Reported by Liku Zelleke A recording of police scanner traffic has given a minute-by-minute account of the New Orleans Police Department response to a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday. The recording describes the intense search that followed the shooting as well as the discovery of victim after victim as the scene unfolded. A total of nine people were shot in the 700 block of Bourbon Street in New Orleans….
ABC News recently claimed that a “shadow has been placed over the BET Awards.” A person was killed right before the show, and four others were injured during an incident that has embarrassed the company that has been often criticized for promoting violent music at the expense of the black community. An overnight party held early Sunday in East Hollywood was to promote the awards show. There was one gunman, who…
Reported by Kacie Whaley The grandson of rapper/”Law & Order: SVU” star Ice-T has been detained by police for accidentally shooting and killing his roommate. On Tuesday afternoon, 19-year-old Elyjah Marrow was in his Marietta, Georgia apartment playing around with a hand gun when it unexpectedly went off. The stray bullet hit Marrow’s roommate, 19-year-old Daryus Johnson, police told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Johnson was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital…
A Detroit 911 dispatcher has been criminally charged for an hourlong delay that led to a woman being gunned down with an AK-47. At around 5 a.m. on August 30, dispatcher Craig Miller, 46, received several calls about a domestic incident involving a gun. A woman called 911 a total of six times before she was finally shοt with an AK-47. The mother of the critically injured woman said she’d…
A string of shootings throughout Chicago started on Friday night and ended Monday, according to police, totalling more than two dozen incidents that police did not know if they are connected, according to published reports. The heightened spree of 27 shooting incident is abnormally high, even for Chicago, which has become infamous for shootings and homicide in recent years, according to NBC Chicago. The last shooting in the spree involved…
By Andrew Scot Bolsinger The town of Washington, Georgia was rocked by a Memorial Day shoοting that resulted from a domestic altercation. But fears police are shoving it aside has motivated the family of the victim to seek answers that so far have not been provided. Police investigators said Carlos Wynn was shοt twice by Jamarcus Callaway when Wynn tried to forcibly enter Callaway’s home, according to local news reports….
Reported by Krystle Crossman Michael Jace, who is a well-known actor on “The Shield,” was charged with the murder on Thursday, May 22nd. He has asked that his arraignment be postponed until June 18th. As previously reported, on May 19th, Jace called 911 and told them that he’d shot his wife and needed their assistance. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Their two children, both under the ages of 10, were…
April Taylor The Daily Mail is reporting that Michael Jace, an actor on The Shield, has allegedly shot his wife, April. The two had been married for ten years. Police are reporting that the shooting occurred in Los Angeles at the couple’s home. They are also reporting that the couple’s two children were present in the home at the time of the shooting. Mrs. Jace had a child from a…
Reported By Liku Zelleke Endia Martin, a 14-year-old girl lost her life after an argument over a boy turned into a fistfight and then escalated to murder when her opponent pulled out a gun and shot her. According to police Supt. Garry McCarthy, “this was a fistfight turned to a murder with the introduction of a firearm.” He also said that homicide charges had been brought against the opponent, who…
NYPD Examining Online Rap Videos For Crimes: Bun B Speaks On These Issues With MSNBC! SHOULD rap lyrics be used in court as evidence of a crime? Next week, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will hear a case that could help decide just that. At issue is a prosecutor’s extensive use of rap lyrics, composed by a man named Vonte Skinner, as evidence of his involvement in a…
Your mother’s funeral is the last place you expect to have your life in danger. Benzino, the rapper from Love and Hip Hop has been in the news this week after another person opened fire on his car as he was part of the funeral procession. Making matters worse is that he was shot by his own relative, according to police. According to WHDH.com: According to police, the driver…
By: Stephanie Allen-Gobert ‘Being Mary Jane’ star Gabrielle Union is set to take on another lead and major role in a film. She is starring in Chris Rock’s upcoming film, “Finally Famous”. Recent reports from Eurweb stated that Rock has recruited Union to be the female lead in the film. Union will play Rock’s popular reality TV star fiancée. Rock, who wrote and directed the film, plays a comedian-turned-film-star itching…
By Lechette Walker On the early morning of March 2, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ party had a tragic end at the CIAA Tournament weekend in Charlotte. Diddy, Future, and Fabolous were hosting an after party on the night that the game between Winston-Salem State University and Livingstone College occurred. There were several shots fired at the after party in the mist of the fun and partying following the game that night….
by Barry Burch Jr. Growing up, sometimes even on into adulthood, parents are the ones who are able to spot trouble first. Whether it be regarding someone you believe is your friend who actually is not or going to a party that seems safe on the surface level, but is really detrimental to your well-being, for some reason, they just know. Sadly for one 16-year-old teenager; however, he was either…
In a repeat of the constant chatter that has been the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences, there is a member of our military that is in peril. Michael Giles who was a member of the United States AirForce, and served a tour in Iraq and Kuwait was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison. Giles who was involved in a shooting in Tallahassee, Florida where a fight…