Day: June 16, 2023

Amid fentanyl crisis, Biden says Mexican president is asking US to stop sending guns

9:10 pm June 16, 2023

President Biden on Friday said that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been asking him to stop the U.S. from sending guns to Mexico — even as the U.S. is tackling a massive fentanyl crisis that has primarily come into the country from its southern neighbor. “You know what I get when we’re talking […]

Officer returning to force 3 years after horrific crash: ‘You never think it’s going to be you’

9:00 pm June 16, 2023

Three years ago, Fort Worth police officer Matt Brazeal narrowly escaped death when he was hit by a stolen car and dragged over 100 feet. After years of recovery and over 70 surgeries, Officer Brazeal has bravely chosen to return to the police force. 2 PEOPLE SHOT, DENVER POLICE OFFICER HIT BY FIRETRUCK DURING NUGGETS […]

Jayland Walker’s family targets city of Akron, police department in excessive force suit

8:49 pm June 16, 2023

The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and racism” within Akron’s police department, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court Friday. Months after a grand jury declined to indict […]

‘Oh s—t’: Texas troopers make shocking discoveries in illegal immigrant’s pickup truck

8:47 pm June 16, 2023

Texas troopers busted a border smuggling operation this week as they stopped a Mexican illegal immigrant who was smuggling a dozen illegal immigrants — including two children — while both in possession of a handgun and cocaine. Texas’ Department of Public Safety announced that a trooper stopped a Ford Pickup in Uvalde County on US-90. […]

DC shooting leaves pregnant woman dead, man wounded as manhunt on for gunmen: police

8:15 pm June 16, 2023

A pregnant woman was shot and killed, and her baby remains in critical condition, Washington, D.C., authorities said amid a manhunt is on for the gunmen. The shooting occurred around 11:20 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of 37th Street in the southeast, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said. 3 YOUNG OHIO BROTHERS SHOT AND KILLED, […]