Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By the Associated Press November 19, 2018 CHICAGO — Chicago police say officers are searching a hospital after a reported shooting and that one ‘‘possible offender’’ has been shot.The department issued a statement on Twitter saying there are ‘‘reports of multiple victims’’ after shots were fired Monday afternoon near Mercy Hospital on the city’s South Side.Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says officers are searching the hospital. He says at least one ‘‘possible offender is shot,’’ but no details were immediately released. Police are asking people to avoid the area. Advertisement A message left for hospital officials wasn’t immediately returned.Television footage shows several people, including some wearing white coats, walking through a parking lot with their arms up. … [Read more...] about ‘Multiple victims’ after shooting near Chicago hospital, police say
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Woman arrested for drunken driving after rollover crash on NW side in San Antonio, police say
By Caleb Downs, mySanAntonio.com Updated 6:50 am CST, Friday, November 16, 2018 Police responded to the crash at about 2:10 a.m., Nov. 16, 2018, in the westbound lanes of the 9900 block of Interstate 10. Police responded to the crash at about 2:10 a.m., Nov. 16, 2018, in the westbound lanes of the 9900 block of Interstate 10. Photo: Ken Branca Photo: Ken Branca Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Image 1 of 15 Police responded to the crash at about 2:10 a.m., Nov. 16, 2018, in the westbound lanes of the 9900 block of Interstate 10. Police responded to the crash at about 2:10 a.m., Nov. 16, 2018, in the westbound lanes of the 9900 block of Interstate 10. Photo: Ken Branca Woman arrested for drunken driving after … [Read more...] about Woman arrested for drunken driving after rollover crash on NW side in San Antonio, police say
Michigan woman dies after being mauled by family dog, police say
The back of an ambulance is shown. (Getty Images) BIG PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a 77-year-old woman died after apparently being mauled by a family dog at a home in western Michigan. State police say troopers went to the home Tuesday in Newaygo County’s Big Prairie Township and found Sharon Lee Daniels unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say Daniels, who used a wheelchair, was home alone with three dogs when one of them bit her. Police say the three dogs, which were described as pit bulls, were seized by county animal control officers and were being held at the county animal shelter. The home is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. Results of an autopsy to confirm Daniels’ cause of death were pending. Police are investigating, but they say criminal activity isn’t suspected. … [Read more...] about Michigan woman dies after being mauled by family dog, police say
He allegedly wanted his ex-girlfriend dead because she was dating a black man. But his murder plot backfired, police say.
Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post Published 3:29 am PST, Monday, November 12, 2018 It seemed like a casual Sunday afternoon last year. Barbecue was on the grill. The Philadelphia Eagles were on television, stomping the Arizona Cardinals, 34-7. A former U.S. Marine named Joey Sees and his wife were spending the day at the house of an acquaintance, Keith James Cote. The homeowner, an independently wealthy 62-year-old who had reportedly been confined to a wheelchair since a 2013 tumble at a Houston strip club, asked to talk to Sees alone on the patio behind his house in a leafy neighborhood in north Austin. That's when police say Cote floated the idea of a murder. According to a police arrest affidavit, Cote told Sees in October 2017 that he needed a "dirty deed, done dirt cheap." He then asked the veteran if he could get a silencer and a 9mm handgun. Right there on the patio, Cote allegedly pulled out $10,000 and offered the money if Sees would kill Cote's ex-girlfriend. … [Read more...] about He allegedly wanted his ex-girlfriend dead because she was dating a black man. But his murder plot backfired, police say.
Woman staged 2017 deaths of mom and sister to look like murder-suicide, police say
McLEAN, Va. -- Police have arrested a woman and charged her with the 2017 deaths of her sister and mother and staging the crime scene to look like a murder-suicide. When 23-year-old Helen Hargan and her mother, 63-year-old Pamela Hargan, were found dead in a McLean home in July 2017, police initially reported the deaths as a murder-suicide. But at a press conference Friday, Fairfax County Police said detectives quickly realized the crime scene had been staged. Megan Hargan was arrested Friday morning in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Fairfax County Police Maj. Ed O'Carroll said the 35-year-old Hargan tried to obtain money from her mother's bank account fraudulently on both the day of the slayings and the day prior. Tammy North, Pamela Hagan's sister, told CBS affiliate WUSA-TV that she was not surprised by the arrest. "I've known that it was coming, and now it's here. It was like it all blew up in your face," North said. She said she believes the motive was money and jealousy. North … [Read more...] about Woman staged 2017 deaths of mom and sister to look like murder-suicide, police say