One person is dead and seven people are injured following a multi-vehicle crash in Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Sunday evening.
Police say Zeth Reber, 22, of Washington Township, was pronounced dead on scene after a head-on-type collision at Route 380 east of Route 780 around 4:37 p.m.
Police say Reber was traveling in a Honda Civic in the eastbound lane of Route 380 and another driver named Abigail Jones, 23, of Carlisle, was traveling the wrong way in a Dodge Caravan — west — also in the eastbound lane.
Police say Jones’ car struck Reber’s car in a head-on type collision.
Seven occupants of the Dodge Caravan including the driver was transported to Forbes Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The road was closed both ways on Route 380 between Route 780 and Route 66 as state police CARS unit conducted an accident reconstruction of the scene.
A planecrash on an island off the coast of Michigan killed four passengers and left a child as the lone survivor.
The plane took off from Charlevoix on the state’s lower peninsula and headed for Welke Airport when it crashed on Beaver Island at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The identities of the passengers weren’t immediately released, and no clear cause was identified immediately following the crash, but on Sunday passengers were identified as realtor Mike Perdue and residents Kate Leese and Adam Kendall, who were developing a vineyard in the area, the Petoskey News-Review reported.
Crews are setting up a detour between New Stanton exit 75 and Breezewood exit 161.
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. —
One person is dead after a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset County Saturday evening.
State police said a fatal accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer occurred at mile marker 105.1 on the eastbound lane of the turnpike around 4:38 pm.
BOSTON (CBS) — Three Boston Police officers are recovering after they were shot and wounded in a standoff in Dorchester that lasted several hours Tuesday. Their injuries are considered non-life-threatening. The suspect who was shot by officers died, police said.
According to WBZ-TV I-Team sources, the officers were wearing body armor and at least two were shot in the legs. One of the officers was released from the hospital Tuesday night.
The officers went to a triple-decker home on Ferndale Street for a 911 call around 9:30 a.m., said Acting Boston Police Commissioner Gregory Long. It was reported that a person with a gun had threatened people inside.
The neighborhood was blocked off as several officers and SWAT trucks were called in.
A drive-by Chicago shooting left one man dead and one woman injured in University Village’s 1300 Block of W. Hastings Street Sunday, police said.
CHICAGO — At least 47 people were shot, nine fatally, in weekend shootings across Chicago, police said.
A man was shot while walking his dog at about 11 a.m. Sunday morning in Logan Square, police said. He was struck in the hand and was taken to Humboldt Park Health in West Town in good condition.
Two people were shot, one fatally, in Chicago’s University Village neighborhood around 12:11 a.m. Sunday morning, police said. One man, 21 years old, was killed, and a woman, 38 years old, was hurt in the drive-by shooting that happened in the 1300-bock of W. Hastings Street near South Loomis. An unknown individual fired shots from a passing dark-colored sedan. Police said the woman was shot in the jaw. She was transported to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and is expected to recover. The man was shot in the back and police said he died at the hospital. No one was in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.
One person was killed and another wounded Sunday morning in University Village on the Near West Side. A man, 21, was standing outside about 12:10 a.m. in the 1300-block of West Hastings Street when someone fired shots from a passing dark-colored sedan, striking him in the back, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name hasn’t been released yet. A 38-year-old woman sitting nearby was struck in the jaw and was taken to the same hospital, where she was in good condition, police said.
According to a criminal complaint, Miller admitted to shooting Rende with a stolen .40 caliber pistol. He then allegedly took the victim’s ring and wristwatch.
Miller’s family said he has a mental illness and wasn’t on medication at the time he killed Rende, who was mentoring Miller and helping him get back on his feet.
PITTSBURGH —A man convicted of first-degree murder was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said.
Kolbrin Holyfield, 27, of West Mifflin, was found guilty by Judge Beth Lazzara following a non-jury trial in July.
Police said Dahrique Smith, 25, of West Mifflin, was shot at the Rowdy Buck bar on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood in May 2017.
Part of Route 51 in Jefferson Hills will be shut down in both directions through at least late Tuesday morning, possibly into the afternoon, after a dump truck collided with a train.
The Jefferson Hills fire chief confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that the driver of the dump truck has died.
MSNBC host Joy Reid turned to race Monday while discussing the media’s coverage of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito, dismissing the focus on the case as “missing White woman syndrome.”
During a segment on her show “The ReidOut,” Reid said while Petito’s family deserved “answers and justice,” she felt the same media attention didn’t apply to non-White people when they go missing..
“It goes without saying that no family should ever have to endure that kind of pain. And the Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice,” Reid said. “But the way this story has captivated the nation has many wondering, why not the same media attention when people of color go missing?”
The multimillionaire New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been convicted of murdering his best friend Susan Berman more than 20 years ago, in a case that took on new life following the documentary The Jinx.
Durst was found guilty of first degree murder on Friday after a jury in Los Angeles deliberated for about seven hours over three days. Berman was shot at point-blank range in her Beverly Hills home in December 2000 as she was prepared to tell police how she helped cover up the killing of Durst’s wife.
Berman, the daughter of a Las Vegas mobster, was Durst’s longtime confidante who told friends she provided a phony alibi for him after his wife vanished.
