Tag: Homicide
3 officers face arraignment in Black man’s restraint death
SEATTLE — Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state officers have been charged in the...
Son arrested in fatal stabbing of his 72-year-old mom
TERRE HAUTE, Mich. — Police arrested the son of a 72-year-old woman who was stabbed to death at her home in the Terre Haute...
Florida boy, 14, held without bond in 13-year-old’s death
ST. JOHNS, Fla. — A judge on Friday ordered a 14-year-old Florida boy held without bond on a first-degree murder charge in the death...
Man gets 55 years for murder of man at bachelor party
INDIANAPOLIS — A man convicted of murder and criminal recklessness in the 2019 shooting death of a man celebrating his bachelor party has been...
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a...
Man accused of restaurant shooting charged in jail assault
PAPILLION, Neb. — The man accused of killing two workers and wounding two others during a shooting at a Nebraska fast-food restaurant last fall...
Prosecutor urges jury to convict man in Iowa runner’s death
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A prosecutor urged jurors Thursday to find a farm laborer guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 abduction and stabbing...
Murder charges filed against officers in Black man’s death
SEATTLE — The Washington state attorney general on Thursday filed murder charges against two police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black...
Former astronaut pleads guilty in traffic deaths of 2 girls
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A former NASA space shuttle commander indicted on reckless murder charges in the traffic deaths of two girls pleaded guilty to...
Boy, 14, charged as adult in 13-year-old girl’s death
ST. JOHNS, Fla. — A 14-year-old boy is being charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old cheerleader whose body was...