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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A brutal and unprovoked attack was caught on camera. Three women were walking along an East Passyunk sidewalk minding their own business when a man comes alongside and begins to punch them. The brutal assault happened Wednesday night on the 1200 block of Morris Street and has left the neighborhood on edge. The attacker didn’t take a thing from his victims, casually walking off when it was over. We do want to warn you that this video is difficult to watch. “I heard screaming,” a neighbor said. Three women were walking down the 1200 block of Morris...

A pregnant Missouri woman who was found dead at her home on Thursday was allegedly beheaded by her ex-boyfriend. KMOV reported that Liese Dodd, 22, was discovered dead at her Alton home after her mother came to check on her. Deundrea Holloway, 22, was accused of beheading Dodd and discarding her head in a dumpster. Dodd — who was due in mid or late July — had been in an on-and-off relationship with Holloway for the past two years, according to KMOV. “She was savagely killed. She was decapitated,” Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said. Holloway was arrested in Gillespie,...

NEW YORK - A 61-year-old man who was sucker-punched in the head and knocked unconscious while walking along a street in Bedford-Stuyvesant died five days later, the NYPD announced Thursday. Victor Vega of Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn was seen on surveillance video walking alongside and talking with two suspects when one of them suddenly punched him in the head and knocked him to the ground.

There is no greater injustice in economics than Seth Smith; just hearing his name makes me boil with anger and depression and nihilism. It is so sad. Now that his killer’s court case came to a conclusion this week, and we have ostensibly obtained some semblance of closure, I am sadder than ever. Seth Smith was a double major in economics and history at UC Berkeley. He was only 19 but a third-year student, scheduled to graduate next spring at the age of 20... he must have been very smart. He was a beautiful and brilliant young guy who had...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Escambia County Circle K where a clerk was set on fire by a woman on March 30 remains temporarily closed. The clerk, identified by family as Joie Hellmich, suffered severe life-threatening burns after being doused with gasoline and lit on fire. Betty McFadden, 30, was charged with attempted murder. Hellmich's friend Jodie Jones told Channel 3 on Wednesday that Hellmich is currently in critical but stable condition. She’ll likely have more surgeries in the future and will have a long road to recovery," Jones told Channel 3 in a statement. " She continues to fight...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona Beach police have arrested a suspect in the horrific deaths of a married couple killed last weekend. Jean R. Macean, 32, was arrested Thursday at approximately 11 a.m. in Orlando where he lives. “I’m pleased to announce that we have arrested the man responsible for the murders of Brenda Aultman and Terry Aultman,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young wrote on Twitter. RELATED: ‘Vicious and gruesome’: Married couple found with throats slashed were riding bikes in Daytona Beach At a news conference Thursday night, Young said Macean arrived to Daytona Beach by bus on Saturday...

A Baltimore teen has been charged with murder after authorities say that he killed a woman who was delivering food for DoorDash. Cheryl McCormack, 51, was accompanied by a friend while working for the food delivery service on Jan. 24. Around 2 a.m., McCormack's vehicle ran out of gas. McCormack's friend set out on foot to find a gas station, leaving McCormack at the car. According to Fox Baltimore, the teen and another suspect allegedly approached the friend and attempted to rob him. Then, police say, they demanded that he return to the car with him. When they arrived at...

It began as a normal Uber pick-up for the mom of four moonlighting as a driver. That is until the man in the backseat put a gun to her head. According to police, that man was 22-year-old Calvin Crew, of Penn Hills, Allegheny County, who has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Uber driver and mom of four, Christina (Christi) Spicuzza. Crew faces charges of criminal homicide, robbery and tampering with evidence, according to authorities, according to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, which reports: The dash cam footage recovered by police shows, 38-year-old Spicuzza begging for her life –...

A suspect has been identified in connection to the murder of a UCLA graduate student in Hancock Park. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith is wanted in connection to Brianna Kupfer's death. Kupfer was found dead by a customer at a luxury furniture store during daytime last week. Authorities believe her death was the result of a random attack. Smith has been seen in Pasadena, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Covina and other parts of California, according to LAPD. LAPD believes Smith is armed and dangerous. Anyone near Smith is asked to call 911, instead of...

The teenage suspect in the killing of Temple University student Samuel Collington during a botched carjacking over the weekend surrendered to police Wednesday, officials said in a statement without elaborating. Earlier, officials had identified Latif Williams, 17, of Olney, as the person they said shot the 21-year-old Collington on Sunday on the 2200 block of North Park Avenue, near the school’s North Philadelphia campus. The student had just returned after spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family in Prospect Park, Delaware County. Lawyers representing Williams — Patrick Link and Marni Jo Snyder — said in an emailed statement: “Latif was...

