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A South Carolina firing squad tried to shoot a convicted cop killer in the heart and missed in a “botched” execution that left him in “excruciating” pain as he bled out, according to an autopsy and experts. Mikal Mahdi, 42 — who murdered a South Carolina police officer during a crime spree in 2004 — was shot to death by a three-person firing squad on April 11. But an autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds instead of three, according to a disturbing report by NPR....

Move over Karmelo Anthony, there’s a new accused killer darling on the scene. Rodney Hinton, Jr., a black man from Ohio, reportedly ran down a retired white police officer who was directing traffic for a college graduation—and Hinton has garnered generous support, both from the black community and the left. The officer allegedly murdered by Hinton was a man named Larry Henderson, a public servant who dedicated more than three decades of his life to his community, serving across a number of different law enforcement agencies. Prosecutors allege a “calculated and premeditated” motive: just prior to Hinton running Henderson down,...

It’s a killer birthday gift. The legal defense fund for Luigi Mangione reached more than $1 million in donations Tuesday, with droves of starry-eyed supporters pitching in to help the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin on his 27th birthday. “Happy 27th Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend. You are so loved. May you stay healthy and strong and keep the fighting spirit inside you,” one anonymous fan wrote while donating $27 on Mangione’s birthday. “This is my 7th donation, and I will keep donating as long as I need to. You are fighting for your life, but know there...

An activist group supporting Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of murdering fellow teenager Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet, posted a bizarre POV-style video on social media showing their security team escorting the alleged killer from jail after he made bond. In the clip posted by the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), a member of the organization’s security team shakes the teen’s hand and tells him to “get behind us” and “just stay close” as they walk past the media while leaving the Collin County Jail. One female reporter shoves a microphone in Anthony’s face and asks if he...

Rosie O’Donnell is looking back at life now, and then. The comedian, 63, recently detailed having a friendship with Lyle Menendez, 57, who along with his brother Erik Menendez, 54, was convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez. “He started calling me on a regular basis from the tablet phone thing they have,” O’Donnell told The New York Times on Saturday. “He would tell me about his life, what he’s been doing in prison and, for the first time in my life, I felt safe enough to trust and be vulnerable and love a straight...

A British serial killer notorious for his eating habits is refusing to chow down after guards at the prison holding him took away his TV and PlayStation. Robert “Hannibal the Cannibal” Maudsley, 71, is incensed by the loss of his gaming system, his brother, Paul, told The Sun. He said Maudsley has turned away meals and will not ingest anything until his prized electronics are returned. Also known as “The Brain Eater,” Maudsley lives alone in a glass cell inside Wakefield prison in West Yorkshire. He is also miffed guards took his non-fiction books and a music system he had...

READFIELD, Maine — A Maine man is accused of killing his wife while they were visiting his parents' home in Readfield, according to authorities. Samuel Whittemore, 34, of Belfast, has been charged with the murder of his 32-year-old wife, Margaux, officials announced Thursday. Maine State Police troopers and Winthrop police officers responded to a home on Giles Road shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a 911 call. Troopers discovered Margaux Whittemore dead outside the home and found Samuel Whittemore's mother, Dorothy Whittemore, injured inside the residence. Dorothy Whittemore, 67, was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She...

The family of a South Carolina bank teller gunned down during a 2017 robbery is livid after President Biden commuted her killer’s death sentence just days before Christmas. Now Donna Major’s family is left reeling through the holiday season, rattled by the news that the convicted criminal had been shown the mercy he refused to show others. “I was angry. I’m still angry. I am upset that this is even happening, that one man can make this decision without even talking to the victims, without any regard for what we’ve been through, what we’re going through, and completely hurt, frustrated...

During an interview with the Fox Business Network on Tuesday, incoming Border Czar Tom Homan stated that the illegal immigrant suspected of murdering a woman on the New York City subway system by setting her on fire got government benefits, but his victim and some homeless people in New York don’t. Homan said, “[Y]ou think about it, this illegal alien that burned this young lady alive, he probably had a free hotel room, three squares a day, … gets free medical attention, … but this young homeless person, she [doesn’t] have anything and she died a horrendous death.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren outrageously sympathized with the killer of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and others who cheered the murderer on — claiming “people can only be pushed so far,” before condemning the violence. “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the healthcare system,” Warren (D-Mass.) told the Huffington Post in an interview. “Violence is never the answer, but people can only be pushed so far.” In a subsequent statement, the Massachusetts senator added: “Violence is...

