A high school in Texas was on lockdown, and a suspected gunman was in police custody after at least two students were injured in a reported shooting that unfolded outside the building early Monday, according to authorities and local reports. Officers responded to Lamar High School in Arlington to investigate reports of a shooting and secured the scene, the Arlington Police Department said. Two students suffered injuries and were receiving medical care, FOX4 Dallas-Forth Worth… [...]
Family and friends of a Missouri woman last heard from nearly a week ago are frantically looking for her. Jacquelyn "Jacque" Elizabeth Mitchell, 39, was last known to be going to a restaurant in St. Louis around 7 p.m. on March 14. "She went to Maggie O’s to grab a salad after work, which is down the street from her work," her sister, Tiffany Mitchell, told FOX 2. The owner of a jeweler business in… [...]
A Fort Wayne police officer was justified in fatally shooting an 18-year-old man last year and will not be charged, the Allen County Prosecutor's Office said. Officer Andrew Fry shot Wyatt Beckler on Nov. 2, and Beckler died of gunshot wounds while in surgery at a hospital, the Allen County Coroner’s Office said. There’s no evidence of criminal liability and that Fry "was justified in using force, as he reasonably believed that force was necessary… [...]
An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized. Interstate 96 in Ionia County reopened about 10 p.m. Saturday, about five hours after authorities reported the pileup in the eastbound lanes near Portland, a city more than 100 miles northwest of Detroit and roughly halfway between Lansing and Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police officials said they closed both eastbound and… [...]
We are starting out the week with widespread freeze advisories as far south as the Gulf Coast. But temperatures will begin to rebound in the coming days. Another round of heavy rain and mountain snow will move into the West starting Tuesday. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES STILL CLEARING SNOW FROM RARE BLIZZARD The worst of the weather will target California with high winds, the risk of flooding and feet of higher-elevation snow. NEW EVACUATIONS ORDERED NEAR… [...]
Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh's eldest son, is speaking out against what he describes as "baseless rumors" surrounding the 2015 death of his high school classmate, Stephen Smith. "These baseless rumors of my involvement in Stephen's death are false," he said in a Monday statement shared by his family's attorney, Jim Griffin, on Twitter. Smith, who was 19 at the time of his death, was killed in what police initially described as a hit-and-run just miles… [...]
A man faces a charge of attempted murder after backing over a Chicago police officer with his car, police said Sunday. Officers on Friday night saw a vehicle wanted in connection with an aggravated battery of an officer earlier in the month and attempted to pull over the vehicle, Chicago police said. Tajze Mullins, 23, of Chicago put the car in reverse and ran over a 39-year-old officer who was approaching on foot, police said.… [...]
Three men and a woman were hospitalized in good condition after being shot when three men opened fire into a Chicago restaurant, police said. A 29-year-old man was shot in a thigh, a 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old man were shot in their legs, and a 29-year-old woman was grazed in one of her ears, Chicago police said. The shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. Saturday at Kennedy Fish & Chicken in the South Shore… [...]
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off the coast of southcentral Alaska on Sunday and was reported as widely felt in communities on the Kenai Peninsula, the Alaska Earthquake Center said. The earthquake occurred just after 7 a.m. It was 13 miles west of Homer and 130 miles southwest of Anchorage, the center said. The quake was reported felt as far away as the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, the center said. COLORADO AVALANCHE KILLS SKIER OUTSIDE ASPEN HIGHLANDS… [...]
An Ohio judge has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole after rejecting his insanity defense in the shooting deaths of two of his girlfriend's three young sons and the wounding of the third. Kevin Moore, 29, was sentenced Thursday to concurrent life terms on two aggravated murder counts in the February 2021 deaths of 14-month-old Gabriel Phillips and 5-year-old Ahmir Phillips, The Toledo Blade reported. He was also sentenced to a concurrent… [...]
A body was found inside an Albuquerque home after a fire was extinguished and the death is being investigated as a homicide, according to authorities. City fire crews were called to the single-story duplex around 7 a.m. Saturday and the blaze was quickly put out. Albuquerque police said their homicide unit arrived on the scene because of injuries to the body that was found inside the residence. Authorities said the man's body hasn’t been identified… [...]
An eastern Pennsylvania man accused of having used a homemade high-pressure air gun to kill a neighbor with whom he had had an affair has been convicted of first-degree murder. Jurors in Lehigh County deliberated for less than three hours last week before convicting 41-year-old Josef Raszler in the September 2016 murder of 46-year-old Stephanie Roof in Lower Macungie Township. He faces a mandatory term of life in prison with possibility of parole when he… [...]
