National Crime

Nine children were injured during a horrific shooting at a Georgia gas station earlier this month, and now cops say they have arrested two males who were involved in it. Around 10:15 p.m. on February 17, police received a call about violence at a Shell gas station in Columbus, Georgia, located on the western side [...]

A New York City man was thrown off the roof of his own vehicle when it flipped over during an apparent car theft Monday night. ABC 7 reported Tauree Thompson, 28, jumped onto the roof of his Lexus after three teenagers allegedly tried to steal it. While Thompson was holding onto the vehicle, the alleged [...]

An armed man tried to rob a Seattle smoke shop last week and opened fire at the store's co-owner. But the wounded co-owner was armed as well and returned fire, killing the would-be robber. Read more...

Five people were shot, two of them fatally, during a “Celebration of Life” event Saturday around 5:15 p.m. in St. Paul, Minnesota. FOX News reports one man died at the scene and another man died after being transported to the hospital. Read more...

Last week, federal prosecutors announced that three high-ranking MS-13 gang members — Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, Walter Yovani Hernandez-Rivera, and Marlon Antonio Menjivar-Portillo — were arrested in Mexico and subsequently sent to the United States to face charges. In total, 13 MS-13 gang members are charged in the case, including six who are believed to be in police custody [...]

Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on the giant 700 WLW in Cincinnati about our latest reporton murder concentration in the US. They also discussed the recent mass public shootings in California. While murders and other violent crime in Los Angeles County and some other major urban areas have spread out to parts of those [...]

A Michigan high school student was fatally shot during an attempted carjacking after he stopped to offer two younger teenagers a ride Friday, according to police. Jack Snyder, 17, stopped around midnight on Friday to offer two boys, 13 and 14, a ride on his way home from his girlfriend’s birthday party in Battle Creek, Michigan, [...]

Crime in Washington, DC, has soared 23 percent at the beginning of 2023 compared to 2022 after District officials launched an initiative to reduce criminal punishments in recent months. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, homicides have dramatically increased (25 percent) in 2023, along with vehicle theft (111 percent), theft from auto (21 percent), theft (16 percent), [...]

CHICAGO — Police in Illinois are warning people to be vigilant Saturday after state police said they have seen an increase in “domestic violent extremist messaging” announcing the day as “National Day of Hate.” In a statement released Thursday, Illinois State Police said they are encouraging people to be vigilant and there is no information [...]

A Harlem fishmonger took a pause from fileting fish Tuesday night to allegedly gut a man said to have attacked his coworker and stolen shrimp. Junior Aquino Hernandez, 34, was initially arrested and charged with murder for reportedly rushing to the defense of his battered colleague, Francisco Morales; however, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office dropped [...]