By MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A feud between a man and his grandmother over his girlfriend staying at the grandmother’s home exploded into violence that ultimately led to him taking dozens of people hostage inside a Los Angeles supermarket, a relative said Sunday. Investigators believe Gene Evin Atkins, 28, shot…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police said they were trying to determine what prompted a man to shoot his grandmother and wound another woman before he crashed his car and ran into a busy supermarket, where he held dozens of people hostage in a tense standoff with…
CEDAR HILL (KTRS) A Jefferson County man has been charged following a five-hour standoff in Cedar Hill during which he wouldn’t let officers near a woman’s body. Charges of first degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon have been filed against Steven E. Treece of Cedar Hill. Jefferson County Captain Gary…
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of shooting two St. Louis police officers in north county who were saved by their bulletproof vests is hospitalized with a gunshot wound of his own after a lengthy standoff with police. St. Louis County Police say the 37-year-old suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon, more…
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — Investigators say a motorist who died after a shootout with police along a busy Missouri interstate had threatened to kill co-workers and a relative, and was wearing a bulletproof vest. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak on Monday identified the driver as 31-year-old Jerrod Kershaw of Pacific, Missouri. He says Kershaw also…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) About 150 protesters demonstrated outside of the St. Louis Workhouse Friday night over the conditions at the jail. The protesters voiced concerns over the lack of air conditioning at the jail. They also claim the jail has a mold and rodent problem. The protested resulted in a stand off with police,…
DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) – Missouri authorities say an armed trucker is in custody after his hours-long standoff at a rest stop near Kansas City, Missouri, forced the closure of the freeway ahead of the holiday weekend. The State Highway Patrol said in a Twitter post Friday afternoon that the man was arrested at the Interstate…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Ammon Bundy’s lawyer will be back in Oregon next year, this time as the accused. In a bizarre ending to the trial, Marcus Mumford was wrestled to the ground by U.S. marshals and arrested after repeatedly yelling at a judge to let his client go free. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown…
(KTRS) – A standoff in Belleville is over. Fox 2 reports that the situation ended peacefully. The incident began when a suicidal man locked himself inside a home in the 500 block of South Pennsylvania.
BURNS, Ore. (AP) – A live stream of a telephone call indicates three of the four remaining occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge have surrendered, but one is refusing to budge. The surrender is playing out over a phone call on an open line streamed live on the Internet by an acquaintance of occupier David…