Articles filed under Homicide
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Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting is a ‘combination of factors’Dec 17, 2024 7:55 am - The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked a study hall before shooting herself.
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Wheeling man fatally shot in Mundelein; police investigatingDec 10, 2024 8:26 am - A Wheeling man was fatally shot Monday night in a Mundelein parking lot, and police are searching both for his killer and whoever drove him to a hospital.
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Details emerge about suspect charged with murder in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEODec 10, 2024 6:58 am - After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door to door looking for witnesses.
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Man charged with murder, robbery in AuroraDec 06, 2024 11:35 am - A fourth person has been charged with murder in connection with an August 2023 case where a man was killed during a robbery.
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Police believe gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO has left New York CityDec 06, 2024 7:17 am - NEW YORK — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer may have fled the city on a bus, New York City police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of t...
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'Deny,' 'defend' and 'depose': Ammunition used in CEO’s killing had writing on it, AP source saysDec 05, 2024 8:48 am - The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” a law enforcement official said Thursday.
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A shooter kills UnitedHealthcare's CEO in an ambush in New York, police sayDec 04, 2024 9:26 am - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday morning in what investigators suspect was a targeted shooting outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference.
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‘Patty is not a victim’: Patricia Columbo again denied parole for 1976 Elk Grove murdersNov 21, 2024 3:31 pm - Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board denies parole for Patricia Columbo, 68, who - along with her boyfriend Frank DeLuca - was convicted in 1977 of killing her father, mother and 13-year-old brother in their Elk Grove Village home.
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Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without paroleNov 20, 2024 10:34 am - The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.
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Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling car into South Carolina lakeNov 20, 2024 8:16 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing ...