Dayton Shooting

TRUMBULL CT July 31 2019 — Two Bridgeport women were arrested for shoplifting from the Trumbull Mall Wednesday evening after one pepper-sprayed a security guard while trying to escape, police said. Around 8 p.m., Shazia Depass, 21, and a female juvenile selected more than $500 worth of Macy’s merchandise and left the store without paying. Macy’s and mall security confronted the pair in the parking lot, where Depass was detained. When a Macy’s security officer attempted to apprehend her, the juvenile pepper-sprayed him and a struggle ensued. Both women were held for the police and the security guard was treated on scene by Trumbull EMS.

Chicago IL July 31 2019 Three people were shot Tuesday after someone opened fire outside a South Side methadone clinic and a security guard returned fire. Employees were standing outside the building about 9:45 a.m. in the 900 block of East 93rd Street in Burnside when a vehicle pulled up and a passenger got out and fired shots at the staff, Chicago police said. A security guard fired shots back at two men, hitting them both, police said.   A 58-year-old male bystander was shot in the shoulder and was taken in good condition to Trinity Hospital. The two men shot by security fled in the vehicle but were arrested near the 8200 block of Cottage Grove, police said. They were treated for gunshot wounds at a hospital. A police source said the shooting happened outside a methadone clinic on the block. An employee reached by phone at Drexel Counseling Inc., which offers methadone treatment on the block, declined to speak about the shooting. Area South detectives are investigating.

DEBARY, Fla. July 31 2019 - A security guard for a DeBary community was arrested after deputies said he inappropriately touched a girl under the age of 16. Jeffrey Cobb, 34, was taken into custody after the alleged victim told officials that he had been inappropriately touching her since November 2018. Officials believe Cobb knew the girl through her family. Volusia County detectives have also learned of two other cases involving similar allegations against Cobb. Cobb faces a charge of lewd and lascivious battery by sexual act upon a minor. Neighbors told Channel 9 they hope more potential victims will come forward since Cobb is now in custody. Cobb worked as security guard with the DeBary Golf & Country Club. A judge set Cobb's bond at $50,000.

Stafford County VA July 31 2019 Two burglary suspects were arrested early Monday in Stafford County after they were spotted running along a major roadway after crashing their getaway vehicle, authorities said. Stafford Sheriff’s spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo said the incident began at Fredericksburg Motor Sports at 430 Kings Highway (State Route 3) in southern Stafford. A security guard who was parked nearby called police about 4:30 a.m. after seeing three males break into the business. The security guard confronted the intruders and tried to block them from leaving the scene, but the suspects ignored his commands. Two of the suspects fled in a minivan and attempted to strike the security guard with the vehicle as they left, Vicinanzo said. The minivan did strike a gate while leaving the property. The third suspected burglar drove off in a sedan. Deputies, a police dog and a drone team participated in the ensuing search, and a short time later the minivan was found under the nearby Blue...

Dawson County GA July 30 2019 A woman was followed to a North Georgia fire station Monday before she was shot and killed in front of her children, authorities said. Her husband is accused in the shooting, which was witnessed by several people at the fire station, Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson told Channel 2 Action News. He immediately surrendered to firefighters and was taken into custody by arriving sheriff’s deputies. The children, ages 5 and 8, were not injured, Johnson said. They are currently in the custody of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services. The ordeal started with a frantic 9-1-1 call around 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to the sheriff’s office. A short time later, the woman, who was not identified, pulled into the parking lot of fire station 7 on Dawson Forest Road with her husband following behind in his own vehicle. She stayed in her vehicle as the man approached and fired several shots, Johnson told Channel 2. The woman was dead in the driver’s seat w...

PLATTSBURGH NY July 31 2019 — Clinton Community College will be utilizing a new security service when students return to school this fall. The college’s board of trustees approved a resolution to contract the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department for campus security at its July 23 meeting. The move will shave $10,000 off of the college’s security costs compared to the $100,000 it had budgeted for a private security company in years past, but David Favro, chairperson of the board and Sheriff of Clinton County, hopes that the move will also boost a program at the college. “We can try and utilize the members (of the department) that will be here, and integrate it into the criminal justice program,” Favro said of the popular field of study at the college. “This will be a good opportunity for students” Favro, who abstained from voting on the resolution, added that having a law enforcement entity on campus will provide other advantages “(They) did a wonderful job with the task they were given,...

PORTLAND, Ore. July 31 2019 – A suspect was shot and killed by an officer in Southeast Portland on Tuesday afternoon. Police said around 4:20 p.m. they received a report from a security guard near 122nd Avenue and Glisan about a man trying to break into a car. They said they were told the man had an "edged' weapon. Witnesses told KATU News they saw a man walking around, waving an ax. They said arriving officers used "beanbag rounds" on the man before he got up and ran off. The witnesses said they then heard gunshots. At one point, an officer opened fire, killing the man at 120th and Ash, police said. Police have released few details about what led up to the shooting. Video from an eyewitness obtained by KATU News showed the moments leading up to the shooting. A man carrying what appears to be a green hatchet can be seen walking near the crime scene. The man is shouting, but it's hard to make out what he's saying. A short time later, several officers run towar...

