Christopher Ruddle Residents near East Santa Clara Street said the violence stunned a block better known for traffic and apartment life than homicide tape. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Neighbors in a central San Jose block woke Friday to police tape, patrol cars and the news that two men had been killed in a late-night shooting just outside their homes near East Santa Clara Street and South 15th Street. The case began at 10:11 p.m. Thursday, when officers …
Police say the Winter Park High School employee drove away after a December collision that left a teen with a broken back. CASSELBERRY, Fla. — A Winter Park High School teacher was arrested this week after police said he struck a teenage student riding a scooter in December and drove off without stopping, leaving the boy with a broken back as he was headed to school. Benjamin Hendricks Fottler, 49, faces a charge tied to …
Authorities said the victims were found on separate sidewalks near the court complex, and investigators were still trying to piece together what happened. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A man and a woman were found dead near the Riverside County courthouse early Thursday, turning a stretch of downtown sidewalk into an active homicide scene and leaving police with basic but still unanswered questions about who the victims were and how they were attacked. The killings happened in …
Authorities said the victim and the accused teenager had no known connection, deepening shock across the North Shore. DANVERS, Mass. — The killing of a 68-year-old woman inside her Danvers home shook residents, school families and police this week after prosecutors said an 18-year-old high school senior chose the house at random and later admitted to the attack. By Friday, the case had grown from a local welfare check into one of the region’s most …
Police said the officer fired after a man wanted on a parole violation drove off with the officer hanging from the truck. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed a 35-year-old tow truck driver Thursday morning after the driver sped away during an attempted arrest, dragging the officer for several blocks on the city’s south side, police said. Milwaukee police said the confrontation began around 10 a.m. on March 12, when officers …
Police say a 37-year-old man followed a victim on foot before opening fire outside an apartment complex near the Palmetto Expressway. HIALEAH, Fla. — Surveillance video released Thursday shows the moments before a man in his 50s was shot to death outside a Hialeah apartment complex, as police said they arrested a 37-year-old suspect within hours and charged him with second-degree murder. The case drew sharp attention in Hialeah because the shooting happened in a …
The woman’s husband was killed after officers responded to a domestic disturbance at their home Wednesday evening. SWEETWATER, Fla. — A pregnant woman who was taken to a hospital after Sweetwater police fatally shot her husband during a domestic disturbance call was released Thursday, family members said, as state investigators continued reviewing what happened during the confrontation at the couple’s home. The case drew attention because it combined a domestic violence call, a fatal police …
Authorities said the shooting began after aggressive driving and ended with a 17-year-old dead and a 15-year-old facing multiple charges. AKRON, Ohio — What police described as a road rage encounter on an Akron entrance ramp ended in tragedy early Wednesday, when a 15-year-old allegedly opened fire on another car and his 17-year-old brother was fatally shot in the return gunfire. The case now stands as both a criminal investigation and a stark example of …
Investigators say a missing-person report filed in July 2025 now fits into a homicide timeline that stretched to March. QUEENS, N.Y. — Police in New York say a case that started with a husband reporting his wife missing last summer ended this week with that husband in custody after investigators linked him to remains found in Springfield Gardens and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The arrest of Rupchand Simboo, 75, in the death of Salisha …
Investigators said video, K9 tracking and iPad data helped lead crews to a neighborhood pond. PEARLAND, Texas — What began as a neighborhood search for a missing 7-year-old girl in Pearland ended Wednesday afternoon when police said Skylar Hopson was found dead in a retention pond near her home. Pearland police said the child, who was nonverbal and had autism, was reported missing from the 2000 block of Sunset Springs Drive after she was believed …