All Blog Posts Tagged 'Shooting' (9)

Man Faces 5th Trial in Shooting Deaths at a Mississippi Furniture Store

WINONA, Miss. (AP) -- Curtis Giovanni Flowers will be tried the fifth time on September 22 for the shooting deaths of four people at a Winona furniture store in 1996.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

Flowers is charged in the shooting deaths of shop owner Bertha Tardy and three of her employees.

Flowers has been convicted and sentenced to death in three previous trials involving the case, but each conviction was… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 4, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

LR Police Search for Suspect in McDonald's Shooting

Police are looking for a man who reportedly assaulted the mother of his children in a parking lot, then shot a McDonald's employee who attempted to break up the fight.

Police say 22-year-old Nigel Haskell was shot in the upper torso when he tried to help out a woman who was being attacked by 27-year-old Perry Kennon of Conway.

Haskell "was trying to be a Good Samaritan and coming to the aid of a young lady," said Little Rock… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 28, 2008 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Three Charged in Shooting Death of Teen in Horn Lake, Mississippi

Horn Lake, MS -- Three people are in jail accused of killing a Horn Lake, MS teen. Police say two of the accused killers are teenagers.

Monday, August 26, 2008, 16 year-old James Hill died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Horn Lake Police charged 20 year-old Tremaine Reed, and 16 year-old twin brothers Jernario and Jernartay Elrod with murder. The shooting happened Monday afternoon near Hill’s home on… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 27, 2008 at 12:21pm — 5 Comments

Brother Charged With Attempted Murder In Drive-By Shooting

AVON PARK - Police arrested an Avon Park man and charged him as a suspect in the attempted murder of his brother.

The drive-by style shooting incident took place shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday on Tulane Avenue near Tulane Drive.

Altus Jermaine Lee, 23, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

At 12:26 a.m. Thursday,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 22, 2008 at 8:38am — 3 Comments

2 Charged In Shooting At St. Petersburg Convenience Store

ST. PETERSBURG - Two men are in custody on charges of trying to kill three people during a robbery at a convenience store Sunday.

Spencer Peeples, 27, of St. Petersburg, and Khadafy Mullens, 25, a transient, are charged with, among other things, armed robbery and three counts of attempted homicide, St. Petersburg police said in a prepared statement.

At 6:35 p.m., the pair were robbing the Central Food Mart, 2157 Central Ave., when… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:13am — 2 Comments

The Dreams Nightclub Turns Into A Nightmare As A Shooting Takes Place Inside

Our friends over at Real Talk NY hit up Jermaine Dupri’s party at Club Dreamz on Friday night in Atlanta. Many celebrities were in the house celebrating J.D’s popular Summer Fest weekend. Word is a shoot out went down inside and the celebs starting ducking.

Peep what REAL TALK NY SAID:

Things were crazy, J.D., Usher, Diddy, Nelly, Gabrielle Union, Nia Long, etc. were all in the same section… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 2, 2008 at 1:56pm — 6 Comments

Two Lakeland Men Suspects In Fatal Shooting

LAKELAND | Law enforcement officials have identified the two Lakeland men arrested following an armed robbery and fatal shooting Sunday that began in Fort Meade and ended in Lakeland.

Jamel Bell, 20, a passenger in the getaway car, was arrested after the car crashed at West Parker and Stella streets in the Lake Parker Drive area. The driver, Antwan Laron Nelson, 21, ran from the crash scene. Deputies found him at a house at 705 Gilmore St. and… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 28, 2008 at 9:00pm — 7 Comments

Romeo Charged In Teen's Fatal Shooting

PITTSBURGH -- A 19-year-old man faces a criminal homicide charge in the fatal shooting of a teenager in January.

Ernest Tolliver was a passenger in a car that was leaving the Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-through in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood when, police said, someone ran up to the car and opened fire, killing Tolliver.

Police said Wednesday evening that officers have arrested Romeo Price, who remains held at the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Memphis Man Charged in Shooting of Pregnant Woman and Man

MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say a man has been charged in the shooting of a pregnant woman and a man at a Memphis apartment complex.

According to investigators, the shooting happened around 4:17 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at an apartment complex on Rainey.

Police say when they arrived on the scene they noticed that the windows of a Ford Taurus had been shot out. Officers also discovered that an apartment, directly behind the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 21, 2008 at 7:03pm — 2 Comments