Son Calls 911 Claiming Suicide, Charged With Killing Dad In Trappe: DA Son Calls 911 Claiming Suicide, Charged With Killing Dad In Trappe: DA
Son Calls 911 Claiming Suicide, Charged With Killing Dad In Trappe: DA A deadly shooting initially reported as a suicide has led to a murder charge in Montgomery County, authorities announced on Friday, May 1. Justin Wilson, 23, of Trappe, is charged with First-Degree Murder in the death of his father, 61-year-old Kevin Wilson, following a months-long investigation, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Pennsylvania State Police responded to a home on Dewees Place at 12:19 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, after Justin Wilson called 911 claiming his father had shot himself, officials said. Troopers found Kevin Wilson dead on a bed with a sing…
Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI
Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI A gunman who carried out a deadly attack at Brown University and killed an MIT professor acted alone and left behind disturbing confessions with no clear motive, federal investigators said. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts released new details after concluding a significant portion of the investigation into the violence that occurred in December 2025. Investigators say Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was behind both the campus shooting in Providence on December 13 and the killing of MIT scientist Dr. Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home on December 1…
Shooter Tracked Down Days After Pair Found Shot Behind Busy Eldersburg Restaurant: State Police Shooter Tracked Down Days After Pair Found Shot Behind Busy Eldersburg Restaurant: State Police
Shooter Tracked Down Days After Pair Found Shot Behind Busy Eldersburg Restaurant: State Police  Two men were hospitalized, and a third is behind bars following a violent confrontation in Maryland that ended with a shooting, according to state police. Matthew Tyler Hanks, 52, was arrested and charged following an investigation into a Friday night shooting that ended with Brooks Sandoval, 60, and David Hopwood, 50, hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Troopers were called around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24, to the unit block of Liberty Road in Eldersburg, where there were reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they found Hampstead resident Sandoval and Sykesville native Hopwood suf…
Mom Of 5 Killed After 5-Hour Hostage Standoff; Charges Upgraded For Norwood Man (UPDATE) Mom Of 5 Killed After 5-Hour Hostage Standoff; Charges Upgraded For Norwood Man (UPDATE)
Mom Of 5 Killed After 5-Hour Hostage Standoff; Charges Upgraded For Norwood Man (Update) A man accused in a nearly five-hour hostage standoff that ended with a Pennsylvania mother’s death is now facing homicide charges. Johnnie A. Drummond, 43, of Norwood, Delaware County, was charged with Criminal Homicide and multiple additional offenses on Thursday, April 23, according to court records. Drummond had initially been charged with attempted homicide and related offenses after the Feb. 10 standoff in Montoursville. Those charges were upgraded following the death of Jonette M. Crossley, 43, who succumbed to her injuries days later. Court documents show Drummond now faces Criminal…
Gunman In Deadly Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting Sentenced Gunman In Deadly Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting Sentenced
Gunman In Deadly Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting Sentenced A 26-year-old man has been sentenced for a shooting at a Toms River hookah lounge that left one man dead and two others injured in 2022, authorities said. Eric Manzanares, of Asbury Park, was sentenced on Friday, April 24, in Ocean County Superior Court in connection with the Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 shooting at Top Tier Hookah Lounge on Hooper Avenue, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. He was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault on Friday, Feb. 27, Billhimer said. Police resp…
Hamden Man Convicted In Deadly New Haven Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Learns His Fate Hamden Man Convicted In Deadly New Haven Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Learns His Fate
Hamden Man Convicted In Deadly New Haven Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Learns His Fate A Connecticut man will spend decades behind bars for a deadly shooting that left one person dead and another seriously hurt in a New Haven neighborhood. Treyvon Battle, 35, of Hamden, was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison on Wednesday, April 22, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice said.  A jury found Battle guilty of murder, first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit in January.  The charges stem from a shooting that happened on May 27, 2017, on Dickerman Street in New Haven.  Prosecutors said Battle opened fi…
