Margarita Lautin was shot and killed Monday when she was caught in the middle of an apparent assassination at a beachside restaurant in Bat Yam

A woman was shot and killed Monday when she was caught in the middle of an apparent assassination attempt at a beachside restaurant in Bat Yam. Margarita Lautin, 31, and a mother of two, succumbed to the gunshot wounds she sustained in her chest at Holon's Wolfson Hospital. The victim was dining with a group of friends and family when a motorcyclist opened fire at them. The woman and her relatives were seated next to a group of people known...

23 year-old man has been charged with assault following the fatal drive-by shooting of Waikato man Desmond Arahanga

23 year-old man has been charged with assault following the fatal drive-by shooting of Waikato man Desmond Arahanga. The victim's family is calling for calm after a house in the small community of Waharoa was torched, apparently in retribution for the killing. The accused man appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Monday on assault charges, while Arahanga's...

Indian Posse gang have taken another life

Hobbema RCMP said they were called to a shooting at about 2:30 a.m. yesterday. A short time later, a second gun shooting was reported at a separate location in the Samson townsite. Mounties determined that there was an exchange of gunfire between the occupants of two residences. One man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Hobbema RCMP have taken two men into custody for questioning. The teenage victim was pronounced dead at the...

victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds in an incident outside Club Red in Limehouse fatal shooting

Police believe it was the first example of the potentially lethal weapons being used. Around 100 of the Bulgarian-made devices, designed to be used as flare guns, were imported into the UK a few years ago, and some have been converted to fire live 0.25-inch rounds. Police are keen to locate as many as possible, believing they may be even more dangerous than standard handguns since they can be concealedThe man in his 20s, who is not being...

Desmond Francis Paddy Arahanga was fatally shot, an explosion as the fire broke out at a house in the small township of Waharoa near Matamata

The fire came 20 hours after 28-year-old Matamata man Desmond Francis Paddy Arahanga was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting outside a McGowan St address in Waharoa.Witnesses reported an explosion as the fire broke out at a house in the small township of Waharoa near Matamata on Sunday night. They say a car was seen speeding away from the house.The fire's believed to be in retaliation for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Desmond Arahanga...

3-year-old boy remained in critical condition Sunday after what appeared to be a drive-by shooting

3-year-old boy remained in critical condition Sunday after what appeared to be a drive-by shooting, police said.The boy was taken to a fire station with a gunshot wound just before 3 p.m. Saturday. Around the same time, a 22-year-old man was also found shot nearby, in front of the All-Star Supermarket at 11022 Cullen. Police could not say Sunday whether the shootings were related.Both the boy and the man were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital.The...

Arthur Odell Sanders charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, pointing and presenting a firearm, trespassing, car breaking

Arthur Odell Sanders arrested just after 6 am Saturday morning on North Church St. in Spartanburg. Sanders, 42, of 251 High St., Spartanburg, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, pointing and presenting a firearm, trespassing, car breaking and resisting arrest. According to an incident report, an undercover Public Safety officer was surveiling...

Thai court will on Monday begin extradition hearings for alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Thai court will on Monday begin extradition hearings for alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, which could see the man dubbed the "Merchant of Death" face terrorism charges in the United States.Bout, who acquired his macabre nickname for his alleged role in supplying weapons to some of the world's bloodiest conflicts, was arrested in Bangkok in March after...

police pursued a white pickup truck suspected as the getaway vehicle in the Don's Guns & Galleries burglary

city's most high-profile gun shop was hit by thieves who used a stolen car early Friday to bash through a wall and make off with pistols, at least one assault rifle and ammunition.Late Friday, police pursued a white pickup truck suspected as the getaway vehicle in the Don's Guns & Galleries burglary, leading to the detention of four suspects.The pursuit...

Godfrey Phahlane,Edward Lesufi accused of beating, shooting and robbing Irish-born priest Father Kieran Creagh

The men accused of beating, shooting and robbing Irish-born priest Father Kieran Creagh have been found guilty in the Atteridgeville magistrate's court.Tuesday's guilty verdict was praised as victory against crime by those who work with Creagh at the Leratong Hospice in Atteridgeville which he founded four years ago.Godfrey Phahlane, 25, and Edward Lesufi, 28, face a minimum sentence of 15 years behind bars.The men - both from Mamelodi...

India is the second most heavily armed country in the world after the United States for both licensed and illicit weapons with an estimated 46 million

Terrified residents in India’s capital are calling for police to do more to tackle gun crime after a spate of shootings this month left five men dead and a sixth in critical condition.In the most recent incident, a 40-year old man was shot dead on Monday night in central Delhi. A week earlier, three men were shot and a fourth critically wounded by a motorcycle gang that police believed was responsible for a host of other crimes in the capital,...

undercover operative bought assault rifles like AK-47s and M-16s -- weapons of war that have no place in the hands of criminal gangsters

Federal agents announced Thursday they had rounded up 38 reputed Los Angeles gang members and associates on drug and gun charges.The crackdown was aimed at two factions of the notorious Bloods gang and various Crips factions that were allegedly dealing drugs and selling guns in the South Los Angeles and Baldwin village areas."During the investigation, an undercover operative bought assault rifles like AK-47s and M-16s -- weapons of war...

