PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — Those who loved the late Christopher Fitzgerald came face to face with his accused killer inside a Philadelphia courtroom this week.
Miles Pfeffer waived his preliminary hearing on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the February 2023 fatal shooting of the Temple University police officer.
"No empathy. Just an evil human being. Just an evil individual that has no regard for life,” Officer Fitzgerald’s wife said.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania man accused of killing a police officer and then leading law enforcement on a four-day manhunt with the help of his mother.
The Westmoreland County district attorney's office has filed a notice of intent to seek capital punishment if 29-year-old Rahmael Holt is convicted of first-degree murder.
Holt is charged with shooting 25-year-old New Kensington officer Brian Shaw as the officer chased him on foot after an attempted traffic stop Nov.
Blair Co., PA (WJAC) — One of three Blair County men who was charged following an ATF investigation into illegal firearms sales and firearms trafficking has entered a guilty plea in the case.
According to federal authorities, Harry Miller, age 47, of Martinsburg, appeared in court Monday where he pleaded guilty to multiple counts related to the possession, manufacturing and trafficking of illegal firearms.
In April, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives charged Miller and Craig Zahradnik following a "
Wayne, Michigan — A woman in Wayne, Michigan has been arrested in the murder and assault of her 8-year-old daughter.
Authorities say the woman allegedly blamed the girl's death on a bad spirit in her house.
Authorities say the child was found unresponsive in a bedroom and her injuries made the child unrecognizable.
"The sheer brutality that innocent Lyla suffered is really like nothing I’ve seen in my five years of handling child abuse cases,” said prosecutor Erin Wilmoth.
SAN ANTONIO (KABB) — Severe storms in the southwest this weekend left countless homes and businesses severely damaged. A group of Texas storm chasers helped rescue people from the wreckage after counting down the hours before storms touched the ground.
"We saw it happen for days and we knew it was going to happen we just didn't know where," said Adonis Lee, who has been storm chasing since 2017. Lee is with the Texas Vortex Storm Chase Team, and says he has never seen the intense devastation when he traveled to Mississippi over the weekend.