Author: Voxtrend News
Late Wednesday evening, the tight-knit neighborhoods of south Arlington and Cedar Hill were stunned by the senseless death of 24-year-old Bre’Asia Simone of Cedar Hill after her vehicle was hit by gunfire while traveling westbound on Interstate 20 near Bowman Springs Road. According to the Arlington Police Department, the call came in at approximately 7:40 p.m., when her driver pulled into a gas station in the 4900 block of Little Road seeking help. The scene that greeted officers was terrifying: the adult male driver was found inside the vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds, and Bre’Asia was unresponsive. She was rushed…
Late Wednesday evening, 29‑year‑old Breasia Johnson lost her life in a heartbreaking shooting along Interstate 20 in Arlington, Texas. Police say she may have been pregnant at the time. The incident forced a quiet family drive to end in tragedy—and left a community stunned. It was about 7:40 p.m. when Arlington officers responded to a call near Little Road on I‑20, finding a car with two adults inside—Breasia and a man—both suffering from gunshot wounds. Although the man survived after being treated in hospital, Breasia later died of her injuries. Two young children who were also in the car were thankfully unhurt, though…
It was just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday when 28‑year‑old Chibeza Nyirenda Jr. stepped from a curb in downtown Riverside, California and into tragedy. He was struck by a southbound bus operated by the Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 12th Street, and succumbed to his injuries shortly afterward. According to law enforcement, the bus had paused briefly to pick up—or drop off—passengers and was resuming motion when Nyirenda reportedly stepped directly in front of it. The driver immediately stopped and called emergency services. First responders from the Riverside Fire Department arrived within minutes and found Nyirenda unconscious with life‑threatening injuries. He…
Early on the morning of November 12, 2025, under the glimmer of faint streetlights at 2:56 a.m., a routine commute turned tragic on the eastbound Interstate 94 ramp to Dale Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. A 22-year-old Fridley man, Musab Ibrahim Kosar, was driving a 2024 Tesla Model 3 at what the Minnesota State Patrol described as a “high rate of speed” when he exited the freeway, struck a crossing vehicle, and changed the lives of three individuals forever. The other vehicle, a 2005 Toyota RAV4 operated by 31-year-old Benjamin Michael Villano of St. Paul, was crossing the intersection at…
In the late afternoon on Wednesday, the neighborhood of Hollygrove in New Orleans was rocked by tragedy when 17-year-old student Eric Simmons III was shot and killed as he walked home from school. He had just stepped off the bus in full uniform from Carver High School and was crossing the 8200 block of Stroelitz Street near the Cypress Trace Apartments when several suspects approached and opened fire. According to the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), the shooting occurred around 4 : 30 p.m., and police found Simmons dead at the scene before help could arrive. The scene turned grim in an…
On a quiet Wednesday evening in the 1200 block of Westview Drive in Abilene, everything changed. Neighbors on the usually peaceful street were jolted around 9 p.m. by a wave of gunfire, six to eight shots ringing out in rapid succession. Then came the chilling discovery: a glove and a ski mask abandoned in a nearby yard, a grim hint that the violence was no accident. The next morning, the somber news: 38-year-old Meagan Nicole Gardiner was found fatally shot at her home, and as of now no suspect is in custody. Friends and family who knew Meagan speak of…
The South Bend community is reeling after the death of 58-year-old James L. Barnes, who sustained fatal injuries in a two-vehicle collision late Wednesday at around 10:15 p.m. on Mayflower Road near Belleville Drive just north of the bypass in St. Joseph County, Indiana. According to authorities, an SUV driven by a 48-year-old woman had just exited the bypass and was traveling north on Mayflower Road when a pickup truck, heading south and driven by a 63-year-old man, crossed the center line and struck the SUV head-on. The crash left both vehicles badly damaged and forced an emergency response by…
In the quiet streets of Casper, Wyoming, a night of celebration turned into one of overwhelming sorrow. 43-year-old Mandy Lee Butler — a devoted mother of two, a cherished friend, and a light in her community — lost her life on November 7 following a head-on crash in the 5300 block of CY Avenue. Her abrupt passing has left the city reeling and her family grappling with a future she never intended to leave. Authorities with the Casper Police Department and the Wyoming Highway Patrol say that shortly after 9:00 p.m., a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lane collided…
It was just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday when the familiar roads north of Cortland, Nebraska, turned into the backdrop for a heartbreaking loss for the small rural community of Firth. Longtime residents Patrick and Penny Holley—both 63—were killed in a collision at the intersection of Highway 77 and Firth Road after their vehicle was struck by a northbound pickup. According to the preliminary report from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, the Holleys were travelling westbound on Firth Road in a 2007 Buick Lucerne when they entered the intersection and were struck by a northbound 1993 Ford F-250 driven by…
In the quiet of a Tuesday evening in New Orleans, a family home on Pebble Drive turned into the scene of an unimaginable tragedy. Around 9:59 p.m., officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s Seventh District responded to a reported aggravated battery by cutting. Inside they found an unresponsive man suffering from at least one fatal stab wound and two other adult victims with stab wounds. The man who died was identified as Samuel Eweni, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Business & Public Administration at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO). Two of his daughters were found injured…