John Nightbridge Police said the 14-year-old boy was found with multiple gunshot wounds on South Carpenter Street. CHICAGO, IL — A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed late Thursday on Chicago’s South Side after officers responded to the 8000 block of South Carpenter Street for a report of a person shot, police said. The killing drew a police investigation, grief from a youth football program and concern from neighbors in Auburn Gresham, where officers and paramedics found …
Arnoldo Jimenez was captured in Mexico last year after years on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. CHICAGO, IL — A man accused of killing his bride less than 48 hours after their wedding has been returned from Mexico to Chicago to face a murder charge in a 2012 case that drew national attention. Arnoldo Jimenez, 44, is accused in the stabbing death of Estrella Carrera, 26, whose body was found May 13, 2012, in …
Several people were hospitalized after attacks across southwest Miami-Dade, including one man who was beaten and stabbed. MIAMI, FL — A 33-year-old man was arrested Friday after a series of armed carjackings and robberies across southwest Miami-Dade left several people hospitalized Thursday night, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said. The arrest came after deputies found one stolen vehicle and chased a person matching the suspect’s description, investigators said. The suspect, identified as Alejandro Martinez, was being …
Police said a Pomona man was arrested after a pursuit that ended in Lancaster. POMONA, CA — A 25-year-old woman was identified by her family as one of two people killed Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Pomona apartment complex, where police later named a local man as the suspected gunman. The shooting set off a homicide investigation in eastern Los Angeles County and a long California Highway Patrol pursuit that stretched from Pomona …
The case is the first of its kind in Florida’s 18th Judicial Circuit under a 2023 state law. SANFORD, FL — Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against Daniel E. Rodriguez, a 35-year-old Sanford man indicted on child sexual battery and child pornography charges involving young relatives. The decision, announced June 18, makes the case the first in Florida’s 18th Judicial Circuit in which prosecutors are seeking death for alleged child sex crimes …
Police arrested a 34-year-old Simi Valley man after a woman was choked and others were hurt. SIMI VALLEY, CA — A man was arrested after police said he attacked a woman inside a Target store Wednesday evening, choking her near checkout before shoppers and store workers stepped in and officers found him in the grocery section. The attack at the Target at 51 Tierra Rejada Road drew a fast response from customers, loss prevention workers …
Authorities said identification and cause of death were still pending after the discovery near Old Cherokee Road. LEXINGTON, SC — Authorities found unidentified remains Wednesday during the search for Elena Katherine Moore, a 39-year-old personal trainer who vanished after visiting a Lexington gym nearly a week earlier, police said. The discovery shifted a missing person case into a death investigation, with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division asked to assist Lexington police. Officials said the …
Police said the victim was shot after meeting two men to sell a luxury item listed online. TUSTIN, CA — Two Corona men have been arrested and charged after a 22-year-old Tustin man was fatally shot during a robbery tied to an online sale, police and court records show. The killing of Cristhian Cruz has moved from a police investigation into a criminal case in Orange County Superior Court. Authorities say Cruz agreed to meet …
Brysen Kim told detectives he had reported an ongoing dispute before Joey McLean was shot at a city facility. LAS VEGAS, NV — A Las Vegas city employee accused of killing a co-worker told police the man had threatened him days earlier, according to an arrest report that describes a long-running workplace dispute before the Friday shooting. Brysen Kim, 31, was booked on suspicion of open murder in the death of Joey McLean, a city …
Ziaire Ham has pleaded not guilty in the March deaths of Danaijha Robinson and Nhalani Hiner. LAS VEGAS, NV — Newly released police video shows officers responding after a south Las Vegas shooting that killed 20-year-old Danaijha Robinson and 1-year-old Nhalani Hiner while they sat inside a parked car in March. The footage adds new public detail to a case now moving through Clark County District Court. Ziaire Ham, 22, is accused of firing into …