Deputy DA Habib Balian holds the latex mask that Robert Durst used as a disguise. Photograph: Getty Images
Durst’s strange story gripped viewers of the hit television documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which chronicled the disappearance of his wife Kathie in 1982, the cold-blooded murder of Berman in Los Angeles 18 years later, and the violent 2001 death of a roommate in Galveston, Texas, where Durst was living under cover as a deaf-mute woman.
Police from several local departments are still searching for the shooter
NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. —
One teenager was killed and a second is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night at a popular Halloween attraction in North Versailles, Allegheny County.
The shooting happened at 8:15 p.m. at Haunted Hills Hayride on Mosside Boulevard.
According to Allegheny County Police, both victims are 15-year-old boys.
Police from several local departments are still searching for the shooter, also believed to be a teenager.
Police tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 the shooting appears to have stemmed from an argument near the ticket booth.
Haunted Hills Hayride was set to kick off the season by hosting a “Lights Out Event”. Gates were scheduled to open at 8:30 p.m.
Allegheny County Police say a couple hundred people were at the attraction at the time of the shooting.
Officers are currently interviewing workers and patrons. Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County Police at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.
A US airstrike in Kabul against a supposed Islamic State bomber actually killed an innocent man who worked for a US aid group and his family, according to newly published testimony and footage — raising the specter that the Pentagon lied to the public about the strike.
The reported case of mistaken identity also further tars President Biden for his chaotic pullout of US troops from Afghanistan, which left behind hundreds of US citizens and thousands of at-risk Afghans.
Zemari Ahmadi and nine members of his family, including seven children, were killed in the airstrike on Aug. 29, one day before the final US evacuation flights from Kabul, his brother Romal Ahmadi told the New York Times.
Ahmadi, who was the apparent target of the strike, worked for 14 years as a technical engineer in Afghanistan for the Pasadena, Calif.-based charity group Nutrition and Education International, which feeds hungry Afghans.
The aid group had applied for him to move to the US as a refugee.
New security footage from his workplace shows Ahmadi, whose neighborhood had unreliable water service, filling containers with water at his employer’s office at 2:35 p,m. shortly before he returned home. Fire-damaged containers consistent with the water canisters were photographed by the Times.
One person died and another person was taken to an area hospital after a motorcycle went off the road and crashed in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County on Monday evening.
The Conemaugh Township fire chief confirmed two people were on the motorcycle that went off the road. This happened in the 3100 block of Tunnelton Road.
The fire chief said one passenger was pronounced dead at the scene and the second passenger was taken to Forbes Hospital.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. No other details have been released.
This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. Download the WTAE mobile app to stay connected with breaking news.
HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Westmoreland County Coroner, Kenneth A. Bacha, has released the following information on a motorcycle fatality that occurred in Hempfield Township.
Tanner B. Van Woundenberg was driving a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle while traveling north on Mount Pleasant Road.
According to a release, Woundenberg missed a curve in the road, hit a fence, and landed in a driveway.
Deputy Coroner John A. Ackerman pronounced Woundenberg dead at the scene.
Woudenberg was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.
Toxicology results will not be available for several weeks.
Pennsylvania State Police Greensburg Barracks also investigated.
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HOUSTON – A man, woman and two children with gunshot wounds were found dead at the scene of a house fire Sunday, authorities said.
At approximately 8:10 a.m., fire crews with the Houston Fire Department were dispatched to a residence in the 7500 block of Imogene Street in response to reports of a house fire. Firefighters put the fire out shortly after arriving.
During a search of the home, firefighters found two adults and two children dead.
Investigators believe the deaths were the result of a domestic violence incident as there were no signs of forced entry into the home.
As of 11 a.m., police had not yet identified the victims.
The case remains under investigation by the Houston Police Department. The investigation is in its early stages.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Four people were killed, an 11-year-old girl was shot and deputies came under fire early Sunday in a neighborhood in North Lakeland, Florida.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the shootings took place at 4:30 a.m. in two separate houses on the same property.
Judd said two separate shootouts occurred “in short order” between law enforcement and the suspect, Bryan Riley, 33, of Brandon, Florida. Riley was shot once and surrendered shortly after, he said. Lakeland police and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol were also involved. No law officers were injured in the shootout.
After Riley was in custody, police discovered an 11-year-old girl who had been shot “multiple times,” as well as a man, two women and an infant dead.
A standoff that reached into its second day in suburban Salt Lake City ended Saturday with authorities entering a home and discovering three people, including the suspected gunman, dead of gunshot wounds, authorities said.
The three might be related, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera indicated to reporters at the scene Saturday. Family members had apparently come to the residence in Millcreek, Utah, to conduct an intervention on the 30-year-old suspect over his mental health and firearms, she said.
The shooter had “several firearms and a lot of ammunition,” Rivera said.
Family members had apparently tried to have an intervention with the suspect over his mental health and guns, the Salt Lake County sheriff said.
REST IN PEACE ? Among the victims is a 9-year-old boy who had been on a ventilator after he fell and was trampled during the Travis Scott concert.
A plane crash on an island off the coast of Michigan killed four passengers and left a child as the lone survivor.
MSNBC host Joy Reid turned to race Monday while discussing the media’s coverage of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito, dismissing the focus on the case as “missing White woman syndrome.”
The multimillionaire New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been convicted of murdering his best friend Susan Berman more than 20 years ago, in a case that took on new life following the documentary The Jinx.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Four people were killed, an 11-year-old girl was shot and deputies came under fire early Sunday in a neighborhood in North Lakeland, Florida.
