Two good Samaritans were shot Monday while trying to assist a domestic violence victim in Houston, according to reports. The shooting occurred around 12:40 a.m., Fox Houston reported. The suspected shooter was beating on a woman who was with her child at the time, the report said. When a group of people intervened, the suspect left the scene. He later returned and opened fire on the Samaritans, police told the news outlet. Someone else at the scene returned fire, but it was not clear if the shooter was struck or who fired. HOUSTON COP LAUDED FOR THWARTING POTENTIAL MASS SHOOTING NEAR CHILDREN’S DANCE COMPETITION:…

Police are searching for a suspect who was caught on video trying over and over to break through a jewelry store display case, but could not break through the glass.Footage of the incident, which took place at a Kay Jewelers location in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, on June 1, showed the suspect entering the store and then slamming a brick-like object into the top of the display over and over again until a store worker chased him away.In total, the suspect appeared to throw the blunt item nine times into the glass. Eight times it bounced off. The ninth time it…

Waterbury police have largely stopped using police vans to transport prisoners in response to a man becoming paralyzed in a New Haven police van incident last month.Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo and Mayor Neil O’Leary directed that the city’s two police vans be used only for bringing prisoners to and from court until seat belts are installed and officers are trained how to use them, the Republican-American newspaper reported Sunday.The directive took effect July 1, and the seat belt installation and training are expected to be completed by the end of the summer, Lt. Ryan Bessette, a police spokesman, said…

Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern California, calling the suspect a “stone-cold serial killer,” as part of a deadly robbery crime spree last week at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop.Investigators have linked Malik Patt, 20, to the fatal shooting of a homeless man in Los Angeles on July 9, as well as the July 11 deaths of a 7-Eleven clerk in Brea and a man who intervened in a robbery in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Santa Ana.Three other people were shot and wounded in the July 11 violence,…

A former Little Rock police chief who fired his gun at an armed suspect on New Year’s Eve won’t face charges in the shooting.Prosecutor Larry Jegley said in a letter to Arkansas State Police dated Friday that Keith Humphrey was justified in the use of force in the shooting outside a convenience store. A state police spokesman said the letter formally closes the agency’s investigation into the shooting.Humphrey had stopped after seeing a fight among a crowd in the parking lot and was approaching the group when a 29-year-old woman shot and critically wounded a 22-year-old woman, state police said.WALMART…

Mental health advocates in Kentucky expressed hope Monday that the launch of a three-digit mental health crisis hotline will help remove the stigma of reaching out for assistance.The 988 hotline went live nationally this past Saturday, offering quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies. People taking the calls are trained counselors.”The reality is suicide is preventable,” said Carol Cecil, executive director at Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children Inc. “We have to get it out there that it’s OK to not be OK. It is OK to reach out for help.”KENTUCKY MEDICAL MARIJUANA TEAM LED BY GOV.…

The CEO of a financially troubled hospital in the Mississippi Delta has resigned as the hospital continues to pursue a possible joint operating agreement with a larger medical center.Jason Studley announced his resignation from Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Friday in a memo to the hospital’s employees and medical staff, the Greenwood Commonwealth reported.”At this time, I need to dedicate my focus to exploring other opportunities that may secure my own family’s future,” wrote Studley, who had been CEO since October 2020.Studley, 45, said he had come to a mutual understanding with the board that oversees the publicly owned hospital that…

Maine police released new images Monday as they continue asking for the public to come forward with any details or possible sightings of a missing mom, her ex and their 2-year-old daughter, who vanished almost three weeks ago.Jill Sidebotham, 28, Nicholas Hansen, 38, and their toddler Lydia set off on June 27 for what was supposed to be a three-day camping trip. Newly released surveillance images show the clothes they were wearing on June 29 at the campground.They never returned home.Police have confirmed two sightings, on June 29 and July 2, the latter at a Walmart store in Mexico, Maine,…

A western North Carolina town has issued a boil water advisory after a major water line break led to low pressure as well as a loss of water.According to the website for the town of Blowing Rock, public works employees are trying to find the source of the problem, which was reported around 3 a.m. on Monday. The town said it’s not known when the water will be restored.The American Red Cross has set up a distribution point for one case of bottled water per family, and the town also said summer camp has been canceled for the day.WATER CRISIS…