Far too often barbecues turn into violence. Often times innocent people are injured or killed when people decide to settle grievances at family gatherings. Police at times too are extremely brutal when handling barbecues and wind up causing even more damage. Here are 5 of the most deadly barbecue shootings we rounded up on the […]
PHILADELPHIA _ Six spectators were shot at a basketball game in Philadelphia. The shooting occurred at the Kingsessing Recreation Center’s outdoor basketball courts shortly before 9PM. According to police reports, two men got into a shootout and injured five men and one women who were all innocent bystanders. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: During halftime, a […]
A night of violence left one dead and 12 wounded after three separate shootings ravaged Newark, New Jersey this past weekend. Police are looking for suspects in each of the incidents. A 15-year-old died and eight people were wounded in the South Ward. Authorities say the victims ranged in age from 12 to 32 and […]
QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]
Funeral Home Shooting St. Louis police say four people were shot at a funeral home in north St. Louis Tuesday afternoon. It happened at the Reliable Funeral Home in the 3900 block of Washington Avenue. Two males were shot and are in critical condition. The condition of the other two victims is unknown. Homicide detectives […]
Former New Orleans Police Officer Jeffrey Lehrmann was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison for his part in the cover-up of the Danziger Bridge shootings, our partners at the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported today.
A bulletproof vest saved the life of a city cop shot by one of his NYPD colleagues Sunday in a wild Harlem shootout that left two men riddled with police bullets. Luis Soto, 22, died after being shot six times. The fatal bullet tore through his lungs, heart and kidney The police said Soto was […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 14 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. AM1310 The Light broadcast a Special Report Sunday afternoon (July 18th) on the shootings Saturday night after Black Expo. Amos Brown interviewed live Mayor Greg Ballard and Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub. They explained what happened, what steps would be taken for Expo’s final […]
