Brandon Kendrick is an alleged killer from Alabama who has been charged with the murder of his wife and four young children
According to police reports deputies would go to a home in Bibb County Alabama where they would find the body of 24-year-old Kelsey Kendrick and the bodies of four children aged nine, two and two six year olds. Two of the children were biologically Brandon Kendrick and the other two were those of a relative
Police would arrest Brandon Kendrick and have charged him with five counts of capital murder. Right now police are trying to figure out the reason behind this family massacre
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An Alabama man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of five people, including his wife and two children, authorities said.
The quintuple homicide occurred in West Blocton in Bibb County on Thursday around 10 p.m. CT, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation.
The suspect — Brandon Kendrick, 32 — is accused of fatally shooting his wife, 24-year-old Kelsey Kendrick, a 2-year-old, two 6-year-olds and a 9-year-old, ALEA said.
Among the juvenile victims, two were the suspect’s children and two were relatives, according to ALEA.
Kendrick was arrested and has been charged with five counts of capital murder. He has been booked into the Bibb County Jail with no bond.
It is unclear if he has an attorney.
ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the quintuple homicide.
No additional information has been released amid the ongoing investigation, including an alleged motive.
The agency’s findings will be turned over to Alabama’s Fourth Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
An Alabama man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of a woman and four children.
Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said that Brandin Kendrick, 32, was arrested and charged with five counts of capital murder, WBRC reported.
Wade said deputies were called after 8 p.m. Thursday to a home West Blocton.
WBMA identified the woman as 24-year-old Kelsey Kendrick, Brandin Kendrick’s wife. Two of the children were 6, and the other two were 2 and 9, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. Two of the children were the Kendricks, and two belonged to other relatives.
Arrest records said that all five were shot in the head, WTVM reported.
Darien Turner is an accused killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of his ex stepfather Christian Colon
According to police reports Darien Turner would go to the luxury home of his ex stepfather Christian Colon in Fort Lauderdale Florida and fatally shoot the man. At this time police are still trying to figure out why Darien would murder Colon
Darien Turner would be arrested and charged with premeditated murder. Apparently Turner made a statement to arresting officers that he is responsible for Christian Colon murder
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A 23-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday in Broward County after confessing to fatally shooting a 44-year-old man he knew well, records show.
Police officers arrested Darien Turner on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale’s Nurmi Isles after he fatally shot Christian Colon, who had been in a relationship with his mother. A judge ordered a mental health screening.
According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, police officers found him dead shortly after 10:45 a.m., along Nurmi Drive, north of East Las Olas Boulevard
Broward County inmate records show Turner is facing a charge of premeditated murder.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
A man is accused of shooting and killing his former stepfather at a mansion amid the 4th of July weekend. Darien Massad Turner, 23, sits in the Broward County jail in Florida as of Sunday, online records show.
Police reportedly said they found his former stepfather, Christian Colon, 44, dead from gunshot wounds at the home.
Cops said they got a call about the shooting at the residence along the 100 block of Nurmi Drive at around 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, according to Fox Miami affiliate WSVN. The outlet described the neighborhood as having various multimillion dollar homes.
Jesus Sarmiento, who works in the area, reportedly characterized the shooting as out of character for the locale.
“It’s not normal,” he told the outlet in Spanish.
“I heard someone got, like, shot,” Raul Fernandez, who was visiting the neighborhood, told NBC Miami affiliate WTVJ. “[This is] some Miami Vice-type stuff. This is not something I’d ever expect. I don’t know how to take something like this.”
He described waking up to find police “everywhere,” according to WSVN.
“We have kids over there,” he said. “We have little kids. Just to know someone got shot, it’s like, wow.”
WTVJ said people inside the home where Colon died declined to speak to them about the incident.
Darien Turner faces a count of premeditated murder. Police did not immediately suggest a motive or present a sequence of events leading up to the shooting. The arrest affidavit is not available online.
Colby Stokes is an alleged killer from Louisiana who has been charged with the murder of his Grandparents
According to police reports Colby Stokes would shoot his Grandparents Beverly and Carley Stokes inside of their home. Beverly Stokes would die after being rushed to the hospital and Carley Stokes would die inside of the residence
Apparently following the double shooting Colby Stokes would walk to a neighbors home where he confessed to the murders
Colby Stokes would be arrested and has been charged with two counts of first degree murder, cruelty to animals, felon in possession of a firearm and aggravated battery
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A Washington Parish man accused of killing his grandparents Wednesday afternoon is facing upgraded charges.
