NY attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death

April 6th, 20180 NEW YORK — The New York attorney general’s office is investigating the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed Black man who pointed a metal pipe at officers in Brooklyn in the latest such killing to prompt street protests. The death of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday was one of a string of fatal shootings of unarmed Black men by...

Two wounded in Maryland school shooting, student gunman killed

March 23rd, 20180 GREAT MILLS, MD — A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight with a police officer posted there, amid a renewed national debate over gun violence in schools. The shooting in St. Mary's County, about 70 miles south of Washington,...

Driver of van slated to be in Trump motorcade detained for having gun

February 19th, 20180 PALM BEACH, Fla. — The driver of a van carrying journalists covering President Trump was detained on Monday after Secret Service officials found a gun in his bag during a security sweep before the vehicle was to drive onto the president’s Florida property. The Secret Service said no one had been put in danger. The male driver told...

Religious institutions in Metro Detroit take caution after being threatened

November 17th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights Police Department is conducting a joint investigation with the FBI and other local law enforcement agencies after finding threats to houses of worship and an abandoned firearm in a bag. None of the religious institutions threatened are located in Dearborn Heights, but in other cities;...

Feds hunt gun shop burglar who sent manifesto to Trump

April 10th, 20170 MADISON — Police searching for a Wisconsin man considered armed and dangerous stepped up patrols on Sunday at churches near his home because of anti-religious views expressed in a manifesto he sent to President Trump, officials said. Joseph A. Jakubowski, 32, is wanted for breaking into a gun shop called Armageddon Supplies in his...

Mother of fatally shot Detroit man sues officers for $50 million

April 7th, 20171 DETROIT — On Thursday, April 6, the mother of Terrance Kellom, an unarmed Black man fatally shot in his father’s home in April 2015, filed a $50 million lawsuit against three officers linked to her son’s death. Nelda Kellom stated in her complaint that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Mitchell Quinn had no reason or...