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Colt Gray Murders 4 In Georgia

Colt Gray is an alleged teen killer who would walk into Apalachee High School in Georgia with a weapon and killed two fellow students and two teachers

According to police reports Colt Gray was in algebra class at Apalachee High School when he would leave the classroom and would return armed however he was unable to enter the classroom that he left and entered a classroom next door and opened fire. Two students were killed as well as two teachers and nine others were injured:

Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old student
Mason Schermerhorn, a 14-year-old student
Christina Irimie, a 53-year-old maths teacher
Richard Aspinwall, a 39-year-old math teacher and assistant football coach

When Colt Gray was confronted by a school resource officer he quickly surrendered. Colt Gray has been charged with four counts of murder along with other charges and if convicted could spend the rest of his life in prison

The day following the shooting Colt Gray father Colin Gray was arrested and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. According to police reports Colin Gray was charged for providing his son with an automatic weapon knowing he was a threat to himself or others

Colt Gray News

The Georgia teenager charged as an adult with killing four people at his high school made his first court appearance on Friday, and his father later appeared before the same judge on charges of enabling his son to obtain the rifle used in the shooting.

Suspected Georgia high-school shooter Colt Gray, 14, made his first appearance in state court, where he faces murder charges stemming from Wednesday’s rampage, which killed four people and wounded nine others.

Gray did not enter a plea in front of Barrow County Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff. He was being held without bond in the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center.
Mingledorff told Gray that he was charged with four counts of felony murder and that he could face life in prison if convicted by a jury. Gray was shackled as he sat next to his attorney and answered several of the judge’s questions with a nod.

The judge earlier told Gray he could face the death penalty, but later corrected himself, telling the youth he was not eligible for capital punishment given that he is younger than 18.
His father, Colin Gray, came before Mingledorff about 40 minutes after his son left the court. He has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

The 54-year-old was shackled and wearing a jail striped shirt and pants. He quietly answered a few questions by the judge and then spent most of the hearing rocking back and forth. The judge said the elder Gray faces up to 180 years in prison.
Georgia state and Barrow County investigators say Colt Gray used an “AR platform-style weapon,” or semiautomatic rifle, to carry out the attack at Apalachee High School, where two teachers and two 14-year-old students were killed.

One teacher and eight students were also wounded in the attack, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Of those, the adult and six of the students were shot, the bureau said.
Colt Gray was arrested moments after the shooting by two sheriff’s deputies assigned to the school.
Investigators have yet to comment on what may have motivated the first mass shooting on a U.S. school campus since classes resumed at summer’s end.
The shooting in Winder, a city of 18,000 some 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Atlanta, revived both the national debate about gun control and the outpouring of grief that follows in a country where such attacks occur with some regularity.
Officials identified those killed as 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/teen-suspected-georgia-school-shooting-appear-court-2024-09-06

Chad Richards Murders Kara Welsh

Chad Richards is an accused killer from Wisconsin who has been charged with the murder of gymnast Kara Welsh

According to police reports Chad Richards and Kara Welsh were involved in an altercation outside of her apartment on campus at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater when Richards allegedly shot the award winning gymnast several times causing her death. The pair were known to each other however their relationship has not been made public

Chad Richards would be arrested and has been charged with suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety while armed and disorderly conduct while armed

Kara Welsh was a standout gymnast who won an individual title last year for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where she also holds several school records

Chad Richards News

A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a national title-winning University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast near campus, police said.

Whitewater police said Chad T. Richards, a 23-year-old man who knew the victim, shot Kara Welsh, 21, after an altercation at a campus-area apartment late Friday.

Police said they will not be releasing any additional information at this time because this is an active investigation.

University Chancellor Corey King announced Welsh’s death Saturday in a message to students and faculty and staff members.

“We know the news of Kara’s death is heartbreaking for our close-knit university community,” King said. “It is a time when we are all called upon to support one another, to process, and to grieve.”

The suspect was taken to Walworth County Jail and booked on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety while armed and disorderly conduct while armed, police said in a statement, adding that they forwarded these charges to the Walworth County District Attorney’s office.

Richards is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, according to police. It’s not clear if he has an attorney at this time.

In an earlier statement, the police department said the 23-year-old suspect was present when officers responded to a report of a gunshot victim Friday. A woman, later identified as Welsh, had been shot multiple times and was dead when officers arrived, police said.

“Through investigation, it was determined that leading up to the shooting, an altercation had occurred between the two,” police said.

The killing took place on the 100 block of Whitewater Street, about a mile east of the school’s main campus, at a residence listed on a university web page as off-campus housing.

Welsh was a business management major from Plainfield, Illinois, who won an individual national title on the vault for the gymnastics team last year, according to the school.

