KS Officer Shot and Killed: A Kansas City, Kan., police officer was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon while responding to a report of a drive-by shooting. Fox News reports that Capt. Robert David Melton, 46, a 17-year veteran of the Kansas City Police Department, responded to a reported drive-by shooting and was shot and killed about a half-hour after the initial call when he pulled his vehicle up to a person matching the description of one of the suspects that had fled the scene earlier. The suspect shot Melton multiple times before he could exit the car. That suspect along with another are currently in custody and being questioned. Melton's death marks the second time this year that a Kansas City police officer has been shot in the line of duty. A police spokesman said it is too early to determine whether Melton's death is connected to the recent ambush attacks on police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
Suspect in CA Homeless Attacks Could Face Death Penalty: San Diego police made an arrest Friday of a man accused of attacking five homeless men, killing three of them, and prosecutors announced Tuesday that he could face the death penalty if convicted. KPBS reports that Jon David Guerrero, 39, began his spree of assaults on July 3, brutalizing his victims as they slept on roadsides, in open areas and under freeway bridges. In two cases, he set the victims on fire. After Guerrero's arrest, which occurred shortly after the latest attack, detectives discovered physical evidence at the scene of the crime and at his residence linking him to the attacks and murders. He is charged with three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, along with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders. Because of the special circumstance, he could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole if found guilty.
Growing Number of Children caught in Gang Gunfire: The list of young children across Chicago who have been shot continues to grow amid a year of surging homicides and shootings, with many of the incidents connected to gangs. Don Babwin of the AP reports that through the end of June, 15 children younger than the age of 10 had been shot, seven more victims than at the same point last year, and four more have been shot since the start of July. They are being shot doing "normal kid things" such as drawing on the sidewalk, playing with sparklers, walking hand-in-hand with their mother or sitting on the porch with their family. Miraculously, no child has died as a result of the shootings across a city that has seen over 330 people killed in homicides this year.
CA's Elderly Parole Program Could Shorten Kidnapper's Sentence by 400 Years: The convicted sex offender who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard could have his sentence shortened by some 400 years under California's elderly parole program. Shirin Rajaee of CBS Sacramento reports that Phillip Garrido, 65, was sentenced to 431 years behind bars for the kidnapping and sexual assault of Dugard, who he abducted in South Lake Tahoe in 1991 and held captive at his Antioch home for 18 years. But in February 2014, a federal court ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a new parole program that made state prisoners who are 60 or older and have served at least 25 years of their sentence eligible for parole hearings. Although Garrido will have to wait until 2034 for his first parole hearing, Dugard may then be forced fight it, as if she hasn't been through enough because of this man.
Suspect in CA Homeless Attacks Could Face Death Penalty: San Diego police made an arrest Friday of a man accused of attacking five homeless men, killing three of them, and prosecutors announced Tuesday that he could face the death penalty if convicted. KPBS reports that Jon David Guerrero, 39, began his spree of assaults on July 3, brutalizing his victims as they slept on roadsides, in open areas and under freeway bridges. In two cases, he set the victims on fire. After Guerrero's arrest, which occurred shortly after the latest attack, detectives discovered physical evidence at the scene of the crime and at his residence linking him to the attacks and murders. He is charged with three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, along with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders. Because of the special circumstance, he could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole if found guilty.
Growing Number of Children caught in Gang Gunfire: The list of young children across Chicago who have been shot continues to grow amid a year of surging homicides and shootings, with many of the incidents connected to gangs. Don Babwin of the AP reports that through the end of June, 15 children younger than the age of 10 had been shot, seven more victims than at the same point last year, and four more have been shot since the start of July. They are being shot doing "normal kid things" such as drawing on the sidewalk, playing with sparklers, walking hand-in-hand with their mother or sitting on the porch with their family. Miraculously, no child has died as a result of the shootings across a city that has seen over 330 people killed in homicides this year.
CA's Elderly Parole Program Could Shorten Kidnapper's Sentence by 400 Years: The convicted sex offender who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard could have his sentence shortened by some 400 years under California's elderly parole program. Shirin Rajaee of CBS Sacramento reports that Phillip Garrido, 65, was sentenced to 431 years behind bars for the kidnapping and sexual assault of Dugard, who he abducted in South Lake Tahoe in 1991 and held captive at his Antioch home for 18 years. But in February 2014, a federal court ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a new parole program that made state prisoners who are 60 or older and have served at least 25 years of their sentence eligible for parole hearings. Although Garrido will have to wait until 2034 for his first parole hearing, Dugard may then be forced fight it, as if she hasn't been through enough because of this man.
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