Bladensburg-Cheverly, MD
Police & Fire
Cheverly Police Chief Opens Fire, Fatally Shoots Armed Stabbing Suspect In Maryland Cheverly Police Chief Opens Fire, Fatally Shoots Armed Stabbing Suspect In Maryland
Cheverly Police Chief Opens Fire, Fatally Shoots Armed Stabbing Suspect In Maryland A Maryland police chief opened fire and killed a knife-wielding stabbing suspect during an encounter in Riverdale, officials announced. The incident happened on Tuesday, Sept. 30, when Cheverly Police Chief David Morris and other officers were investigating a stabbing that occurred earlier in the day, according to officials. Officers tracked a car connected to the suspect to the 6600 block of Greenland Street in Riverdale, where Morris encountered a man outdoors believed to be the wanted suspect. Police say that the man was armed with knives and charged at Morris, who discharged his firear…

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by Zak Failla
Harrisburg, PA
Police & Fire
Teen Arrested For Shooting Dad Dead In Pennsylvania: Police Teen Arrested For Shooting Dad Dead In Pennsylvania: Police
Teen Arrested For Shooting Dad Dead In Pennsylvania: Police A teenager accused of fatally shooting his father in East Pittsburgh has surrendered to police, Allegheny County detectives announced on Monday, Sept. 29. Tayron Reid, 19, turned himself in to homicide detectives and is now being held at the Allegheny County Jail, police said. Reid had been wanted on a criminal homicide charge for the fatal shooting of his father, 45-year-old Ta’Ron Reid. Officers with the Eastern Regional Mon Valley Police responded to reports of shots fired at a home on the 500 block of Ridge Avenue around 10:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16. First responders found Ta’Ron Re…

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by Jillian Pikora
Ridgefield, CT
News
Suspect ID'd After Active Shooting, Arson Incidents At Michigan Church Suspect ID'd After Active Shooting, Arson Incidents At Michigan Church
Suspect ID'd After Active Shooting, Arson Incidents At Michigan Church This story has been updated. Gunfire and flames ripped through a packed Michigan church after an active shooter attack left multiple victims, authorities said. The gunman, who has now been identified, is dead after exchanging gunfire with responding officers and there is no ongoing threat to the public. The incident unfolded Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, according to the Grand Blanc Township Police Department and local news reports.  Fire crews described the building as “actively on fire” as they battled the blaze with mutual aid…

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by Joe Lombardi
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Baltimore Teen Charged As Adult In Brutal Murder Of 26-Year-Old Man: Police Baltimore Teen Charged As Adult In Brutal Murder Of 26-Year-Old Man: Police
Baltimore Teen Charged As Adult In Brutal Murder Of 26-Year-Old Man: Police A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult after a deadly Maryland shooting, police announced. The teen was arrested in the 700 block of Druid Park Lake Drive in Baltimore in connection with the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Davonne Hare in August. Officers responded to reports of a shooting shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 22, where they found Hare suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Police said officers immediately rendered aid before Hare was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts. Detec…

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by Zak Failla
Bensalem, PA
Police & Fire
Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (UPDATE) Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (UPDATE)
Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (Update) A Bensalem police officer was justified in shooting a wanted Levittown man who pointed a gun at a motorist and aimed it at the officer during a road rage incident, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced on Monday, Sept. 22. Gunpoint Threat Leads To Shooting The shooting happened at 5:43 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, after a 911 caller reported that a man on a motorcycle had pulled a gun on him and threatened to rob him along Bristol Pike near Biddle Lane. The suspect, later identified as John Thomas Mathis, 44, of Levittown, allegedly continued following the victim’s car northb…

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by Jillian Pikora
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Central Mass Man Indicted In Fatal Sidewalk Shooting In Worcester Central Mass Man Indicted In Fatal Sidewalk Shooting In Worcester
Central Mass Man Indicted In Fatal Sidewalk Shooting In Worcester A Worcester man has been indicted in the shooting death of 26-year-old Jason Mayhew. Enrique Antonio Canales-Martinez, 26, was indicted on one count of manslaughter on Monday, Sept. 22, said Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. Canales-Martinez was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail. His next court date is set for October 23. Worcester police responded to Southgate Street on June 21 and found Mayhew lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers gave first aid, and he was rushed to the hospital, where he died a short time later. Canales-Martinez also faces …