She was a vault “phenom” who holds four of the eight highest vault scores in team history, the university’s athletic department said in a statement Sunday.

“To put into words the impact Kara had on the Warhawk community is impossible,” coach Jen Regan said in the statement. “A powerful athlete, dedicated teammate, and the light in everyone’s dark days, Kara truly lifted each and every one of us up in her time as a Warhawk gymnast.”

USA Gymnastics, the governing body for the sport in the U.S., said on X, “We offer our deepest condolences to Kara’s family, friends and teammates at @UWWGymnastics.”

King said memorial services will be announced when details are available. Flags on campus will fly at half-staff when students and faculty and staff members return Tuesday, and counseling is available to those who need it, he said.

A relative of Walsh’s did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday evening.

Whitewater is about 50 miles west-southwest of Milwaukee

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-arrested-fatal-shooting-college-gymnast-wisconsin-whitewater-rcna169181

Raukeem Cunningham Charged In Triple Alabama Murder

Raukeem Cunningham is an accused killer from Alabama who has been charged in a triple murder at a gas station

According to police reports Raukeem Cunningham allegedly opened fire at the Citgo gas station in Bessemer Alabama killing Christopher Eddins, 25, Ronald Dixon Jr., 20 and Wesley Fowler, 40. All three would die at the scene. Witnesses would say the confrontation would begin in the gas station parking lot and the three victims were chased into the store

Raukeem Cunningham has been charged with three counts of capital murder

Raukeem Cunningham News

Police have charged a 20-year-old Alabama man with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three men at a gas station near Birmingham.

Police in Bessemer said Monday that they have arrested Raukeem Cunningham in the fatal shootings on Friday. Cunningham is being held without bail, local news outlets reported. He is not yet listed in Jefferson County jail records, so it is unclear whether he has a lawyer or has seen a judge.

Police have said they believe there was at least one additional shooter and say they are still looking for possible suspects.

Christopher Eddins, 25, Ronald Dixon Jr., 20 and Wesley Fowler, 40, were all shot, police said. They all died before they could be taken to a hospital.

The shooting started in the parking lot of a convenience store, with the suspects initially shooting from a vehicle and then getting out and chasing the victims inside, said Bessemer Police Det. Justin Burmeister. Store surveillance cameras recorded much of the shooting.

Burmeister said at least two of the victims had come to the store together. He said police believe at least one of the victims was specifically targeted.

It was the first of two multi-victim shootings in Bessemer this weekend. On Sunday night, three men were shot while sitting in a pickup truck in a parking lot next to a different gas station. All three men were taken to a Birmingham hospital, two with life-threatening injuries.

Police haven’t announced any arrests in the second shooting.

https://apnews.com/article/bessemer-triple-homicide-shooting-gas-station-e8bdd8063aa5bd6608eddc47ab9fb2bf

Joselina Lopez Murders Benito Guzman

Joselina Lopez is an accused killer from Alabama who has been charged in the brutal murder of Benito Guzman

According to police reports Joselina Lopez and Benito Guzman were in a relationship when he suddenly disappeared. Police would find the body of Benito inside of a vehicle with his head cut off. Right now police are attempting to figure out how Guzman died and what was the reason behind the brutal murder

Joselina Lopez would be arrested and has been charged with murder

Joselina Lopez News

Police knew it would be a tough case when they arrived at a Fadette community home earlier this week.

“I arrived at the scene and after quickly looking that this was going to be a very difficult case and very complex,” Geneva County Sheriff, Tony Helms said.

The body of Benito Guzman was found on Tuesday dismembered in a car at home in the Fadette community. In the case, his lover, Joselina Lopez is charged with his murder.

Sources say she allegedly dismembered Guzman with a chainsaw and then put his dismembered body in a car. Police say they have never really had a case like this in the county.

Except for the case of Chad Brogden a few years ago, a man found guilty of murdering his mother in Dale County and dismembering her.

Police later located her body in Geneva County in the trunk of a burning car near the Choctawhatchee River. Brogden is now serving a life sentence in prison.

“Dismembering a body in an attempt to get rid of it again is something that is unusual also that doesn’t happen very often around here,” Sheriff Helms said.

Sheriff Helms tells us that neither Guzman nor Lopez had prior run-ins with the law and that they were never called to their household for a domestic dispute.

“We looked that over and had any domestic calls or problems at that address we could find in our records,” Sheriff Helms said.

The investigation into Guzman’s death is still ongoing and officials say it could be a while until it concludes, but when it does it is possible that Lopez could face additional charges.

“This investigation is not over with and will continue and it will be several months probably before everything is done and it gets to a position for a trial,” Sheriff Helms said. “If we get it tried within the year, I’d be surprised.”

