Author: Edward Campbell

A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in Queens on Monday afternoon, and police are searching for the person responsible. The shooting happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. near 51-24 Beach Channel Drive in the Edgemere section of Far Rockaway. Police found the teenager with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. The victim was identified as Malakai Adams, according to police. Investigators are still working to determine exactly what led to the shooting. Authorities are looking into a possible attempted robbery involving a scooter, although the circumstances remain…

The Los Angeles Police Department is preparing to expand its use of automated license plate readers while also testing a new system that could place additional surveillance cameras on existing streetlights across the city. The LAPD is seeking approval for a new 10-year agreement with Axon Enterprise valued at about $235 million. The proposed contract would cover a broad range of police technology, including roughly 1,600 in-car camera systems with automated license plate recognition capabilities, along with body-worn cameras, Tasers and digital evidence storage. At the same time, the department has agreed to a separate three-month, no-cost pilot of Axon…

Three Chicago police officers were injured Monday afternoon after an unidentified dog attacked officers in Humboldt Park, authorities said. Police shot and killed the dog during the incident. The encounter happened around 4:52 p.m. near North Christiana Avenue and West Huron Street, where officers were conducting an investigation. During the investigation, the dog approached the officers and attacked one of them. An officer fired at the animal, striking it and killing it. Three officers suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. They were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment and were reported to be in good condition. Chicago police said…

A woman was fatally shot early Tuesday after a gun was fired through the front door of an apartment during a reported break-in at a building on Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia, police said. Officers were called to the apartment complex in the 1500 block of Girard Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. following a report of a break-in. When they arrived, Philadelphia police said they heard a gunshot coming from inside the building. They then found a woman, believed to be in her 50s, lying in a first-floor hallway with severe injuries. She had been shot in the chest, according…

A frightening encounter in Haverhill, Massachusetts, left a local man injured after he stepped in when a coyote approached a 2-year-old child Friday evening. The incident happened in the area of Broadway and Forest Street as neighbors were preparing for a child’s birthday gathering. The coyote reportedly focused its attention on the toddler before moving toward the adults nearby. The child’s mother, Katie Murphy, said her daughter Remi was only feet away from the animal. To the young girl, the animal initially looked like a dog. Her neighbor, Julio Delgado, quickly intervened when the situation became threatening. Delgado moved to…

A Miami-Dade couple is asking for answers after they say they were confronted and physically attacked by women they did not know while walking to work Sunday night in northwest Miami-Dade. Felyz Rodriguez and Davin Lopez said they were simply walking when they heard women inside a car yelling at them. What started as a verbal exchange quickly escalated, according to the couple, who said one of the women sprayed them with pepper spray before the confrontation turned physical. “I want to know why, I want to know what we did,” Lopez said. Rodriguez said there was no reason for…

A 53-year-old Doral, Florida, man has been arrested on a felony child abuse charge after police said a dispute over his 11-year-old daughter’s iPad escalated into an alleged physical assault at his home. Husain Maki Habib was arrested Sept. 17 and charged with one count of child abuse without great bodily harm. The case began after the girl contacted her mother from school the following morning and reported what had happened at her father’s home the previous night. According to the arrest affidavit, Habib had told his daughter to stop using her iPad and prepare for bed. Police said he…

DETROIT — Jaquoya Wix was taking a break from her shift at a Chipotle restaurant in downtown Detroit when she was attacked in an alley near Woodward Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Wix, 34, was approached by a man at about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, police said. Investigators said the man pulled out a knife and stabbed her multiple times before running from the area. Despite being seriously wounded, Wix managed to reach a nearby business seeking help. She later collapsed outside, where people in the area attempted to assist her. Emergency crews took her to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where…

A 34-year-old resident at a New York nursing home died after choking during a meal, and three employees are now facing criminal charges over the care she allegedly received before and during the incident. The case involves The Grand at Mohawk Valley in Ilion, Herkimer County, where New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrests and indictments of dietary aide Mary Stocking, nurse Mara Lasher and facility administrator Michael Sutter on Sept. 17, 2026. According to investigators, the resident had arrived at the facility just three days before her death on Aug. 23, 2025. She had been transferred from…

A Memphis woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2024 shooting death of Church’s Chicken employee Anitra West, bringing a criminal case that began with a dispute over a food order to a close. Monica Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in West’s death and to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. She received an effective 30-year sentence. The shooting happened on July 8, 2024, at the Church’s Chicken on Park Avenue in Memphis’ Orange Mound neighborhood. West, 48, was working at the restaurant when she became…