Deputies say Colby Stokes approached his neighbor and admitted to shooting his grandparents.
The neighbor called 911 and waited with Stokes while deputies responded to the scene.
When deputies arrived, they found two victims who had gunshot wounds.
The man died at the scene. A woman was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
Stokes was originally facing two counts of second-degree manslaughter. However, on Thursday, the sheriff’s office upgraded his charges to two counts of first-degree murder.
He is also facing charges of cruelty to animals, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and aggravated second-degree battery.
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A man and woman were shot and killed Wednesday in the small Washington Parish town of Mount Hermon. According to the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, the couple’s grandson confessed to shooting them.
WPSO dispatchers got the call Wednesday afternoon. The caller told them their next-door neighbor, 23-year-old Colby Stokes, had come over and told them he killed his grandparents. When deputies arrived, Stokes told them the same thing.
They found Beverly and Carley Stokes at their home. Both had been shot. Carley Stokes was pronounced dead at the scene, while Beverly Stokes was taken to a hospital where she died a short time later.
Sheriff Jason Smith, who was sworn in less than a week ago, told WWL Louisiana Colby Stokes also confessed to the shooting on video. He added that Stokes was not a stranger to the Sheriff’s Office.
“He’s been in and out of jail,” he said, referencing “past mental health” struggles and “some drug and alcohol abuse.” In 2018, WPSO posted Stokes’ photo on Facebook with a description of a recent arrest for a burglary, in which multiple firearms were stolen. He was 17 at the time.
Now, he is facing two murder charges for the deaths of his grandparents. ”This family, they’re on both sides of this,” said Smith, “not only have they been victimized by it, they’ve also perpetrated it, so it’s a very difficult circumstance to be in.”
WWL Louisiana spoke with a family member who said neither he nor any others wished to speak on camera.
Through a family friend, they passed on the message that “they are dealing with the loss of two wonderful people and just trying to process… they ask prayers at this time for everyone involved. It is a tragedy that no one should have to face.” They also provided several photos of Beverly and Carley Stokes, which show them with their arms wrapped around each other, smiling.
Sheriff Smith said he is from Mount Hermon as well and knew Carley Stokes personally. “He was very personable,” he said. “He was a former Marine, like myself, so we would always talk about that, he had worked for WST for years. He was well-known and well-liked.”
Stokes will be booked and charged with two counts of 2nd-degree murder
According to police reports Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Pena would lure the twelve year old girl underneath a bridge where she was stripped, tied up and strangled before they would throw Jocelyn Nungaray into a creek where her body was ultimately discovered
Officers using surveillance cameras were able to identify the suspects, Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Pena, and track them to a home in Houston Texas where they would be arrested
Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Pena have both been charged with capital murder
Both men are from Venezuela and were in the country illegally
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Charges have been filed against two suspects arrested in the death of a juvenile female found at 400 West Rankin Road about 6:15 a.m. on Monday (June 17).
The suspects, Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, are charged with capital murder in the 232nd State District Court. Booking photos of both suspects are attached to this news release.
The victim has been identified as Jocelyn Nungaray, 12.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeant R. Olive and Detective T. Tyler reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a person down call at the above address and found the body of a female in a shallow creek. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Investigators believed foul play was involved.
Further investigation by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences identified Ms. Nungaray as the victim and her cause of death as strangulation.
A preliminary investigation and evidence from the scene identified two male persons of interest. Surveillance photos of those individuals were released on Tuesday (June 18).
Subsequent investigation and tips from witnesses identified the suspects as Martinez-Rangel and Pena. On Thursday (June 20), officers with the HPD Northbelt Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team, SWAT team and the Gang and Homicide Divisions located Martinez-Rangel and Pena at an apartment complex in the 13300 block of Northborough Drive. Both men were arrested without incident. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office was contacted and the two suspects were subsequently charged for their roles in this incident.
Anyone with additional information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.
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Two men have been charged with capital murder in the strangulation of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow creek in north Houston.
Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, were charged Friday with capital murder of a child between 10 and 15 years old, according to authorities and court records.
Jocelyn Nungaray was found about 6:15 a.m. Monday, and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined she died by strangulation, according to Houston police.
