Three suspects linked to the shooting death of a Phoenix mother who was inside a car with her children have been arrested, authorities said Monday.
The shooting happened near an Arco gas station at 27th Avenue and McDowell Road in Phoenix early Monday, FOX10 Phoenix reported.
The mother was killed while in the passenger seat and shrapnel hit one of the children, who was expected to be OK, police said. Five children and two adults survived the shooting.
The victim was identified as 35-year-old Yenni Dominguez Leyva.
“Somebody minding their own business, doing what they’re supposed to be doing, gunned down in the midst of living everyday life, is just the extra amount of tragedy that we see,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Phil Krynsky said.
Five people were killed in a shooting inside a South Carolina home over the weekend, local authorities said.
Police discovered the bodies of four people who were fatally shot inside a home on Bobo Drive in the town of Inman around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said.
A lone survivor was rushed to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where they died in surgery, according to local CBS News affiliate WSPA.
Two of the victims, 37-year-old Thomas Ellis Anderson and 32-year-old Adam Daniel Morley, lived in the home, the outlet reported, citing the county coroner.
None of the victims, who were found in different areas of the house, were related. All were adults.
Some of the victims had multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said.
“The sheriff’s office, my office, nobody’s going to let up — not even the prosecutor’s office is not going to let up on this,” Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said of the quintuple shooting. “They’re all hands on deck. Everybody is really working hard on this.”
The identities of the three other victims have not been released.
It’s unclear how long the victims had been dead inside the home before they were discovered.
A neighbor told the local FOX station that she heard gunshots on Saturday, a day before the bodies were found.
“You don’t think nothing of it because you’re living in the country,” Sue Gonzalez told FOX Carolina. “But it’s scary.”
At least two cars crashed during a funeral procession for a teen who died of a suspected drug overdose, killing a 12-year-old boy and critically injuring his 6-year-old brother, police in Ohio said.
Two episodes of gunfire followed the crash, wounding at least one person.
A marked police cruiser was leading the procession through Akron on Thursday afternoon when the collision occurred.
The boys were riding in a car driven by their mother; witnesses reported that the vehicle had been moving erratically and that passengers had been hanging out of windows. Police said one of the boys was thrown from the car and the other partially ejected. Their mother was not hurt.
It wasn’t clear what caused the crash, but Akron police Lt. Michael Miller said “horseplay” is not uncommon among some drivers in funeral processions in the city.
The mother was expected to face charges stemming from the crash, though it wasn’t clear Friday what counts she might face. Miller said the investigation continues, noting that “we want to strike a balance and yield to grace as it relates to overly disparaging the grieving mother.”
Seconds after the crash, a gunshot rang out, and a man who was driving another involved vehicle ran off and has not been found, police said. It wasn’t clear who fired the shot.
Authorities said they were looking into whether a third vehicle was involved. A 19-year-old suffered a gunshot wound not considered life-threatening, and investigators were trying to determine his role, if any, in the crash.
Complicating the investigation was a second shooting that occurred minutes later, within sight of the crash scene. More than a dozen shots were fired, but authorities said that no one was injured in that gunfire and that the two shootings appeared to be unrelated.
Officials identified the 12-year-old killed in the crash as Tymar Allen, of Akron, and an autopsy Friday determined he died of blunt force injuries suffered in the crash. His brother remained hospitalized Friday. His name and the extent of his injuries have not been disclosed.
It wasn’t clear what ties the boys or anyone else involved in the crash may have had with the 17-year-old boy for whom the procession was held.
A 14-year-old gang member with 18 busts already under his belt is suspected in three shootings that occurred just days apart in The Bronx, police said Friday.
The kid made off on a scooter each time with an accomplice, police said — till he was finally busted for two of the crimes Wednesday.
The young suspect — whose arrests date back to age 10 or 11 — allegedly opened fire into a Dunkin’ Donuts from the back of a scooter Sept. 19 just after 2:30 p.m., said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. The bullets broke the glass at the store at 5501 Broadway and struck the young shooter’s intended target, Essig said.
A few days later, the same scooter with the teen onboard was spotted after a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg at 131 West Kingsbridge Road early Sept. 25, according to Essig.
The targets were part of the “1300” or “OKB” gang, which is a subsection of the Crips, the chief said.
The teen, who was not identified because of his young age, is allegedly a member of the “Young Gunner” gang, a rival Bloods offshoot, Essig added.
Cops believe the 14-year-old was also involved in a shooting on early Sept. 22 at 5360 Broadway where the same scooter was spotted, but the teen was only charged in the other two, according to Essig.
