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HOUSTON — A man was shot and killed Tuesday by a gun store employee in southwest Houston, police said. Around 3 p.m., investigators said the man walked inside Carter's Country gun store, located at 11800 Wilcrest Drive, with a "bladed object," went straight to the cash register and started taking money. Police said an employee confronted the suspect and fired two shots. After being shot, investigators said, the suspect left the store, leaving behind a trail of blood. .......

A photo of the SPLATRBALL Water Bead Blaster gel gun found at the scene.Courtesy of the Akron Police Department. Ethan Liming, 17, was killed after he and a group of juveniles targeted people with a water gun. Three adult males were arrested on murder and felonious assault charges in connection with Liming's death. Police said the juveniles "provoked the altercation" but that the attack was not "remotely justified." An Ohio teenager was beaten to death after he and a group of teenagers shot at people with a water gun, police said. Authorities were called to the scene of a fight...

The Jamaica Zoo later issued a clarification saying the man’s actions do not represent the “safety procedures and policies that must be adhered to” at the facility at all times. A fun day at the zoo for a group of visitors in Jamaica turned into a horrific ordeal as they ended up witnessing a lion going rogue on a person who appeared to be a zookeeper. A video of the incident, which has since gone viral, drew flak on social media with many questioning the treatment meted out to animals at the facility. The video shows an African lion roaring...

Former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White has died from her injuries after shooting herself while leading US Marshals on a car chase in Indiana. Vicky and escaped murder suspect Casey White were captured Monday afternoon after an 11-day manhunt that spanned multiple states. The pair were found at a motel and led authorities on a brief car chase in Evansville that lasted 'less than a few minutes,' according to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding. Authorities say they crashed into their Cadillac to stop them. Their car overturned and Casey White surrendered. Vicky White, who was driving, shot herself at some...

A Florida boy, 16, was killed this week after he and at least two others took turns shooting one another while wearing body armor, officials said. Joshua Vining and Colton Whitler, both 17, were arrested Thursday and are being tried as adults in connection with the shooting incident Sunday in Belleview (about 70 miles northwest of Orlando), where Christopher Leroy Broad Jr. was killed, according to the Belleview Police Department.

An ensuing probe revealed that Broad and another boy, Joshua Vining, 17, were taking turns “shooting each other while wearing a vest which contained a form of body armor,” the Belleview Police Department said in a statement. A third teen, Colton Whitler, was present at the time of the tragedy and allegedly gave officers a false account of what took place, authorities said. “Vining shot at Broad while he was wearing the vest and he was struck,” the statement stated. Vining and Whitler were arrested in connection with Broad’s death Thursday and will be charged as adults, cops said.

VIDEO at link................ Update — No charges will be filed… YOUR THOUGHTS? SELF DEFENSE? 2ND DEGREE MURDER? 1ST DEGREE? Stand your ground? Castle Doctrine?.......................

This is the gruesome moment a robbery suspect was shot dead by his accomplice as they attempted to rob a delivery worker’s motorcycle in Peru. The online food delivery man was about to leave a market when he was suddenly ambushed by Roberto Arturo Bazalar Meza, 27, and his unidentified accomplice Monday night in the city of Huacho. A surveillance camera showed the Balazar Meza being struck by single shot to the head. He declared dead at the scene. Peruvian newspaper El Popular reported that Balazar Meza was also worked doing deliveries for an online app. Bazalar Meza had been...

The Great Patriotic War of Ukraine against Russia, which has been going on for the fourth day, demonstrated not only the special power of our Armed Forces. Ordinary citizens also showed courage and true heroism in defending the state. So, one of the Ukrainians with his bare hands moved an enemy mine from the road to the forest belt. The incident occurred in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye, the video fact was distributed by local and not only Telegram channels (to view it, scroll to the end of the news). The network noted that an ordinary resident noticed the mine under the bridge,...

DETROIT – Police have determined that a woman who was shot and killed by Detroit officers this weekend for pointing and waving a gun at gas station customers and employees was armed with an airsoft pistol, according to the chief. The incident began at 5:57 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 19) at the Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Hayes Street and 7 Mile Road on Detroit’s east side, according to authorities. Officials said they received several 911 calls about Nakita Williams, 33, of Detroit, waving a gun at customers and employees at the entrance of the gas station store....

