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A woman got nearly $5 million after police killed her son. Now, they say she used the cash to buy guns for gangs.

Shocking videos show a wild shootout between two groups on a Bronx sidewalk – with multiple people rattling off shots as others run or duck for cover. The NYPD released the videos Monday asking the public for help in identifying some of the people in the footage, which shows a Wild West-style gunfight in front of 635 E. 169th St. on Sept. 16.... ...The video appears to show the two groups shooting across the street, with at least eight people on one of the sidewalks as the bullet-fueled chaos erupts... [video at link]

The 24-year-old grandson of Cleveland's mayor was killed after being shot multiple shooting on Sunday night, local police said, adding it was investigating the incident. Frank Q. Jackson - the grandson of mayor Frank G. Jackson - was shot dead near the Garden Valley Estates public housing complex at Sidaway & E. 70th St at around 9pm Sunday night, police said. After being dropped off, someone ran up to him and shot him multiple times, a source told Cleveland19.com.

Over the course of 2021, more minors have been shot in Chicago than have died of COVID-19 in all of the United States, according to data from police and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 214 children 17 years old or younger have died of COVID-19 so far this year in the country. Comparatively, Chicago police told FOX 32 Chicago earlier this week that 261 children have been shot — 41 of whom have died. While COVID-19 cases among children increased significantly between August and September, deaths among this group make up 0-0.27% of all COVID-19...

A man is facing assault, weapons, and child endangerment charges after police in Cincinnati, Ohio say he pulled a gun and fired shots while holding a child as retribution for an acquaintance who was in minor car crash. Police say Ladon Penn, 31, was originally charged with felonious assault, child endangerment, and weapons under disability. Video from the scene captured Penn holding and firing a gold-colored handgun while carrying an unidentified infant. The police department disseminated several screen shots from that video via Twitter.... According to a police press release, a 54-year-old woman who was allegedly victimized told officer that...

Portland saw nine shootings in a span of 16 hours that saw two people seriously injured and a service animal killed amid a bloody night of violence that drained police resources, authorities said. The first shooting occurred just after 12:10pm Tuesday when officers responded to reports of shots fired on Southeast Cooper Street. Multiple bullet casings were found in a homeless encampment area ... ...Another shooting around 5:50pm also failed to yield any victims. At 7:40pm, officers responded to Southeast 122nd Avenue where multiple bullet casings were found. The intended victim was found uninjured but his service dog was fatally...

Two men have been arrested for allegedly murdering an off-duty, out-of-town police detective who was dining with friends. Frederick D. Jackson, 19, and Anthony Rayshard Jenkins, 21, killed 41-year-old Everett Briscoe during a botched robbery last Saturday... Briscoe was out with a group dining on the patio of Grotto Ristorante, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner previously said. Two gunmen approached. The chief described a robbery, in which the group complied. One of the suspects opened fire, however...

Chicago Teen charged in fatal shooting of 70-year-old woman outside of deli in Hegewisch Video. CHICAGO - A 17-year-old male has been charged with the murder of a 70-year-old a woman, Chicago police announced Friday. The shooting occurred on Aug. 16 in the 13300 block of South Baltimore in Hegewisch. Surveillance video showed the gunmen making a U-turn and pulling up behind Ruzich, who was sitting in her car at 4:25 a.m., talking to her stepson in another car while waiting for her boss to open the deli that she worked at. MORE: Surveillance video, photos show suspects in fatal...

A rural council in New South Wales, a state on the east coast of Australia, shot and killed multiple impounded dogs over COVID-19 concerns, which prompted a government investigation, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. The Bourke Shire Council killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at an animal shelter based in the town of Cobar from traveling to pick them up, the council’s watchdog, the Office of Local Government, told The Sydney Morning Herald. WHAT THE ACTUAL Fxxx!?!? They’re SHOOTING all the rescue dogs in Australia because of COVID!!! Who could do that??? That country is trying to be worse than...

