Category: News
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EAST BALTIMORE, MD — The afternoon of Wednesday, July 2, 2025, began like many others on Ravenwood Avenue — children played nearby, neighbors swept their stoops, and the routine sounds of summer filled the East Baltimore air. But by 3:20 p.m., that routine was shattered. A sudden volley of gunshots rang out, triggering a ShotSpotter…
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As the city of Chicago continued to process the horror of a deadly mass shooting outside Artis Lounge just hours earlier, yet another eruption of gun violence tore through a quiet South Side neighborhood in the early hours of Thursday, July 3. The scene this time was Altgeld Gardens, a historically under-resourced public housing community…
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The quiet rhythm of Northport, Alabama, was shattered on July 2 by an act of intimate violence that has left a young man dead, a woman facing the most serious of charges, and a community reeling from unanswered questions. The fatal shooting of 28-year-old Jermaine Witherspoon, who was found slumped behind the wheel of a…
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At approximately 11:00 p.m. on a humid Wednesday evening in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, the energy outside the Artis Lounge nightclub was still buzzing with music, laughter, and the lingering excitement of a local artist’s album release. What began as a celebration for rising Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz devolved into one of the city’s most…
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In the harsh glare of flashing police lights and echoing sirens, the names Taylor Walker—known to her friends and followers as “Tay Tay”—and Avi Drexler have now become etched into the collective memory of a city too accustomed to grief. On the night of Wednesday, July 2, 2025, their lives were violently cut short in…
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On the evening of Wednesday, July 2, 2025, a rapidly unfolding confrontation at the intersection of East 27th and German Streets in Erie, Pennsylvania, ended in the fatal shooting of a man known online by the name “Chello Up.” According to multiple witnesses at the scene, the man was unarmed when he was shot five…
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On the night of Wednesday, June 2, 2025, chaos erupted in the heart of downtown Chicago as gunfire shattered the air outside a popular nightclub, Artis Lounge, just as an album release party was concluding. What began as a celebration for rising rapper Mello Buckzz ended in horror: a drive-by shooting killed at least three…
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On the night of Wednesday, June 2, 2025, chaos erupted in the heart of downtown Chicago as gunfire shattered the air outside a popular nightclub, Artis Lounge, just as an album release party was concluding. What began as a celebration for rising rapper Mello Buckzz ended in horror: a drive-by shooting killed at least three…
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A deep and heartbreaking silence fell over the community surrounding the City of Central, Louisiana, following the devastating news of the passing of 2-year-old Stetson Huval. The toddler, beloved son of Blake Huval and Lauren Breaux Huval, was accidentally run over by a vehicle outside their home around 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.…
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On the night of Monday, June 30, 2025, a senseless burst of gunfire in the heart of Washington, D.C. ended the life of a promising young man with an unwavering sense of civic duty. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern from Granby, Massachusetts, was killed in a drive-by shooting that authorities say targeted others in…