Daily Misfortune Month January 2015 ---
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- 1 killed 1 arrested January 4, 2015 Hedge fund manager Thomas Gilbert killed by son
- 3 killed in 4 car crash January 4, 2015 Brevard sisters killed in I-95 4 car wreck when Infiniti drives into guardrail and spins into cars head-on
- 8 killed War in North-West Pakistan: A U.S. drone strike kills eight Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda in Pakistan. (Channel 9 News)
- 31 killed Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killing 31 militants. (Channel 9 News)
- 4 killed 8 injured A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in Orakzai Agency, Pakistan, killing four people and injuring eight. (AFP via The Daily Star)
- 6 injured A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. (Reuters)
- 5 killed 25 wounded A bombing at a local Houthi movement headquarters in Dhamar Governorate, Yemen, kills five people and wounds 25.(AP via The Daily Star)
- Somali Civil War: A suicide car bomber detonates near a military convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing four people. (BBC)
- A six-story building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya, kills one person and leaves several others injured. (New Zealand Herald)
- 1 killed 1 arrested January 4, 2015 Hedge fund manager Thomas Gilbert killed by son 30-year-old man Thomas Gilbert Jr is charged with allegedly shot and killed his 70 year old hedge fund manager father an argument over a reduction in his monthly allowance. Gilbert Jr. asked his mother to go buy a sandwich, but returned to find her husband dead with a gun positioned on his chest as if to stage a murder as a suicide.
- 3 killed in 4 car crash January 4, 2015 Brevard sisters killed in I-95 4 car wreck when Infiniti drives into guardrail and spins into cars head-on Florida Today Instead, the day trip took a tragic turn as the three sisters - identified as 64-year-old Kay Ferril, Willie Morgane, 66, and Neal - were killed early Sunday in a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Interstate 39-year-old driver of a 2008 Infiniti, identified as Leonardo Alvarez-Savageau, of Springfield, Mass., veered off the road for an unknown reason and struck a guardrail in the median on the darkened roadway. Alvarez-Savageau and his passengers, 26-year-old Mary Vanassee and Shayla Davis, 24, both from Springfield, Mass., were seriously injured in the impact. Within moments of the Infiniti's impact with with the guardrail, the front end of the Infiniti spun and smashed into the front of a 2007 Hyundai Elantra head on, killing Ferril, the driver, along with Morgane, and Rose Neal, both of Cocoa. Seconds later, a third car, a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by George Cornejo, 25, of Hialeah Gardens, slammed into the back of Hyundai. A fourth vehicle, a 2008 Honda Accord driven by 22-year-old Dimitri Vincent, then struck the debris from the first three vehicles before coming to a stop. tags: head-on crash, mass collision attack, car drives into median
- 8 killed War in North-West Pakistan: A U.S. drone strike kills eight Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda in Pakistan. (Channel 9 News)
- 31 killed Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killing 31 militants. (Channel 9 News)
- 4 killed 8 injured A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in Orakzai Agency, Pakistan, killing four people and injuring eight. (AFP via The Daily Star)
- 6 injured A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. (Reuters)
- 5 killed 25 wounded A bombing at a local Houthi movement headquarters in Dhamar Governorate, Yemen, kills five people and wounds 25.(AP via The Daily Star)
- Somali Civil War: A suicide car bomber detonates near a military convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing four people. (BBC)
- A six-story building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya, kills one person and leaves several others injured. (New Zealand Herald)
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USA TODAY
Head-on collision sends two to hospital
News957
RCMP say two people have been taken to hospital after a head-on collision on Highway 104. It happened just after 11 this morning near Barney's ..
Mailbox Explosion Alarms Cherry Hill Neighbors
NBC 10 Philadelphia
- 10 hours ago
A bomb squad unit investigated multiple reports of loud bangs in a South Jersey community early Sunday morning after a blast destroyed a cast iron mailbox.
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W*USA 9
Zanzibar nightclub closed after stabbing
W*USA 9
- 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a stabbing at a D.C. club. Joseph Ricardo Johnson, 35, of Northwest has been arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, police said.
