A four-day manhunt in Texas for a gunman accused of killing five neighbors ended Tuesday not far from the site of the shooting when authorities, acting on a tip, said they found the suspect hiding underneath a pile of laundry in the closet of a house. Francisco Oropeza, 38, was captured without incident near Houston
Yet another American has been shot and killed while performing a regular, everyday task. A man in Antioch, Ill. was fatally shot by his next-door neighbour while doing yardwork with a leaf blower on his own property this month, according to local police.The Lake County Illinois Sheriff’s Office said William Martys, 59, was killed by
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three Colorado teens are facing murder charges after they allegedly hurled a landscaping rock through a windshield of a moving car, killing a young woman just outside of Denver. Alexa Bartell, 20, was driving late at night on April 19 when a rock was thrown through her
Bed Bath & Beyond – one of the original big box retailers known for its seemingly endless offerings of sheets, towels and kitchen gadgets – filed for bankruptcy protection, following years of dismal sales and losses and numerous failed turnaround plans. The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday in U.S. District Court in
New details have been revealed in the shooting death of 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis that provide a clearer picture of what transpired that Saturday night in rural upstate New York. Gillis was in the passenger seat of a car travelling through the small town of Hebron with three other people when the group took a wrong
A young woman who was driving through a rural part of New York state with friends is dead after they pulled into the wrong driveway and were met with gunfire, authorities said Monday. The incident took place on Saturday night, when Kaylin Gillis, 20, and three other people made a wrong turn in the small
Investigators were gathering evidence Sunday at an Alabama dance studio where four people were killed and multiple others were injured during a shooting Saturday night at a teenager’s birthday party. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in Dadeville, Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. There was no initial confirmation about what
Louisville police are investigating after at least four people were shot dead at a bank in the city’s downtown core Monday morning. At least nine others, including two police officers, were injured, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also killed, investigators added. Law enforcement, ambulances, and public safety vehicles line the street at the
A 78-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with theft after police caught her fleeing from a Missouri bank with cash scattered on her car’s floorboard on Wednesday. Bonnie Gooch has two prior convictions for bank robbery, and her recent arrest suggests that the third time isn’t always the charm. She is being held on
On July 8, 2015, the badly injured body of 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a rural road in South Carolina, just 24 kilometres from the home of the now-infamous Murdaugh family. The death of the openly gay nursing student was initially ruled a hit and run — but his family