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by Josh Lanier
Willingboro, NJ
Police & Fire
Trio Charged In Death Of Man Sitting In Willingboro Pickup: Cops Trio Charged In Death Of Man Sitting In Willingboro Pickup: Cops
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Annapolis, MD
Police & Fire
Hanover Man Ambushed Leaving Home Dies Days Later, Laurel Suspect Nabbed: Police Hanover Man Ambushed Leaving Home Dies Days Later, Laurel Suspect Nabbed: Police
Hanover Man Ambushed Leaving Home Dies Days Later, Laurel Suspect Nabbed: Police A Maryland man who was ambushed in his car while leaving home has died more than a week later — and now police say they’ve arrested the suspected gunman. On Sunday, Sept. 14, at about 12:30 p.m., Anne Arundel County police were called to Fredericksburg Road and Taylor’s Hill Lane in Hanover for reports of a shooting, officials said. When officers arrived, they found 35-year-old Deandre Simms shot multiple times inside his vehicle.  Police said officers immediately began lifesaving aid before medics rushed Simms to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with life-threatening i…

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by Zak Failla
North Bethesda, MD
Obituaries
Asong Fontava, 29, Remembered For His Faith After Fatal North Bethesda Shooting Asong Fontava, 29, Remembered For His Faith After Fatal North Bethesda Shooting
Asong Fontava, 29, Remembered For His Faith After Fatal North Bethesda Shooting Asong Fontava is being remembered as a loving brother and family member whose "life was taken too soon" when he was shot and killed in his Maryland apartment. Fontava was identified as the 29-year-old man who was shot and killed in North Bethesda during a deadly kidnapping in Montgomery County. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called around 7:40 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21 to the 5900 block of Montrose Road for a reported medical emergency.  Inside, first responders found Fontava suffering from a fatal gunshot wound.  He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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by Zak Failla
Chichester, PA
Police & Fire
Second Man Arrested In Fatal I-95 Delco Shooting After Nearly 2 Years On The Run: PSP Second Man Arrested In Fatal I-95 Delco Shooting After Nearly 2 Years On The Run: PSP
Second Man Arrested In Fatal I-95 Delco Shooting After Nearly 2 Years On The Run: PSP A second man has been arrested nearly two years after a deadly highway shooting in Delaware County that killed one man and injured another, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Chris Gordy was found shot to death in a vehicle on I-95 northbound at mile marker 1.6 in Upper Chichester Township around 1:22 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, troopers said. A passenger in the vehicle was also found suffering from gunshot wounds. Following an investigation by the Troop K Criminal Investigation Major Case Team, two Chester men were charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy, and vi…

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by Jillian Pikora
North Bethesda, MD
Police & Fire
North Bethesda Horror: Man Found Shot Dead, Woman Kidnapped, Found At Mall, Police Say North Bethesda Horror: Man Found Shot Dead, Woman Kidnapped, Found At Mall, Police Say
North Bethesda Horror: Man Found Shot Dead, Woman Kidnapped, Found At Mall, Police Say A 29-year-old man was found shot dead in his apartment on Sunday morning — and what followed led to more chaos for police in Maryland. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called around 7:40 a.m. on Sept. 21 to the 5900 block of Montrose Road for a reported medical emergency.  Inside, first responders found Akwalabeng Fontava suffering from a fatal gunshot wound.  He was pronounced dead at the scene. But the case didn’t stop there. Detectives learned that a man and woman inside the apartment were allegedly kidnapped and forced into a vehicle after the s…

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by Zak Failla
Spring Valley, NY
Police & Fire
Shots Fired Into Occupied Apartments At Spring Valley Complex Shots Fired Into Occupied Apartments At Spring Valley Complex
Shots Fired Into Occupied Apartments At Spring Valley Complex Gunfire erupted over the weekend, striking several apartments in a Rockland County complex, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 20, just before midnight, when officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Robert Pitt Drive in Spring Valley's Regency Village, according to the Spring Valley Police Department.  Police said they found numerous shell casings in the parking lot of 59 Robert Pitt Dr. Multiple gunshots hit several occupied apartments and an unoccupied parked car. No injuries were reported. Spring Valley Police said the case remains under investigat…

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by Ben Crnic