KREM.com (subscription)
Hayden Walmart shooting: Purse designed to secure gun
KREM.com (subscription)
- 3 hours ago
Investigators released additional details about the purse at the center of a deadly Walmart shooting in North Idaho. Veronica Rutledge, 29, was killed Monday when her toddler son discharged a handgun he found inside of a purse specifically designed to ...
January 3, 2015 Limo Driver Shot, Killed During Robbery: Company NBC 10 Philadelphia a limo driver was shot and killed during a robbery in West Philadelphia Saturday night, according to a local limo service. The unidentified 24-year-old driver, who just started working for La Primera Car Inc. a week ago, picked up two passengers on the ...
KSN-TV
VIDEO: WPD media briefing over officer-involved shooting
KSN-TV
- 55 minutes ago
WICHITA, Kansas - Wichita police have reported a fatal officer-involved shooting of a 23-year-old man near Oliver and Elm street on Saturday evening.
SFGate
SFPD names officers involved in fatal Alex Nieto shooting
SFGate
- 6 hours ago
San Francisco police on Friday released the names of four officers involved in the shooting death last spring of a longtime Mission District resident after months of demands for accountability from the man's family.
Angola man arrested for stabbing sister, mother
WANE
- 8 minutes ago
ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) - An Angola man faces murder and attempted murder charges after police say he stabbed his sister and his mother.
NBC Chicago
6 hurt in separate shootings on South, West sides
Chicago Tribune
- 2 hours ago
No one is in custody as a result of the shooting. In the latest attack, a man was wounded around 3:30 a.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood and walked into Holy Cross Hospital, Alfaro said.
Palm Beach Post
Police seek witnesses to CityPlace shooting
Palm Beach Post
- 1 hour ago
1 p.m. update: West Palm Beach police “are doing everything to ensure visitors and families continue to feel comfortable enjoying” the CityPlace area, the city's director of communications said Sunday afternoon.
NPR (blog)
NYPD's Wenjian Liu, Killed In Dec. Shooting, Is Laid To Rest
NPR (blog)
- 6 hours ago
Updated at 12:50 noon ET. Thousands of police officers from across the country paid their respects to NYPD detective Wenjian Liu, one of two patrolmen who were gunned down last month in an unprovoked attack in a Brooklyn neighborhood.
BBC News
Somalia violence: Deadly car bomb near Mogadishu airport
BBC News
- 3 hours ago
A suicide car bomb attack by Islamist group al-Shabab has killed four people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say.
KABC-TV
Long Beach shooting: Baby missing, 3 found shot in residence
KABC-TV
- 7 hours ago
The three shooting victims were taken to the hospital and were in critical but stable condition late Saturday night, police said.
Brevard sisters killed in I-95 wreck were nearly home
Florida Today
- 38 minutes ago
Instead, the day trip took a tragic turn as the three sisters - identified as 64-year-old Kay Ferril, Willie Morgane, 66, and Neal - were killed early today in a four-vehicle, chain reaction crash on Interstate 95, not far from the exit leading to ...
Two people are dead after a morning shooting in Roanoke
WDBJ7
- 4 hours ago
day most of us warm into the Several people are hurt after a shooting in Roanoke. Police say it happened just before 4-am in the 36-hundred block of Shenandoah Avenue.
Battle Creek Enquirer
Explosion destroys Battle Creek home
Battle Creek Enquirer
- 20 hours ago
The force of the explosion blew debris against other homes on each side but Erskine said no one was injured. A house on the southside of the damaged home was vacant.
WFAA
Fatal shooting outside Dallas nightspot
WFAA
- 7 minutes ago
DALLAS - One man is dead after a shooting early Sunday morning in the Deep Ellum entertainment district near downtown Dallas.
Westside shooting suspect surrenders after overnight standoff, LAPD says
Los Angeles Times
- 4 hours ago
The incident was reported at 9:20 p.m. Saturday when someone in the area of the suspect's apartment building on Brockton, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard, flagged down police and told them someone was shooting a gun near that intersection, ...
