Thursday, 16 October 2008

Necklace with a machine gun pendant LILY ALLEN condemned

LILY ALLEN has been condemned for glamorising guns by wearing a necklace with a machine gun pendant. The Smile hitmaker - who previously met with London mayor Boris Johnson to outline proposals to reduce knife crime - was photographed wearing the gold pendant on Friday (26Sep08). But the choice of jewellery has outraged anti-violence groups, who have branded Allen "irresponsible".Lyn Costello, from...
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loud music gave way to gunfire on East Chase Street in front of the Belvedere, leaving two people wounded by bullets, a third person stabbed

loud music gave way to gunfire on East Chase Street in front of the Belvedere, leaving two people wounded by bullets, a third person stabbed and a bartender using a towel to try and stop the flow of blood. City authorities said an argument led to a fight that led to the shootings, and that it involved patrons of Ultralounge.As city homicides decline, special police team gets most of the credit The...
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Chinese authorities say they dealt with 4,666 gun cases last year

Chinese authorities say they dealt with 4,666 gun cases last year. Officials often respond to sensational gun crimes in the U.S. and elsewhere by affirming the need to maintain tough laws.With guns often hard to buy, some criminals forge them instead. Late last year, Shanghai police responded to a call about a robbery in progress at a gritty scrap yard. According to a police spokesman, officers spotted...
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Monday, 13 October 2008

Hassan J. Peters multiple gunshots were fired at Peters by the occupants of a passing vehicle.

Homicide detectives last night were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the slaying on Bellevue Avenue of Hassan J. Peters, but Detective Capt. Joseph Ju niak said preliminary information gathered from witnesses suggest that multiple gunshots were fired at Peters by the occupants of a passing vehicle. No descriptions were available, however, of that vehicle or its two male occupants....
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Four teens were arrested Saturday evening in DeKalb County after a drive-by shooting

Four teens were arrested Saturday evening in DeKalb County after a drive-by shooting near a skating rink, police said.A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. The teens were riding in a black Honda Civic just after 6 p.m. when they pulled up to a bus stop in the 2700 block of Wesley Chapel Road, DeKalb police spokeswoman...
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Police in Avondale were searching for suspects in a drive-by shooting that left two men injured Saturday night.

Police in Avondale were searching for suspects in a drive-by shooting that left two men injured Saturday night.It happened near 111th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.Police say a car drove past a home and two or three suspects inside fired several rounds.Two adult men were hit but are expected to be OK.Police say the car was involved in another shooting a few blocks away a few minutes before. No one...
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Salinas police arrested Pedro Coyt and recovered evidence, including a gun believed to have been used in the shooting.

Salinas police arrested Pedro Coyt, 34, in the 600 block of Countryside Drive at 11:22 p.m. and recovered evidence, including a gun believed to have been used in the shooting. Coyt was charged with shooting at an inhabited dwelling and possession of a loaded and concealed firearm. Search leads to man's arrest for drugs, guns A search of a Salinas residence in the 700 block of Archer Street led to...
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Danielle Calbrese was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where she died a short time later.

The Suffolk County Police Department Homicide Squad is investigating the shooting of an Islip Terrace woman.Police were called to 1755 Stein Drive in Brentwood on Friday, October 10 at 10:45 p.m. after a 911 caller told police a woman had been shot.When police arrived, they found Danielle Calbrese, 20, of 11 Karp Drive, Islip Terrace, had been shot in the face. She was taken to Southside Hospital...
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Drive-by shooting at Eighteen Mile,Baryulgil on the weekend that left one man injured.

Police are hunting for four people involved in a drive-by shooting and car chase at Baryulgil on the weekend that left one man injured. Police were called to the shooting at Eighteen Mile, near Baryulgil on Saturday around 4.30pm, following reports a white Ford Laser had allegedly pulled up outside a house on Eighteen Mile Road and its occupants opened fire on the home. A male and a female, believed...
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Martin Ceaser brandished a handgun while driving in Cedar Rapids after earlier threatening an acquaintance.

Martin Ceaser was arrested on Friday night. Police say he brandished a handgun while driving in Cedar Rapids after earlier threatening an acquaintance.Police say they attempted to pull Ceaser over but he did not stop, instead bumping the driver's side of the police car with his car's front bumper. According to police, he then stopped his car and ran from officers who caught him a few blocks later.Police...
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Antoine Armour was shot inside the club 2301 sending three others to the hospital

Club 2301 is a public nuisance, and soon may be shut down.Today at Club 2301, everything is quiet. showed up, employees inside the club locked the doors.Around two this morning, three people were shot: Antoine Armour was shot inside the club -- a bullet piercing his head, arm and shoulder. Two others were wounded in the club's parking lot.Despite this, no one bothered to call authorities.Jerri Weary...
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Steven Munoz 11-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were shot dead at the Staples Center, victims of a drive-by shooting

11-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were fatally wounded Sunday evening a few blocks from Staples Center, victims of a drive-by shooting that police said may have been gang-related.The victims were sitting on a lawn with others about 6:30 p.m. near Valencia and Connecticut streets when someone fired at the group multiple times from a passing gray Honda, police said.The group scattered. The 11-year-old,...
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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Two men who opened fire on a pair of people at an apartment complex Friday were shot at in retaliation as they fled

Two men who opened fire on a pair of people at an apartment complex Friday were shot at in retaliation as they fled, but police believe no one was struck by the gunfire, police said. Police received a call about the shootout around 9:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Post Street. The victims, a man and woman, were standing in a carport when two men approached and shot at them, but missed, said Redlands...
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Jason Cardoza,Ronald Montoya two stolen guns were recovered

Two stolen guns were recovered over the weekend at the end of a short chase in which police arrested two suspected gang members. Officers were called just before midnight Saturday because of a suspicious car parked in an alley behind Domino's Pizza at 345 W. Pearl Ave. The brown 2001 Chevrolet Malibu was pulling out as police arrived and the driver refused to stop, instead leading officers through...
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Jose Arreola, 20, Bryan Padilla, 18, and Omar Vargas, 18 wounded in a gang-related shooting

Three Fontana men were wounded in a gang-related shooting outside a house party Sunday, police said. Paramedics took Jose Arreola, 20, Bryan Padilla, 18, and Omar Vargas, 18, to an area hospital for treatment. Police received several reports of shots fired in the 1400 block of Altissimo Lane at 12:43 a.m. Officers said the shooting occurred following a party in the neighborhood. Members of two gangs...
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Ramon Guerra was shot multiple times in the head and then his car crashed into a tree

Ramon Guerra was shot multiple times in the head and then his car crashed into a tree around 10 p.m. in the 15000 block of Rose Avenue, said police Sgt. Jeff Decker. 26-year-old Fontana man was shot and killed Sunday night inside his Jaguar. A witness saw a dark Chevrolet Tahoe or similar vehicle drive away from the scene, Decker said. He said a motive was not known but that investigators thought...
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