SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the church shooting in Texas (all times local): 8:35 a.m. Officials in Texas have confirmed the identity of the man suspected of killing 26 people at a South Texas church. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday morning said 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley is the suspect. … Continue reading
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man suspected of fatally shooting three people inside a suburban Denver Walmart is due to make his first court appearance Friday. Scott Ostrem, 47, appears in Adams County District Court to hear what charges he is facing. He is not required to enter a plea at the advisement hearing. … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a bleak portrait of persistent violence. The analysis of 2002-14 U.S. data is billed as the most comprehensive study on the topic. While it mostly confirms … Continue reading
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A manhunt is under way in Georgia for two inmates accused of killing two guards on a prison bus Tuesday morning. Donnie Russell Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, overpowered and disarmed the two guards around 6:45 a.m. as 33 inmates were being driven between prisons, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills … Continue reading
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — One man was killed and four other people were wounded in a pair of shootings early Sunday, including one that happened on the University of Illinois campus. Police believe the two shootings in the eastern Illinois city of Champaign may be related. They say the first apparently stemmed from an argument … Continue reading
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — When Betty Saffi moved to San Bernardino a year ago she was thrilled to slash her commute and slice $400 off her monthly rent. Now, the 57-year-old medical marketing saleswoman is yearning to leave. She said drugs are peddled in broad daylight outside her home, a naked woman sifts through … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia legislative panel has approved a bill to include statistics on officer-involved shootings in the state’s annual crime report. The Virginian-Pilot reports (bit.ly/1TwSitn) that the Senate Courts of Justice Committee unanimously endorsed Democratic Del. Charniele Herring’s bill on Monday. The bill already won unanimous approval in the House and heads … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of homicides and shootings in the city’s bloodiest January for at least 16 years. It’s another blow to a department that has struggled to regain public trust following the damning release of a video showing a white officer fatally shooting a black … Continue reading
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on reports of an active shooter at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Police confirm that people have died in the shooting at a Southern California social services center. San Bernardino police Sgt. Vicki Cervantes told KCBS-TV on Wednesday that “there … Continue reading
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Court records show a Delaware man who reportedly shot himself and refused commands to drop his weapon before being killed by police while in his wheelchair had previously expressed suicidal thoughts and had a history of being combative with police. Some people who saw Jeremy McDole, 28, in the days before … Continue reading
