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RICHMOND, Va. -- Family members say a world- renowned hair stylist and business owner was killed in a double shooting outside a Southside apartment complex Thursday night . Police said 33-year-old Karen A. Turner, of the 10400 block of Colony Village Way in North Chesterfield, died after shots were fired on Green Cove Drive outside the Blue Ridge Estates apartment complex around 10:40 p.m. Karen Turner A second woman was wounded after two women were heard arguing in the parking lot, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett . "Officers responded and located the female with a gunshot wound to the leg, but also found a female nearby in a vehicle who was unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound ," a Richmond Police spokesperson said. "She was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was transported to a local hospital with an injury that was not considered life threatening ." Crime Insider sources said Turner came to the apartments armed to confront a woma...

An Atlanta man was arrested in the shooting death of a male-to- trans found dead in a car outside a College Park apartment complex earlier this month. Tyrone Anthony Kemp , 26, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of Troy Dangerfield, aka Tee Tee, 32. Kemp was taken into custody at a Union City car dealership where he worked cleaning cars , according to Major Lance Patterson of the College Park Police Department . Dangerfield was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a car parked outside the South Hampton Estates apartment complex at 4:20 a.m. on August 2. He was transported to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.   SEE ALSO: Transsexual Man Shot , Killed in College Park   Patterson says the two men met up at the 50 Yard Line sports bar in College Park shortly before Dangerfield was killed. Surveillance footage from the bar shows Kemp and Dangerfield leaving around 3 a.m. “We know that he was with Ms. Dangerfield earlier in the evening...

After the third homicide in three days in Columbus, a crowd spilled into the street on Fourth Avenue Tuesday before a police standoff ended with a suspect in custody. Tamir Harris, 33, of Columbus was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:06 a.m. near 35th Street, said Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Charles Newton . His body will be transported to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Decatur for an autopsy. About three hours after the fatal shooting, Columbus police took a man into custody before the SWAT team prepared to enter an apartment on 32nd Street near Fifth Avenue. The Special Weapons and Tactics team and the Hazardous Device Response team were on the scene at a 3200 block of Fourth Avenue apartment when a man walked outside, ending a police standoff around 2:30 p.m. Brandon Jarrell Senior , 31, was charged with one count of murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He is held in the Muscog...

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) - The Greenville County Sheriff 's Office announced a third arrest in a deadly shooting at Boulder Creek Apartments . Greenville County deputies , fire crews, EMS and the coroner responded to the apartments located at 300 Furman Hall Road in reference to gunshot victims  around 1:45 p.m on Sunday, Apr. 2. When they arrived on scene they realized a second scene was taking place at the Spinx on North Pleasantburg Drive . Sheriff Will Lewis said they received calls regarding two male gunshot victims who pulled into the Spinx, one of which was deceased. The coroner later identified the deceased as Azaveon T Cook, 21 of Piedmont. Cook was the passenger in the vehicle that arrived at the Spinx, the coroner said. He was pronounced dead on scene after suffering at least one gunshot wound. The coroner said bystanders attempted CPR on Cook but were not successful. The second male gunshot victim was transported to the hospital and underwent surgery. Lewis sa...

DELRAN -- A woman walking on Route 130 near her home at Hunters Glen Apartments was struck and killed Friday evening , according to police. Delran police identified her as Melanie Girandola, 52. She was struck on the southbound side of Route 130 at 6:31 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Police said they were called to the area of the Sunoco gas station for the crash. The gas station is right next to the entrance to her apartment complex off of North Millside Drive . There is also a crosswalk across Route 130 at that corner. Police did not say whether she was attempting to cross the busy highway when she was hit. In front of the Sunoco there is no crosswalk and concrete jersey barriers stand between the north and southbound lanes.  No charges have been filed against the driver, Jorge Coelho, of Delran, according to police. The southbound side of the highway was closed until 10:30 p.m. while police investigated the crash. It remains under investigation, police said. ...

ADVERTISEMENT Image: Facebook/Antonia Lopez The baby girl did not even have a name. She was born prematurely at her mother’s home in Omaha, Nebraska in the early hours of September 30, 2016. Shortly after the birth, the baby lay dying on the ground outside her mother’s apartment block, bleeding from her tiny brain, abdomen and spine, with her grandmother frantically trying to save her life. Image: YouTube/WOWT 6 News But the baby girl – born ahead of time, measuring 14 inches and weighing just two pounds – could not be saved. Her distraught grandmother was still desperately trying to revive her fragile body when police officers and paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 4:00 a.m. The baby was immediately taken to the nearby Creighton University Medical Center but she was pronounced dead on arrival. ADVERTISEMENT Image: Omaha Police Department It turned out that responsibility for the newborn’s death lay with her own mother, 16-year-old Antonia Lopez. In the course of their in...

