Gunman Killed Firemen with Bushmaster, Left Chilling Note
ABC News/WHAM(WEBSTER, N.Y.) — A convicted killer, who shot dead two firefighters with a Bushmaster assault rifle after leading them into an ambush when they responded to a house fire he set in Western New York, left behind a typewritten note saying h…
Dognapper Snatches Pet Pooch from New York City Street
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A dognapper snatched a pet pooch from a New York City street as a little girl and her family were finishing up their holiday shopping.
The Christmas Eve crime happened in daylight and was captured on surveillance video. A ma…
Final Day of Funerals for Newtown Shooting Victims
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — The final three victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be laid to rest on Saturday, ending a somber week funerals.A mass will take place on Saturday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Churc…
Remains in Drain Pipe Raise Fears About Michigan Serial Killer
WXYZ/ABC News(DETROIT) — Cops in Michigan have made a gruesome discovery: precisely-cut cubes of human flesh hidden in a drainage pipe. They bear a shocking similarity to other remains found last August in another nearby stretch of drain pipe. Work cr…
Man Shot Outside Atlanta-Area Mall; Cops Hunt for Shooter
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — A man was shot on Friday during an apparent carjacking attempt at South DeKalb Mall in DeKalb County, Ga., police said.The Atlanta-area mall remained open as police searched for the shooter.“One adult male…
Three Charged with Murder and Arson in Indianapolis Home Explosion
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police(INDIANAPOLIS) — Prosecutors in Marion County, Indiana Friday announced murder and arson charges against three people in connection with a deadly home explosion Nov. 10 that set off a chain reaction of fires, leaving a…
Bloomberg Blasts NRA: ‘Connecticut Is Because of Some of Their Actions’
Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Thursday placed partial blame on the National Rifle Association for the Connecticut elementary school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were gunned down last week…
Feds Seek Help in Finding Child Pornographer, Rescuing Victim
Courtesy ICE.gov(WASHINGTON) — Federal officials are urgently asking for the public’s help to rescue a young child who may be a victim of ongoing sexual exploitation, and to identify and arrest a “Jane Doe” suspected of producing child pornography.Inv…
"In Cold Blood" Killers Exhumed, Investigators Hope to Solve 53-Year-Old Cold Case
Comstock/Thinkstock(LANSING, Kan.) — The bodies of the killers who were the basis of Truman Capote’s true-crime book In Cold Blood were exhumed Tuesday in Kansas, as authorities hope to crack a 53-year-old cold case using DNA.After committing the In C…
Israel Says Strict Checks, Regulation Prevent Gun Crimes
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — Guns are seen everywhere in Israel — semi-automatics slung from the shoulders of soldiers waiting for the bus, cradled by security guards stationed at checkpoints and building entrances. The sight can be …
Conn. School Shooting: Complete List of Victims’ Names
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — The Conn. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Wayne Carver released the list of victims from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Saturday.
The students killed were all in the 1st grade, according to the Sa…
Adam Lanza’s Mom Pulled Him Out of School: Relative
Courtesy Family of Nancy Lanza(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — The aunt of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza said the shooter’s mother pulled him out of Newtown’s public school system because she was unhappy with the school district’s plans for her son.Adam Lanza’s mo…
Priest’s ‘Horrible’ Job of Telling Newtown Parents of Children’s Deaths
ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — A Newtown, Conn., priest had the “horrible” job of going door-to-door informing families early Saturday morning that their children had been killed in the elementary school massacre.
There were 20 children among the 27 peopl…
Newtown, Conn., Police Have ‘Good Evidence’ on Massacre Motive
Gary Jeanfaivre/Newton Patch(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — Police indicated on Saturday they have “some very good evidence” about the motive behind Adam Lanza’s massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and said that the sole person to survive being shot by La…
Connecticut Shooter Adam Lanza: Quiet, Bright, Troubled
ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 kids and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, was very bright, say neighbors and former classmates, but he was also socially awkward and deeply troubled.”[Adam] was …
Newtown Students Heard Principal’s Murder Over Intercom
ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — An open school intercom broadcast to students at Sandy Hook Elementary School the murder of their principal and the terrified cries of other children.It’s not clear whether the intercom was turned on purposefully to alert th…
Conn. Elementary School Shooting Victims: ‘Hero’ Teacher, Principal, 20 Kids
ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — One was a first-grade teacher who reportedly threw herself in front of the gunman to shield her students. Another was a well-liked principal.Both were among those killed when Adam Lanza, 20, stormed into Sandy Hook Elementar…
Conn. School Shooting: Timeline of Events that Unfolded
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — On Friday morning, the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was full of children thinking about Christmas lists and gifts. Then, at 9:40 a.m., countless shots reportedly rang out.Here is a timel…
Shooting Occurred at School with Shining Reputation
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — On Friday tragedy struck at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut as a mass shooting left 27 people dead, including 20 children. But before the shooting, it was simply an extraordinary school.Wit…
People Set on Fire in Denver Attack
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(DENVER) — Four people were sprayed with flammable liquid and set on fire inside an apartment building, Denver police told ABC News Radio.Two men knocked on the door to an apartment in North Denver, and then attacked its oc…