Screenshot from the video below A man armed with a knife who was shot by police after running toward officers at a park in Naugatuck last month has been arrested. Kyle O’Creene, 24, faces charges of attempted assault on a police officer, carrying a dangerous weapon, interfering with an officer and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to the Naugatuck Police Department. He was charged Wednesday after being released from Waterbury Hospital, where he was taken following the shooting on April 25. O’Creene was arraigned later in the day at Waterbury Superior ..read more

Mike Stunson The Charlotte Observer (TNS) Five people, including three children under the age of 10, were critically injured in a targeted shooting at a Texas home, authorities say. Video shared by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office shows two people approach the front of a San Antonio home Wednesday, May 8, and spray the front of the house with bullets. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar estimated between 20 to 25 shots were fired. The two accused shooters then fled in a gray vehicle, video shows. They have not been identified, but the sherif ..read more

James Michael Anderson (Holmes County Sheriff’s Office) Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (TNS) A sheriff’s deputy had a chunk of flesh bitten out of his head at a music festival when he encountered a man who had consumed multiple psychedelic drugs, according to investigators in the Florida Panhandle. The suspect, who was captured, was identified as a volunteer staffer at Sol Fest in Ponce De Leon, the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Ponce De Leon is about a 90-mile drive northeast from Pensacola. Investigators say the attack happened on&n ..read more

Screenshot from the video below A viral video of a teacher and student brawling led to the arrest and disbarment of the educator in question, authorities report. Re'Kwon Smith, who was a substitute teacher in the Las Vegas area, was arrested by Clark County School District-assigned law enforcement officers following last month's documented melee. Smith, who claims he was called a racial slur, struck the student several times and then began to slap him once he had fallen to the ground. An arrest report filed by CCSD Police revealed that the student in question told officers he was leaving a c ..read more

Mike Stunson The Charlotte Observer (TNS) Hours after a man is accused of trying to shoot a pastor during a sermon, a body was found in his home, according to Pennsylvania police and news reports. “I’m thankful to God that I’m still here, because he definitely pulled the trigger,” Glenn Germany, the pastor at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, told WTAE. Pennsylvania State Police said the attempted shooting at the Pittsburgh-area church happened just after 1 p.m. Sunday, May 5. As Germany was giving his sermon, a man id ..read more

This photo of students was shared on Facebook just days before an armed 14-year-old was shot and killed by police. (Mount Horeb Area School District) Brian Niemietz New York Daily News (TNS) A 14-year-old suspected of bringing a gun to a Wisconsin middle school is dead following a confrontation with police, sources told ABC News. Reports of gunfire outside a Wisconsin middle school sparked a “mass casualty” warning on social media late Wednesday morning. Video posted on X appeared to show a heavy police presence outside Mount Horeb Middle School, roughly 20 miles west of Madison. The teen al ..read more

Lucas Robinson The Wisconsin State Journal (TNS) May 1—An "active shooter" was reported on the grounds of the Mount Horeb Middle School but the gunman did not breach the building and no one has been injured except the gunman, the Mount Horeb Area School District said. The incident sent all schools in the district into a lockdown and a search of the middle school by law enforcement found no additional suspects or anyone injured, District Superintendent Steve Salerno said. "The threat has been neutralized outside of the building," Salerno said. "Again, do not rep ..read more

Update: Surveillance video has been released of the moment a transgender sex offender attempted to kidnap at least one young boy during recess at an elementary school in Colorado. Katie Langford The Denver Post (TNS) April 22 - A 33-year-old registered sex offender tried to kidnap a Black Forest Hills Elementary School student during recess Friday, according to an Aurora Police Department arrest affidavit. Solomon Galligan was arrested Friday evening, just over three hours after he allegedly walked onto school grounds holding a white blanket and tried to kidnap a chi ..read more

Mary Ramsey The Charlotte Observer (TNS) Local and state officials on Tuesday identified all law enforcement officers injured or killed in Monday’s fatal shooting in east Charlotte and shared some new details about the incident. Gov. Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein and officials with the U.S. Marshals Service spoke during a news conference at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center alongside Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings and Mayor Vi Lyles. Officials identified Thomas “Tommy” Weeks as the d ..read more

Several police officers were shot during an incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department stated that multiple officers were involved in the shooting at the crime scene. The event was made public around 2:16 PM local time, with some officers taken to local hospitals for treatment. The police department advised the public to stay clear of the area, noting that several roads had been shut down to facilitate quicker access for emergency vehicles. They requested that residents cooperate with the authorities during this time. By 2:23 PM ..read more