Chicago has Deadliest May in 21 Years: The fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Chicago boy on May 31st marked the 66th and final homicide of the month, making it the deadliest May in the city since 1995. Alexandra Chachkevitch, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Jeremy Gorner of the Chicago Tribune report that 243 people have been killed thus far into the year, the most fatalities since 1999 when 248 were killed. Shooting incidents have also increased for the third consecutive year, spiking over 50% this year with more 1,500 people shot. Over Memorial Day weekend alone, 63 people were shot and an additional six were killed, while 50 people were shot, eight fatally, earlier in the month over Mother's Day weekend. "I want to leave Chicago," said the mother of the 15-year-old victim. "We are ready to go."
2 CA Cops Shot, Suspect Dead: Two Fremont, Calif., police officers were injured by gunfire after a traffic stop turned into an hours-long manhunt that began on Wednesday afternoon and ended Thursday morning when the suspect was discovered dead. Brian McBride, Julia Jacobo and Morgan Winsor of ABC News report that the manhunt began after suspect fled the scene on foot from a traffic stop where he backed his vehicle into the officer's patrol car and fired shots, injuring the first officer. A short time later, while responding to a house where the suspected gunman was reportedly located, the second officer was struck twice by gunfire. The gunman barricaded himself in the house, and officers attempted to negotiate with him for hours before lighting a defensive fire to smoke him out of the house. The gunman was found dead Thursday morning in a closet. Both officers have undergone surgery, and the second officer is in stable condition while the first remains in critical condition.
Death Penalty Sought Against NE Double Murderer: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against an Omaha, Neb., man for the December slayings of his estranged girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter. Todd Cooper of the Omaha World-Herald reports that four aggravating circumstances have been filed against Dontevous Loyd, 24, for fatally shooting Destacia Straughn, 22, and her toddler, Kenacia Amerson Straughn at Straughn's home. Loyd also tried to kill three other women who were present at the home, but they survived. He allegedly shouted "no witnesses" as he opened fire on the women, his motive stemming from his anger at Straughn for reporting to police that he had stolen her car. The aggravating factors against him include: he attempted to conceal a crime through murder, he killed multiple people, his actions posed a great risk to a number of others and he has a history of violent crime. His trial is slated to begin in December.
2 CA Cops Shot, Suspect Dead: Two Fremont, Calif., police officers were injured by gunfire after a traffic stop turned into an hours-long manhunt that began on Wednesday afternoon and ended Thursday morning when the suspect was discovered dead. Brian McBride, Julia Jacobo and Morgan Winsor of ABC News report that the manhunt began after suspect fled the scene on foot from a traffic stop where he backed his vehicle into the officer's patrol car and fired shots, injuring the first officer. A short time later, while responding to a house where the suspected gunman was reportedly located, the second officer was struck twice by gunfire. The gunman barricaded himself in the house, and officers attempted to negotiate with him for hours before lighting a defensive fire to smoke him out of the house. The gunman was found dead Thursday morning in a closet. Both officers have undergone surgery, and the second officer is in stable condition while the first remains in critical condition.
Death Penalty Sought Against NE Double Murderer: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against an Omaha, Neb., man for the December slayings of his estranged girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter. Todd Cooper of the Omaha World-Herald reports that four aggravating circumstances have been filed against Dontevous Loyd, 24, for fatally shooting Destacia Straughn, 22, and her toddler, Kenacia Amerson Straughn at Straughn's home. Loyd also tried to kill three other women who were present at the home, but they survived. He allegedly shouted "no witnesses" as he opened fire on the women, his motive stemming from his anger at Straughn for reporting to police that he had stolen her car. The aggravating factors against him include: he attempted to conceal a crime through murder, he killed multiple people, his actions posed a great risk to a number of others and he has a history of violent crime. His trial is slated to begin in December.
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