Police shoot, kill security guard near San Francisco's Union Square suspected in hit-and-run Police in San Francisco shot and killed a man early Friday morning near Union Square who was wanted for hitting two pedestrians and a man on an electric scooter with a vehicle hours earlier. 12/20/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link
San Francisco police shoot, kill security guard suspected in hit-and-run San Francisco police shot and killed a man after he allegedly drove his car onto the sidewalk and hit two pedestrians Thursday night, authorities said. 12/20/2024 - 2:53 am | View Link
Man shot on metro-east highway, goes to police station for help A shooting on Illinois 3 in East St. Louis left one person injured and caused the highway to be closed for several hours Tuesday morning. The victim was with another person in a vehicle when the ... 12/17/2024 - 1:19 am | View Link
St. Louis man shoots and kills 2 in 17-hour carjacking spree, charges say Loyse Dozier III, 22, fatally shot Montez Haines and took his car in St. Louis, charges say. Hours later, he killed Laruth Jones while stealing her car in Riverview. 12/11/2024 - 8:05 am | View Link
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On Dec. 22, 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four young Black men on a Manhattan subway, alleging they were about to rob him. (Goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault charges but convicted on a weapons possession charge, ultimately serving eight months of a one-year sentence.)
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In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antisemitism.