Update: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Police have released the name of the victim in the city's latest homicide. The Little Rock Police Department says the body of Billy Thornton, 64, of Little Rock, was found inside an apartment at the Spring Valley complex on Tuesday evening . The LRPD incident report states that Thornton had suffered multiple gunshot wounds . The police report notes an incident time of 9 a.m. Tuesday and shows the arrival of officers on the scene at 7:20 in the evening. This is the third homicide at the complex this year. Original story: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Little Rock Police Department (LRPD) is on the scene of a homicide at Spring Valley Apartments Tuesday evening . The victim is described as a black male believed to be in his 60s. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police were originally called to the scene around 7:20 p.m. in regard to a suicide. Police say the call came in to dispatch from a "friend" of the victim. When they arrived on scene, t...

College Park Police said they found Tee Tee Dangerfield in her car early Monday morning (Facebook photo) (Photo: WXIA) COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- More than two weeks after a trans woman was found shot to death in College Park, police confirm they've arrested a suspect. Tuesday night, police arrested 26-year-old Tyrone Kemp for the July 31 murder of Tee Tee Dangerfield . Kemp is charged with malice murder. According to College Park Police Cpl . Lance Patterson, Dangerfield was found shot to death in her car at the South Hampton Estates apartment complex in the 3100 block of Godby Road.  Dangerfield was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital but was later pronounced dead. At this point, it is not clear if the murder had anything to do with Dangerfield being transgender. RELATED | Trans teen's death was result of dispute between groups Dangerfield became the sixteenth transgender person murdered in the United States in 2017 and the second killed in metro Atlanta in the past sever...

A child who was among four people hospitalized after an Arkansas apartment fire late last week has died, authorities said Thursday. In a statement, the Pine Bluff Fire Department said that a 3-year-old was pronounced dead Sunday after being transported to Arkansas Children ’s Hospital in Little Rock. Crews with the Fire Department were called around 1:10 a.m. Friday to a fire at 2200 Woodgate Drive, the address for Pinewood Apartments. Two people — a child and a woman — have been released from the hospital, according to the agency. A third child remained hospitalized as of Thursday afternoon. All four, who were initially transported to Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, had been taken for treatment of smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

(Source: WBRC Video) WALKER COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - Authorities have released the identity of the man who died Monday morning when his car landed in the Warrior River just after 1 a.m. State troopers say Travis Randall Remington , 24, of Jasper was killed shortly after the accident that happened on Interstate 22 near the 74 mile marker. Troopers say Remington's 2012 Hyundai left the road and entered a median. He continued off the road, between two bridges, and landed in the Warrior River. Remington's body and his car were recovered by rescue personnel and the Walker County Sheriff ’s Department Dive Team around 7:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   Copyright 2017 WBRC. All rights reserved.

Brittany Moody was trembling with tears in her eyes Wednesday afternoon as she described the moment the father of her children was killed on Fourth Avenue in front of his three children. “The only thing I could do was close my eyes and scream,” said Moody, who is four months pregnant with one of Tamir Harris’ 12 children. “He shot him in my face.” Moody said Harris, 33, was standing outside of a car speaking with her mother Tuesday morning as his 2-year-old stood by his side. She said she sat in the backseat of the car with her 1-year-old daughter. Harris’ friend sat in another car with Harris’ 11-month-old baby, according to Moody’s account of the incident. Moody, who is the mother of four of his children, said that’s when a man she didn’t know walked up to Harris, put a gun to his head and shot him. She said he aimed the weapon at her and her family when she tried to get the young boy to safety. “He walked off like he didn’t give a d--n,” Moody said as she struggled to hold back te...

