspect has not been caught as of this writing, and the police are asking for assistance:Police in Washington, D.C., are seeking the public’s help locating the suspects behind attacks against a bank, a retail outlet and grocery store damaged with explosive devices within 15 minutes early Sunday morning.Three stores in northeast D.C. reported damage, according to a...

The grandson of the white octogenarian charged with shooting Ralph Yarl after the black teen rang his doorbell by mistake said the “crazy” encounter “never should have happened.” Suspect Andrew Lester’s grandson Daniel Ludwig told The Daily Beast that he has often been in the same situation as Yarl, who mistakenly went to the wrong address in Kansas City to pick up his twin brothers. “I’d go to visit my grandpa, and I would get lost on those streets,” he said. “It’s easy to do. They all look the same and everything.” The grandson added: “It’s just crazy. I wish...

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One person is dead and four wounded after a suspect opened fire on a basketball court near the Florida A&M University recreation center about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Neither the deceased nor the injured were students at the university. The three wounded individuals are one male juvenile and three male adults, WCTV reports. The Tallahassee Democrat, citing a Tallahassee Police Department news release, points out, “A suspect walked toward the outdoor basketball courts and began shooting into a crowd. When the shooting occurred, there were more than a dozen people at the basketball courts both playing and watching the games.

The rifle used by the alleged 22-year-old attacker who killed five at Colorado Springs’ Club Q Saturday night was purchased “legally.” ABC News reported the officials briefed on the investigation into the attack say the attacker “legally purchased” his rifle. The officials who spoke with ABC News officials also pointed out that the attacker’s “2021 arrest may not have appeared on background checks because the case does not appear to have been adjudicated.”

The newly released video of the September 16 incident shows Rios-Gonzalez – a suspect in a road rage case – asking why she was pulled over as she is handcuffed and put into a cruiser which was parked on railroad tracks. Rios-Gonzalez is left in the vehicle alone as officers search her truck. Minutes later, a train horn is heard and officers express alarm as the train barrels into the cruiser, crumpling the side and pushing it dozens of feet into a field. Officers can be heard on the video calling for medical assistance. The vehicle that was hit was...

A 26-year-old man wanted in a deadly shooting at an outdoor festival that left one person dead and seven others injured has turned himself in to police, authorities said. Skyler Buckner was booked in Muskogee County jail around 4 p.m. Sunday, nearly 16 hours after the deadly gunfire at the Memorial weekend event in Taft, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said.

NBC News Suspect in D.C. shooting had 1,000 rounds, 3 fully automatic rifles, police say Tim Stelloh Mon, April 25, 2022, 8:02 PM A suspected gunman who injured four people when he “indiscriminately” opened fire from a fifth-floor apartment in Washington, D.C., last week had three fully automatic rifles and shot more than 200 rounds of ammunition, authorities said Monday.

Texas officials are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot and injured at least one person at a mall Tuesday night. The unidentified man allegedly fired 10 gunshots at the Finish Line retail store in Killeen, Texas. Killeen Police Charles Kimble said the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was airlifted to a local hospital in stable condition. “He was conscious and breathing when he left the helicopter,” Kimble said. The incident was reported at 7:17 p.m. Killeen Police warned residents to “stay away” from the area. “Our officers are currently working a situation at the Killeen Mall,” the department...

The Michigan school shooting suspect has been identified as 15-year-old sophomore Ethan Crumbley. The teen is accused of killing four students and injuring seven others when he allegedly opened fire at his Oxford High School, north of Detroit, on Tuesday. His father purchased the 9 mm Sig Sauer used in the shooting just four days earlier on Black Friday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. Crumbley had posted photos of the gun and himself firing it in the lead up to the school shooting, the sheriff added. Investigators said they are still trying to determine a motive for the deadly...

The Michigan school shooting suspect allegedly posted a picture of the semi-automatic handgun used in the massacre on social media before he opened fire on classmates and teachers at Oxford High School, according to the local sheriff. “It’s my understanding, again, that this was a recent weapon purchase,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Tuesday night about the 9mm Sig Sauer SP 2022 pistol the suspect’s father bought on Black Friday. “He had been shooting with it and posted pictures of a target and the weapon. That’s all part of what’s being looked at. We’re going to do a deep...

PUYALLUP, Wash. — Puyallup Police said they could not legally pursue a suspect vehicle even though it rammed their cars right in front of their eyes. They said the new police reform laws prevent it. Two patrol units were damaged as they tried to question the car prowl suspect in his car. Police said the suspect drove off in a hurry ramming their cars along the way. The officers were not hurt because they were not in their cars at the time, which they say is key to what they did. “The officers were not in the vehicles when the...