Rapper Gucci Mane was reportedly arrested charged with gun and drug possession

Rapper Gucci Mane was reportedly arrested near Atlanta early Wednesday morning (July 23) and charged with gun and drug possession charges.While details regarding the arrest are sketchy, the rapper (real name: Radric Davis) was taken into custody after being pulled over by police in Henry County, Georgia during a routine traffic stop, in which he seemed under...

Danny White of Riviera Beach part of a group that hit hundreds of homes in south Florida, including more than 30in Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatcheer .

Danny White of Riviera Beach part of a group that hit hundreds of homes in south Florida, including more than 30in Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee.Investigators say they would get into single family homes by kicking in or prying open front doors and windows, stealing an estimated $70-thousand dollars worth of flat-screen televisions, laptops, jewelry and guns."I'm just putting everything in the safe. I've secured the doors and windows...

Leslie Williams shot Carol Larese and sexually assaulted and killed her friend Mary Ellen Welsh

Leslie Williams shot Carol Larese, 66, and sexually assaulted and killed her friend Mary Ellen Welsh, 62, in a March 30 home invasion, he stole a handgun during a daytime break-in at an Esther Street home.Williams was arrested again Thursday minutes before his appearance in New Britain Superior Court - this time on burglary and gun-theft charges - after he admitted to city police he was the culprit who broke into a home and took a gun and...

Police arrested a woman and a man with a gun

high-speed chase around North Charlotte came to a sudden end Thursday night.Police said the two suspects crashed into a street sign just off Orr Road. Neither was injured, and both were arrested.Police said officers on routine patrol ran the tag for the silver minivan and realized it had been stolen early Thursday morning.Investigators said the pursuit reached high speeds but was kept under control."At times it did reach a high rate of...

That's faster than an internet transaction.firearms were purchased at gun sales in Arizona and wound up in the hands of gang members two days later.

Federal and local lawenforcement officials arrested 38 gang members and confiscated dozens of weapons in South Los Angeles this week, culminating two separate investigations stemming from an upsurge in violence in the Baldwin Village neighborhood earlier this year, authorities said today.The arrests of members of the Black P-Stone Bloods and Rollin' 20s Crips took place in early morning sweeps Wednesday and today, said John Torres, special...

Brian Elliott Minter had been shot once in the head

A motorist who crashed his truck into a house early Friday morning had been shot in the head in an apparent drive-by shooting. Tulsa officers found Brian Elliott Minter, 35, had been shot once in the head. A passenger in Minter's truck was injured from glass shards when the back window was shot o...

Larandall Lamar Hill was shot Thursday afternoon when police tried to arrest him in connection with an overnight home invasion and stabbing.

A convicted felon is recovering at a Tulsa hospital after being shot by police after a five-hour stakeout.Tulsa police say Larandall Lamar Hill, 34, was shot Thursday afternoon when police tried to arrest him in connection with an overnight home invasion and stabbing. He was taken to St. John Medical Center in serious condition. No one else was injured.Police spokesman Leland Ashley said Hill has eight arrest warrants and previous convictions...

Orville Lee Wollard III arrested and was charged with shooting a deadly missile within an occupied dwelling

53-year-old Sea World employee was arrested Friday in relation to a shooting that endangered a teenager, Polk County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.Deputies said they arrested Orville Lee Wollard III, of Davenport, for firing a gun at another man as he physically restrained a16-year-old child. Wollard was charged with shooting a deadly missile within an occupied dwelling, child abuse without great harm and assault with a deadly weapon without...

Sonoma police nabbed Ramon Llamas less than an hour after allegedly robbed at gunpoint the recycling center

Sonoma police nabbed two teenagers less than an hour after they allegedly robbed at gunpoint the recycling center behind the Safeway store in Sonoma.Police said the two teens robbed three people at the center behind the West Napa Street grocery store shortly before 4 p.m. The victims said the two teens, a white male and a Latino male, warned that they also had a machine gun and demanded money from them.The teenagers then fled north on Fifth...

Ghana Harper was found with heroin, cocaine, marijuana and a gun during a traffic stop.

Syracuse Police say they've arrested 12 people on various felony and misdemeanor drug charges. Officers credit vigilant neighbors for the arrests.Officers used search warrants and went into several houses early Friday morning based on neighbors' complaints. Detectives say these addresses are drug houses:109 Lexington Avenues104 Croly Street126 Jamesville Avenue302...

Bennie Ross shot fatally

Two men were shot -- one fatally -- in a drive-by early Sunday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Winchester Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer John Henry, who was citing preliminary information.The men were outside when someone inside a vehicle shot them, according to Wentworth Area detectives.One victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm...

