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A man was arrested by Hartford, Connecticut police after he cut off his landlord’s head with a sword, CNN reports. Victor King called the police last Saturday claiming that his roommate, Jerry Thompson, was “waving a sword at him in a threatening and terrorizing manner.” Per the arrest warrant, King and Thompson were having an argument […]
Connecticut police have arrested a man who is accused of decapitating his landlord following an argument over unpaid rent. The Hartford Courant reports 42-year-old Jerry David Thompson was taken into custody Monday after he allegedly used a samurai sword to murder Victor King—a 64-year-old retiree and top-ranked bridge player. Police say the suspect began renting a vacant room […]
Nearly 28,000 people have signed a petition demanding justice for Gloria Bambo, a 20-year-old Black woman whose body was reportedly discovered hanging in a garage. The Change.org petition states Bambo—a McKinney, Texas resident—was reported missing July 9 and was found three days later by her 19-year-old male roommate. The McKinney Police Department has since ruled the woman’s death a […]
Colorado officials have launched another investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was detained by police in summer 2019. According to KDVR, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment is reexamining the role ketamine might’ve played in McClain’s highly publicized death. The man was stopped by Aurora officers on […]
Quality Control and the hip-hop community is still reeling from the death of Marlo. Although his passing impacted a lot of people, it had a dramatic effect on his close collaborator, Lil Baby. On Tuesday, Lil Baby took to Instagram where he eulogized his fallen friend. In the caption, Baby tried to put Marlo’s death […]
On Monday the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that four teenagers have been charged with the murder of Pop Smoke. Two of the accused are technically adults, aged 19 and 18, while the other two are 17 and 15. Because the fatal shooting of the late rapper (who’s real name is Bashar Jackson) […]
A group of men in the city of Bayonne, France attacked a local bus driver after they were asked to wear masks. According to a report from the Guardian, Philippe Monguillot, the 59-year-old bus driver, later died after being declared brain dead. The attack took place on Sunday, after Monguillot refused to let a group […]
58-year-old Chicago man Elston Stevenson has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars after he fired his gun into a murder victim’s grave in November 2017. The Chicago Sun Times reports that Stevenson has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, and will serve 15 years in federal prison. The shooting occurred during […]
Steven Victor, who worked closely with the late Pop Smoke, has indicated that the investigation into the Brooklyn rapper’s death is getting “closer.” Speaking with Ebro Darden, Victor spoke about how the record came together, and why 50 Cent joined the project as an executive producer. “They’re definitely further along,” he said when asked by […]
Texas authorities are investigating the death of Merci Mack, a Black transgender woman who was found shot to death Tuesday morning. According to the Dallas News, a passerby discovered the woman unconscious at around 6:15 a.m. in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex. Local police say residents allegedly heard gunshots an hour before Mack’s body was found, “but there […]