WGAL Lancaster
UPDATED: Suspect in Perry County shooting deaths found dead
WGAL Lancaster
- 1 hour ago
CARROLL TOWNSHIP, Pa. —State police are investigating the shooting deaths of 38-year-old Philip Sechrist and 43-year-old Lisa Sechrist in Carroll Township, Perry County.
WLS-TV
Mundelein house explosion kills 1, critically injures 1
WLS-TV
- Jan 2, 2015
One person was killed and another was critically injured after a house exploded in the 900-block of Killarney Pass Drive in Mundelein around 12:20 p.m.
WXII The Triad
Two men arrested in officer-involved shooting incident at uptown restaurant
Charlotte Observer
- 3 hours ago
Two men have been arrested in connection with an officer-involved shooting early Sunday in uptown Charlotte. Lawrence Edwin Johnson, 26, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a knife.
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A new father, who had just taken a job as a limo driver to help support his family, was shot and killed in front of his fiancee during a robbery in West Philadelphia. |
The search for the shooting suspect and the infant began shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, when officers responded to a call at a home in the 100 block of West 51st Street in North Long Beach, police said. |
... continues for missing baby after SoCal shooting · Boston Mayor Calls Marathon Bombing Trial Painful But Necessary. |
Roanoke police say two people are dead and four others are hurt after a shooting in Northwest Roanoke. ... Police received a call for a shooting just before 4 a.m. and found one man dead when they arrived in a gravel lot across the street. Two men were ... |
Law enforcement vehicles were parked on Juniper near North 8th Street in Brainerd Sunday night. Apparently two people were shot at 812 Juniper and transported to St. Joseph's Medical Center. |
NEW ELLENTON, SC (WRDW) - New Ellenton authorities are asking for the community's help finding two murder suspects involved in the deadly shooting on Williamson Ave. Investigators say Devonte Green, 20, and Rakeem Jackson, 16, are both wanted for ... |
DALLAS - One man is dead after a shooting early Sunday morning in the Deep Ellum entertainment district near downtown Dallas. |
Updated at 12:50 noon ET. Thousands of police officers from across the country paid their respects to NYPD detective Wenjian Liu, one of two patrolmen who were gunned down last month in an unprovoked attack in a Brooklyn neighborhood. |
A suicide car bomb attack by Islamist group al-Shabab has killed four people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say. |
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a stabbing at a D.C. club. Joseph Ricardo Johnson, 35, of Northwest has been arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, police said. |
According to Officer Leo Kosinsky with Chesapeake Police, suspects in the shooting were identified, interviewed, then released. |
WICHITA, Kansas - Wichita police have reported a fatal officer-involved shooting of a 23-year-old man near Oliver and Elm street on Saturday evening. |
Investigators released additional details about the purse at the center of a deadly Walmart shooting in North Idaho. Veronica Rutledge, 29, was killed Monday when her toddler son discharged a handgun he found inside of a purse specifically designed to ... |
MONTFORT, Wis. - Authorities have released the names of a 6-year-old boy who was killed and two other family members who were wounded in a shooting in the southwestern Wisconsin village of Montfort. Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman said ... |
The incident was reported at 9:20 p.m. Saturday when someone in the area of the suspect's apartment building on Brockton, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard, flagged down police and told them someone was shooting a gun near that intersection, ... |
Head-on collision sends two to hospital RCMP say two people have been taken to hospital after a head-on collision on Highway 104. It happened just after 11 this morning near Barney's ..
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Miami police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead.
The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a vehicle that may have been involved in a hit and run crash on Big Pine Key Saturday night.
A man was injured early Sunday after being shot in a south Seattle fight, but what led to the fight is still a mystery. The biggest reason for the mystery is that the injured man is refusing to speak to police. Seattle Police spokesperson Det. Drew Fowler said that officers were called ...
1 hr ago Blaze - Dave Urbanski
Suspect lived in a camper on the same property as the victims.A man was arrested early Sunday after an overnight search on Vashon Island following an incident that damaged a King County deputy's car and shots being fired. Deputies were called out around 6 pm Saturday initially on a domestic violence call between a mother and her adult son, according to King County Sheriff's Office spokesperson ...
