Authorities are investigating a suspicious death near Lake Berryessa that closed a stretch of Highway 128, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's public information officer Henry Wofford said a body was found within the closure area, prompting detectives to respond about 3:20 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, and shut down the roadway between Wragg Canyon Road and Monticello Dam for several hours.
More than a year after a deadly home invasion in Mississauga, Peel police say seven people have been arrested, and three have been charged with murder. The arrests are the result of a "complex and lengthy" homicide investigation into the death of Ruo Zhou Wei, 55, police said in a news release Monday. Wei was shot inside his home near Central Parkway W. and Confederation Parkway just before 4 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2024. He later died in hospital.
OAKLAND Police here have arrested a suspect in an ambush-style shooting that targeted two brothers who operated a late-night lingerie store in an area known for prostitution, according to jail records. But what authorities can't explain thus far is why it was so important for 30-year-old Christian Mendoza to wait in an alleyway on the 1600 block of Solano Way, then fire several shots into a Toyota Prius, killing 28-year-old Zinatullah Hedayet. The shooting happened around 3:15 a.m. on Dec. 19.
A man is dead after he was shot several times in a commercial plaza in Vaughan on Monday in what police are calling a targeted incident. The shooting happened in the area of Weston Road and Colossus Drive, according to York Regional Police. Emergency personnel were called to the scene, which was outside a business, shortly after 1 p.m. York Region Paramedics said they took the man to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities received a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon in the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue at 7:53 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The victims - a man, a woman and a 17-year-old girl - suffered gunshot wounds to their upper torsos, said Deputy David Yoo. They were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
More than a thousand people gathered Saturday in Oakland for a celebration of life for Beam, who lost his life last November after being shot. "When I was younger, he was my hero -- strong, driven," said Monica Beam. John Beam's daughters spoke from the heart at their dad's celebration of life.
SUNNYVALE An investigation is underway into the shooting death of a woman Wednesday night in Sunnyvale, authorities said. The shooting happened around 9:40 p.m. in the 1200 block of Vienna Drive, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said in a news release. Officers arrived to find the woman inside a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
A strong earthquake in Mexico on Friday morning disrupted President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year. The 6.5 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was located near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Earthquake alarms sounded over 200 miles away in the nation's capital, temporarily putting the president's press briefing on ice and prompting residents and tourists to flee into the streets.
One man died and another remained in critical condition Tuesday following gunfire Monday night, police said. Authorities did not identify the 36-year-old dead man immediately, pending notification of relatives. They said he was a Richmond resident. In a statement, San Pablo police spokesperson Peggy Chou said officers responded about 9:05 p.m. to the 1400 block of Rumrill Boulevard for reports of a shooting.
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. He died at a local hospital on Tuesday, the Norfolk District Attorney's Office said in a statement. The prosecutor's office said no suspects had been taken into custody as of Tuesday afternoon, and that its investigation was ongoing.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer's son, Nick Reiner, has been taken into custody, reports TMZ. According to online records, the 32-year-old is being held by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as of Monday morning, December 15th. Several media outlets reported earlier on Monday that a family member was being questioned in connection with Reiner's and Singer's deaths.
