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Fatal Indiana Avenue Shooting Leads to Manslaughter Charge in Winston-Salem

Investigators say the killing of Calvin Samuel Johnson unfolded in the early morning hours of April 12 and led to an arrest days later. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A fatal shooting outside a Winston-Salem bar early Sunday has led to a voluntary manslaughter charge against a 37-year-old woman, shifting a closely watched local homicide case from the street to the courtroom. Authorities say the victim, Calvin Samuel Johnson, 34, was found wounded at 4:18 a.m. April …

South Memphis shooting leaves one dead, woman critically hurt

Police said officers found two gunshot victims on Alice Avenue and detained one man as the investigation moved forward. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was killed and a woman was critically injured in an early morning shooting in South Memphis on Wednesday, prompting a large police response to Alice Avenue near Marjorie Street and leaving investigators working to determine what led to the gunfire. Memphis police said the shooting was reported just before 3 a.m. …

Two men found slain in Country Club Hills shooting

County detectives took over the case after the Thursday night shooting in north St. Louis County. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Two men were found shot to death late Thursday in the City of Country Club Hills, and St. Louis County police said Friday that no suspect had been taken into custody in the double homicide investigation. The shooting drew investigators from both the local and county level after officers were called to the 5600 …

Father of 5 Fatally Shot While Drinking Coffee Before Work

Police say gunfire was fired into a South Side apartment before dawn, killing 45-year-old Antwan Washington as his family slept nearby. CHICAGO, Ill. — A 45-year-old father of five was killed inside his Englewood home early March 28 when shots were fired into the apartment from a gray sedan, police said, leaving his fiancée and children to confront a sudden loss in the place they had recently moved to build a new start. For Jennifer …

Milwaukee Mother Was Stabbed 107 Times, Records Show

Authorities say Janie Pendleton was dead for days before her body was found, but the investigation has not yet produced a public suspect. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Newly reported court records in the killing of 41-year-old Janie Pendleton show she suffered 107 stab wounds and appeared to have been dead for several days before her body was discovered in a Milwaukee home on March 13. The records have added graphic detail to an investigation that still …

Dawn Stalking Ends in Deadly Shooting Outside Hialeah Complex

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 …

Uber Eats driver killed near West Side hospital, woman charged

Investigators say the 28-year-old was struck as his vehicle was taken during an overnight delivery. CHICAGO — A Maywood woman has been charged with murder in the death of an Uber Eats delivery driver who was killed during an apparent carjacking near Loretto Hospital in Chicago’s Austin area, police said, as the victim’s family mourned a job that turned deadly. The case centers on the early hours of Feb. 23, when authorities said Daniel L. …

‘Despicable,’ judge says, as Cropseyville man gets 45-to-life sentence for triple murder

Relatives described fear, grief and unanswered questions after three family members were shot in June 2025. Troy, N.Y. — A Rensselaer County judge sentenced Joshua Fowler to 45 years to life in state prison after he admitted killing his wife, his father and his grandmother during a June 2025 shooting at the family’s home in Grafton. The sentence closes the criminal case’s main chapter but leaves a broken family and a community still searching for …

Family: Man fatally shot shielding elderly woman in Third Ward home

Relatives identified the man killed as Spencer Germany, 45; police say the suspect is 28-year-old Rogers McFarland Jr. HOUSTON — A Houston man is jailed on a murder charge after a deadly shooting inside a home on the 3300 block of Anita Street just after midnight Jan. 29. Officers found the victim wounded in the front room; he later died at a hospital, police said. Authorities said the suspect, identified as Rogers McFarland Jr., 28, …

Broward lake crash kills two; alleged car burglary suspect arrested

Sheriff’s detectives say the crash followed reports of car break-ins just before 4 a.m. DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward sheriff’s detectives on Wednesday named two men who died and a third who survived after an SUV left a neighborhood street and went into a lake before sunrise Tuesday following reports of car burglaries. The incident began in the Deer Creek area, where residents reported people pulling on door handles and rifling through cars. Deputies headed …