1 hr ago TIME - Andrew Katz
Jury selection starts Monday for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...Police say they were alerted about the crash by a 911 caller who told them that a 7-year-old girl had walked to his home saying that she had been involved in a plane crash.
Waukegan police are conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found lying dead in the street early Saturday in the northern suburban.
A man has been charged with shooting another man early New Year's Day at a nightclub in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The Lake County coroner's office is asking for the public's help in identifying a woman who was "thrown from a vehicle" on New Year's Day in Gary, Ind.
2 hr ago San Jose Mercury - Howard Mintz
As it weighs the outcome of the Apple v. Samsung legal battle, U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. has taken on powerful role for Silicon Valley and rest of tech world...A hit-and-run suspect was grabbed and arrested while threatening to jump off the Morrison Bridge early Sunday morning, Portland police said.
2 hr ago Blaze - Zach Noble
"It would have been nice to have some type of police support…"The man, later identified as 24-year-old Robert Charles Harvey, was seen running onto the Morrison Bridge.
3 hr ago New York Daily - Jason Silverstein
Two Indianapolis men have been arrested for stealing thousands of dollars of Crest teeth-whitening strips through December.
3 hr ago TIME
Officer Wenjian Liu was shot and killed in the line of duty on Dec. 20, along with partner Rafael Ramos. During funeral services Sunday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a eulogy along with Liu's widow, Pei Xia Chen. Chen and Liu were newlyweds when he was killed...
3 hr ago AP
A 3-week-old girl is missing from a California home where the baby's mother, father and uncle were found shot, police said Sunday.
3 hr ago Huffington Post
The girlfriend of a man shot dead by police while he was holding a BB gun at an Ohio Walmart has died in a car accident, a lawyer for the man's family said on Friday. Tasha Thomas, 26, who had accompanied John Crawford to the Beavercreek store where he was killed by police in August, was pronounced dead at the scene of an early morning crash on New Year's Day...Acushnet police are crediting an off-duty New Bedford officer with apprehending a woman who allegedly broke into a home Saturday.
3 hr ago TIME - Justin Worl
The protest defied a request from the city's police chief not to use the funeral to protest...
3 hr ago AP
Authorities say two teens were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Greenbelt. Police say it happened around 11:45 p.m. Saturday on Ridge Road in Prince George's County. The teenagers told police that they were walking to an event at a rented hall at the Mishkan Torah Synagogue when a fight broke out near them and several shots were fired. Police say the shots struck a 19-year-old from Lanham in the...Two people are dead in an apparent murder/suicide.
3 hr ago Baltimore Sun - Aaron Wilson
Baltimore Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide on Sunday.Pawtucket police have charged a second man after a brawl the day after Christmas that sent an officer to the hospital.
Police arrested a naked man who they said broke into two Keizer homes early Sunday morning.
4 hr ago Dallas Morning News - Melissa Repko
Police arrested four men Sunday morning after a security guard said they fired gunshots at him near a Lake Highlands apartment. The security guard called police to report a disturbance...
4 hr ago AP
Authorities say three people are dead and a fourth is undergoing surgery after an early morning shooting in Dallas.
4 hr ago New York Daily - Joel Landau
A 34-year-old Maryland man was found dead in a tent he erected on top of the bed in his motel room.Shelby County emergency crews are on the scene of a water rescue searching for a possible victim on the Flat Rock River near the Geneva bridge.
4 hr ago AP Indiana
Police responded to the scene and found one woman dead and another in critical condition.
4 hr ago New York Daily - Joel Landau
A naked Florida man was arrested inside a CVS pharmacy after trying to sleep on three dog beds, police said.4 hr ago St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. JOHN o A 7-1/2 hour standoff with police ended early Sunday morning with the self-inflicted gunshot death of a St. John man.4 hr ago Dallas Morning News - Melissa Repko
[Editor's note: This item has been updated since it was originally posted.] Dallas police are investigating a possible murder-suicide that occurred early Sunday morning near the Great Trinity … [visit site to read more]4 hr ago Inquisitr - Patrick Frye
A rape suspect beaten by the alleged rape victim's boyfriend is claiming that the act was consensual, but police officers arrested the 52-year-old William Mattson and charged him with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for the alleged assault that took place at a New Year's party. In a related report by the Inquisitr, Rape Suspect Beaten By Boyfriend, But William Mattson Blames The Victim For Criminal Charges is an article...
