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The family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after he was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department car in March and later buried in a potter's field. The family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after the 37-year-old man was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson, Mississippi Police Department cruiser in March and later buried in a potter's field without his family knowing. "My son -- I never thought in a million years that he would leave me," Wade's mother, Bettersten Wade Robinson, said in a tearful press conference Monday in Jackson. "He was my oldest son and I wouldn't have never thought this'd happened to him." Wade Robinson reported her son missing on March 14, nine days after she had last heard from him on March 5. She didn't learn until August 24 -- more than five months after his death – that Dexter Wade had been struck and killed by an off-duty Jackson police officer the night of March 5, as he was walk...

A shooting that broke out in a Tampa neighborhood has killed two people and injured another 18, according to police. A shooting that broke out early Sunday morning after "an altercation between two groups" in a Tampa neighborhood has killed two people and injured 18 others, according to police . The shooting took place after fighting between the groups began around 3 a.m. in Ybor City, a neighborhood in east Tampa, Florida, Tampa Police Department Chief Lee Bercaw told reporters during a news conference early Sunday morning. One person died at the scene while a second victim died at a hospital as a result of sustained injuries, the chief said. The Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigates a fatal shooting in the Ybor City neighborhood on Oct. 29, 2023 in Tampa, Fla. Octavio Jones/Getty Images MORE: Witnesses recount scramble to survive when gunman opened fire in Lewiston, Maine, bowling alley Hundreds of people were in the street ...

As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous" way he died. As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run that killed a retired police chief who was biking in Las Vegas, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous " way he died. Andreas "Andy" Probst, 64, a former police chief for Bell, California, died after a vehicle slammed into him while riding in a designated bike lane last month, authorities said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill called it a "senseless murder," with the two suspects accused of intentionally striking Probst and then leaving him for dead. Andy Probst is shown in this undated file photo. LinkedIn "We are beside ourselves with the tragic loss of my husband and our children's father," the Probst family said in a statement to ABC News on Tuesday. "There are no wor...

New body camera video shows a conversation between Minor high School band director Johnny Mims and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officer who shocked him. New body camera video obtained by ABC News shows a conversation between Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officer who shocked him with a stun gun during an incident on Sept. 14 after Mims refused to comply with officer's orders to stop the music so they could clear the field. BPD released a nearly 8-minute clip of the incident last week that shows Mims refusing to comply and then being shocked three times by police, but Mims’ attorney, Juandalynn Givan, shared additional body camera footage of the incident with ABC News that shows the moments after Mims was arrested, including a conversation he had with the officer who shocked him during the incident. Mims accuses the officer of escalating the situation in the video . "You shouldn’t have escalated it,...

Washington, D.C. police have arrested a suspect in connection to the Mother’s Day murder of 10-year-old Arianna Davis. Washington, D.C., police have arrest ed a suspect in connection to the Mother’s Day killing of 10-year- old Arianna Davis. On Monday, D.C. police said they had arrested Karon Gregory, 19, and charged him with first-degree murder while armed. Davis was shot in the upper body while driving home with her family following Mother's Day celebrations. D.C. Police said in May that Davis was "accidentally hit in a barrage of gunfire." She died in a local hospital days later. Acting DC Police Chief Pamela A. Smith announced the arrest of 19-year-old Koran Gregory, who was charged with first degree murder while armed in the Mother’s Day murder of 10-year-old Arianna Davis. WJLA MORE: 'Depraved': Bronx day care operator held without bail after 1-year-old dies following fentanyl exposure Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief of Police Carlos Herau...

A statement from Niger's military regime says the junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country DAKAR, Senegal -- Niger's Military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the Military regime . The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president more than a month ago gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country last week. The deadline expired on August 28 without France recalling Itte. The French government says it doesn't recognize the coup-plotters as the country's legitimate leaders. The communique sent by Niger's Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week and seen by The Associated Press on Thursday said Itte "no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities attached to his status as a member of the diplomatic staff of the embassy....

Human remains were found inside three separate suitcases in Florida, according to law enforcement officials seeking information related to the gruesome discovery. Human remains were found inside three separate suitcases on Friday in Florida, according to law enforcement officials seeking information related to the gruesome discovery. The Delray Beach Police Department responded to a 911 call from a person who said they saw something strange in the Intracoastal Waterway, police said. Detectives discovered a suitcase that had human remains inside, according to Delray Beach Police Department. MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: Police searching suspect's walk-in vault The remains are that of "a white or Hispanic middle-aged woman with brown hair and approximately 5'4" tall," according to a statement from police. Shortly after discovering the remains , police discovered additional human remains inside two other suitcases near the Intracoastal Waterway. The remains in all...

The occupants of two vehicles exchanged gunfire as they raced through the streets of San Francisco on Sunday, leaving people injured by glass and gunshots, police said. The occupants of two vehicles exchanged gunfire as they raced through the streets of San Francisco on Sunday, leaving people injured by gunshots and flying glass along a mile-long path near the Embarcadero, police said. Six people were injured during the "car-to-car" shooting , San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said. The injured included two people who were hit by gunfire, one of whom sustained life-threatening injuries, police said. A 10-year-old was also hit by a vehicle as she walked a bike across a street and three other people were injured by flying glass, police said. "It appears that this was an isolated incident," Scott said during a press conference. "And these individuals were targeting each other. We don't believe this was random at all." The shooting began just befo...

Nathan Tipton was one of at least seven victims of rock-throwing incidents in Colorado, the last of which took the life of a 20-year-old woman. One of at least seven victims of rock-throwing incidents in Colorado, the last of which took the life of a 20-year-old woman, is sharing his story. Nathan Tipton, a Lyft and Uber driver, had just finished driving a customer when, around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, he was driving southbound on Highway 93 and heard what "sounded like a shotgun blast," he told reporters on Tuesday. The sound "scared the heck out of me," Tipton said. He pulled over, but then "thought it was just wind damage, so I continued on home," Tipton said. Investigators in Jefferson County, Colorado, are looking for the person who threw a rock at the car of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, killing her. Jefferson County, CO Sheriff’s Office As Tipton drove, he said he spoke on the phone to his wife, and she mentioned that the news was reporting that a woman ...