CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. — The three little graves are covered in artificial turf, bright green on a cold winter evening. The gravestones are hand-painted in swirls of purple and a darker green, with cloth butterflies centered above the names: Samarah, 9; Samantha, 10; and Samia, 13. Three little butterflies dead and buried, shot b their father, David Mora, with a homemade ghost gun one … [Read more...]
Sins of the Father
A small, good-natured boy named Pierce O’Loughlin was growing up between the homes of his divorced parents in San Francisco. Nine-year-old Pierce was accustomed to custody handoffs taking place at Convent and Stuart Hall, the Catholic school he attended. On changeover days, one parent dropped him off in the morning at the hilltop campus overlooking the bay, and the other picked him up in the … [Read more...]
Dangerous Homes: Guns and Domestic Violence Exact a Deadly Toll on Kids
Most parents worry a shooting could happen at their children's school. But a Trace analysis found that three times as many kids were shot in domestic violence incidents between 2018 and 2022. Angela Brooks will never forget the FaceTime call from her 10-year-old granddaughter, Nie’Mae.“She said, ‘Granny, please help us. Mama’s dead,’” recalled Brooks, 58, a nurse in St. Louis.Brooks didn’t … [Read more...]
Army Identifies Command Sergeant Major Who Was Killed Alongside 3 Children
The Army has identified Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos Evans as one of four victims killed Tuesday in a shooting at another sergeant major's home in Sumter, South Carolina, just nine miles from Shaw Air Force Base. The suspect, Charles Slacks Jr., was an Army veteran and civilian worker at the base and the ex-husband of Army Sgt. Maj. Aletha Holliday, chief culinary manager at Shaw. Police say he … [Read more...]
Vancouver man accused of violating no-contact order with woman who’s now missing
A Vancouver man is accused of violating a no-contact order with his girlfriend, among other allegations, in a December drive-by shooting case. Vancouver police say the woman and her 7-year-old daughter are also now missing. Kirkland C. Warren, 28, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on new allegations of tampering with a witness, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and a … [Read more...]
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