An autopsy is currently being conducted on Guzman’s body, so law enforcement can figure out the exact cause of death.

https://www.wdhn.com/news/crime/woman-accused-of-dismembering-lover-with-chainsaw-could-face-additional-charges

Sean Higgins Charged In Johnny Gaudreau Death

Sean Higgins is an accused killer from New Jersey who has been charged in the deaths of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau

According to police reports Sean Higgins was allegedly drunk when he was driving in Woodstown New Jersey when he attempted to pass a slow moving vehicle. When he attempted to pull back into the lane a vehicle in front of him had mover over to safely avoid two cyclists. Higgins attempted to pass the vehicle on the right where he would strike Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau killing the pair of brothers who were in town to attend their sisters wedding. Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau would die from their injuries

Sean Higgins would be arrested and has been charged with two counts of second degree vehicle manslaughter, reckless driving, possession of an open container, improper passing and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Sean Higgins News

The suspected drunk driver accused of killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, in Salem County, New Jersey, remains behind bars on a slew of charges, including vehicular homicide.

The crash happened Thursday around 8:30 p.m. on Pennsville Auburn Road (County Route 551) near Stumpy Lane in Oldmans Township.

Police say Sean Higgins, 43, of Woodstown, was traveling north on Pennsville Auburn Road in a Jeep Grand Cherokee when he allegedly attempted to pass a slower-moving sedan and SUV.

Police say Higgins entered the southbound lane of the roadway and passed the sedan

When he attempted to reenter the northbound lane, police say the SUV in front of him moved into the middle of the roadway, splitting the north and south lanes in order to safely pass two bicyclists on the right side of the road.

Higgins then attempted to pass the SUV on the right and struck the Gaudreau brothers from behind, troopers said.

The Gaudreau brothers died from their injuries, according to state police.

According to the police affidavit, the trooper who arrived on the scene detected a “strong odor of alcohol,” and Higgins allegedly told the trooper he had consumed “five to six beers” before the crash.

Higgins allegedly told investigators that he thought the driver of the SUV was trying to stop him from passing. Higgins told investigators that his consumption of alcohol contributed to his impatience and reckless driving, according to the criminal complaint.

Witnesses reportedly told police that they observed Higgins approaching them from behind, adding that he appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed.

The trooper also said Higgins then failed a field sobriety test.

Action News has learned that Higgins is a field artillery officer assigned to the New Jersey Army National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters. He is a part-time traditional Drill Status Guardsman and was not on duty at the time of the incident.

The New Jersey Army National Guard could not comment on Higgins’ service, but released this statement on the deadly crash: “We are profoundly saddened by this tragedy,” said Col Yvonne L. Mays, Acting Adjutant General of New Jersey. “Our hearts go out to everyone affected, and we share in the grief of the Gaudreau family.”

In a post on Facebook, Gaudenzia, a drug and alcohol abuse treatment provider, identified Higgins as an employee but said that he had been immediately placed on leave.

During Friday’s first appearance hearing, Judge Michael Silvanio explained to Higgins the charges against him, adding that two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Other charges include reckless driving, possession of an open container, improper passing and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Higgins is being held at Salem County Correctional Facility, where he will remain until a detention hearing on Sept. 5.

On Friday, he made an initial court appearance via Zoom.

He spoke briefly to say he understood the charges and would be hiring his own attorney.

As he was being excused from the court, he did question how long he was staying behind bars: “So…I’m here until Thursday?”

The Gaudreau brothers were riding their bicycles, not far from their family home, when they were struck and killed. The Gaudreau family had gathered in Salem County to attend the wedding of the men’s sister, Katie, which had been scheduled for Friday. The event was canceled.

The widow of Johnny paid tribute to him in a pair of social media posts on Saturday, calling him her “forever” and praising him as the “best dad” to their young children.

Meredith Gaudreau also shared family photos of her late husband celebrating his 31st birthday earlier in August with her, daughter Noa and son Johnny.

“Thank you for the best years of my life. Despite losing you, I am still the luckiest girl in the world to have been yours,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I love you so so much. You were perfect. Some days it felt too good to be true. I love every single thing about you. You are my forever and I can’t wait to be with you again. I love you so much forever and ever.”

Matthew Gaudreau, 29, was the hockey coach at the men’s high school alma mater, Gloucester Catholic in New Jersey, and he also was an expectant father. His wife, Madeline, is expecting their first child in December.

The brothers also leave behind their parents and two sisters.

Johnny and Matthew played hockey at Boston College.

After playing for teams in the AHL and ECHL, Matthew returned home to South Jersey, where he served as the head hockey coach at Gloucester Catholic.

Johnny went on to play 11 professional seasons for the NHL, starting his career with the Calgary Flames and most recently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

https://6abc.com/post/sean-higgins-woodstown-nj-johnny-gaudreau-crash-drunk-driver-salem-county/15253326