Authorities said seven officers and deputies opened fire after an armed man pointed a gun at them in an Auburndale parking lot. AUBURNDALE, FL — A 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend died Friday after a shooting in the employee parking lot of a Spectrum office led to an encounter between the armed man and seven Polk County law enforcement officers, authorities said. The shooting happened July 10 at the Spectrum office at 1004 U.S. Highway …
Relatives said Cordarius Hobbs had worked for Billy and Virginia Carol Blair before the couple was found dead in their home. SIMPSON COUNTY, MS — A 17-year-old charged in the shooting deaths of a Simpson County husband and wife knew the couple and had previously worked at their home, according to relatives who spoke after a preliminary hearing. Cordarius Hobbs is accused of killing 74-year-old Billy Blair and 71-year-old Virginia Carol Barnett-Blair at their home …
Kinu Rochford, 35, died and two other people were wounded when gunfire erupted Friday night at the Kingdom Games. NEW YORK CITY, NY — Former Fairleigh Dickinson University basketball standout Kinu Rochford was fatally shot and two other people were wounded during an annual basketball tournament in Harlem, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday behind 70 Lenox Ave., at the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers. Rochford, a 35-year-old Brooklyn resident, was …
Max Holloway won their UFC 329 rematch after McGregor could not continue just 69 seconds into the opening round. LAS VEGAS, NV — Conor McGregor’s long-awaited return to the UFC ended after just 69 seconds Saturday when an apparent right knee injury left him unable to continue against Max Holloway in the UFC 329 main event. Holloway was awarded a first-round technical knockout at T-Mobile Arena, giving him a victory in the second meeting between …
Alex Delgado said a caller posing as a Robinhood fraud specialist gained her trust and directed the transfers over two days. FRESNO, CA — A former television news anchor who spent decades reporting on scams says she lost $72,000 after responding to a fake fraud-alert text and following instructions from someone posing as a representative of the Robinhood investment platform. Alex Delgado, who worked as an anchor at KSEE in Fresno for 22 years, said …
An 18-year-old died and three other people were hospitalized after gunfire Friday evening on Boulevard Northeast. ATLANTA, GA — Two teenagers face murder and other charges after a shooting at an Atlanta apartment complex left an 18-year-old dead and three other people injured, police said Saturday. Atlanta police identified one of the accused teenagers as D’keiman Carter, 17. The other is a 16-year-old boy whose name was not released because he is a juvenile. Homicide …
Authorities said the 50-year-old man was wanted in connection with an alleged May assault at a Stone Mountain home. ATLANTA, GA — A man accused of raping a woman while she slept in her Stone Mountain home was arrested after an hourslong SWAT standoff at an Atlanta residence, authorities said. Deacon Tyrone Hopkinsbey, 50, was taken into custody Thursday, July 9, at a home on Brownlee Road, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies …
Police said the suspect focused on the child, praised the baby’s appearance and tried to pull away the occupied stroller. SEATTLE. WA — A 36-year-old man was arrested after a mother reported that he tried to take a stroller containing her child at Pike Place Market, according to Seattle police and local news reports. Officers were called to the popular downtown market at about 11:25 a.m. Thursday after the woman reported the attempted abduction. Police …
A pregnant woman and her husband were found with fatal shotgun wounds inside their home early Friday, authorities said. LOS ANGELES, CA — A pregnant woman and her husband were found shot to death inside a Westwood home early Friday in what Los Angeles police are investigating as a possible murder-suicide. Officers responded at about 5:45 a.m. July 10 to reports of gunfire at a residence in the 1300 block of Holmby Avenue, near Wellworth …
Authorities said Matthew Hensley was hiding inside a cabinet, but he has not been charged in Amber Graham’s death. CLEVELAND, OH — A wanted sex offender was arrested Friday at the same Cleveland home where a missing Tennessee woman was found dead one week earlier, federal authorities said. Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Cleveland police SWAT team arrested 43-year-old Matthew Hensley at a home in the 3400 …