Four people were killed and 27 others were wounded in citywide gun violence since Friday night. One person was killed and two were wounded outside a gas station Saturday morning in Austin on the West Side. About 2:55 a.m., a man, 52, and two women, 62 and 24, were outside a gas station with about 20 other people in the 5100 block of West Madison Street when someone in a black Dodge Charger opened fire, according to Chicago Police. The man suffered gunshot wounds to the head and leg, the 62-year-old to the head, abdomen and lower backside; and the...

The shooting happened in La Habra, a city about 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles... ...A California police officer was in critical but stable condition in a trauma center on Friday night after being shot outside police headquarters, authorities said. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. in La Habra, a city of about 60,000 residents in Orange County, about 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles....

noted zydeco musician was shot as he was on stage at a Louisiana music festival Friday night, according to family and authorities. Chris Ardoin, a third-generation zydeco performer, was struck in his back, his wife Kerri Ardoin said on his Facebook page early Saturday.... ...The sheriff's office said there were thousands of people leaving the event at the time of the shooting. Two people with guns jumped on the running boards of a vehicle that was exiting, the agency said, but they were arrested by deputies. No identities were released.

The teens were attending a showing of the film at the Regal Edwards Corona Crossings the film when gunshots rang out around 11.45pm Monday Cops said that the woman, 18, died at the scene and the man, 19, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries An employee found the teens after the movie- The Forever Purge - ended Cops have found no witnesses or surveillance camera footage indicating a possible suspect, or the weapon that fired the shots Officials added that six tickets had been sold for the movie showing and asked potential witnesses to come forward

Two people have been shot when at least one gunman opened fire along a busy dining street in Washington DC, before running from the scene, jumping with another man into a waiting car and speeding off. Police on Thursday night said they were searching for the gunman or gunmen, and published surveillance footage. It showed a black man in a lime green or yellow hoodie and another man in all black running from the scene and jumping into a waiting black Honda Civic....

47 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago since Friday night CHICAGO - Five people have been killed and at least 42 others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night. Last weekend, 13 people were killed and 33 others wounded in shootings citywide

Gunmen kill rapper KTS Dre in ambush outside Cook County jail July 11, 2021 CWBChicago Citywide Update 8:20 p.m. — The Chicago Tribune tonight reported Sylvester suffered “as many as 64 bullet wounds.” Gunmen shot and killed a Chicago rapper Saturday evening as he walked out of Cook County Jail where he had been held for over a year on gun charges, according to multiple sources. A 60-year-old woman who was walking near the rapper and an activist who works outside the jail to assist newly-released detainees were also shot, the sources said. Londre Sylvester, a 31-year-old who performed as...

Not long after the November 2020 election I ended my six-year long dalliance with Facebook. Between the mindless and inaccurate 'fact checking', the endless censorship of conservatives, and the utterly vapid postings by my 200+ contacts I didn't see any reason to stay on that platform. I also didn't like the idea that my presence there was funding the Democrat's War on America. After I deleted my account I'll admit that I went through a withdrawal process similar to that of an addiction sufferer. That's because Facebook is designed to be addictive. They openly admit this. The way they make...

U. of C. student dies days after being struck by stray bullet on Green Line: ‘He was a ball of light’ July 5, 2021 Denver native Max Lewis died days after he was shot on an L train. Friends remembered him as an outgoing and welcoming presence. Max Lewis didn’t have to make the trek downtown. The affable 20-year-old University of Chicago junior had the option to work from home for the competitive internship he’d landed at a Loop investment firm, but he “loved getting to know as many people as he could,” according to his best friend. “He loved...

CHICAGO — Despite a highly touted plan by Chicago police to combat crime for the Fourth of July, at least 86 people were shot, 14 of them fatally, over the long holiday weekend. Among those shot since Friday were two young girls, ages 6 and 5, and two Chicago police officers who were breaking up a large crowd that had gathered on the city’s Far West Side. Bullets have struck six children in total over the weekend

CHICAGO -- Six people were killed and 68 others were wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago as the city reaches the halfway point of what could be one of its most violent years in decades. Four of the attacks were mass shootings with four or more people wounded. The attacks accounted for about a third of all the shooting victims between Friday evening and early Monday morning.