A Blue Island, Illinois, man shot two people during a backyard game of beer pong when he tried to distract his opponent by waving a gun in his face, prosecutors say.Manus Shannon, 27, was arrested for reckless discharge of a firearm Saturday after accidentally shooting two guests in the shoulder and hand at a Fourth of July party on Chicago's Far South Side, according to Chicago police. Sunday was Shannon's birthday; he spent it in jail.At a... [...]
The suspect accused of a random shooting that killed a woman strolling a popular San Francisco pier had previously been deported five times.Francisco Sanchez, 45, was arrested soon after allegedly firing a single shot that killed Katheryn Steinle, 32, as she and her father walked on Pier 14 Thursday evening, San Francisco police have said. He had been a free man at the time because San Francisco is a sanctuary city that doesn't comply with all... [...]
In just an eight-hour span during the Fourth of July weekend, gun violence in Chicago left three people dead and 27 wounded. Amari Brown, a 7-year-old boy on the city's West Side, was the youngest of the fatalities.Those 30 shootings came between 9:20 p.m Saturday and 4:45 a.m. Sunday, the Chicago Tribune reported.Amari had spent the day celebrating with family and riding his scooter up and down the block where he lived with his grandmother... [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man was accused of killing his parents after their bodies were found in a freezer at their Oregon home by police who twice checked on them but were deterred by notes saying the family was away, authorities said Thursday.Jeremy Daniel Ringquist, 38, was jailed on two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Randy and Karen Ringquist, whom he lived with in Springfield, police Sgt. Rich Charboneau said.It was not... [...]
CHICAGO, June 30 (Reuters) - For the first time in its nearly eight-year history, a Chicago review agency that looks at misconduct allegations against the city's police has recommended that an officer be fired for shooting someone, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.The Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), a civilian body, found that the officer was "inattentive to duty" in 2011 when he fired shots at the wrong car after a drive-by... [...]
