A shooting erupted near a New York City shelter for migrants on Randall’s Island early Monday, killing one person and wounding two others, according to authorities. Police responded to a call around 3:30 a.m. to Wards Meadow Loop Field 71 and found three gunshot victims, the New York Police Department said. A 44-year-old woman had...
A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California faces additional charges connected to allegations from inmates who say they were subjected to his rampant sexual abuse while they were incarcerated, starting as far back as 2016. Darrell Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, was arrested on May...
Yulanda Williams was 12 years old when her family joined the People’s Temple – a religious cult that led to the deaths of more than 900 followers. But before Williams and her family found themselves at the center of “a living nightmare,” the church appeared to be a utopia, a safe haven in San Francisco...
Former president Donald Trump’s top advisers and his U.S. Secret Service detail have privately raised questions about why they weren’t notified that local police were tracking a suspicious person before that same person attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire at the July 13 rally in...
One person is dead and at least six others are injured after shots were fired at a large gathering in Rochester, New York, on Sunday evening. Rochester Police Department Captain Greg Bello told reporters that police responded to Maplewood Park at about 6:20 p.m. on Sunday after receiving reports that shots were fired during a...
Crime happens year round, but violent crime tends to spike during the summer months. According to a 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), there were seasonal trends found in violent crime that happened over close to two decades, with more people falling victim to violent acts during June, July and August. More...
Seattle residents and business owners are voicing their concerns about crime “perpetrated on a nearly hourly basis” and say people who commit assaults reemerge after their arrests to cause further chaos. Members of the downtown Seattle community that spoke with the Puget Sound Business Journal offered their own “horror stories” regarding crime and have called...
PITTSBURGH – Two weeks after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt that left a bystander dead and two others wounded, and after days of Capitol Hill testimony, several burning questions remain unanswered but could make sense of the case, experts say. Among those who appeared before Congress were Kimberly Cheatle, who was the...
San Francisco police officers are being forced to work overtime due to a decrease in new hires, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle reported further that overtime pay for police officers skyrocketed in the past three years while staffing at the department has declined. “The dramatic rise in overtime has occurred in spite...
A migrant living in the United States illegally shot and wounded a Texas police officer in an early morning confrontation on Sunday, multiple law enforcement sources tell Fox News. Venezuelan nationalJorge Chacon-Gutierrez, 25, died during the shootout with San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) officers. It is unclear if he was killed by officers or if...