A man in North Carolina was killed after deputies say the car he was trying to steal a catalytic converter from crushed him. Union County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a home around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 3900 block of West Unionville Indian Trail Road near Monroe after the homeowner found the body of a man under his Toyota Prius. Detectives said evidence indicated the man was in the process of cutting off and stealing the catalytic converter prior to his death. At some point during the cutting of the exhaust pipe, the vehicle fell off the automotive...

Police are alerting schools, parents and community members of a potentially-dangerous challenge seen on TikTok which encourages others to kick in the doors of homes. In videos shared on TikTok, young people kick doors to the beat of the song "Die Young" by musical artist Kesha before running off. Some use enough force where doors are kicked open entirely. Jennifer Pritchard of the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, Cali., said danger is heightened when people are unfamiliar with TikTok trends and could interpret the prank as a "a real life or death situation." Pritchard said those participating in the door-kicking...

Five people are fighting for their lives after being poisoned by carbon monoxide while trying to stay warm, according to the Dodge City Police Department.Dodge City Police Officers were dispatched shortly after 4 a.m. Monday to the 100 block of 16th Ave in Dodge City. The call they were responding to reported dead people inside a house.Once at the scene, officers say they were able to see two people slumped over in a living room through a window. The officers went inside the house and noticed the two people inside were breathing very shallow.Officers reported smelling the “familiar odor of...

Surveillance footage captured the moment a 16-year-old was accidentally shot in the head by his friend in Brooklyn during a shootout on Tuesday. Cahlil Pennington was shot as he and two other teens in white hoodies ran down Pitkin Avenue, according to police and the footage. In the video, one of the teens turns around to shoot at another gunman after being shot in the stomach during a shootout around 1:30 pm, police said. In the commotion, the bullet missed its intended target and hit Cahlil in the head at the corner of Pitkin and Miller Avenues, according to police...

A witness who saw the tragic fall over the weekend that killed a mother and child at Petco Park said the woman appeared to lose her balance after jumping up on a bench near the railing on the third level of the stadium, KTLA sister station KSWB in San Diego reports. The 40-year-old mother and her 2-year-old son died Saturday prior to the Padres game against the Atlanta Braves after falling nearly six stories from the baseball concourse dining area. Neither victim has been publicly identified other than that they were both San Diego residents. The San Diego Police Department...

The siblings of a West Caldwell 18-year-old charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured his twin brother begged him not to get behind the wheel as he tried to leave a house party in town, according to authorities. Anthony Dattoli was “obviously intoxicated” when he made his way to an Audi A4 parked outside a home on Annin Road early on the morning of June 27, according affidavit of probable cause filed in support of the charges.

Thanks Obama If we don’t start to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of climate change today, then we may experience the end of our species within a century, former President Barack Obama said in a new interview. Obama made the argument in a wide-ranging chat, on The New York Times‘ podcast The Ezra Klein Show, that also broached partisan politics, racial justice, the impacts of his presidency, and even UFOs. Specifically, Klein asked Obama what he thought we, as a society, would be judged the most harshly for in the year 2121, making the topic of climate...

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Spanish language media reported last Sunday that radical pro-abortion supporter Maria de Valle Gonzalez Lopez died during what she labeled her “dream” abortion operation. She was 23 years old and was the leader of the Radical Youth in the La Paz municipality in the province of Mendoza. Her death has sparked a fierce debate about abortion in Argentina and led for calls for women to know that the procedure can sometimes carry serious risks. On April 11, the woman underwent a legal abortion procedure in a local hospital. The operation turned out to be fatal for her. This fact came...

Spanish language media reported last Sunday that radical pro-abortion supporter Maria de Valle Gonzalez Lopez died during what she labeled her “dream” abortion operation. She was 23 years old and was the leader of the Radical Youth in the La Paz municipality in the province of Mendoza. Her death has sparked a fierce debate about abortion in Argentina and led for calls for women to know that the procedure can sometimes carry serious risks. On April 11, the woman underwent a legal abortion procedure in a local hospital. The operation turned out to be fatal for her. This fact came...