Author: Voxtrend News
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The city awoke Saturday to heartbreaking news after a late-night crash near the Sparkman Drive overpass above Interstate 565 claimed the life of 26-year-old Fidelis Hayden and injured another man. What should have been a routine Friday night trip ended in tragedy for Hayden and rattled friends, family and residents across the Huntsville community. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Inc. (HEMSI) received reports of a serious collision involving two vehicles near the Sparkman Drive overpass. Emergency responders rushed to the scene at around 9:45 p.m., where they found two men amid the…
SALISBURY, N.C. — The Salisbury community woke up Saturday to heartbreaking news as 28-year-old Brandon Ulysses Flores died in a devastating crash on Airport Road. The young man, known locally and cherished by family and friends, was killed when his car ran off the road and struck a tree in an area near the Village Creek Way intersection. Just after 8:30 a.m., state troopers say Flores was driving east toward U.S. Highway 29 in a blue Nissan Sentra when his vehicle suddenly left the roadway. The car plunged into a roadside ditch and then crashed into a tree with enough…
STOVALL, N.C. — A close-knit community in Granville County is trying to make sense of sudden, senseless violence after 22-year-old Ryan Ellington was shot and killed outside the Family Dollar store on U.S. Highway 15 Friday evening. The gravity of the moment rippled through neighbors and loved ones, turning a familiar place into the scene of deep grief and unanswered questions. Just after 7:40 p.m., Granville County Sheriff’s Office deputies rushed to reports of gunfire in the parking lot of the small store. When they arrived, they found Ellington suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of responding officers…
East Point, Ga. — A community that had come together for mourning and remembrance is now shaken by the heartbreaking loss of Ina Chambers, 55, who was fatally shot in a drive-by just outside Gus Thornhill Funeral Home on Friday afternoon. The tragedy unfolded as she stood near the entrance dropping off her daughter for a scheduled viewing. The calm of a grieving crowd turned to terror when multiple shots rang out near the intersection of Gus Thornhill Jr. Drive and South Bayard Street. Police say suspects inside a vehicle opened fire on the property while four families were gathered…
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A close-knit community is reeling after 18-year-old Adam Basauri of Girard was shot and killed Friday night at Schlanger Park following a brief altercation with another youth, according to police. It was about 8:52 p.m. on January 9 when officers from the Pittsburg Police Department, joined by firefighters and EMS crews, rushed to Schlanger Park on reports of gunfire. When first responders arrived, they found Basauri suffering from a gunshot wound. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was taken to Kansas City for an autopsy. Screenshot Investigators said the shooting stemmed from…
The quiet Canton neighborhood on Ellis Avenue NE was shattered Friday night when 12-year-old Thomas Lucas was found shot inside his own home and later died at the hospital, authorities say. Residents have been left stunned and heartbroken as police search urgently for his 15-year-old brother, Amir Lucas, who is now wanted in connection with the tragedy and is considered armed and dangerous. Shortly after 10:40 p.m., Canton police officers answered a 911 call from the residence on Ellis Avenue NE. When they arrived, young Thomas was found inside with a gunshot wound. Emergency crews rushed him to Cleveland Clinic…
CANTON, Ohio — The quiet of Ellis Avenue Northeast was shattered late Friday night when 12-year-old Thomas Lucas was shot inside his family home. Hours later, the 15-year-old suspect, his own brother, turned himself in to Canton police, bringing a harrowing chapter to a close for a grieving community. Police were called to 3623 Ellis Ave. NE just after 10:40 p.m. after a frantic 911 call reported gunfire in the residence. Officers and paramedics found young Thomas suffering from a gunshot wound inside the home. He was rushed to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital but did not survive his injuries. Investigators…
Charlie Vaughn walked out of a courthouse in Fordyce, Arkansas on Friday, January 9, a free man after spending 35 years behind bars for a brutal 1988 murder he always said he did not commit. What makes his release so striking isn’t just the length of time he served, but the fact that new evidence showed he never belonged in prison in the first place. In 1992, Vaughn, who struggles with severe intellectual disability, pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of 78‑year‑old Myrtle Holmes, a crime that shocked the small town when her body was found inside the trunk…
Delhi Township, Ohio woke to heartbreaking news early Friday when 20-year-old Colin Hornsberger lost his life in a violent single-vehicle crash that has left his family and community in deep sorrow. Authorities say the crash happened around 1:05 a.m. on Anderson Ferry Road near Cleander Road, where Hornsberger was ejected from his car after it veered off the road and struck several obstacles. According to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, Hornsberger was driving northbound when his vehicle left the left side of the roadway. The car hit a parked vehicle, concrete steps and an embankment in rapid succession. The impact…
East Point, Georgia — In a harrowing early Thursday morning ordeal, a woman with a knife lodged in her head carried her two young children out of a nightmare of violence and sexual assault, according to police reports and court documents. Her desperate leap from a second-story window in an attempt to escape a family member turned suspect set off a chaotic series of events that ended only hours later with an arrest in Doraville. Police say officers were called just after 11:00 a.m. on January 8 to an apartment complex on Harlan Drive in East Point after a 911…