Kristine Fikany

Pizza delivery driver shot and killed on the job

CALUMET CITY, Ill. – Authorities are actively pursuing suspects after a man was fatally shot while shielding his sister during a robbery attempt in Calumet City on Thursday night. Steven Cotner, who delivered pizzas alongside his sister Allison, was killed in the incident while Allison sustained injuries from the attackers. The siblings were on a routine delivery for Windy City Pizza Works when they arrived at the 400 block of Merrill Avenue around 8 p.m. …

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Boy killed by falling tree on school field trip

HOWELL, MI – A 12-year-old boy tragically lost his life after a tree fell on him during a school field trip at a southeastern Michigan nature center, authorities reported. Declan Carter was participating in an overnight camping trip with classmates from Our Lady of Victory Catholic School when the accident occurred at Howell Nature Center on Thursday afternoon, according to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office. Despite being airlifted to a hospital for urgent medical care, …

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Creepy man caught hiding under women’s cars to see their feet

GILBERT, AZ – Surveillance footage shows a man allegedly crawling under multiple women’s vehicles at a car wash in Arizona last month, sparking a police investigation. On August 29, Gilbert police officers were dispatched to investigate three separate reports of a man, later identified as 28-year-old Jesse Johnson, reportedly seen crawling under vehicles as women vacuumed their cars near Val Vista Drive and Riggs Road. Witnesses and surveillance cameras documented Johnson’s actions. Court documents reveal …

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Elderly man gets beat up with a baseball bat over parking spot

NEW YORK, NY – A parking dispute in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens on Wednesday night escalated into violence when a 51-year-old man allegedly attacked an elderly resident with a baseball bat, according to police. Authorities reported that Michael Magill got into an argument with a 72-year-old man over a parking spot at the corner of Austin Street and 77th Avenue around 6:50 p.m. The confrontation quickly turned violent, with Magill striking the older …

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Convicted killer says one word before his execution

COLUMBIA, SC – On Friday, the state of South Carolina administered a lethal injection that resulted in the execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, a man convicted of murdering a convenience store clerk. The execution came amidst assertions from Owens’ mother and lawyers that the state was committing an injustice, bolstered by fresh evidence from a key witness in the case. Owens, 46, was pronounced dead 20 minutes after his execution began at 6:35 p.m. at …

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Courthouse explosion sends 5 people to the hospital

SANTA MARIA, CA – On Wednesday, a 20-year-old man set off an explosive device in the lobby of a courthouse in Santa Maria, California. The explosion resulted in minor injuries to five people, leading to a shutdown of the courthouse and adjacent city buildings. Santa Barbara County Undersheriff Craig Bonner confirmed the suspect’s arrest on charges that include attempted murder and possession of explosive devices. Santa Maria Courthouse witnessed the incident shortly after 8:45 a.m., …

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Dad who drove twin toddlers off a cliff gets 31-year sentence

SAN DIEGO, CA – A 51-year-old man, Robert Brians, has been sentenced to 31 years in state prison for driving his truck off Sunset Cliffs, with his twin toddlers inside the vehicle. The incident occurred on June 13, 2020, after Brians kidnapped his two-year-old daughters from his parent’s home. He, along with his daughters, were hospitalized for injuries sustained during the crash. The twins’ mother reported during the sentencing hearing that her children are now …

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Shooting erupts outside elementary school

WICHITA, KS – In a shocking domestic altercation, a husband shot his wife outside a southern Kansas elementary school Monday morning. The incident took place just after they had dropped their two children off for class. The shooting happened at around 9:15 a.m. in front of Cessna Elementary School, as stated by Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter during a news briefing. The identities of both the suspect and the victim remain undisclosed. Witnesses described the …

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Man killed after bus gets hijacked at gunpoint

LOS ANGELES, CA – An armed hijacker commandeered a Metro bus early Wednesday morning, setting off a dramatic chase through Los Angeles. The pursuit ended with one man dead and the suspect in custody. The unsettling sequence started just before 1 a.m. at Figueroa Street and Manchester Avenue, said the Los Angeles Police Department. A suspect wielding a gun hijacked Line 81, which had a driver and two passengers. While the bus was initially sighted …

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Pilot killed in mid-air plane crash

LANCASTER, CA – A pilot lost his life following a midair collision between two single-engine planes in Southern California on Sunday, authorities reported. The incident involved a Nanchang CJ-6 and a Yakovlev Yak-52, both single-engine aircraft. The collision occurred near Lancaster, in northern Los Angeles County, around 1 p.m. PT. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that only the pilots were aboard the aircraft at the time of the crash. Responding to reports of the downed …

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