Gardai have smashed a guns-for-sale racket in which suspected former members of the Provisional IRA supplied firearms to a drug trafficking gang

Gardai have smashed a guns-for-sale racket in which suspected former members of the Provisional IRA supplied firearms to a drug trafficking gang in north Dublin.Officers believe the suppliers were linked more recently with the dissident republican group, the Continuity IRA, but were also heavily involved in criminal activities.They think the gang, based in Co Louth, was selling guns to a drugs gang operating in the Coolock area on the northside...

Derek Matthews has confessed to firing the pellets that struck two photographers

Police said a man has confessed to firing the pellets that struck two photographers, including a WISH-TV photographer, and a firefighter's air tank. The shooting happened at the scene of a massive fire on the northeast side early Friday morning. Police have arrested 30-year-old Derek Matthews.IMPD Chief Michael Spears called a press conference Friday afternoon...

Driver of a minivan filled with children heading down Columbia Road in Roxbury yesterday was shot in the leg

Driver of a minivan filled with children heading down Columbia Road in Roxbury yesterday was shot in the leg by a man who opened fire on a group of people, police said.The man, whom police would not identify, was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment of an injury that was not life threatening. An undisclosed number of children were in the red 1997 Dodge Caravan when it was hit, but they were not injured.The man was struck by one...

15-year-old girl is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at a house party.

Surrey RCMP say a 15-year-old girl is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at a house party.Police say a fight began inside the house Saturday night and then spilled out onto the street. That's when a gun was fired several times, and the girl was hit.RCMP remain at the scene collecting evidence. No arrests have been ma...

Arrested metro narcotics investigator Jason Barber for allegedly selling a gun to a felon.

arrested metro narcotics investigator Jason Barber for allegedly selling a gun to a felon. He now faces two felony charges.Barber's bond was set at $100,000. But after a judge heard testimony from Barber's mother and pastor, bond was reduced to $5,000."She believes Jason is innocent, I have had more detailed conversation probably with his grandmother and they...

Douglas Cox shot Tuesday after police say he robbed a West Seattle bank and led them on a lengthy chase was armed with a pellet gun

During a news conference this afternoon, Seattle Police Sgt. Gary Nelson said that Douglas Cox had recently purchased the weapon — a near replica of a Colt .45 — with plans to rob the Wells Fargo Bank branch in West Seattle. Cox, who has been convicted of two previous bank robberies, was arrested with getaway driver Kevin Palmer.Burien man who was shot Tuesday after police say he robbed a West Seattle bank and led them on a lengthy chase...

Willie Andrews arrested for allegedly holding a handgun to his fiancee’s head

One day after he was arrested for allegedly brandishing a gun at his girlfriend and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a high-capacity firearm, Willie Andrews has been released by the Patriots. Twenty-four hours after being arrested for allegedly holding a handgun to his fiancee’s head, Willie Andrews received his walking...

Tina L. Edinger faces a felony charge after allegedly shooting a handgun at the basement ceiling during an argument

Crystal Lake woman faces a felony charge after allegedly shooting a handgun at the basement ceiling during an argument, police said.Police responded to a domestic dispute at 4518 David Lane late Wednesday and charged resident Tina L. Edinger, 47, with aggravated discharge of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm without a valid ownership card.Lt. Andrew Zinke of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said...

Darren Stratti shot dead on Monday at Kesho Leo

Mr Stratti, 36, from the Australian non-profit organisation foodwatershelter, was shot dead on Monday at Kesho Leo, a village the charity was building in the east African nation.Sydney aid worker Darren Stratti was trying to protect five women from robbers trying to get into their mud hut when a bullet fired through the brittle wall struck and killed him in...

Bloods street gang member's funeral leads to arrest

Arrested for allegedly carrying a concealed 9-mm handgun to a Bloods street gang member's funeral in Roosevelt is due in court Tuesday on a weapons charge, court records show.In the Friday arrest of Darnell Snell, 25, undercover police detectives at the funeral noticed that Snell kept adjusting an object in his waistband -- an object that looked like a handgun, police said.The detectives closed in on Snell, of 93 North 17th St., Wyandanch,...

Terrance M. Jackson charged with multiple drug and weapon offenses

Arrested Terrance M. Jackson, a 19 year old male who resides in the unit block of Seminole Avenue in Claymont, DE. He has been charged with multiple drug and weapon offenses after he fought with an officer and attempted to remove his weapon from his holster. Jackson was later found to be in possession of over 10 grams of crack cocaine, marijuana and a loaded .32 caliber revolver. On Sunday afternoon, Corporal John Schlosser received information...

Willie Andrews charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

New England Patriots defensive back is accused of pointing a gun at his fiancee's head in Mansfield on Monday after she accused him of cheating on her.The woman told police that she confronted Willie Andrews, 24, in a bedroom of his apartment on Sunday night, according to the Sun Chronicle. She said that Andrews was waving the gun and that it touched her temple,...