The Birmingham Times
After an officer-involved shooting death of a 28-year-old Black man on Easter Sunday and calls from Black Lives Matter Birmingham to step down, Mayor Randall Woodfin said he will not resign.Â
Last month, Desmon Ray Jr. was killed by Birmingham Police on Easter Sunday when responding to a domestic dispute call in the 200 block of Ninth Avenue West.Â
On Monday, Black Lives Matter Birmingham called for the resignations of Woodfin and Police Chief Patrick Smith, stating their handling of the police killing of Ray is âunacceptable.âÂ
During a virtual news conference on Tuesday, Woodfin said pointedly: âI want to make this point very clear, I will not be resigning.âÂ
Former Classmate Charged in 1995 Murder of Mary Catherine Edwards
A former classmate has been charged in the 26-year-old case of Mary Catherine Edwards, who was raped and murdered in 1995.
Edwards was a teacher who lived alone in Beaumont, Texas. She was last seen on the evening of Jan. 13, 1995. Her parents discovered her body in the bathroom after going to her house to check on her when she didn’t respond to phone calls.
Authorities determined she had been sexually assaulted and killed.
A spokesperson from the Beaumont Police Department confirmed to Beaumont Enterprise that the suspect was arrested in Ohio. Court documents obtained by KFDM-TV identified the suspect as 61-year-old Clayton Bernard Foreman who currently lives in Franklin County, Ohio.
Madras-area man struck, killed while walking on Highway 97
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Madras-area man was struck by a car and killed late Tuesday night as he walked on Highway 97, police said Wednesday.
Police and others responded around 11: 20 p.m. to the reported crash on South Highway 97 near L Street, in an area where the speed limit increases from 25 to 35 mph, Detective Sergeant Steve Webb said.
First responders found a 59-year-old area resident had been struck by a four-door car. He died at the scene, Webb said.
The victim was walking on the west side of the southbound lane, the sergeant said. He added that the man was dressed in dark clothing and was in an area where there are no sidewalks or crosswalks.
BYRAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. â The 16-year-old boy allegedly involved in the murder of a Fort Drum soldier in December is accused of pointing a gun at the victimâs head while he and another soldier drove him more than four hours to a wooded area in northern New Jersey before the victim was shot in the head.
The teen and another Fort Drum soldier, Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, are accused of abducting Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, in Glen Park and driving him some 270 miles in the corporalâs 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to Byram Township, N.J., after the soldiers had apparently argued about swapping vehicles.
By CRAIG FOX | Watertown Daily Times | Published: April 29, 2021 BYRAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Tribune News Service) The 16-year-old boy allegedly involved in the slaying of a Fort Drum soldier in December is accused of pointing a gun at the victim s head while he and another soldier drove him more than four hours to a wooded area in northern New Jersey before the victim was shot in the head. The teen and another Fort Drum soldier, Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, are accused of abducting Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, in Glen Park and driving him some 270 miles in the corporal s 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to Byram Township, N.J., after the soldiers had apparently argued about swapping vehicles.