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Update: 911 recording released in homicide at Ashton Woods Apartments | News

Updated 11:35 a.m. Monday GREENSBORO — Police are still working to establish a motive in the shooting of a man early Saturday morning . Anthony James Dochtermann , 25, was shot around 2:55 a.m. and later died at the hospital from his injuries, according to police. Police received a 911 call about a shooting at the Ashton Woods Apartments at 3927 Hahns Lane from a friend Dochtermann was visiting. "He went outside and it sounds like he got shot," the caller told the dispatcher. "He walked outside, like he was leaving." Later in the call, the friend said Dochtermann, "doesn't know who shot him or anything." The friend helped Dochtermann while on the phone with 911, telling the dispatcher Dochtermann was still awake and breathing, but "bleeding a lot." The friend was unable to tell the dispatcher where Dochtermann was shot or how many times he had been shot. The caller told the telecommunicator that gunfire was heard Friday night , befo...

Person shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer | Law and order

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ST. LOUIS • Police said an officer shot and killed a man who had stabbed an officer inside an apartment Tuesday morning . But a woman who said she was related by marriage to the person killed said that person was a transgender woman named Kenneth “Kiwi” Herring. The relative, Crevonda Nance, said police shot and killed Herring shortly after responding to the latest dispute in an ongoing feud between Herring and unfriendly neighbors. +9  A photo of Kenny "Kiwi" Herring is displayed on a sign during a protest and memorial outside her home in the 5200 block of Ridge Avenue in St. Louis on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Earlier in the day Herring was fatally shot by police. Police say Herring cut one of the officers with a knife before they opened fire. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com David Carson Speaking just after the shooting, Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said the officer suffered a cut to his arm during the encounter. The injured o...

Man shot in struggle with cop Sunday at Cleveland Arms apartments

A Jacksonville police officer shot a man multiple times Sunday morning after, Sheriff’s Office officials said, he took the officer’s Taser during a struggle and pointed it at the officer. The shooting followed a foot chase that began when police responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute, heard a woman screaming and discovered a woman being strangled by a man on top of her inside an apartment at the Cleveland Arms apartment complex about 8:45 a.m. Devanta DeJuan Jones , 22, was shot at least four times by Officer Cliff Sames of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened after Sames and another officer tried unsuccessfully to stun the man, later identified as Jones, three times with their Tasers during the pursuit in which Jones kicked in the door, then ran through a neighboring apartment occupied by a mother and three children. Jones also tried but failed to force his way inside two other apartments during the foot chase, said Director Tom Hackney of the S...

Man killed, woman shot multiple times at Baytown apartments

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BAYTOWN, Texas - A man was killed, and a woman was injured Friday in a double shooting in Baytown. Baytown police are looking for a person of interest in connection to the shooting. The name of the person who police said drove away in a black car has not been released.  Police were called just before 5 a.m. to The Bridge at Shady Hill Apartments in the 3400 block of Shady Hill for reports of a shooting. Investigators said someone kicked in the door of apartment 76B, confronted Lloyd Trim , 38, and Jasmine Gonzales, 20, and shot them both multiple times . The Trim, who lived in the apartment, was pronounced dead, police said. Gonzales was flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital. She was listed in stable condition. "I drove like 80 miles from Garth to get here to my kids, what if one of those bullets would have went and hit my sister or my kids?" Neighbor Kristin Trajo said. Her sister and her kids were inside the apartment next door when the shooting happened. "I heard argu...

Search underway for Shreveport shooting suspect

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Police on the hunt for Shreveport shooting suspect Shreveport shooting suspect " /> Copyright 2017 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Police on the hunt for Shreveport shooting suspect SHREVEPORT, La. - Authorities are trying to track down a man in connection with a shooting in Shreveport's Queensborough neighborhood.   The shooting happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday near Portland and Stonewall Avenues. When officers arrived they located a 2005 Nissan Altima that had crashed into a telephone pole near the intersection. Shell casings were also located inside the vehicle and in the roadway.   Investigators gathered enough evidence to link 21-year-old Laderrick Samuels to the shooting. Samuels and an accomplice were allegedly driving the Nissan Altima and shooting at the victim, who was on foot. The victim was not injured in the shooting. Detectives believe that the shooting stemm...

Victim, suspect identified in downtown Charleston restaurant sho

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in a fatal Charleston restaurant shooting and his victim. Thomas Demetrius Burns , 53, of Charleston, is the man police say opened fire at Virginia's on King Thursday afternoon , according to Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis . Burns was shot by Charleston Police after a hostage standoff, according to Interim Police Chief Jerome Taylor . Burns was transported to MUSC for treatment and was listed in critical condition Thursday afternoon . There have been no updates on Burns's condition since then. The restaurant's executive chef, 37-year-old Anthony Shane Whiddon , of Goose Creek, died after being shot. Whiddon was the executive chef at Virginia's on King Street where the incident took place. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The restaurant's owners released a statement Friday saying they were "deeply saddened and heartbroken" by the shooting and calling Whiddon ...

Early morning shooting injures two men

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Early morning shooting injures two men" /> Copyright 2017 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Violent Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting that injured two men earlier this morning. Just after midnight today, Shreveport Police patrol officers responded to reoprts of shots fired and a man injured in the 2300 block of Marion Street. When they arrived at the scene, officer located Christopher Taylor , 40, lying beside a vehicle in the parking lot of the apartment complex suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his lower body. He was transported to University Health Hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.  As Taylor was transported away, officers were notified that another shooting victim arrived at University Health Hospital by private vehicle. Officers made contact with Laderrick Samuels, 21, and learned that he had been shot dur...

