All Blog Posts Tagged 'drive-by' (10)

2 arrested for drive-by shooting

19-year-old Rashad Easley was booked into jail Thursday night on one count of first degree murder, three counts of shooting with intent to kill, and three outstanding warrants.

18-year-old Antonio Wells was also arrested Thursday evening on one count of first degree murder and three counts of shooting with intent to kill. He also faces charges of false impersonation and resisiting arrest from another incident.

Friday, police released… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 13, 2008 at 2:38am — 2 Comments

Blacksburg man sentenced to life for drive-by shooting

A Blacksburg man has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in 2007. Travis Sentell Parker, 28, was found guilty of murder Wednesday after of a three-day jury trial in Gaffney. He is not eligible for parole.

According to prosecutors, Parker fatally shot 27-year-old Moraine Foote on June 22, 2007. Foote suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach about 5:20 p.m. while he stood outside of a home near the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 15, 2008 at 3:07pm — 4 Comments

Teen girl shot in head during drive-by

A bullet grazed the head of a 16-year-old girl who was an innocent bystander during a drive-by shooting late Friday, police said.

The shooting occurred at 1126 Hoover Road in the Hoover Road Apartments complex shortly before midnight.

The girl was transported to Duke University Medical Center, and officers believed her injuries were non-life-threatening.

Police did not release more details about the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 9, 2008 at 1:12pm — 2 Comments

2 fathers slain in Boston drive-by

Two fathers were killed early yesterday and a third man was seriously wounded after a car pulled up to their vehicle in Milton and someone fired at least 14 rounds at them, authorities said.

Asa C. Finley, 26, of Mattapan was already dead by the time the driver of the Toyota Camry he was traveling in pulled up at Carney Hospital in Boston about 2:30 a.m., said Norfolk District Attorney William Keating.

He was the third person in his… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 27, 2008 at 10:30pm — 8 Comments

Man killed in drive-by shooting; three in custody

Robert Lee Holmes Jr., 22, was shot in the chest about 4:30 p.m. when a gunman in a maroon Lincoln Town Car opened fire near 31st Street North and Cincinnati Avenue.

Acquaintances who were with Holmes fired several shots in return, and the driver sped away, Police Chief Ron Palmer said.

Several children nearby at The Salvation Army's North Mabee Boys and Girls Club, 3001 N. Cincinnati Ave.,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 16, 2008 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

Recovering 8-year-old girl asks 'why' after drive-by shooting

DENVER - Sierra Moore and her Auntie Jessica have learned that adversity can make you stronger.Their families call them two peas in a pod.

Eight-year-old Sierra and 14-year-old Jessica love to spend time together. They were together on June 20 walking home from a friend's house near Curtis Park when they found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"I never thought anything like that could happen. It was so scary. It still… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Teen killed, 3 injured in drive-by shooting on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was killed and three men injured Monday night when four males in a van opened fire on them in an apparently gang-related drive-by on the South Side.

About 7:20 p.m., the four men were walking in the 6800 block of South Indiana Avenue when four men in a newer model silver van began shooting, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks.

Jason Edwards, 17, of the 6800 block of S. Indiana Ave., was shot at 6847… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 24, 2008 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Fredricks Smith to spend life in jail for drive-by death of Darryl Lance Weaver Jr.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Usually when a person convicted of murder stands for sentencing, he or she manages to at least mumble out some sort of apology to the victim's family.

Fredricks Smith had nothing to say before he was sent to prison for life in the fatal drive-by shooting of 17-year-old Darryl Lance Weaver Jr. in March 2007.

Weaver's father said Smith's silence proves his guilt.

"He deserved what he got," said Weaver,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 2:35pm — 8 Comments

Teen girl shot dead in drive-by

Gunfire from a car killed a 15-year-old girl and paralyzed another teenager at a party outside a Mt. Washington home early Sunday, police said.

One of the dozen or so bullets fired at the teenagers outside 78 Pasadena St. tore into Raymond Reese's chest about 1 a.m. The other party-goers pulled her inside the house, where Reese of Mt. Oliver was pronounced dead at 1:07 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Saginaw mourners hold vigil for 12-year-old slain in drive-by

Mourners lit candles, strung balloons around a street sign and left teddy bears at a makeshift memorial to 12-year-old Quintae Cooper, who died Sunday in a drive-by shooting while he played with friends on Saginaw's Southeast Side.

More than 100 people -- infants held in arms, a few adults and children in tears -- gathered Monday at Livingston and Tausend, where gunfire ended the life of the Webber Middle School… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 4, 2008 at 6:51pm — No Comments