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Prosecutors say Randall Lenyard shot Kiana Pliska outside an apartment complex as their 6-year-old son sat nearby. ST. FRANCIS, Wis. — A Milwaukee man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and stalking after authorities said he fatally shot the mother of his child during a custody exchange outside a St. Francis apartment complex. Randall Alexander Lenyard Sr., 33, is accused of killing 32-year-old Kiana M. Pliska on July 16 near South Packard Avenue and …

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Deputies said a 17-year-old was shot at a Thunderbird Road house party near Davenport. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Three people were arrested after deputies said an illegal party at a southwest Osceola County rental home ended with a 17-year-old shot in the leg and partygoers running from the house. The May 3 shooting on Thunderbird Road became part of a wider crackdown announced Thursday by Sheriff Christopher Blackmon. The sheriff’s office said deputies are targeting illegal …

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The overnight incident unfolded in a parking lot on Wilton Drive, where witnesses said officers arrested a woman at the scene. WILTON MANORS, Fla. — A man was hospitalized with stab wounds after a late-night confrontation outside a popular Wilton Manors nightlife destination, where witnesses said police arrested a woman they identified as the victim’s girlfriend or boyfriend’s partner. The stabbing drew fast attention because it happened outside the Alibi nightclub, a familiar stop along …

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Police said the Coeur d’Alene man was found in California after a seven-month investigation into his mother’s death. COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A 52-year-old Coeur d’Alene man accused of killing his 77-year-old mother last fall was arrested Friday near Los Angeles as he prepared to leave for China, police said. Authorities said Neil F. Stratton is charged with first-degree murder, burglary and felony destruction of evidence in the death of Susan M. Stratton. The arrest …

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Police say a 34-year-old man died after an early Sunday shooting in Winston-Salem, and a 37-year-old woman now faces a voluntary manslaughter charge. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A 37-year-old woman has been charged with felony voluntary manslaughter after a man was shot and killed outside a Winston-Salem address on Indiana Avenue early Sunday, according to police, who arrested her three days after the shooting. The case moved quickly from a homicide investigation to a criminal charge …

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Authorities say the driver fled a traffic stop near Brightwood before the pursuit ended in Welches. CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A suspected impaired driver was shot and killed Sunday night after fleeing an attempted traffic stop on Highway 26 and stopping near a Welches business, according to Oregon State Police. The death quickly turned a routine traffic enforcement stop into a major investigation involving multiple agencies. State police said the driver refused to stop near …

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The victims were boys between 14 and 17 who had been walking back through a northeast Fresno neighborhood, authorities said. FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno police spent Monday trying to identify who opened fire on four juveniles walking through a northeast Fresno neighborhood, an attack that killed two 15-year-old boys, wounded a 14-year-old and left a 17-year-old physically unharmed. What police outlined by midday was a case both narrow and unsettling: the four boys were together, …

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Deputies said a 32-year-old man was found fatally shot on Thomas Alley, and a 17-year-old was later charged with murder. MOORE, S.C. — A deadly shooting in Spartanburg County early Monday left a 32-year-old man dead at a home on Thomas Alley in Moore, and deputies later charged a 17-year-old with murder as investigators worked to piece together what happened before sunrise. The case drew swift attention because it moved quickly from an active scene …

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Investigators confirmed the identity of 31-year-old Kerby Pierre-Louis following a multi-day search of the water. WEYMOUTH, Mass. — State and local investigators identified human remains recovered from a local pond this week as a Quincy man previously convicted of drug distribution charges, marking a grim turn in a missing person investigation that began earlier this month. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday that the body parts found in Whitman’s Pond belong to Kerby Pierre-Louis, …

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City leaders call it a tragic accident; relatives and their lawyer dispute that. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The family of Tyrah Adams, a 35-year-old woman who was homeless and often stayed in a west Louisville alley, is demanding answers after city sanitation crews picked her up with garbage-collection equipment during a routine cleanup and she later died, officials and relatives said. The death has drawn scrutiny to how Louisville conducts alley cleanups in areas used for …

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