Crime and Public Safety

Eight children, ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old, were killed overnight in a mass domestic shooting spree in Louisiana, police said Sunday.

The tragic deaths of eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana, were the latest in the line of mass killings across the United States. Less than four months into 2026, there have already been seven shootings in which four or more people were killed, new data from the Gun Violence Archive showed.

A shooting in downtown Iowa City injured five people, one critically, after a large fight broke out near the University of Iowa campus.

Police say a suspect is in custody after three people were killed in a shooting outside a Detroit gas station early Sunday morning, following an altercation tied to a prior crash.

The Trump administration is reviewing 11 cases of missing or deceased scientists, including Southern California researchers Monica Jacinto Reza, Carl Grillmair, Frank Maiwald, and Michael David Hicks.

According to police, the 17-year-old boy was already on probation for a prior domestic violence incident involving the same girlfriend and was under an active protection order.

A student was arrested at Orange Vista High School in Perris after a loaded gun was found on campus Friday morning, leading to a temporary lockdown.

Beverly Hills police arrested two juveniles at Culver City High School for reckless driving and exhibition stunts involving electric motorcycles.

Three Californians were sentenced for felony insurance fraud after using a bear suit to damage luxury cars in a scheme called Operation Bear Claw.

Mayor Karen Bass has directed the LAPD to increase patrols and deploy air support along Ventura Boulevard following a series of high-profile home burglaries in the San Fernando Valley.

A stolen vehicle pursuit from Monrovia ended in Highland Park when the suspect set the car on fire inside an Arroyo Seco tunnel, sending smoke through neighborhood sewers.

Ed Ashman, a beloved 81-year-old teacher and veteran, is in critical condition following a hit-and-run collision with a teenager on an electric motorcycle in Lake Forest.

Singer D4vd has been arrested in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in his abandoned Tesla last year. TMZ's Charles Latibeaudiere breaks down the newest developments in the case.