Teen killed when residents fight back during Baytown home invasion, police say

Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 Jeremy Jamal Wheaton Ardion Jeremy Jamal Wheaton Ardion Image 2 of 4 A Google Maps image of the 300 block of South Pruett Street in Baytown, Texas. On Aug. 6, 2017, an 18-year-old was shot and killed during a reported home invasion in the area. A Google Maps image of the 300 block of South Pruett Street in Baytown, Texas. On Aug. 6, 2017, an 18-year-old was shot and killed during a reported home invasion in the area. Photo: File/Google Image 3 of 4 A Google Maps image of the 300 block of South Pruett Street in Baytown, Texas. On Aug. 6, 2017, an 18-year-old was shot and killed during a reported home invasion in the area. A Google Maps image of the 300 block of South Pruett Street in Baytown, Texas. On Aug. 6, 2017, an 18-year-old was shot and killed during a reported home invasion in the area. Photo: File/Google Image 4 of 4 A Google Maps image of the 300 block of South Pruett Street in Baytown, Texas. On Aug. 6, 2017, an 18-yea...

Probation denied for getaway car driver after fatal shooting of police officer

The getaway driver in an attempted robbery that led to the fatal shooting of Richmond police officer Daniel Ellis was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Carl Lee Banks , 37, pleaded guilty in July to first- degree wanton endangerment , criminal facilitation to attempted robbery and bail jumping. On Nov. 4, 2015, Banks drove Raleigh Sizemore and Rita Creech in a van to a gas station in Richmond, where Sizemore attempted a robbery. The police investigation led Ellis , 33, a seven-year veteran of the Richmond department , to Gregory Ratliff’s apartment in search of Sizemore. Sizemore was holding Creech against her will in a back bedroom, according to police. Ratliff let Ellis into the apartment and allowed him to search it. Ratliff told police that no one else was there and that there were no weapons in the apartment, police said. When Ellis crossed the threshold of the bedroom door, Sizemore shot him, according to police reports . Ellis died two days later. Creech, 46, was s...

LAW & DISORDER: Police charge man in fatal shooting

A Jacksonville man has been arrested in the shooting death of Ulysesse Griffin, 20, whose body was found at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in an apartment parking lot in the 4500 block of Lexington Avenue. Musa Bilal Abraham , 20, who lived at the Baywood Apartments where the shooting occurred, turned himself in to police Thursday and was charged with murder, Lt. Rick Graham said. Griffin lived in the 4400 block of St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville. A witness told police Abraham talked about the shooting shortly after arguing with Griffin. Police recovered a small-caliber pistol from Abraham's apartment. Griffin died at Shands Jacksonville about two hours after the shooting. MURDER SENTENCING: A Jacksonville man was sentenced to 40 years in prison yesterday for beating to death a relative for her truck. Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace sentenced Steven Tinnie , 21, who had already pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of 35-year-old Theresa Bulzone. The murder occurred in May at a wooded ...

Man charged after car pulls into St. Louis rally, hurting 3 | National

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man was charged Thursday after authorities said he pulled his car into a group of demonstrators protesting a police shooting in St. Louis, injuring three people. Mark Colao, 59, faces a felony count of resisting arrest by fleeing and misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner. It's not clear if he has an attorney who can comment on his behalf. Police said the three people suffered minor injuries Wednesday night during a candlelight vigil and protest in honor of Kenny "Kiwi" Herring, who was fatally shot by officers Tuesday after allegedly stabbing one of them. Relatives and friends have said Herring was a transgender woman. Police and witnesses offered differing accounts of what happened. The vigil began at a community garden that honors transgender people . Activist Heather De Mian said Thursday that after the vigil, 40 to 50 people marched to an intersection and blocked it to ...

Neighbors respond to another apartment shooting

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WICHITA, Kan. UPDATE (10:35 p.m.) Police say they are frequently responding to calls at Woodgate Apartments and they are working with apartment managers to curb the problem. People who live in the homes across the street from the complex said they had never felt unsafe in the area. "It blows me away someone got shot and killed across the street, but you know, you see it on the news every night," said Randy Collins. "It just happens to be across our street." People who lived in the area said they are glad Wichita police plan to partner with management. "I think everybody is entitled to live in a safe environment, and the people that are not protected, or alcohol or whatever is going on that's causing this to happen, I don't think that they should have to be afraid to live there," said Leslie Nolen. Nolen said she is worried another incident could happen over the holiday weekend. -- UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): Friday afternoon, Wichita Pol...

Car Injures St. Louis Protestors: Suspected Driver Charged

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ST. LOUIS, MO — On Thursday, three protestors at a candlelight vigil in St. Louis were hurt when authorities say a car pulled into a group of demonstrators. Now, the alleged driver faces a felony count of resisting arrest by fleeing and misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner. Kenny "Kiwi" Herring, was shot to death by police officers Tuesday after allegedly stabbing one of them. Family members and friends said Herring was a transgender woman. The following night, demonstrators held a candlelight vigil and protest in her honor, beginning at a community garden that honors transgender people . Activist Heather De Mian said Thursday that after the vigil, 40 to 50 people marched to an intersection and blocked it to protest Herring's death. (For more information on this and other St. Louis stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts . If you have an iPhone, cli...

Clarksville teacher arrested on child abuse charges

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AG Sessions announces plan to roll back limits on military gear for police AG Sessions announces plan to roll back limits on military gear for police Updated: Monday, August 28 2017 11:03 AM EDT 2017-08-28 15:03:21 GMT Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be speaking at a convention. (WSMV)" alt=" Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be speaking at a convention. (WSMV)" src="src" style="border: 0px;" /> Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be speaking at a convention. (WSMV) Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a featured speaker at the national convention for the Fraternal Order of Police at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. More >> Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a featured speaker at the national convention for the Fraternal Order of Police at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. More >> Police investigating after shots fired during south Nashville carjacking Police investigating after shots fi...