Update: 10:45 am Mobile Police identified the victim as 31-year-old Khaled al Mashani . The Mobile Police Department arrested 20 -year-old Terri Grant today following a homicide late Saturday night at Turtle Creek Apartments . Turtle Creek Apartments ." width="300" height="245" />20-year-old Terri Grant is charged with murder following a homicide at Turtle Creek Apartments . Hours after the arrest of Grant, Mobile police also arrested 19-year-old Jordan Johnson and charged him with murder. Turtle Creek Apartments ." width="300" height="209" />19-year-old Jordan Johnson was also arrested for the homicide at Turtle Creek Apartments . Officers responded to the apartment complex on Lloyds Lane following reports of one shot around 11 p.m. The 31-year-old male victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene by Mobile Fire-Rescue. Grant was located by homicide detectives this morning and after interviewing...

A woman accused of fatally shooting a man parked in a truck in Algiers in 2015 was arrested by Harris County Sheriff 's deputies at a Houston, Texas apartment complex Sunday , according to the New Orleans Police Department . The NOPD said Shanta Massey, 24, was arrested on a charge of second degree murder after its Violent Offenders Warrant Squad received information that Massey was in Houston and sent her warrant information to Harris County. Massey allegedly shot and killed 25-year-old Jeren Johnson and a 20-year-old man while they were parked in a truck in the 2600 block of General Collins Avenue December 6 , 2015. Johnson was pronounced dead on the scene, while the 20-year-old man was transported to a hospital for treatment. 

A 61-year-old man died after a fire was reported at the Manhattan Apartments on Saturday morning , authorities said. An alarm sounded in one of the apartments at about 7:50 a.m. Saturday, according to information from the Oak Ridge Fire Department that was provided by City of Oak Ridge spokesperson Sarah Self. Oak Ridge Police Department officers found heavy smoke inside the apartment when they arrived Saturday morning , and the Oak Ridge Fire Department was dispatched. Nearby residents were evacuated while  firefighters made entry to the apartment and extinguished the fire. A man was found inside, the city said. “Crews removed the victim and immediately began life -saving measures,” the ORFD said. “The victim was then transported by Anderson County EMS to Methodist Medical Center , where he was pronounced dead.” The man has been identified as Michael McAlister, age 61, of Oak Ridge. He was the only occupant of the apartment. No other injuries were reported. The damage was contai...

Buy Photo Wichita Falls Police investigate a shooting at the Cedar Creek Apartments Monday afternoon . One male victim was taken to the hospital by ambulance. (Photo: Torin Halsey/Times Record News) Buy Photo A 17-year-old has died from his injuries in what the Wichita Falls Police Department is calling an accidental shooting . Buy Photo Wichita Falls Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a shooting at the Cedar Creek Apartments on Trigg Lane Monday afternoon about 3:30. One male was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound.  (Photo: Torin Halsey/Times Record News) Police released an update at 7:40 p.m. that Brandon Rojas died as a result of his injuries. He was pronounced dead at United Regional Health Care System . A call came in at about 3:37 p.m. with reports of a person with a gunshot wound at Cedar Creek Apartments in the 1500 block of Trigg Lane. Up to four police units and two first responders went to the scene. A WFPD news release said one male was sent...

WASHINGTON, DC — A man has been arrested for murdering his 81-year-old mother in her Northeast Washington apartment Saturday , police said. At about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 5200 block of 4th Street, NE., for the report of a domestic violence assault . Responding officers located an adult female — later identified as Anne Alredia Cook of Northeast — suffering from multiple sharp and blunt force injuries , police said. Cook was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The victim's son — Derek Norman Cook, 51, of Northeast DC — was arrested and charged Sunday with first degree murder while armed, police said. Like the Washington, DC Patch Facebook page to stay up to date with all local news: Patch File Photo Get free real- time news alerts from the Washington DC Patch . Thanks for your feedback! Now share it with your friends!Thanks for your feedback. Originally published August 14 , 2017. More from Washington DC Patch

The Los Angeles Dodgers recorded their 90th victory Aug . 24, the fastest any Dodger club has reached that important milestone. If they achieve the projected 116 wins in their 162- game regular season , they’ll go down as one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. Of course, I have two adult children who weren’t alive the last time the Dodgers were even in a World Series so anything short of a ring this time is, well, a loss. This has been a truly magical season, which makes it all the more disappointing that the Dodgers’ covetous ownership continues to snub its fans with its cockamamie cable TV contract scheme . With all these exciting, charismatic, budding and veteran all-stars and their unbelievable exploits, it’s hard to understand why they would willingly write off a generation of new fans. Frankrupt McCourt would approve. It is said that greed is good. The Dodgers are both, and what an unfortunate missed opportunity this year has been. Meanwhile, I told you in my last co...