FRAMINGHAM MA July 31 2019 – Twenty-eight people are banned from entering Food Mart Liquors on Hollis Street, and another may have joined that list on July 17 after he attempted to steal two cases of beer from outside the business during delivery day. “To keep my good business, I need to keep the bad business out,” said owner Abu Batel, a 13-year Framingham resident. When he sees customers drinking his products outside, he doesn’t allow them back in. “We want to be part of the community, not part of the problem,” said Batel. Adam Fini and Gabriel Araujo, of the so-called Downtown Engagement Team, soon arrived at the scene, and were asked by Batel to help guard his shipments from theft. Later that afternoon, Fini and Arajuo saw the thief - “quite inebriated,” according to Fini. After launching a fundraiser last month to hire two unarmed support detail to ease safety concerns among business owners and shoppers in Burkis Square, which includes Hollis and Irving streets, Downtown Framingh...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. July 31 2019 —Two people are dead and two others injured following a shooting at the Southaven Walmart early Tuesday morning. A Southaven police officer and the alleged shooter – a former Walmart employee-   were both injured. The officer is expected to be okay after the bullet hit his vest. The former employee was taken to the Regional Medical Center after he was shot twice. The two people who were killed were Walmart employees. They, along with the alleged shooter, have not been identified. WREG has learned the that former employee was suspended on Monday after pulling a knife on a customer. It appears he then returned to the store on Tuesday and opened fire. The incident sent employees running from the scene into a nearby parking lot a safe distance away. Some of them were gathered in a circle praying for those who had been injured or killed, while others were being interviewed by police. Hours after the incident two of them were transported from the scene by am...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 31 2019 While most students spent their summer soaking up the sun, Conner Timms and about 20 others spent it preparing for a new career as a Knox County School Security Officer. We gear our training to what they're doing through the course of the day," Gus Paidousis said. "They get a lot of information dealing with special populations and some of the unique issues you see in schools. While law enforcement faces those same issues, we may face them more regularly because were in the school every day." Paidousis' oversees the program. He said they'll be part of the more than 100 armed officers inside each school every day. They work hand in hand with school resource officers from the Knoxville Police Department and the Knox County Sheriff's Office. "What we do is become a part of the fabric of that school, and develop those relationships with not only the students, but parents, and school staff," Paidousis said. He says that ...

DURHAM, N.C. July 30 2019 Durham police officers said they believe a school bus driver may have ordered someone to shoot a 17-year-old Northern High School student. The story unfolded on May 29 near the Dearborn Drive and Old Oxford Road in north Durham. According to a search warrant the teen had just gotten off the bus when gunfire rang out from some nearby bushes. Bullets hit the family's home. But the teen was not injured. Investigators said they believe his school bus driver may have coordinated the attack while driving the bus. Authorities wrote in the search warrant that the bus driver had gotten into a fight with one of the boy's relatives before the shooting. Police said security video from school bus No. 611 show the bus driver exchange derogatory words with the teenager before the shooting. According to investigators, the video also shows the driver texting throughout the bus route and just as the student gets off the bus. Police said the bus driver never reported the...

Dallas TX July 30 2019 The family of a man killed last year by a security guard at a Red Bird apartment complex has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartments' owners, the guard and his security company. The lawsuit, filed in Dallas County, came nearly a year after 38-year-old Jorge Olguín was fatally shot in front of his wife and two kids at the Wheatland Terrace apartments as they left a birthday party. The family in the lawsuit alleges that the security guard and the apartment complex displayed “heedless, reckless and wanton disregard for the rights, welfare and safety of Jorge Olguín.” Authorities have released few details about the investigation. Dallas police spokesman Sgt. Warren Mitchell said the department referred the investigation to a grand jury, which will determine whether the guard should be charged with a crime or acted in self-defense. Olguín's wife, Vanessa Olguín, said Monday she saw the civil lawsuit as a way to put pressure on the security compan...

Sonoma County CA July 30 2019 A Santa Rosa man was arrested on suspicion of stealing power tools from a home improvement store in unincorporated Sonoma County after a prolonged foot chase Sunday, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. Friedman's Home Improvement at 4055 Santa Rosa Ave. located between Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park reported the theft of power tools worth $600 to the sheriff's office around 5:30 p.m. A security guard followed the suspect to a business across the street and responding deputies saw the man scale buildings on a plumbing business and a storage complex. The suspect ran into a field east of Friedman's Home Improvements and deputies formed a perimeter near Hunter Creek Trail. The suspect, identified as Jose Fragoso, 38, fled through thick bushes to an area off Petaluma Hill Road and Hunter Lane, even stopping at a residence for water, the sheriff's office said. Deputies spotted Fragoso, who entered the creek, and the sheriff's he...