Author: Edward Campbell

WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — A Warm Springs police officer was fatally shot while sitting in his patrol vehicle late Tuesday night, triggering a multi-agency search that ended Wednesday in South Carolina when the man authorities identified as the suspect was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and later died. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the officer as Chris Fisher, a member of the Warm Springs Police Department. Fisher was on duty shortly before midnight on Sept. 1 after completing an unrelated traffic stop. Investigators said Fisher had parked his patrol vehicle at the Meriwether Country Inn on Spring…

A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder after two women were fatally shot Monday morning in Montgomery’s Gibbs Village community, authorities said. Tarus Giles faces four counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths of 25-year-old Undrea Willis and 19-year-old Nalyn Reeves. Police and fire medics were called to the Gibbs Village housing community in west Montgomery shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday following reports of a shooting. Responders found both women with fatal gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred in the 1800 block of Gibbs Circle, near Mobile Highway. Two…

A Birmingham security guard accused of fatally shooting a Georgia man at the downtown Greyhound station will have his case considered by a Jefferson County grand jury following a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Christopher Jarrett, 46, of Bessemer, is charged with manslaughter in the death of Angelo Herbert Hill Jr., 46, of Valdosta, Georgia. Hill died after being shot during a confrontation at the Birmingham Intermodal Facility on Morris Avenue. During Wednesday’s hearing, Deputy District Attorney Nick Taggart argued that the shooting was not legally justified, even though Hill had attempted to punch Jarrett. Taggart said the evidence showed Hill missed…

WAYNESBORO, Va. — A 19-year-old man died after forcing his way into Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro on Wednesday morning and shooting a staff member, authorities said. Police identified the man as Anthony I. Ignatiadis-Isabelle of Waynesboro. Officers later found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the school’s library. The shooting happened while school was in session. Police said they were notified at about 9:12 a.m. after staff reported a suspicious person on the school grounds. Officers arrived approximately three minutes later and entered the building. The injured staff member suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and…

Virginia State Police have canceled a Critically Missing Adult Alert for 72-year-old Jeannette Moxley after authorities confirmed she has been located. Moxley, who was reported missing from Patrick County, was last known to have been seen on foot around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the 100 block of Salem Highway in Stuart. Authorities had been searching for Moxley after the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office reported concerns about her safety. Investigators described the disappearance as posing a credible threat to her health and well-being. Moxley was described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds, with hazel…

A 14-year-old Newnan girl is recovering after she was struck in the head with a golf club during a fight near her bus stop, leading to the arrests of two teenage sisters and their mother. Kiera Harps was taken to an Atlanta-area hospital after the incident Monday and later released. Her family said she is awake and alert and required staples for a head injury. Newnan police said officers responded to Ball Street at about 6:40 p.m. following a 911 call reporting an assault with injuries. Investigators determined that a physical altercation had taken place and that the 14-year-old had…

A 15-year-old was seriously injured Wednesday morning after losing control of an all-terrain vehicle in far East El Paso, while a passenger riding with the teen also was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The crash happened around 9:06 a.m. Sept. 2 in the 13500 block of Timothy Drive, near Desert Wind School, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding to the scene found that the teen had been driving a blue Yamaha ATV westbound along a dirt road. Investigators said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed before it went over a…

North Stonington, Connecticut — A North Stonington family and a grieving school community are mourning the death of sixth grader Torren O’Grady, who was fatally injured in a bicycle crash involving a school bus Wednesday morning. O’Grady was a student at North Stonington Elementary School. Connecticut State Police said he was riding his bicycle on Old Colony Road shortly before the start of the school day when the bus reached the intersection with Pinecrest Road. Police said the bus stopped at a stop sign before turning onto Pinecrest Road. As the bus entered the intersection, O’Grady also entered the area…

Jonathan “JJ” Vasquez Jr. was on a work break when a single gunshot struck him during an altercation at the Oxnard restaurant. An 18-year-old Santa Paula man remains in critical condition after being shot inside a Five Guys restaurant in Oxnard last week, according to his family. Jonathan “JJ” Vasquez Jr. was working at the restaurant in the 2700 block of Portico Way when the shooting occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday. He was taken to a hospital for treatment after suffering a single gunshot wound. Police said Vasquez was on his break when the shooting happened and was not…

Police are searching for an unidentified person accused of grabbing a 6-year-old girl and attempting to take her into a subway station in Upper Manhattan. The incident happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at the Inwood-207th Street subway station mezzanine, according to the NYPD. The girl was with her 36-year-old mother when the suspect approached them from behind. Police said the suspect grabbed the child and tried to flee with her into the subway. The attempt was unsuccessful. The child later described the frightening encounter, saying she was scared and believed she might not see her mother again. Her…