Christopher Ruddle

Police say the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries after stepping into a confrontation on Genesee Street late Monday. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man in his 60s was stabbed several times after police say he intervened in a dispute between a man and a woman on Genesee Street late Monday, leading officers to arrest a 48-year-old suspect nearby. Rochester police said officers responded to the 200 block of Genesee Street around 11:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and found …

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Devin Riley was convicted in the 2025 shooting of 24-year-old Quintavious Clark outside an East Point restaurant. ATLANTA, Ga. — A former McDonald’s employee has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 50 years after a Fulton County jury convicted him of murder in the fatal shooting of a co-worker, according to prosecutors and local news reports. Devin Riley, 35, was convicted in the killing of Quintavious Clark, 24, who …

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A 15-year-old victim was hospitalized after being shot near Mews Lane and Searles Avenue while walking home from school. LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A 15-year-old girl accused in the shooting of another 15-year-old girl appeared in juvenile court Friday on an attempted murder charge after the victim was critically wounded near two Las Vegas schools, according to police and courtroom reporting. The shooting was reported shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday near Mews Lane and Searles …

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Police said the off-duty detective was stabbed repeatedly after two people approached him near his vehicle Friday afternoon in Norwood. NEW YORK — An off-duty NYPD detective remained in stable condition Saturday after being stabbed repeatedly during a Bronx robbery in which police said two attackers took a chain from him and escaped on a motorized bike. The 33-year-old detective was attacked at about 1:45 p.m. Friday near East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in …

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Three people were detained after gunfire erupted Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a restaurant along Mayfield Road. MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — A man died after being shot Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Piada Italian Street Food restaurant in Mayfield Heights, where police detained three people they believe were involved in the shooting. Mayfield Heights police said officers were sent to the restaurant off Mayfield Road at about 4:04 p.m. Oct. …

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The discovery at a Hunter’s Creek-area home left investigators working to determine what happened before deputies arrived Wednesday. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A request for a well-being check brought Orange County deputies to a home Wednesday, where they discovered 17-year-old twins and their father dead inside, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The discovery on Courtney Chase Circle has led to an investigation into what authorities believe was a murder-suicide involving three members of …

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Police say a 2-year-old boy survived the attack and was stable as detectives continued investigating what led to the violence. ARLINGTON, Texas — A 27-year-old Arlington man faces a capital murder charge after police said his two young sons were attacked inside an apartment Wednesday night, killing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his 2-year-old brother hospitalized. Arlington police identified the suspect as Heyco Cruz Linares. Authorities said the older child, later identified by the Tarrant …

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Zah’nia Barr was killed during a crowded North Clinton Avenue gathering that became part of a broader debate over summer violence. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The arrest of a man accused of killing 14-year-old Zah’nia Barr has brought renewed attention to the crowded street gatherings Rochester officials were struggling to manage when two people were killed during a violent August weekend. Police charged Daequan Brown, 26, with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon …

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Friends and neighbors gathered on Fleet Street as Baltimore remembered a longtime resident with deep connections to the city’s arts community. BALTIMORE — Dozens of residents gathered in Fells Point on Thursday night to remember Claudia Bismark, a 76-year-old longtime neighborhood resident who died from injuries suffered in a robbery and assault two days earlier on Fleet Street. The candlelight vigil brought friends and neighbors back to the block where Bismark and her husband, Wade …

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Her survival after two doses of pentobarbital has raised new medical and legal questions as state officials investigate what went wrong. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike remained in critical condition after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, an extraordinary outcome that sent her from the state’s death chamber to a hospital and prompted officials to halt further executions this year. Pike, 50, received an initial dose and a backup dose of pentobarbital …

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