The firearm has not yet been recovered.
The 14-year-old, who is now facing attempted murder and criminal possession-of-a-weapon charges, has 18 prior arrests dating back to 2018 for various crimes, including grand larceny robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
Police are still looking for the scooter’s driver.
A three-year-old Chicago boy was fatally shot in the head over the weekend when his mother tried to flee a horrific road rage attack, police said.
Mateo Zastro had been sitting next to his siblings in the back seat of his mother’s SUV when a gunman opened fire at about 8.30 p.m. on Friday in the city’s West Lawn neighborhood.
Police said the family had just left a shopping mall when the little boy’s mom got into a confrontation with an unidentified driver, ABC7 reported.
It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the road rage confrontation.
The mom tried to drive off but the suspect followed her and starting firing “several shots” into her vehicle, according to cops.
The little boy took a bullet to the head and was pronounced dead hours later at the Christ Hospital.
His three siblings and mom weren’t injured.
“That mother is still grieving. All she’s doing is clutching onto two dinosaurs … the baby’s favorite toy,” said Andrew Holmes, a community activist who spent hours with the grief-stricken family over the weekend.
He is offering a $7,000 reward for information on the suspect responsible for Mateo’s slaying.
“We can get these baby killers off the streets,” Holmes said.
Investigators are currently reviewing surveillance video in a bid to track down the shooter, according to cops.
They are looking for a red Dodge Charger or red Ford Mustang.
“Our vow to the child’s family and to the entire city is we will not rest until those responsible for this senseless and cowardly act of violence, are brought to justice,” 8th District Commander Bryan Spreyne said.
“To those responsible for taking this precious child’s life: do the right thing, the honorable thing, and turn yourselves in.”
The little boy’s death comes just months after 5-month-old baby Cecilia Thomas was killed when she was also struck in the head by a stay bullet in a drive-by shooting.
The baby had been riding with her father when a gunman opened fire on their car, according to police.
At least two people were shot at a Pennsylvania amusement park on Saturday night, sparking a panic that sent terrified park goers running for their lives, police and reports said.
Shots reportedly rang out at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, just outside of Pittsburgh.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police said that it was responding to the scene to assist the West Mifflin Police Department on a “report of shots fired” at the park.
It’s not clear how many people were injured, however police sources told WTAE-TV that two people were shot. Their conditions are unknown.
The West Mifflin Police Department released an advisory asking people to avoid the area due to “an increased emergency services presence.”
Thrill-seekers had filled the park for the first of Kennywood’s Fall Festival nights, which are held each Saturday before Halloween and keep the park open until 11 p.m., according to the park’s website.
An employee told WPXI that he didn’t realize that the bangs he had heard were gunshots until everyone began panicking.
“I didn’t know where people were running, and next thing you know everyone is hiding and there’s just cops everywhere and everyone is in, like, a chaos,” the unnamed employee said. “And by the time I realized what was going on it already happened.
“Luckily I didn’t see anything or witness any violence but I witnessed people panicking and running. It was kind of scary,” he added.
A spokesperson for the park told The Post that all guests had exited the park shortly after midnight.
“We are aware of a situation that occurred this evening and are working with local law enforcement,” the spokesperson said. “The safety of our guests and Team Members are our top priority. Members of the park’s security, Allegheny County, and West Mifflin police departments were already on site and immediately responded.”
OAKLAND, Calif. — An attempted robbery of an armored car in Oakland on Friday left one person dead and two others injured, including a Brink’s employee, police said.
Reports of a shooting sent officers to a parking lot outside an auto parts store at about 2 p.m., where they found two people with gunshot wounds, police said.
One died at the scene and the other, a Brink’s employee, was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said.
A third person — an innocent bystander who was struck by gunfire — went separately to a hospital, police said.
Witnesses told KTVU-TV that they heard as many as 20 gunshots.
Authorities said a white car with several people inside was involved in the shooting.
“We are looking for information and video related to that vehicle and to those individuals in that vehicle. We’re trying to identify them as well,” Armstrong said.
He said the FBI is involved in the investigation.
Brink’s told KPIX-TV that the company was working with law enforcement and didn’t have any information to share.
It was the sixth deadly shooting in Oakland this week and the 92nd homicide of the year. Armstrong asked the public to come forward with information to help solve the recent killings.
“We also ask the community to continue to get rid of the guns that continue to plague our community,” the chief said.