Murder At Accused Drug Boss Funeral Solved, Suspect Nabbed In Valley Stream Man's Death: Cops Murder At Accused Drug Boss Funeral Solved, Suspect Nabbed In Valley Stream Man's Death: Cops
Murder At Accused Drug Boss Funeral Solved, Suspect Nabbed In Valley Stream Man's Death: Cops A suspect has been arrested in the murder of a Long Island man outside a funeral in Queens, police said Thursday, April 23. Joseph Gilbert Stevens, a 33-year-old Bronx man, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of weapons possession in connection with the killing, the NYPD said. Richard Carter, a 49-year-old Valley Stream man, was killed in the gunfire outside Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Queens on Friday, April 10, according to authorities. The suspect then fled north on a side street and was described as wearing a DKNY jacket, a colorful sweatshirt, and ora…
Gun Violence Survivor Killed In Wheelchair During Philly Shooting; Arrest Made 9 Months Later Gun Violence Survivor Killed In Wheelchair During Philly Shooting; Arrest Made 9 Months Later
Gun Violence Survivor Killed In Wheelchair During Philly Shooting; Arrest Made 9 Months Later Azir Harris survived one shooting. He wouldn’t survive another, as he and two others were killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia, but now a arrest has been made, police announced on Thursday, April 23. The 24-year-old was paralyzed at 17 and spent the last seven years advocating for survivors of gun violence, as The Philadelphia Inquirer previously reported. But early Monday morning, July 7, 2025, Harris was among the dozen shot at a block party. He was struck multiple times in the back while sitting in his wheelchair, as Daily Voice previously reported. He couldn’t escape. He died at the…
Person Shot, Killed In Atlantic City: Prosecutor Person Shot, Killed In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
Person Shot, Killed In Atlantic City: Prosecutor A person was shot and killed in Atlantic City on Wednesday, April 22, authorities said. At 9:30 p.m., Atlantic City police responded to 2202 Hamilton Ave. and found a person with a gunshot wound, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The victim, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.
Bronx Pair Who ‘Terrorized’ Nassau Drivers In Violent Carjacking Spree Learn Their Fates Bronx Pair Who ‘Terrorized’ Nassau Drivers In Violent Carjacking Spree Learn Their Fates
Bronx Pair Who ‘Terrorized’ Nassau Drivers In Violent Carjacking Spree Learn Their Fates Two Bronx gang members who admitted to five Long Island carjackings have been sentenced to multiple years in prison, authorities announced Tuesday, April 21. Jaquell Blackwell, 21, got five years and three months for his role in three of the gunpoint robberies, the Justice Department said. Abdoul Azika, also 21, was sentenced to seven years and three months. “The defendants repeatedly terrorized and harmed unsuspecting New Yorkers during a series of armed carjackings,” FBI agent James C. Barnacle Jr. said. Both men were first arrested back in September 2023 as part of a 110-count gang indi…
Possible Motive Revealed In Mass Shooting That Left 8 Children Dead Possible Motive Revealed In Mass Shooting That Left 8 Children Dead
Possible Motive Revealed In Mass Shooting That Left 8 Children Dead New details are emerging about what may have pushed a Shreveport father accused of killing eight children to the unthinkable, and those who knew him say the warning signs were already there. The attack happened Sunday morning, April 19, in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the 300 block of West 79th Street. Authorities described the mass shooting as "entirely a domestic incident." Suspect Shamar Elkins, 31, is believed to have carried out the attack. Seven of the eight children killed were Elkins' own. The eighth was a cousin. Authorities say the children, ranging in age from 3 to 11, were shot "…
Brandywine Man Killed In Temple Hills Shooting, Upper Marlboro Suspect Charged: Police Brandywine Man Killed In Temple Hills Shooting, Upper Marlboro Suspect Charged: Police
Brandywine Man Killed In Temple Hills Shooting, Upper Marlboro Suspect Charged: Police More than a week after 39-year-old Darian Ragland was gunned down during a road rage incident, police say his shooter has been taken into custody. Upper Marlboro resident Polo Shaw has been identified and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of the Brandywine native in Temple Hills earlier this month, the Prince George's County Police Department announced on Monday. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, officers were called to the 4700 block of Branch Avenue, where they found Ragland inside his car suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scen…