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Questions abound after Philadelphia police kill Black man
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police leaders struggled to answer questions Tuesday about what led to the death of Walter Wallace under more than a dozen rounds fired by two Philadelphia officers who say he refused calls to put down a knife in a confrontation that led to unrest in the predominantly Black...
Man charged in 2019 homicide in St. Louis County
JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Ten months after a fatal shooting in the St. Louis County town of Jennings, a man is now charged in the killing. Prosecutors on Tuesday charged 48-year-old Edward Mosley with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is jailed without bond. The shooting happened Dec. 16. A...
DNA sample after gun charge led to 1976 SC murder arrest
CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — A DNA sample taken from a South Carolina man after his arrest for pointing a gun while drunk has cracked a long-cold case, identifying him as the lead suspect in the slaying of a woman four decades ago, according to court documents. Charles Ugvine Coleman, 65, was arrested last week...
Arrests, drama 6 years after S. Africa soccer star's killing
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Six years and one day since South Africa's popular national soccer team captain was fatally shot at his celebrity girlfriend's house, five men accused of being part of a plot to assassinate him appeared in a courtroom Tuesday only for the case to be beset by confusion and...
Police investigating shooting death of man in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man in front of a Dollar General store. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Monday in the city’s Fairground neighborhood, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Officers called to the scene found the man...
Pedestrian crossing suburban St. Louis street hit, killed
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman died after being hit by a car as she crossed a suburban St. Louis street, and the driver of the car was arrested, authorities said. The crash happened Monday night in Lemay, just south of St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Latrishia Kent, 35, of Fenton, was crossing...
Philadelphia police shooting of Black man sparks unrest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent protests that police said injured 30 officers and led to dozens of arrests. The shooting occurred before 4 p.m. Monday as officers responded to a report of a...
Police: Virginia man found in car trunk after crash in Miami
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities found the body of an aspiring hip-hop artist inside the trunk of a Virginia man's car after he crashed on a Miami highway, police said. Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain, 25, was arrested and charged with illegal transport of human remains and second-degree murder in the death of...
Scientists remove 98 'murder hornets' in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers from the state Department of Agriculture managed to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the U.S. without suffering any stings or other injuries, the agency said Monday. The nest, located in Whatcom County near the Canadian border, created concern...
Georgia officer shoots man thought to have fled traffic stop
SYLVESTER, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into why a south Georgia police officer shot and killed a man believed to have fled a traffic stop hours before. An unnamed Sylvester police officer shot and killed Jakerion Shmoud Jackson, 19, of Ty Ty before dawn Saturday. A Sylvester...
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