Gabby Petito, 22, was murdered on a cross-country trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie in 2021 Photo by FBI Denver/ZUMA Press Wire Service/Shutterstock Gabby Petito Gabby Petito’s stepfather is working towards bringing domestic violence training programs to firefighters and EMS workers to help those first responders recognize the crime. Jim Schmidt, 42, a fire and […]
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KLAS) — The man who shot and killed five people and injured a teenager in a series of shootings Monday night completed domestic violence counseling earlier this month and threatened to kill a woman last year, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Eric Adams, 47, shot his six victims in […]
A Columbus man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old woman that stemmed from a domestic violence incident on the city’s Northwest Side. Mika Lee Cannon, 22, is accused of shooting and killing 18-year-old Kiara Nelson on Saturday morning during a domestic violence altercation with Nelson’s […]
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents: TAILLIGHTS OUT: On June 10, Deputy Chris Haag was patrolling on Ruth Jackson Road, Bogart, about 9 p.m. when he observed a 2009 Econoline box truck with taillights that were not working. He made a traffic stop and discovered the driver, a 28-year-old Athens man, was […]
Customer at a gun store. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday upheld a federal law that bars people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning a firearm. In an 8-1 decision on United States v. Rahimi, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion that “our Nation’s firearm laws have […]
One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting stemming from a reported domestic disturbance Sunday evening in west Lubbock. Police responded at 8:27 p.m. Sunday to a residence in the 3000 block of Valencia Avenue in response to the reported domestic disturbance, according to a statement from Lubbock police. The call resulted in an officer-involved […]
A Laurel County man died after his stepson allegedly stabbed him during a domestic dispute, police said. The Laurel County Sheriffs’ Office was called to a residence off Gail Avenue about a mile west of London at around 11 p.m. Friday. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, two men — a stepfather and a […]
DOVER – On June 22, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Dover police officers responded to 24 Littleworth Road for a reported domestic disturbance involving a firearm. On scene, officers were able to remove two adults from the home, while the suspect, 44-year-old George Sousane, refused to cooperate, Dover police stated in a press release. The Dover […]
A man shot by local law enforcement responding to a domestic dispute call earlier this week has died. In an update released Friday from the Pierce County Force Investigation team, the man, who was hospitalized, succumbed to his wounds Friday. Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies on the evening of June 18 responded to a domestic dispute […]
GENEVA (AP) — An Indian-born billionaire and three family members were sentenced to prison on Friday for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa in Switzerland by seizing their passports, barring them from going out and making them work up to 18 hours a day. A Swiss court dismissed more serious charges of human trafficking […]
Another crucial gun ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court Friday as justices upheld a law that bans domestic violence abusers from having guns. This was the first major Second Amendment ruling by Supreme Court Justices since they expanded gun rights in 2022. “Obviously extremely relieved that the justices listened to survivors like me,” said Kate […]
Jun. 21—Local law enforcement officials agree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to uphold a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims. The law prohibits individuals under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. “People who commit violence and are arrested should not be free to possess weapons,” said Effingham County Sheriff […]