Daily Human Tragedy & Primary Source Digest
Generated on: October 19, 2026 - 12:12
Two killed, three injured in West Baltimore gas station shooting; police suspect multiple gunmen Two people were killed and three injured in a shooting at a West Baltimore gas station Sunday night. Two people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a gas station in West Baltimore on Sunday night, October 18, with police suspecting tha...
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Officer Ezekiel Wentworth Hodsdon who was killed in the line of duty 169 years ago today on Sunday, October 18, 1857. Officer Hodsdon was shot and killed by a suspect as he attempted to arrest a second suspect in the area of Havre Street and Maverick Street in East Boston. Bo...
Sign up for the Today newsletter Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning. Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. Community members are coming together to support the family of the 2-year-old girl who was fatally struck by a car in Chelsea last week. The in...
SHARON, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash in Sharon. The driver, whose name has not been released, was ejected from a vehicle after hitting a guardrail on Old Post Road. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. (Copyright (c) 2026 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be publis...
A 68-year-old Charleston man was killed Friday night, October 16, when his vehicle left Route 58 in Brownington, traveled down an embankment and struck a tree. Vermont State Police identified the victim as Thomas Campbell, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said Campbell was driving a 2008 Honda CR-V eastbound on Route 58 near Hunt Hill R...
Procession honors PPD Detective Angela Nieto from Milton to Pensacola Memorial Gardens PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Pensacola Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. Detective Angela Nieto was killed on Wednesday in an off-duty motorcycle accident. At 2 p.m., dozens of law enforcement officers took part in a procession to commemorate De...
2 killed, 3 wounded, including 2 teens, in Southeast Baltimore shooting Two men were killed and three other people, including two teenagers, were wounded in a shooting in Southeast Baltimore early Thursday morning, police said. Officers were called to the Highlandtown neighborhood near East Lombard and South Conkling streets around 12:15 a.m., wher...
A man was killed and three other people were injured in a series of crashes involving multiple vehicles on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway early Sunday morning. U.S. Park Police said officers responded to the southbound lanes of the parkway south of Route 198 in Anne Arundel County around 4:17 a.m. Police said the first crash happened when a south...
A person was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a fatal crash in Oakland Sunday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said. CHP said a Toyota Camry and a Honda sedan crashed on westbound Highway 24, just where it turns into the I-980, east of the 27th Street off-ramp. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Authorities s...
Two Oakland men arrested in deadly San Jose shooting SAN JOSE, Calif. - Two suspects are in custody on suspicion of homicide in connection with a May shooting in downtown San Jose that killed one person and injured two others, police said Friday. Cameron Haynes, 21, and Samuel Jordan, 23, were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the...
A man was shot and killed on Friday evening at Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex, a public housing complex, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The shooting is the second this year at the housing project, an approximately 600-unit hillside complex in the midst of redevelopment. In February, Cornelius Wigfall Jr. was shot and killed, and ...
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber break silence on son Presley's tragic death at 27: 'We are beyond heartbroken' Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber have broken their silence on son Presley Gerber's death. Presley died of a suspected overdose after going into cardiac arrest on September 20 while staying at the Santa Monica rehab facility Resolutions Livi...
Victim of Winter Garden alligator attack remembered as kind, generous Steven Hamilton, a 71-year-old man who people in the area said regularly fished at a retention pond near Lake Apopka in Winter Garden, was killed Friday in an alligator attack. Hamilton, of Winter Garden, was well-known to those who frequented the pond in Dr. Bradford Memorial P...
The US military has identified the air force officer who died after he fell from the rafters of the Alamodome during a rappelling demonstration before the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)’s home game against Navy on Saturday. He was Tech Sgt Ian Patterson, a tactical air control party instructor assigned to the sixth combat training squadr...
LOUISA COUNTY, Va. — A 4-year-old boy has died after a dog attacked him in Louisa County on Sunday afternoon, the Louisa County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies were called to the 1500 block of Jefferson Highway in Louisa just after 4:40 p.m. for a report of a dog attack. As they headed to the scene, the caller reported that a dog was attacking a yo...
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Two people were killed and 10 were hurt after a woman drove a pickup truck onto a soccer field during a youth match in Wichita, Kansas. The woman, whose name was not released, was released from police custody without charges, The Associated Press reported. The investigation continues. The Washington Post reported that the 34-year-old woman was coop...
Sutherlin man killed in collision involving two log trucks near Oakland SUTHERLIN, Ore. — A 37-year-old Sutherlin man died early Tuesday morning following a collision involving two commercial log trucks on Fort McKay Road near Oakland, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to the 1600 block of Fort McKay Road at appro...
WICHITA, Kansas -- A woman who drove a pickup truck onto a soccer field during a weekend youth game in Kansas, killing two people and injuring 10 others, has been released without charges as the investigation continues, police said Sunday. The 34-year-old woman was released pending results of toxicology tests and a mechanical examination of the veh...
Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident' MELBOURNE, Australia — A car hit an Australian federal independent lawmaker on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparent deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The driver was arrested. Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV o...
Highway I-20 at Spur 408 was shut down on Monday morning after a deadly crash, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. The highway has reopened as of 9:15 a.m. Police believe a wrong-way driver collided with another driver. The wrong-way driver died; the other driver was hospitalized and their condition is unclear. Watch NBC 5 free wherever you are WAT...
