Teen Arrested After 12-Year-Old Friend Is Shot Dead

Police said a 14-year-old was arrested on a murder charge after Cameron Coney was shot inside his southeast Atlanta home. ATLANTA, Ga. — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a 12-year-old boy was shot inside a southeast Atlanta home, police said, turning a weekend gathering of children into a homicide case that has shaken relatives and neighbors. Atlanta police said officers were sent to a home on Lathrop Street SE at about …

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Daylight Slaying of CVS Worker Leads to Arrest

Police said the accused was detained the day Kimberly Whaley was shot, then released until detectives built a stronger case. LOGANVILLE, Ga. — Police arrested a 29-year-old Loganville man Monday and charged him in the fatal shooting of CVS employee Kimberly Whaley, 62, who was shot outside the store where she worked on Nov. 14 and died after being flown to an Atlanta hospital. The arrest ended a five-month wait in a case that unsettled …

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Mass Shooting Near Busy Beach Injures Eight

Police said two 18-year-olds were arrested and a third shooter remained unidentified Monday. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Eight people ages 17 to 24 were wounded after gunfire broke out between two groups near the Oceanfront late Saturday, and police said Monday that two 18-year-old suspects had been arrested while detectives kept searching for a third shooter. The shooting hit one of Virginia Beach’s busiest resort blocks just as city leaders were trying to steady the …

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3-Month-Old Left With Brain Bleeding After Couple’s Fight

Police said a 3-month-old girl was badly hurt during a predawn fight, and both the child’s mother and another adult now face felony assault and child-endangerment charges. LANCASTER, Pa. — A Lancaster man and the mother of a 3-month-old girl have been charged after police said the baby suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain during an early-morning fight at a city home in February. The case matters now because prosecutors have turned …

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Mom Accused of Bear Spraying Children

Police said a child ran into a Leeds neighborhood yelling for help, and detectives later found a canister they believe was used in the incident. LEEDS, Ala. — An Alabama mother is charged with child abuse after police said one of her young children ran through a Leeds neighborhood yelling for help and officers later found evidence that both children had been sprayed with bear spray. The case has drawn attention because it began with …

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Father of 11 Killed While Shielding 8-Month-Old Baby

Police say a second man was wounded and the 8-month-old child survived after gunfire struck a vehicle outside a home on Latham Avenue. PLYMOUTH, N.C. — A North Carolina man was shot to death while holding his 8-month-old child in a vehicle outside his Plymouth home, police said, and family members later said he used his body to shield the baby as gunfire tore into the car. Authorities identified the dead man as Devonelle Brimage, …

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Father’s Body Found in Trash Bag as Son Faces Charges

An arrest affidavit says investigators found signs of cleanup, a bullet-damaged vehicle and purchases made with the victim’s debit card. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A 31-year-old San Antonio man was jailed after police found his 54-year-old father dead inside a blood-leaking trash bag at a West Side home, authorities said, as homicide detectives tried Sunday to determine who killed the man and whether more charges will follow. The case has moved quickly from a family …

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Teen Dies After Restaurant Meal With Basketball Team

Teen Dies After Restaurant Meal With Basketball Team Sofia Di Vico, 15, collapsed after a team dinner during a basketball tournament trip near Rome. OSTIA, Italy — Italian prosecutors are investigating the death of a 15-year-old basketball player who fell gravely ill after a team dinner on a tournament trip April 2, as authorities work to determine whether milk exposure, food handling failures or problems in the emergency response led to her death. Sofia Di …

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Gunfire Erupts After Woman Pranks Boyfriend

Police say no one was hit after three shots shattered a car carrying five people on Freedom Drive. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 20-year-old man is accused of chasing his girlfriend and four other people through west Charlotte and firing into their car after a prank call made him think she was being unfaithful, according to police and court records. Shyhied Ivey now faces five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, …

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Mass Shooting at Chick-fil-A by Group of Masked Men

Authorities had not released a full casualty count Sunday, but multiple local reports said at least six people were shot and one person died. UNION, N.J. — Police and county prosecutors are investigating a Saturday night shooting inside a Chick-fil-A on Route 22 in Union Township after officers rushed to the restaurant just after 8:45 p.m. and witnesses described a burst of gunfire. By Sunday afternoon, authorities still had not named any victims or suspects, …

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