Last month in a pair of separate incidents, toddlers who discovered their parents’ firearms fatally shot themselves, adding to an especially alarming tally of nearly two dozen such shootings in 2016. In one case, a writer noted that a Black mother was charged over the shooting while a white family walked away unscathed.
The facts behind the unfortunate shooting death of Black Maryland police officer Jacai Colson took a turn, this after the Prince George’s County police chief shared new developments. On Wednesday, Chief Hank Stawinski said that Colson was shot by an officer who “deliberately aimed” at his colleague in the heat of the gun exchange with […]
In the latest series of shootings since the gang-styled execution of 9-year-old Chicago boy, Tyshawn Lee, the boy’s father has been charged in a retaliation shooting. Pierre Jones shot the girlfriend of one of the men who killed his son, just hours after details emerged Lee’s captors intended to torture him.
Jacai Colson, a four-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department, was involved in a shootout with a pair of suspects Sunday afternoon outside a Landover, Md. police station. Colson was fatally shot, and the suspects, one of which was wounded, were taken into custody.
A Florida mother is facing questions after she was discovered in her pickup truck suffering from a gunshot wound. Authorities investigating the matter say that the mom was accidentally shot in the back by her four-year-old on who was sitting in the back seat.
In late December 2015, Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was the unfortunate victim of a robbery worthy of an episode of The Wire. Police believe a man arrested for a different armed theft months earlier outside of a Queens nightclub may be linked to the NBA player’s shooting.
A shooting situation Christmas Eve at Northlake Mall in Charlotte, N.C. has come to an end after it was reported that the gunman responsible for the incident was shot and killed.
An early morning shooting near New York‘s Penn Station on Monday resulted in the death of one person, and the wounding of two others. Reports say that the shooting took place outside of a McDonald’s restaurant.
Carey Gabay, a 43-year-old staffer for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has died from wounds suffered in a festival ahead of the popular Labor Day Weekend West Indian Day Parade. Gabay was shot in the head at the J’Ouvert festival after stumbling across what officials say was a gang-related shooting and died 10 days later.
The shooting death of a Texas sheriff’s deputy has drawn the ire of President Barack Obama, who condemned the named assailant for the murder while vowing greater action to protect police. Deputy Darren Goforth was gunned down at close range last Friday while the officer was fueling his patrol vehicle in the greater Houston area.
George Zimmerman unleashed a racist tirade via his Twitter account in the wake of the on-air murder involving alleged Virginia TV shooter Vester Flanagan. Zimmerman attacked gays, Black people and President Barack Obama in his online rant and showed no signs of easing the vicious barbs.
A 27-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested in the shooting of two men outside of a recent Big Sean and J. Cole concert in the state. Quran Powell of Holmdel was arrested Wednesday night and is facing two attempted murder charges along with weapons charges.