Boy among 2 killed after truck drives onto Wichita soccer field, 11 others injured, police say Two people were killed, and 11 were injured after a truck drove onto a soccer field Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, authorities said. A 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man were killed during a soccer game at Stryker Soccer Complex, said Aaron Moses, a capta...
Sanitation worker killed in Anderson crash, coroner says Published: Oct. 19, 2026 at 8:37 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Coroner’s Office confirmed it is responding to a fatal crash Monday morning. Coroner Greg Shore said the crash happened near the intersection of Highway 413 and Hawkins Lane around...
A priest has been killed by a falling crucifix at a church in Ecuador as he performed a mass that was being live streamed online. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died on Saturday at the Perpetuo Socorro church in the city of Guayaquil, southern Ecuador, according to a statement from the city’s archdiocese, published on Facebook on Monday. Video o...
A man died after being hit by a car on the Durham Freeway on Sunday night. Durham police said a 37-year-old man was hit when he pulled to the side of the road and exited his vehicle to change a flat tire. Other WRAL Top Stories The driver fled the scene, and when police arrived, they found the man lying dead in the roadway, near Fayetteville Street...
Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape - Published - Warning - this report contains graphic content A woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand at a bar told the police "I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there" while the attack was taking place. In a 2023 video interview with an offic...
Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia - Published Two Russian men secretly working for Ukraine's intelligence services have given rare accounts of operations they claim to have been involved with, that have targeted military assets and personnel inside Russia. One of the men, whom we are calling Ivan, claims to have pla...
Four arrested after police officer injured in shooting - Published Four people have been arrested - including a woman on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and possessing a firearm - after a police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre. Nottinghamshire Police said the officer had approached two suspects at a bus stop in Angel Row shortl...
Trial hears Robinson 'intimidated' Daily Mail reporters - Published Political activist Tommy Robinson used "bully-boy, intimidatory tactics" to frighten two Daily Mail journalists, forcing them to employ security or leave home, a court has heard. The 43-year-old from Bedfordshire, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is charged with two counts...
Mom of 7 fatally struck by train while filming morning run wearing noise-canceling headphones See more of our coverage in your search results. A mom of seven was fatally struck by a train on her morning run in Arizona — likely because she was in her “own world” filming herself while wearing noise-cancelling headphones, according to her family. Thel...
Man, 26, fatally shot on NYC subway ID’d as security guard who was heading home from work: sources See more of our coverage in your search results. The straphanger gunned down on a subway platform over the weekend has been identified as a 26-year-old from the Bronx. Darell Rodriguez was shot in the chest at around 12:20 p.m. Saturday at the 53rd St...
Long Island FDNY widow weeps as Islanders, Tunnel to Towers pay mortgage, twins’ tuition: ‘No words’ See more of our coverage in your search results. A Long Island mom who lost her FDNY husband wept at a recent Islanders game when the team and Tunnel To Towers touchingly revealed they paid off her mortgage and were covering her twins’ college tuiti...
Kaia Gerber has publicly paid tribute to her older brother Presley for the first time since his death on September 20. The model, 25, shared home video footage of herself and Presley as children along with a handwritten letter in which she revealed the depths of her grief at his passing. 'prez, i don't have the words,' she began. 'how naive of me t...
Revealed: The hardest places to grow up in England as report claims children are being 'radically failed' The hardest places in the country to grow up have been revealed in a report which also claims children are being 'radically failed'. In a bleak account of the hardships facing England's youth, Middlesbrough came out as the toughest area to be a...
Two men and two women have been arrested after a police officer was blasted with a sawn-off shotgun in Nottingham. The suspects had fled after shooting the officer's foot in the early hours of Sunday, leading to a manhunt being launched. The victim had approached two of the alleged assailants at a bus stop in the Radford area of the city centre, No...
Spain 'red zones' map as eight areas remain under lockdown Eight areas in Spain remain under lockdown as Storm Adam continues to wreak havoc Eight areas in Spain remain under lockdown after restrictions were lifted for some 137 municipalities earlier on Monday, October 19. Large swathes of the country were ordered to stay indoors as Storm Adam wrea...
Major search for man who fell overboard from CalMac ferry is called off Emergency services were scrambled after a man was reported to have fallen overboard from a CalMac passenger ferry off the Isle of Arran - and a major search has now been called off A desperate search to find a man who fell overboard from a ferry in Scotland has been called off....
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana faces trial over 'sugar-water attack on Belmarsh guard' Southport killer Axel Rudakubana appeared at the Old Bailey charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to a prison officer Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is facing trial next year for allegedly throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at a prison of...
Autistic student found dead in college toilets after meeting over posts about crush Sam Coutts, 18, was found dead at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington after a meeting with the vice principal about Reddit posts he had made about his support worker The mother of an autistic student who took his own life in his sixth form college toile...
Doomsday cult pastor who 'told parents to starve kids to death' charged with 191 murders A religious fanatic cult leader accused of murdering 191 people after hundreds of bodies, including children, were discovered in shallow graves will learn his fate A taxi driver turned cult leader was charged with the murder of 191 people after authorities disc...