Sources within the police community told the New York Post that the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer traveled to NYC on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta last month. The bus on which the killer is believed to have traveled originated in Atlanta, however, authorities are not certain as whether the killer boarded the bus there or climbed aboard at a stop along the way. Breitbart News reported 50-year-old Thompson was shot and killed outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan just after 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday. A manhunt for the killer was immediately launched and today marks the third day of the...

The suspect in Wednesday’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly left a message on shell casings which consisted of the words “Defend,” “Deny,” “Depose.” Breitbart News reported 50-year-old Thompson was shot and killed outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan just after 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Hours after the killing, the NYPD held a press conference and made clear they believe the killing was targeted not random. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny pointed out that the suspect was wearing a “distinctive gray backpack,” black face mask, light brown jacket, and black and white sneakers. He said the suspect...

"You know what's going on from the news, but information in America is driven by money. It's a business," Alec Baldwin begins at the Turin Film Festival, where he is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. "That's why there's a void in information on the biggest issues in the world. Americans know little or nothing - on climate change, on Ukraine. That void is filled in part by the film industry, by documentaries and narrative films."

The madman who allegedly killed two people during a stabbing spree in Manhattan had just recently been released from prison, it has been revealed. Ramon Rivera, 51, was released from Rikers Island on October 17 after being arrested on charges of burglary in the third-degree and assault in the third-degree on February 19, PIX 11 reports. Police accused him at the time of being responsible for a pattern of burglaries throughout Manhattan, dating back to December 2023, when a thief smashed glass doors and windows of bodegas and smoke shops to steal thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes, vapes and...

President Biden claimed in a long-winded anecdote on Monday that his great-grandfather was rumored to have been part of a group of coal miners that would kill anti-Catholic mine foremen and lay the dead bodies “on the doorstep” of their families’ homes. Vice President Kamala Harris nodded along as the 81-year-old president spun the strange yarn during his remarks to union workers in Pittsburgh, Pa., joking that he was “disappointed” to learn that his great-grandfather Edward Francis Blewitt was not a member of the “Molly Maguires.” “I remember when my great-grandfather was only the second Catholic elected statewide in the...

Just want to point out that the "Killer Kamala" mantra as shouted by pro-Hamas protesters at the DNC isn't just crazy talk. Although these protesters are referring to Biden-Harris' policies and it's affect on Gazans, the term "Killer Kamala" is highly appropriate regarding her role as Border Czar.OVER 3 YEARS AGO Biden assigned Kamala Harris as Border Czar. Not only did Kamala not visit any relevant border areas where incursions are a problem, when asked about it she laughed as she did NOTHING about the invasion. CINO! (Czar In Name Only!).What Kamala DID do is SIT BACK AND WATCH as...

The brother-in-law of fallen San Francisco cop Isaac Espinoza said he’s voting for Donald Trump – and that his own family’s tragedy makes this personal. Speaking exclusively with DailyMail.com, Edgar Mendez said District Attorney Kamala Harris is the reason Espinoza’s killer was not prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Despite pressure from several California Democrats to bring the death penalty, Harris held firm to a campaign pledge and secured a sentence of life without parole for 22-year-old gang member David Hill, who gunned down the 29-year-old with an AK-47 during a routine traffic stop. Harris, who was just...

Ayacht navigating the Strait of Gibraltar recently sank after a pod of orcas launched a dramatic attack, marking the latest incident in a series of troubling encounters with these killer whales. Robert Powell, the British yachtsman affected, said that "these (orcas) were not playing" and described the attack as "well-organized and coordinated" in a social media post. Powell and two other occupants of the yacht, called Bonhomie William, had to be rescued by Spanish coastguards on Wednesday 24 after orcas disabled the vessel's steering and subjected it to severe buffeting. However, Volker Deecke, a professor of wildlife conservation at the...

Orcas relentlessly battered a yacht in a “terrifying” two-hour attack that didn’t end until the $128,680 vessel sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. ... they were not playing at all, they knew exactly what they were doing. They knew the weak points of the boat, and they knew how to sink it... “Their sole intention was to sink the boat ... The five orcas circled the 39-foot sailing boat and took turns smashing it to bits .. in a coordinated assault Powell compared to the carnage of wolves. ... The pod of five first focused on the rudder,...

For years, a peaceful, million-dollar farm in Indiana hid a dark secret: It was a serial killer’s playground. When cops finally raided Herb Baumeister’s 18-acre property in Westfield, north of Indianapolis, they uncovered some 10,000 pieces of human remains — mostly crushed and burned skeletal fragments of the teenage boys and young men whom he had abducted and murdered in the 1980s and ’90s. Nearly 30 years after Baumeister killed himself while on the run from police, authorities are still sifting through the remains and identifying victims.