~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (39)

At least one student, a 16-year-old who was hit nine times, was critically wounded while waiting at a bus stop on WednesdayPolice say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days.The previous three...

Shooting on Sunday evening at outdoor gathering in King City left four dead and seven others injured, police sayPolice are offering a $20,000 reward for information on a shooting that took place on Sunday evening when a group of masked men pulled up to an outdoor birthday party in central California and opened fire, killing at least four.Officers responded to a reported shooting at...

Suspects charged with second-degree murder in shooting at Chiefs’ victory parade that left one person dead and 22 injuredTwo men were charged on Tuesday afternoon with murder in connection with a mass shooting in Kansas City on 14 February that killed one person and wounded 22 others at a rally for the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs, according to prosecutors.As celebrations were winding up...

A suspect in the shooting also died, officials say, and another officer was injured responding to call for help in BurnsvilleA desperate call for help from a home in suburban Minneapolis early on Sunday turned deadly for two police officers and a firefighter who were fatally shot at the scene, according to officials.A suspect in the shooting also died, officials said. Continue reading...

Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing herA boy who was shot in the head at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said...

Colorado police issued a warrant for Miles Harford, 33, at whose house they also discovered the body of a womanColorado authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for a former funeral home owner they say kept a deceased woman’s body in a hearse for two years at a home where police also found the cremated remains of at least 30 people.The grisly discovery occurred 6...

Two off-duty officers at Joel Osteen’s megachurch shot a woman who fired a rifle and claimed to have a bomb, police saidA woman with a rifle was killed by two off-duty police officers – while a child was critically wounded – on Sunday at a megachurch in Houston, Texas, run by prominent evangelical Christian pastor Joel Osteen, the city’s police chief said.Troy Finner said...

Louisiana police papers say Sharon Stewart went into Dr Katie Tran’s office and attacked her and others with a three-inch bladeA young Louisiana dentist is facing the likely loss of one of her eyes after a former patient went into her office and stabbed her.The attack which targeted Dr Katherine ‘Katie’ Tran and two of her colleagues – while leading to the arrest of...

Aimenn Penny, 20, had firebombed the church in Chesterland in protest of a planned drag brunch and children’s story hourAn Ohio man, who had allegedly been a member of a neo-Nazi ‘white lives matter’ group, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firebombing a church that planned to host drag events, the US justice department announced on Tuesday.After making and throwing two...

Officials say suspects were arrested in the fatal shootings and believe killings were from a dispute over an illegal marijuana tradeAuthorities say arrests have been made in the investigation surrounding six bodies found last week at a remote dirt crossroads in the southern California desert.Five suspects have been arrested in the fatal shootings, according to the San Bernardino county sheriff’s department. Officials say they...

Prosecutors allege Rebecca Grossman, 60, was speeding when she hit brothers Mark Iskander, 11, and Jakob Iskander, eightMore than three years ago, a Los Angeles socialite allegedly fatally struck two young boys as they were crossing the street. Now a jury will decide whether Rebecca Grossman is guilty of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run driving.This week jurors heard opening statements in the long-awaited...

The verdict in the manslaughter trial over the 2016 death of Saints star Will Smith brings to a close a turbulent eight years of legal wranglingEver since the New Orleans tow-truck company owner Cardell Hayes shot the retired local pro-football champion Will Smith to death and wounded the former athlete’s wife on a city street late on the night of 9 April 2016, people...

Anderson Aldrich plans to plead guilty to federal charges with an agreement that would allow him to avoid the death penaltyThe shooter, who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to...

New details emerge about 200 bodies found in October, including fluids, maggots and incriminating texts between ownersInvestigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified on Thursday.Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between...

Deobra Redden’s foster mother says his mental health was not taken into consideration in his court sentenceThe family of a man who was filmed attacking a Las Vegas judge has come forward to say that, while they don’t condone Deobra Redden’s actions, his mental health had not been taken into consideration before the court appearance.“Oh my god, I went into a state of shock,”...