DC Man Shot, Killed After Lunging At Officers With Screwdriver, Knife Inside Home: Police
A man who was arrested in DC for violating a protective order, then returned the next day and attempted to assault officers, was killed in a shooting, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Northwest DC resident Kevin Booker, 41, was killed in an officer-involved shooting after returning to the scene of his crime and lunging at investigators with a screwdriver and blade, police said.
Shortly after 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, officers were called to investigate a residential alarm in the 4400 block of Reservoir Road NW. It was later determined that the man who triggered the …
Murder-For-Hire: Wife, Ex-GF, Gunman All Sentenced In Husband’s Whitehall Killing
All three defendants charged in a murder-for-hire plot that ended with a man gunned down in a Whitehall Township parking lot have now pleaded guilty and received state prison sentences, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Brenda Rodriguez Sentenced
Brenda Rodriguez, 52, of Palmerton, was sentenced to 2½ to 10 years in state prison for her role in the killing of her husband, Hector Garcia Gomez. She pleaded guilty in September to Conspiracy – Aggravated Assault, a felony of the first degree, and was sentenced by Judge Robert L. Steinberg.
Rodriguez…
Teen Cut Off Ankle Monitor Hours Before Montgomery County Shooting Spree: Police
A trio of teens — one of whom ripped off a court-ordered ankle monitor just hours before a shooting spree — has been arrested and charged in connection with a violent string of gunfire that shook Maryland neighborhoods.
Samuel Wisdom, 18, along with 17-year-olds Ai’Jai Tyrell Smith-Nelson, both of Germantown, and Jaden Ochieng, of Clarksburg, are accused of taking part in multiple shootings between March 2024 and August 2025, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police on Friday, Oct. 31.
Detectives said the first round of gunfire broke out around 2:42 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in t…
Fatal Shooting Of HS Senior By Federal Agents Justified, DA Says (Update)
The fatal shooting of an Aliquippa High School senior by a federal agent has been ruled justified, Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible announced during a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
The 18-year-old Kendric Curtis fired two rounds from a stolen handgun into an unmarked SUV carrying undercover ATF, FBI, and local task force officers on Waugaman Street at the Linmar Terrace apartment complex, DA Bible said. An ATF agent returned fire once, striking Curtis in the head.
Curtis was flown to Allegheny General Hospital, where he died at 3:03 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, the Allegheny…
Trio Charged In Death Of Man Sitting In Willingboro Pickup: Cops
Three men have now been charged in the shooting death of a man sitting in a pickup truck last month in South Jersey, authorities said.
Just after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, Willingboro officers were called to the area of Paddock Lane and Poppy Turn for a report of a shooting, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Willingboro Police Chief Ian Bucs said. They found 43-year-old Bruce Hall Jr. shot dead inside a vehicle, authorities said.
Investigators identified three suspects: Elijah B. Ervin, 33, was arrested Aug. 12, followed by Shaheed L. Ervin, 39, on Aug. 26. Both we…
