Matt Delaney

Ambush shootings target police officers in record numbers in 2023

Sgt. Marc McIntyre was on a welfare check in Griffin, Georgia, last week when a loud blast rang out from the home he was approaching.

January 4, 2024

Iowa school shooting wounds multiple people; suspect dead

Police in Iowa said numerous people were wounded during a high school shooting Thursday in Perry.

January 4, 2024

2 arrested in St. Louis after urinating over knocked-out victim

St. Louis police said they arrested two men on Tuesday after authorities said a male victim was knocked out, had a bottle smashed over him and was urinated on by a pair of assailants.

January 3, 2024

D.C. police nab suspect in city’s first homicide of 2024

D.C. police on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with the New Year's Day fatal shooting of a woman at a Friendship Heights hotel.

January 3, 2024

Gunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building overnight; police say incident not tied to court’

Authorities said a gunman shot through a window and then broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building before dawn Tuesday before he ultimately surrendered to police.

January 2, 2024

Cyberkidnapping scam in Utah caused Chinese student’s family to pay $80K ransom

Police in Utah said a Chinese exchange student was the victim of a cyberkidnapping scam where the teenage boy was threatened into simulating his own abduction so his family could be extorted for thousands of dollars.

January 2, 2024

10-year-old uses dad’s stolen gun to fatally shoot another California boy

Police in Northern California arrested a 10-year-old boy and his ex-con father over the weekend after authorities said the young suspect shot and killed another 10-year-old boy with his dad's stolen firearm.

January 2, 2024

Shootings at New Year’s celebrations kill three in Prince George’s County

Prince George's County police said three men were killed and another was injured in three separate shootings that erupted during the festivities on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day.

January 1, 2024

Woman killed in Friendship Heights high-rise hotel room is D.C.’s first homicide of 2024

D.C. police said a woman was shot and killed in a Northwest hotel early Monday, marking the city's first homicide of the new year.

January 1, 2024

Off-duty police officer gunned down in North Carolina while trying to thwart beer heist

Police in North Carolina said they charged three people Sunday in the deadly shooting of an off-duty officer who was trying to stop a group of people stealing beer.

January 1, 2024

Driver runs over 9 people during New Year rampage in Manhattan: Police

New York City police said they arrested a man who raced through midtown Manhattan and struck nine people, including a police officer, just blocks from the city's New Year's Eve celebration.

January 1, 2024

New civic coalition seeks to fill gaps in D.C. government’s disjointed anti-violence efforts

Anti-crime programs in the District are heavy on government bureaucracy and short on human interaction, according to a new coalition of neighborhood leaders who see mentoring and directly intervening with troubled teens and young people as more effective.

December 31, 2023

Former fire chief killed in shootout with Massachusetts police

Authorities in Massachusetts said a former fire chief was shot and killed by police Friday after the man pulled a gun on officers outside of a bar near the southeastern town of Fairhaven.

December 31, 2023

D.C. man charged with carjacking off-duty cop in Prince George’s County

Prince George's County police said a man accused of carjacking an off-duty police officer in Oxon Hill was taken into custody Friday.

December 31, 2023

Capital murder: Escalating disputes, indiscriminate violence drive staggering D.C. total

At the core of the District's bloodiest year this century is what local leaders have bemoaned for months: minor disputes that rapidly escalate into fatal encounters.

December 28, 2023

Man charged with shooting laser at airplanes landing in Phoenix

Phoenix police said they arrested an Arizona man last week who is accused of aiming a laser at planes landing at the city's main airport.

December 25, 2023

Family finds woman’s corpse at San Diego relative’s home while in town for Christmas

San Diego police on Friday said a family that came to visit a relative for Christmas discovered a woman's corpse in a chest freezer at the home.

December 25, 2023

Pennsylvania mom gets life behind bars after pleading guilty to murdering 2 sons

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania said a mother will spend the rest of her life in prison after pleading guilty last week to murdering her two sons and trying to kill her neighbor -- who was also the boys' cousin.

December 25, 2023

San Francisco jury acquits homeless man who attacked former fire official with metal pipe

A San Francisco jury found a homeless man not guilty of assault charges Friday after the defendant argued he acted in self defense when he beat a former fire department official with a metal pipe.

December 24, 2023

2 killed in shooting near Nationals Park, as D.C. Council leader proposes anti-crime bill

Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured after a shooting just steps away from Nationals Park, adding to the yearlong violent crime wave that the D.C. Council chairman sought to address Thursday with new legislation.

December 21, 2023