A Columbia University doctoral student was knifed to death Thursday night near the Ivy League college's historic Manhattan campus - one of three people attacked by an 'ecstatic' gang member on a violent stabbing spree. Davide Giri, 30, a PhD candidate in computer science, died around 11pm after being stabbed in the stomach by a 25-year-old member of the Bloods gang off-shoot, Everybody Killas, who has 16 prior arrests dating back to 2012 and was out on parole for a 2015 gang assault, police said. Officers arrested the suspect - Vincent Pinkney, of Manhattan- in Central Park 20 minutes later,...

Democrats and their surrogates in Mike Bloomberg-affiliated groups united Wednesday in calls for gun control barely 24-hours after Michigan’s Oxford High shooting. Breitbart News reported that Tuesday’s shooting took three lives initially, then a fourth individual succumbed to gunshot wounds on Wednesday. Numerous individuals, including a teacher, were injured.

A Colorado tourist enjoying a meal with his wife and 1-year-old son in Miami Beach, Florida, was shot and killed Tuesday, with his alleged murderer dancing on his body after the horrifying incident. Police arrested Tamarius David of Norcross, Georgia, charging him with second-degree murder with a weapon and attempted murder for shooting at and missing another man in the area just moments earlier. The victim is 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield, who was dining on the outside patio of La Cerveceria restaurant, in the heart of the city's famous Ocean Drive. An arrest report says David was "high on mushrooms which...

A North Dakota teen who was violently attacked while she skateboarded to her mother’s house earlier this week has succumbed to her stab wounds, according to her family. Daisy Paulsen, who often went by the nickname, Jupiter, died on Tuesday, less than a week after what her father, Robert Paulsen, previously described as a “random attack,” Valley News reported. He said the family is working to ensure the 14-year-old’s organs are donated and that her ashes are scattered across California’s Bay Area, per her request. “We just got word from the Doctor today that Our baby girl is too far...

The father of a 14-year-old middle school girl in Fargo who was the victim of a stabbing says his daughter has been declared dead and her organs are being preserved "to try and save some lives." Robert Paulsen said Tuesday morning, June 8, that his daughter, Jupiter Paulsen, had been declared brain dead by a doctor and tests were being completed to determine her official time of death. Jupiter Paulsen lived in Fargo and was a student at Cheney Middle School. Robert Paulsen told WDAY News that there will be a Walk of Honor for his daughter on Wednesday and...

Officials arrested Dominique Davonah Brand, 29, of Marion, for his connection to the kidnapping and murder of 80-year-old Mary Ann Elvington on Wednesday, according to a tweet from the Horry County Police Dept. A source connected to the investigation told us Brand turned himself in Wednesday to authorities. Brand is also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, the post said.

“A juvenile suspect was reportedly arrested Saturday afternoon following a manhunt connected to the fatal shooting of a Virginia middle school student. Lucia Bremer was shot multiple times on Friday, forcing a nearby high school in Henrico County, Va., to be placed on a temporary lockdown. The eighth-grader was taken to a hospital where she died of her wounds, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The suspect was reportedly last seen fleeing the shooting before the manhunt began. The suspect, who has not been identified because of his age, was taken into custody at a home about a half-mile from where the...

Black Teens Break Into a Mentally Ill White Man’s Home, Douse Him with Lighter Fluid, Set Him on Fire, Eventually Killing Him Two black teens reportedly broke into a mentally ill white man’s home in Rochester, N.Y, doused him with gasoline, and immolated the man which resulting in severe burns that ended up killing him, law enforcement has stated. 16-year-old Zayvion Perry and 14-year-old Adriel Riley Jr. are being charged with second-degree murder for allegedly setting 53-year-old Steven Amenhauser on fire. The two alleged perpetrators reportedly caused Amenhauser to suffer in agony for days in the hospital before he finally...

It’s been 11 days since 3-year-old Victoria Rose Smith was killed in Simpsonville, South Carolina — and we still know very littWle in the case about the “Worst Cooks in America” winner that has shocked both the upstate and the nation. On Monday, FITSNews obtained the Simpsonville Police incident report in the murder case through a Freedom of Information Act request. Unfortunately, the 6-page report is heavily redacted and yields more questions than answers. However, the incident report (below) does reveal some more information about what happened on January 14, 2021. Ariel Shnise Robinson, who won Season 20 of Worst...

A REALITY TV star and her husband are in custody for allegedly killing a three-year-old girl in their care. Ariel Robinson, 29, who won season 20 of "Worst Cooks in America", and her husband, Jerry Robinson, 34, have been charged with homicide by child abuse in South Carolina, according to police. They're accused of inflicting multiple blunt force injuries on Victoria Rose Smith, 3, resulting in her death on January 14. Her death was ruled a homicide. It is not yet known if the victim was one of the couple's biological or foster children but The Sun understands she was...