Police who shot a 22-year-old Colorado man after he called 911 for roadside assistance escalated the situation, needlessly leading to his death, the man’s relatives said in a tearful news conference Tuesday in which they called for accountability.
After Christian Glass’ June 11 death in the small mountain town of Silver Plume west of Denver, the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s office issued a news release saying that Glass was shot after he became “argumentative and uncooperative” and tried to stab an officer when police broke a car window to grab him.
“Christian was experiencing a crisis, and he called 911 for help,” said the parents’ attorney, Siddhartha Rathod, “and yet these officers busted out Christian’s window, shot him six times with bean bag rounds, Tased him multiple times from two Tasers, and then shot him five times.”
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation handles police shootings, including the Glass case, but the family wants prosecutors to file criminal charges, Rathod said.
Heidi McCollum, district attorney for the Fifth Judicial District that includes Clear Creek County, released a statement Tuesday saying her office is investigating the case along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Her office plans to eventually issue a report on the shooting or present the case to a grand jury, which would decide if indictments should be issued, McCollum said.
The videos shared with The Associated Press show Glass refusing to come out of his car while also telling police he’s “terrified” and making heart shapes with his hands to officers. At one point, he also can be seen praying with folded hands and saying, “Dear Lord, please, don’t let them break the window.”
When the officers did break the window, Glass seemed to panic and grabbed a knife.
Police then shot Glass with bean bag rounds and shocked him with a stun gun before the young man twisted in his seat and thrust a knife toward an officer, the footage showed. Then one officer fired his gun, hitting Glass. The recordings then show Glass stabbing himself before he died.
The family said the videos were only edited to blur the body. The AP has requested that police provide any videos related to the case.
Rathod said Glass had no history of mental illness. When asked about Glass’s abnormal behavior, he said “unfortunately we are not ever going to know.”
Rathod released an autopsy report that found that Glass died of gunshot wounds. It said he had THC, a .01% blood alcohol concentration, and amphetamine in his system, the last of which Rathod said is likely from an ADHD prescription for Glass.
The shooting comes amid a national outcry for police reforms focused on crisis intervention, de-escalation and alternative policing programs. In Denver and New York, behavioral health specialists are sent to 911 callers facing crises that police may not be trained to address or could even exacerbate.
Police haven’t said if any behavioral health specialists were called for Glass.
Use-of-force and de-escalation experts who reviewed the footage for The Associated Press said this case is an example of when a behavioral health specialist or crisis response team — programs becoming increasingly popular across the country — may have helped de-escalate the situation and avert Glass’ death.
“There are some real red flags that suggest potential problems,” said Seth Stoughton, a former police officer and leading use-of-force expert who reviewed portions of the footage. Stoughton testified in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd.
While police officers may be justified in using force once a situation has intensified, “it’s everything that we do before that in terms of de-escalation that can make those situations go a completely different direction,” said Tamara Lynn, the executive council president for the National De-Escalation Training Center, who reviewed the footage.
In particular, both Lynn and Stoughton questioned why officers didn’t take Glass up on his offer, recorded by body camera footage, to disarm himself by throwing his knives out of his car window.
While a thrown knife can pose a threat, “officers have plenty of opportunity to maneuver themselves and put themselves in a position that’s not risky,” said Stoughton. “I am kind of astonished that they did not take advantage of what looked like a very clear opportunity to have him separate himself from the weapons.”
Similarly, Stoughton wondered why they needed to break the car window. He said police don’t have all day to spend on one call, but questioned if they needed to.
“It’s not clear to me that it should have gone that far,” he said.
Between tears on Tuesday, Christian’s mother, Sally Glass, displayed a pendant of Jesus recovered from her son’s car that is engraved with the words, “Pray for us.”
“We have to pray for us in America to make this a less violent country,” Sally Glass said. “I think a lot of people now would agree that there is a systemic problem with policing: It’s too aggressive. They escalate at every opportunity, and it looks like they are spoiling for a fight. … They should be protecting us, not attacking us.”
Glass said her son was “petrified” and “paralyzed” by fear the night he was killed.
“I have a hole in my heart, and it will be there until the day I die,” Glass said.
The alleged moped driver in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay was jailed Tuesday afternoon, Bronx officials said.
Omar Bojang, 18, who turned himself in on Monday, appeared in Bronx Supreme Court just after 12 p.m. and was held without bail by the judge during his arraignment, Bronx DA Darcel Clark said.
“I made a plea with that parent, ‘turn him it,’” Clark said at an unrelated press conference and thanked the mother for bringing her son to authorities.
Bojang was charged with murder, manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, according to court papers.
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