Atlanta GA Sept 18 2017 A fourth-year engineering student at Georgia Tech was fatally shot by police Saturday night. The engineering student from Gwinnett County was fatally shot by a police officer on Georgia Tech’s campus Saturday night. The GBI is investigating the incident in which the student, who has been identified by Georgia Tech […]
New York Sept 17 2017 A knife can cut you from many different angles. And – unlike the artificial dance step choreography most defense instructors peddle – knife attacks are unpredictable and chaotic: You may think this is an unlikely threat … But three times more people were killed in the U.S. in 2015 with knives […]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. Sept 18 2017 A series of virtual and physical clues led to the capture of a burglar accused of fleecing more than $300,000 from two area department stores. The high-stakes burglaries, which happened in May 2016 and February 2017, occurred at the Westfield Wheaton Mall J.C. Penney and the White Flint Mall Lord […]
Philadelphia PA Sept 17 2017 A security officer at a North Philadelphia club shot and killed a gunman who had opened fire on a crowd there Friday night, police said. The shooting happened just after 11 p.m., police said, at J/F Hookah lounge on the corner of Germantown Avenue and Cumberland Street. The 30-year-old gunman, who […]
Williamsburg VA Sept 17 2017 A 23-year-old Williamsburg man faces up to 8 years in prison after being convicted Wednesday of shooting a security officer during a party near William & Mary last August. After a three-day trial starting Monday, a jury convicted John Lee Johnson of malicious assault and use of a firearm in the […]
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. Sept 17 2017 — An off-duty security guard who shot and killed a man at a Fayette County idled coal mining site last fall no longer faces a murder charge. Fayette County Circuit Judge Paul Blake dismissed the charge Wednesday against Gary Gover, 55, of Hilltop, following a motion from Fayette County Prosecutor Larry […]
FAIRHOPE, AL Sept 17 2017 Four suspects were arrested following what the Fairhope Police Department describes as a “complex investigation involving numerous officers and investigators” looking into numerous occurrences of theft. Other arrests are possible. The victims listed are the Walmart store at 10040 Fairhope Ave. and the Murphy Oil gas station at the same […]
Prince William County VA Sept 17 2017 A police officer shot and killed a 15-year-old boy in front of his home in Haymarket, Virginia, on Friday after he threatened officers with a crowbar, Prince William County police said. The officer fired multiple shots, killing the teen after receiving a report that he “had a bomb strapped […]
Temple TX Sept 17 2017 A 39-year-old Marlin man allegedly attacked a hospital security guard because he couldn’t leave to smoke. Charles Ray Robinson was a patient May 3 in the emergency room at Scott & White Medical Center-Temple when a uniformed security guard patrolling the hallways reportedly was confronted by Robinson. Robinson allegedly was belligerent […]
New York City NY Sept 17 2017 The 109th Precinct recognized a local mall security guard who went the extra mile to help officers apprehend a suspect with sticky fingers. On Aug. 14, a woman was shopping in the Flushing’s Skyview Center Mall when — unaware that someone had reached into her bag and stolen her […]