Author: Voxtrend News
On the evening of December 3, 2025, a routine family-disturbance call in Essex, Maryland, escalated into a fatal police shooting that has left a community reeling. The deceased has now been identified as 31-year-old Howard Sye of Essex — an unemployed auto mechanic known by neighbors and family for being handy with cars. According to the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department responded around 8:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Holgate Drive after a 911 call reported a stabbing. On arrival, officers encountered Sye armed with…
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A downtown gas station turned into a crime scene Tuesday evening when 45-year-old Scott Reed Armstrong was shot and later died at a hospital. On Friday, the Allen County Coroner’s Office confirmed Armstrong was the victim, ruling his death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities say the shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. at the Amoco Gas Station, located at 437 E. Washington Blvd — near the corner of East Washington Boulevard and Clay Street. Officers from the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) found Armstrong lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. Medics rushed…
St. LOUIS COUNTY — Wednesday night, two young men lost their lives in a deadly shooting inside a vehicle on Horizon Village Drive, police confirmed Friday. The victims have been identified as 23-year-old Damarius Bolden and 24-year-old Tajean Johnson. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, officers responded around 10:25 p.m. Dec. 3 to a ShotSpotter activation at the 12400 block of Horizon Village Drive. When they arrived, they discovered both men suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. Bolden was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries shortly…
In a quiet but tragic turn of events in Waco, police have confirmed that the victim of Wednesday night’s fatal pedestrian crash was 79-year-old Andres Estrada. Just after 10:10 p.m. on December 3, officers responded to the 2400 block of South 21st Street after receiving reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. There, they discovered Estrada, who had been hit by a northbound vehicle — later described as a Chevy Impala. First responders rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The driver of the Impala remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators,…
A 65-year-old man — identified as Steven Robert Wood — was shot and killed early Wednesday in what authorities say began as a home break-in gone tragically wrong in the Hill-N-Park neighborhood south of Greeley. The fatal confrontation erupted after Wood reportedly forced his way into a neighbor’s home on the 4200 block of Grand Teton Road. At about 1:21 a.m., deputies from the Weld County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting call at the address. According to the initial dispatch, the homeowner — who had been embroiled in a “long-standing feud” with Wood — told deputies that the suspect…
It feels like midwinter in the Philadelphia region, and for a few spots, it even looks the part. The day began with teens and low 20s, and some light snow slid from Delaware into southern New Jersey during the morning. Philadelphia picked up a few flakes, though nothing that stuck around long. Areas south of I-95 managed a quick dusting before everything tapered off near midday. Even with the snow gone, the cold holds on. Temperatures in the afternoon hover near 32, so keep the layers handy. Lows tonight will be in the 20s and low 30s. High pressure slides…
A man was shot and killed in the Fairhill section of Philadelphia on Friday morning, according to police. The shooting happened inside a rowhome apartment building on the 2800 block of Hope Street. Police said the victim, a 60-year-old man, was shot in the chest and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:20 a.m. There are over 20 witnesses to the shooting between the first- and second-floor apartments in the rowhome building, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said at the scene. Small said the shooting may have stemmed from a dispute. After that, real-time…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the new voting lines were racially discriminatory. The high court appeared to split 6-3. It said in an unsigned order that it “has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election,” and the district court “violated that rule here.” “The District Court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state…
Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca was indicted on child abuse charges Thursday, Burlington County officials said. Burlington County prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that the 46-year-old mayor of the New Jersey township was indicted on charges of failing to protect her young child, who was inside the car while she was allegedly driving drunk. A grand jury charged LaPlaca with endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse offenses. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Dec. 8 in Superior Court in Mount Holly, New Jersey. The charges stem from an investigation in March, when LaPlaca was allegedly seen…
Netflix on Friday said it is buying Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion, merging the biggest streaming service with a storied studio that has produced films such as “Casablanca” and the “Harry Potter” franchise. In a statement, Netflix said the deal is expected to close after Warner Bros. Discovery spins off its television networks division, Discovery Global, which is now expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026. Netflix said it will buy Warner Bros. for $27.75 per share, giving the deal an equity value of $72 billion and a total enterprise value of $82.7…