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July 16, 2019 - 10:05 am

Man Accused Of Killing 11-Month-Old In Custody

A suspect accused of killing an 11-month-old under his care is in custody after a two-day manhunt.
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July 15, 2019 - 4:02 pm

One Suspect Dead Another In Custody After Shooting In Penn Hills

PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 30-year-old man Sunday night in Penn Hills. Police arrived outside Sharon Court to find 30-year-old Joshua Antonio Makhanda-Lopez shot in the head, dead in a Chevy Impala. Police were directed to a house on...
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A makeshift memorial for Elijah Al-Amin is set up at a local Circle K store for the death of the stabbing victim Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Peoria, Ariz. Peoria police arrested 27-year-old Michael Adams on suspicion of first-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Al-Amin, who was stabbed in his throat and back inside the store on July 4. Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate are speaking out on Twitter about the killing of a 17-year-old Muslim youth at a suburban convenience store by a white man who said he was threatened by the boy's rap music. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 10, 2019 - 10:31 am

Outrage Over Killing Of Black Teen Over Rap Music Complaint

PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate spoke out on Twitter this week after a 17-year-old black youth was killed at suburban convenience store, allegedly by a white man charged Tuesday with first-degree murder who has said he felt threatened by the boy's rap music...
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FILE - In this April 29, 2014, file photo, Erin Deveney, interim head of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, speaks during a news conference in Boston. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, a driver for a transport company who has a history of traffic arrests, pleaded not guilty Tuesday, June 25, 2019, to seven counts of negligent homicide in a collision with a group of motorcyclists on a rural highway. His case also led late Tuesday to the resignation of Deveney, the head of the motor vehicle division in Massachusetts, after it was determined Zhukovskyy's commercial driving license should have been suspended following a drunk driving arrest in Connecticut in May. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
June 25, 2019 - 10:36 pm

Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists on a rural New Hampshire road left seven bikers dead. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, pleaded...
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CORRECTS TO SPRINGFIELD NOT HAMPTON DISTRICT COURT - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, is escorted into the courtroom for his arraignment in Springfield District Court, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Springfield, Mass. Zhukovskyy, the driver of a truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists, was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP, Pool)
June 24, 2019 - 6:22 pm

Driver with record charged with 7 homicides in biker crash

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013. Volodymyr...
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In this June 13, 2019 file photo Rolfy Ferreyra Cruz, center, is taken to court by police in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The suspect in the shooting of former baseball star David Ortiz has been charged with drug and firearm possession in New Jersey. The U.S. attorney's office in Newark announced the indictment Thursday, June 20, 2019 for Rolfy Ferreyra Cruz. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman, file)
June 20, 2019 - 2:31 pm

David Ortiz Shooting Suspect Charged With Drug Possession

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The man in custody in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of shooting former baseball star David Ortiz was indicted Thursday on drugs and weapons charges unrelated to the shooting. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz was indicted in New Jersey on cocaine and heroin possession charges, a charge...
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March 22, 2019 - 12:31 pm

Defense Rests In Trial Of Michael Rosfeld Who Killed Antwon Rose

The defense rested its case Friday in the homicide trial of a white police officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed black teenager near Pittsburgh, signaling the jury will soon get the case.
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March 21, 2019 - 2:23 pm

Michael Rosfeld To Testify About Killing Of Black Teen

A white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh said Thursday he plans to take the stand in his own defense.
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October 01, 2018 - 11:01 am

Man Shot Dead In McKeesport Early Monday Morning

PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - One man is dead after being shot in the head early Monday morning in McKeesport. Police say it happened just before 12:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of Forte Alley. When McKeesport Police and paramedics arrived on the scene they found the young man on the ground. He...
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July 26, 2018 - 12:46 pm

Killing of 101-year-old shakes community; neighbor charged

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Residents of a western New York apartment complex have been left shaken by the slaying of a woman who celebrated her 101st birthday this month. Her upstairs neighbor, a 54-year-old man, stabbed Marcia Morrison multiple times in her apartment this week, authorities said...
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