Crime and Public Safety

A Dallas ISD police officer was shot while trying to help someone near the Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in Northwest Dallas on Thursday morning.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alexander Murdaugh seeking to recover $600,000 in legal expenses from the county clerk accused of interfering with the jury in his murder trial.

Three people have been charged for making threats to a judge, a witness and local officials tied to the investigation of Nolan Well’s death.

A Florida man is accused of slashing his sister with a machete while she was sleeping in bed next to her 1-year-old daughter, according to officials.

A battle over a lobster diving spot off the Florida coast allegedly escalated into an underwater nightmare after a man was accused of shutting off another diver's air supply, a confrontation that landed him behind bars on an attempted murder charge.

Seattle police homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found on a trail near West Beacon Hill Wednesday night.

A Kent man suspected in a shooting and armed robbery ended his own life during a SWAT standoff Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities said Wednesday that a 71-year-old man who was reported missing earlier this week was killed, and his stepson has been arrested in the case.

The 42-year-old man accused of killing his mother and stabbing a Renton police officer in the eye made his first court appearance Wednesday.

A Kitsap County, Washington man is accused of torching a house from his golf cart, all while his dog watched from the passenger seat.

A man is accused of throwing a bottle of unknown liquid at 2 men while calling them homophobic and racial slurs in downtown Seattle, police said. The attack is being investigated as a hate crime.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a mass shooting in the Prospect Hills area of North Carolina Wednesday.  

Human remains found on a remote island off Alaska's western coast have been identified as a 79-year-old hunter who disappeared 17 years ago.

Duane “Keffe D" Davis is heading to trial for his alleged role in arranging the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rap legend Tupac Shakur. Davis is the only suspect ever formally charged in connection with the crime.

A U.S. judge granted the U.S. Justice Department's request to dismiss cases against members of the Oath Keepers militia who took part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a court filing.

A Kentucky father is speaking out after Ronald Exantus, the man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2015 stabbing death of his 6-year-old son, Logan Tipton, was released from prison after completing his sentence.

The 30-year-old Marine veteran worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department since November 2023.