crime
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Fla. 8-Year-Old Fatally Shot While Walking Home From Birthday Party
A Florida community is outraged, and a family left grieving, after a Dania Beach, Fla., 8-year-old boy was shot and killed while walking home from a birthday party, CBS Miami reports. Broward County, Fla.’s sheriff’s spokesperson Veda Coleman-Wright said that the shooting happened late Wednesday evening. Two of the boy’s adult cousins were injured in…
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3-Year-Old Killed in Ark. Road Rage Incident Identified
Updated Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, 1:30 p.m. EST: The 3-year-old who was fatally shot in a car during a road rage incident over the weekend has been identified as Acen King, according to THV11. Little Acen was shot while riding in his grandmother’s car Saturday night. Neither the grandmother, identified as Kim King-Macon, nor Acen’s…
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Calif. Man Arrested in Stabbing Outside Simi Valley Mosque
Police in California have arrested a man accused of stabbing a Muslim man who was leaving a mosque with his family late Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. According to KABC, the incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Saturday when authorities say the suspect, identified as John Matteson of Simi Valley, Calif., and another man…
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17 Killed, 42 Wounded in Chicago's Deadliest Weekend of the Year
As October draws to a close, Chicago experienced its deadliest and most devastating weekend so far this year, leaving 17 people fatally shot and more than 40 wounded, between Friday afternoon and early Monday, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, up until this weekend, Father’s Day weekend had been the most violent in the…
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Detroit Woman Displays Real-Life Horrors for Halloween
A Detroit woman is getting a lot of attention for her controversial, conversation-inducing Halloween decorations, WJBK reports. The decorations depict the victims of police shootings, neighborhood violence and even the Flint, Mich., water crisis. According to the news station, it isn’t the first time the homeowners have shied away from the Halloween tradition of showing…
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More Than 3,000 Shot in Chicago This Year: Report
Over the weekend, eight people were killed and 35 were wounded in Chicago. That toll pushed Chicago past another horrid milestone, the Chicago Tribune reports. As of early Monday, at least 3,028 people have been shot in the crime-ridden city—surpassing the toll of 2,980 for all of 2015, the Tribune notes. Over the Labor Day…
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to Step Down in September
About a week after announcing that he had no intention of staying into a second term, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has formally announced his plans to step down in September, NPR reports. During the announcement made on Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Chief of Department James O’Neill will be…
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American Racism: From the Hood to the Precinct
Depending on whom you ask, 2 a.m. is counted among the small hours of the day—when the world’s respectable are tucked into the sleepy fold where night meets morning. But for others, 2 a.m. is when the air falls heaviest on the shoulders, thick with the threat of chaos. A threat known to anyone who’s…
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5 Suspects Arrested After Allegedly Opening Fire at DC Police Officers; ‘Not a Planned Attack’
Washington, D.C., police have arrested five people who reportedly took shots at officers, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, no injuries were reported as of early Tuesday. The shooting comes days after the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas last week. Washington Post reporter Peter Hermann tweeted that police said the…
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More Than 150 Officers Participated in the Launch of Massive Tactical Operation Conducted by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
More than 150 officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department conducted a massive sweep through several of the city’s neighborhoods Saturday as part of the largest tactical operation in its history, IndyStar reports. The operation, dubbed Operation First Step, aims to remove some of the most violent offenders and those with a propensity for violence…