Four people were killed early Sunday in a wrong-way collision involving several vehicles on a freeway east of Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. in southbound lanes of State Route 71 in Chino Hills after several people called 911 to report a car traveling the wrong direction, according to the California Highway Patrol. THREE TEENS ARRESTED IN SHOOTING THAT KILLED 2 TEENS OUTSIDE GEORGIA BIRTHDAY PARTY At least four vehicles were… [...]
A suspect in an Idaho armed robbery was killed by law enforcement after shooting a hostage near a travel center in western Montana, authorities said. Two suspects involved in the Saturday morning robbery in Osburn, Idaho were seen by witnesses later that day in St. Regis, Montana, the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office said. One suspect was taken into custody without incident. The second suspect took a hostage near the travel center and shot the hostage… [...]
Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty if they win a first-degree murder conviction against a man charged in last month's shooting death of one police officer and the wounding of another in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Johnathan Jermia Morris, 31, of McKeesport is charged in Allegheny County with criminal homicide, attempted homicide and assaulting a law enforcement officer, as well as firearms crimes in the Feb. 6 shootings about 12 miles south of Pittsburgh.… [...]
New evacuation orders were in place Sunday near two small central California towns where a levee was breached following recent downpours, as yet another winter storm brought the threat of major flooding. The agricultural communities of Alpaugh and Allensworth, home to a total of about 1,400 people, were ordered evacuated because of "the possibility of residents becoming isolated due to impassible roadways," the Tulare County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. A flash flood watch… [...]
Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. Subscribe now to get Fox News First in your email. And here's what you need to know to start your day ... ‘HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT’ - China's Xi meets with Putin in Moscow in effort to weaken US standing. Continue reading …MAKING AMEND$ - Newsom under pressure to take executive action on reparations if California Legislature doesn't act. Continue reading …FIRST STRIKE - Kim Jong… [...]
Everyday, routine activities – like going to the ATM or getting gas – can become crime scenes of low-level offenses that create major headaches and financial loss. Someone watches a bank or mall customer with their head in their phone. A seemingly friendly tip to use a tap card at an ATM that's glued shut. A phony good Samaritan says you dropped a wallet at the gas pump or a cheerful, chatty chap can't stop… [...]
A Georgia woman was found guilty of killing her fiancé and living with his body for two months until officials discovered he had died. Tabitha Zelida Wood, 46, was found guilty on Friday by a Hall County jury of killing and concealing the death of her fiancé last year, according to court documents obtained by WSB-TV. Officials said they learned of the death of Leroy Franklin Kramer Jr., 82, after his stepdaughter reported in June… [...]
Spring breakers have gathered near the southern border, seemingly unaware of safety concerns for both travel and crime happening nearby in Mexico. The U.S. Mission to Mexico posted a fresh warning last week, noting that "Each year, thousands of U.S. citizens visit Mexico during spring break." Among the various concerns ongoing in the country, the mission listed violent crime, drugs, unregulated alcohol and sexual assault. The mission also pointed to a travel advisory from October… [...]
A Colorado dentist was arrested Sunday following accusations he poisoned and killed his wife, according to police. James Toliver Craig, 45, had driven his wife, 43, to a hospital on Wednesday because she was complaining of severe headaches and dizziness, the Aurora Police Department wrote in a press release. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, his wife's condition rapidly deteriorated, and she was placed on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. She was eventually… [...]
Authorities in Miami Beach imposed a curfew Sunday night in an attempt to control rowdy, chaotic spring break crowds after two fatal shootings over the weekend. The curfew mainly impacts South Beach, a popular destination for spring breakers, and will run from 11:59 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, the city said in a news release. An additional curfew will likely be implemented Thursday through next Monday, March 27. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said… [...]
Two dogs in McAllen, Texas died last week after getting attacked by the Africanized Bee, also known as killer bees, according to reports. NBC station KVEO in Brownsville, Texas reported that the dogs died at a McAllen home after getting attacked by bees. The city received a call about a bee attack on N. 7th Court on Thursday morning, which code enforcement responded to after obtaining a warrant to enter the vacated home where the… [...]
Louisiana police asked for the public’s help last week in determining where two suspects were when a man went missing in 1984, and later found dead. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said one of the suspects, Patricia Tito, 58, is in custody for a homicide she committed in Shreveport in 2003. Tito identified Delvin Avard Sibley, 76, as the man allegedly responsible for killing Lester Rome in 1984. LOUISIANA CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST TO BE CHEMICALLY… [...]
A person was killed in an avalanche near Colorado's Aspen Highlands Ski Area on Sunday, officials say. The avalanche took place in Maroon Bowl area northwest of Highland Peak, which is outside the ski boundary of Aspen Highlands. Two other skiers were involved in the accident and self-extricated. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) says the avalanche was triggered by the skiers' activity. "Responders from Mountain Rescue Aspen are working with Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol… [...]