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(ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.) -- Three family members were shot, including two fatally, near a courthouse in Kentucky on Monday before attending a hearing on an emergency protective order, officials said.The suspect in the incident -- who was dating one of the victims -- fled the scene and shot himself during a standoff with police, according to the Elizabethtown Police Department.The shooting unfolded in a parking lot across the street from the […]

(HOUSTON, Texas) -- A fire that ripped through a home on Sunday in suburban Houston is being investigated as a triple homicide after investigators found evidence that three people discovered dead inside the residence were killed before the blaze started, authorities said.The fire at the two-story brick home in Cypress, Texas, northwest of Houston, was reported Sunday morning, and while extinguishing the blaze, firefighters made the grim discovery of the […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Four children, ages 11 to 14, driving around Minneapolis in a stolen car were shot and wounded, one critically, when an assailant chasing them unleashed a barrage of gunfire on the vehicle, police said.The shooting unfolded around 1 a.m. Sunday in northwest Minneapolis, setting off ShotSpotter gunfire detection activations and prompting multiple 911 calls, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara.Two boys and two girls were shot in […]

AYDEE LEE SERRANO/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Ernesto was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday night, with the National Hurricane Center warning of dangerous conditions for East Coast beaches.The hurricane -- which over the past week has caused major power outages and flooding in Puerto Rico and Bermuda -- is out over the Atlantic, with maximum sustained winds up to 75 mph.The NHC expects Ernesto to […]

Baltimore Police Department (BALTIMORE) -- One man was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting in Baltimore late Sunday night, police said.Several firearms were found at the scene of the shooting on the 1300 block of Spring Street when police arrived after 8 p.m., Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a press conference."There was a gathering over on Spring Street, and at some point, it looks like […]

Paulding County Sheriff’s Office (DALLAS, Ga.) -- A Georgia sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Saturday night while responding to a call about a domestic dispute, officials said.Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge identified the deceased deputy as Brandon Cunningham, a 30-year-old father of two."Tonight, we've lost a hero," Gulledge said.Cunningham and another deputy were "ambushed" while responding to a home in Hiram after receiving reports of a domestic dispute, Maj. […]

(HOUSTON) -- A driver could face a possible murder charge after he allegedly struck and killed an innocent bystander on a sidewalk in Houston early Sunday while attempting to mow down his domestic partner, according to police.The incident unfolded around 3 a.m. after patrol officers in the city's Midtown area responded to what they initially thought was a gunshot and found the mortally injured victim on the sidewalk, Robert Ementich, […]

Getty Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Ernesto has been downgraded to a tropical storm after passing over the Caribbean island of Bermuda as a hurricane without causing major damage.The storm -- which over the past week has caused major power outages and flooding in Puerto Rico and Bermuda -- looks set to pass the Canadian coast on its way into the northern Atlantic by the middle of the coming week.Ernesto […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (SAN ANTONIO) -- The main gate to U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has reopened after an off-base shooting incident early Saturday.Guards at the gate discharged their weapons in the incident, but there was no active threat to the base and no one from the base sustained any injuries, according to an official."The incident involved unidentified members in a sedan shooting at members of JBSA security […]