Christopher Fox A man escaped with injuries after flames engulfed a home at Westgate Mobile Home Park. LARGO, Fla. — A woman and a 4-year-old girl died early Monday after a fire swept through a mobile home at Westgate Mobile Home Park in Largo, fire officials said. Largo Fire Rescue said crews were called about 2:20 a.m. May 11 to the 14000 block of Belcher Road South, where firefighters found heavy flames coming from a home in …
A second man was wounded, and police said the shooter fled on foot. WILMINGTON, Calif. — A birthday party at a Wilmington pizza shop ended in a fatal shooting Saturday when a man trying to stop a fight was killed and another man was wounded, Los Angeles police said. The victim was identified by relatives as Andres Castellas, 26, a father who had gathered with loved ones at Red West Pizza. Police said Castellas intervened …
Richard Werstine was wanted in the 1993 killing of his roommate, Rodney Barger. DETROIT, Mich. — A Detroit man accused in a 1993 murder was captured in Panama after more than 30 years on the run, federal authorities said. Richard Werstine, 56, also known as Joseph Alan Stavros and Richard Brennan, was wanted in the Sept. 15, 1993, killing of his roommate, Rodney Barger, 23. Officials said Werstine was arrested by Detroit police days after …
Police said the employee was attacked after parking for work Monday morning. HOUSTON, Texas — Houston police searched Tuesday for a man accused of stabbing and robbing a Houston Methodist employee inside a Texas Medical Center parking garage after she arrived for work Monday morning. The attack prompted a large police response and temporary security lockdowns on part of the hospital campus. Investigators said the woman was found inside her vehicle about 6:47 a.m. on …
Relatives said Krystal Cruz was picking up her brother when shots were fired. CHICAGO, Ill. — A family is mourning Krystal Cruz, a 26-year-old Chicago mother who was killed May 5 during a school pickup in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, relatives said. Cruz had gone to Peace and Education Coalition High School to pick up her 16-year-old brother and one of his friends when a motorcycle came alongside the vehicle and gunfire …
Investigators said one person died after gunfire erupted outside the convenience store late Sunday. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a Wawa convenience store on Frederick Boulevard after officers responded to reports of gunfire late Sunday night and found one person dead near the parking lot. Authorities said detectives are searching for two men believed to be connected to the homicide, which unfolded at the Wawa in the 1200 block …
The 19-year-old victim was found dead Sunday night inside off-campus student housing. SEATTLE, Wash. — Authorities searched Monday for a man suspected in the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old University of Washington student at Nordheim Court Apartments, where residents were ordered indoors during an overnight homicide investigation. The death marked a violent disruption at a student housing complex near University Village and the Burke-Gilman Trail. Police said officers found the victim in a laundry room …
Police said a restaurant employee is accused of shooting another worker during a crowded brunch service Sunday morning. DURHAM, N.C. — A Mother’s Day brunch crowd fled a popular Durham restaurant Sunday after police said an employee shot another man during an argument inside the business, leaving the victim hospitalized in critical condition and ending one of the restaurant industry’s busiest mornings in chaos. Durham police arrested 55-year-old Samer Suliman Al-Mahmoud after the shooting at …
Police say there is no continuing threat, but key facts remain under investigation. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Police are investigating a targeted attack that left one man shot to death outside a home Friday and another body found inside a burned residence on Enright Avenue. The case has drawn a large police and fire response in a quiet South Bay neighborhood near Serra and Enright avenues. Authorities have not released the names of the dead, …
A wheelchair-bound woman was hospitalized after police said officers confronted her armed son. RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Police fatally shot a man Sunday afternoon after authorities said he stabbed his disabled mother inside a home on Topping Drive in Riverhead during a Mother’s Day domestic incident. The shooting brought Southampton Town police, Suffolk County detectives and the New York State Attorney General’s Office to a residential block on Long Island’s East End. The mother was taken …