New Jersey November 17 2022 Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship in New Jersey will be required, along with large entertainment venues to have security plans for dealing with mass shootings or attacks under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy. The new law will require large sports and entertainment facilities with […]
Birmingham AL November 8th, 2022 A 45-year-old Birmingham man has been charged with arson in connection with a Friday-morning incident at Temple Beth El on the city’s southside. Gregory Earl Fuller is charged with second-degree arson of a business after police and firefighters found a propane tank and clothes that had been set on fire in […]
NEW YORK Oct 7 2022 – The NYPD released security camera video showing a man assault two people connected to a Jewish congregation outside a synagogue in Midtown Manhattan last Thursday. A man got into an argument with a 57-year-old male superintendent and a 27-year-old female security guard outside Congregation Talmud Toarh Ader in Kips Bay […]
Chesterfield County AL 8/28/22 Chesterfield County Police are investigating the firing of gunshots Saturday afternoon at the New Life Outreach International Church. There were no reports of injuries. At about 12:21 p.m., off-duty officers were in the parking lot of the church at 1005 Turner Road, waiting to conduct a funeral escort, when they overheard […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. June 26 2022 — Rollie Trooien stood outside the plain white church on a hot Sunday afternoon, June 12, determined to attend the annual meeting of the cemetery association. He was eager to vote on the association’s new leadership. After all, generations of his ancestors were buried here, in the cemetery by Singsaas […]
AMES, Iowa June 4 2022— A man shot two females to death and then apparently killed himself Thursday night outside a church in Ames, authorities said. The man killed the two females outside the Cornerstone Church, a megachurch on the outskirts of Ames, Story County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Nicholas Lennie told the Des Moines Register. […]
Sacramento CA March 1 2022 A man shot and killed his three children, one other person and himself at a church in Sacramento, California, on Monday, authorities said. The man had a restraining order against him. Deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. found five people dead, including the shooter, at the church […]
AURORA, Colo. Feb 7, 2022 A woman was killed and two men have been injured in a shooting inside a church in the Denver suburbs, authorities said Saturday. The Aurora Police Department responded to a call at about 8:30 p.m. Friday from Iglesia Faro De Luz, police spokesman Matthew Longshore said. A 36-year-old woman was pronounced […]
OAKLAND, Calif. January 27, 2022— A former bishop and lay leader of an historically African American church have been charged with defrauding California congregations by mortgaging their properties in order to obtain $14 million in loans they used for personal expenses, authorities said Tuesday. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses Staccato Powell, 62, of Wake […]
PRICHARD, Ala. Jan 1 20222 A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was shot and killed at a church in Prichard. Police say they were called to Everlasting Life Holiness Church on Meaher Avenue near Telegraph Road just after 7 p.m. Tuesday about a female member of the congregation thought to be in cardiac arrest. […]