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Eight people were shot, including a 12-year-old girl, in Washington, D.C., on Friday night (April 21), according to NBC News. Assistant Chief Andre Wright of the Metropolitan Police Department stated in a press conference that gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. ET on Lebaum Street SE and 2nd Street SE. Wright also explained witnesses saw a […]
An Atlanta man was shot and killed after he mistakenly entered the wrong car at a local gas station. The killer was recently bonded out of jail. WSB-TV reports the incident took place on December 12, 2022, when 26-year-old Travon Dunnaville was fatally shot by Dericole Daniels after accidentally getting in Daniels’ car at a Shell […]
Rasheeda Williams, a Black trans woman who starred as Koko da Doll in the award-winning documentary Kokomo City, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Tuesday night. She was 35 years old. Variety reports police found Williams with a gunshot wound in Southwest Atlanta. She was pronounced dead at the scene. “Homicide investigators responded to the scene and are working […]
A Missouri man will spend decades behind bars for 2019 hate crime against a gay teen. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old Malachi Robinson was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on Thursday for the shooting of a 16-year-old Kansas City boy. Prosecutors say Robinson had met the teen by chance at a public […]
In an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, the grandson of the man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell has said his 84-year-old grandfather is racist. Klint Ludwig said he was “disgusted” when he heard his grandfather Andrew Lester shot Yarl in Kansas City last week. “Myself and my family […]
A 25-year-old suspect has been arrested after police in Texas say he shot at a group of cheerleaders when one of them accidentally got into the wrong car. According to police, two cheerleaders were shot, with one being airlifted to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The Elgin Police Department said the shooting in question […]
A fundraiser organized by a family member of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who was allegedly shot by 84-year-old white man Andrew Lester after accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, is nearing $3 million amid public outcry over the Kansas City shooting. At the time of this writing, the GoFundMe from Dr. Faith Spoonmore, the 16-year-old’s aunt, […]
A 65-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing an innocent 20-year-old woman who was in a vehicle that accidentally pulled into his driveway while looking for a friend’s house in upstate New York. Kevin Monahan, 65, was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree in connection with the […]
The Akron, Ohio police officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker will not face state criminal charges. A grand jury decided not to move forward with charges after concluding that the officers didn’t commit any crimes, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Monday. Walker, who was 25 years old and had no past criminal history, was […]
Two individuals are recovering after being shot on the campus of Lincoln University, an HBCU located in Pennsylvania. NBC Philadelphia reports the shooting took place during Lincoln’s annual Yardfest event on Saturday night. Both victims, who’ve been identified as females who are not Lincoln students, were taken to Christiana Hospital, and are currently listed in stable condition. “During Lincoln […]