4 hr ago Inquisitr - Patrick Frye
A rape suspect beaten by the alleged rape victim's boyfriend is claiming that the act was consensual, but police officers arrested the 52-year-old William Mattson and charged him with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for the alleged assault that took place at a New Year's party. In a related report by the Inquisitr, Rape Suspect Beaten By Boyfriend, But William Mattson Blames The Victim For Rapist Charges is an article...
4 hr ago AP
Thousands of police turned their backs Sunday as Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogized an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties to put anger aside. The show of disrespect came outside the funeral home where Officer Wenjian Liu was remembered as an incarnation of the American dream: a man who had emigrated from China at age 12 and devoted himself to helping...5 hr ago Dallas Morning News - Melissa Repko
5 hr ago Florida Times-Union - Teresa Stepzinski
A man told Jacksonville police he was shot in the leg when four men confronted him early Sunday at Pearl Street and Demper Drive near downtown.The victim, who sustained a non-life-threatening wound, walked into UF Health Jacksonville about 7:45 a.m. He is expected to make a full recovery. The victim told officers four men that he didn't know approached him as he walked near Pearl and Demper. He said after a brief...5 hr ago Florida Times-Union - Teresa Stepzinski
Jacksonville police are investigating a crash that killed an unidentified driver Sunday morning.A passing motorist reported a truck crashed into a tree on Lenox Avenue near Plymouth Street and its driver was unresponsive. The victim, whose identity was unknown, later died at UF Health Jacksonville. The cause and time of the crash was unknown because there were no known witnesses to it, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
6 hr ago UK Guardian
27-year-old builder Tanis Bhandari was killed outside a pub in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth Two men have been charged with the murder of a 27-year-old builder who was killed in an alleged knife and axe attack outside a pub on New Year's Day. Tanis Bhandari died and four people were seriously injured in a "major disturbance" at the Kings Arms in the historic village of Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. ...
6 hr ago Dallas Morning News - Robert Wilonsky
(Via.)From Twitter user @DogFitDallas: "SWAT at 1500 commerce this morning. Heard two loud explosions." Update at 10:30 a.m.: … [visit site to read more]
6 hr ago Huffington Post - Maxwell Strachan
From 24/7 Wall St.: The number of violent crimes dropped across the United States by 4.4% in 2013 compared to the year before, according to estimates released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the last decade, the number of violent crimes declined by nearly 15%. In a previous interview with 24/7 Wall St., John Roman, senior fellow at public policy research organization The Urban Institute said, "A 4.4% reduction...
6 hr ago New York Daily - Joel Landau
A 3-week-old child was taken after her parents and unclewere shot by the gunman who took her, police said.6 hr ago New York Daily - Joel Landau
A 3-week-old child was taken after her mother and two other adults were shot by the gunman who took her, police said.
6 hr ago Miami Herald
More arrests and frozen student bank accounts are expected in the new year after U.S. authorities cracked down on ID theft-tax fraud crimes at Miami Dade College. ...A man died Saturday morning after being shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, marking the city's first shooting homicide of the new year.
11:05 AM AP Washington
By REBECCA BOONE When Jan Lastocy was repeatedly raped by a Michigan state prison guard, she felt she'd become invisible. There was no rape crisis center hotline. She'd been warned that inmates were never believed over guards. She was among roughly 216,000 prison rape victims not included in America's national rape statistics. ...
11:02 AM Dallas Morning News - Melissa Repko
One person is dead and two others are injured after a Sunday morning shooting in Rylie. Dallas police say three people were shot in the 2000 block of Ben Hur Street near C.F. Hawn Freeway. One person died at the … Continue reading →...
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