Latest Homicide News
Police: German arrested over killing after mask dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting dead of a gas station clerk following a dispute over face masks. Authorities in the western city of Trier said late Monday that the suspect...
Stabbing suspect killed by Signal Hill police officer
SIGNAL HILL, Calif. (AP) — A Signal Hill police officer shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife Monday, authorities said. At around 1 p.m., officers answered a report that a man had been stabbed at a grocery store in the city south of Los Angeles and the...
California militia member pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An alleged member of a California right-wing militia group pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a federal guard in Oakland more than a year ago. Kenny Miksch, 21, became the fourth member of the so-called Grizzly...
Police investigating fatal assault of Arkansas inmate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the fatal assault at a prison of a convicted murderer who died last week, the state's prison system said Monday. Jerry Richard died at a Little Rock hospital on Friday, two days after the assault at the Cummins...
2 charged, 2 sought in death outside cheesesteak restaurant
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced charges against two men and arrest warrants against two others in the death of a New York City man beaten with a trash can lid and pummeled during a brawl outside a famous Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant last week ...
Investigators: Colorado man chose to 'hunt and control' wife
DENVER (AP) — Investigators allege that a Colorado man charged with killing his missing wife decided to “hunt and control” her like an animal after she insisted on leaving him and later changed his statements as evidence in the case developed, according to a court document released...
Oklahoma sets 7 executions in 6 months; 1st since 2015
Oklahoma scheduled seven executions Monday in what would be the first lethal injections for the state since putting them on hold six years ago following a series of mishaps. Among the men scheduled to die is Julius Darius Jones, even though the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole...
Trial set for Texas officer who shot Black woman in her home
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A date has been set for the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer who was charged with murder after shooting a Black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door in 2019. Aaron Dean's trial is...
Prosecutor: Georgia inmate plotted escape that left 2 dead
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — The trial of Georgia inmate facing the death penalty for the slayings of two prison guards opened Monday with a prosecutor saying the inmate was the mastermind of a deadly escape plan, while a defense attorney insisted his client had no clue a fellow prisoner would kill...
Crocker man charged with murder in infant daughter's death
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 24-year-old man was charged Monday in the death of his 8-month-old daughter. Dillon Snider, 24, was charged with second-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and endangering the welfare of a child. Snider remains jailed in Miller...