Officials on Thursday said they had been working nonstop to take whoever was responsible for Jocelyn’s death off the streets. Surveillance video and witnesses led police to the arrests Thursday, officials said.
“The teams were out there, and they were scouring every potential video feed, and they were talking to everybody possible that might have seen something or heard something,” said Houston’s Acting Police Chief Larry Satterwhite. “Their hard work paid off because we were able to find video and … trace the movements of our suspects and … of Jocelyn … all the way to the point of where she was murdered and left in a bayou in the water.”
Tests would determine if the girl was sexually assaulted, Satterwhite said.
“As the mayor, as a grandfather and a father — it doesn’t get any worse,” he said.
Houston police Lt. Stephen Hope said the suspects left a restaurant together Sunday night and were spotted on a surveillance camera. Officials said the men were later seen talking to Jocelyn, and the three walked together to a convenience store, where images were captured and later released to the public, police said.
The trio then walked to a bridge, where Jocelyn was killed, Hope said.
The suspects and Jocelyn spent a few hours together before she was killed, Hope said.
Martinez-Rangel and Pena were being held in the Harris County Jail Friday afternoon, according to John Donnelly, a spokesperson for the county’s district attorney’s office.
Martinez-Rangel and Pena were expected to make their first appearance in court Friday during a probable cause hearing before a magistrate in which prosecutors were going to request $1 million bond for each suspect, Donnelly said.
It was unclear late Friday if Martinez-Rangel and Pena had retained attorneys.
The suspects weren’t eligible for the death penalty as of Friday afternoon, but that might change as their cases progress through the courts, Donnelly said.
Both suspects had immigration violation holds from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their court records.
At Thursday’s news conference, authorities said to contact Homeland Security Investigations regarding questions about the suspects’ immigration statuses. No one with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or ICE were reached Friday for comment.
NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston reported Jocelyn’s mother, Alexis Nungaray, said she had never seen the two men before. She didn’t know if her daughter knew them and told the news station that they did not live at the complex where she and Jocelyn live
Travis Posey is an accused killer from Arkansas who has been charged with the murders of four people and the attempted murder of nine others during a mass shooting at a grocery store
According to police reports Travis Posey would go to the Mad Butcher in Fordyce Arkansas where he would open fire which would lead to the deaths of four people and injuring nine others
Travis Posey would get into a shootout with police that would leave two officers injured as well as Posey.
Travis Posey has been charged with four counts of capital murder with a ton of other charges pending.
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Four people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, Friday morning, according to Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.
The shooting happened at the Mad Butcher store at about 11:30 a.m.
The shooter injured seven other civilians and two police officers. ASP said the conditions of their injuries ranged from “non-life threatening” to “extremely critical.”
Arkansas State Police named the suspected shooter as Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg. Law enforcement shot and injured Posey, who was taken into custody.
New Edinburg is more than 11 miles southeast of Fordyce.
Families were shopping at a local grocery store in a small Arkansas town on Friday when the sound of gunfire reverberated through the store, sending them running for cover or huddling in a freezer.
Katrina Doherty – who had been shopping for dinner with her 18-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son – said she first thought she heard the sound of something falling but then saw glass shatter and someone drop to the ground. That’s when she knew shots were being fired.
Outside, David Rodriguez was pulling into a gas station when he heard “pops” that he initially thought were fireworks. He then noticed the grocery store’s front windows were broken – as if they had been “shot open” by gunfire, Rodriguez said.
Panicked shoppers then started running away as gunshots were fired rapidly, Rodriguez said.
A man had opened fire at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, killing four people and wounding nine others. Those killed ranged in age from 23 to 81 years old and include one person who police later announced died on Saturday evening.
Law enforcement responded to the shooting around 11:30 a.m. and exchanged gunfire with the “lone suspect,” according to Arkansas State Police. Cellphone video captured a man in the parking lot aiming a long gun and firing in multiple directions.
Not finding an escape route, Doherty and others in the store hurriedly hid in a freezer. Doherty’s daughter and son, who were in a different aisle, reunited with their mother in the back of the store and followed two store workers into the freezer. The 39-year-old mother said she heard about nine or ten rounds before making it into the icy shelter.
“We ran in there really fast. We still heard gunshots keep going off,” Doherty said. “It was like slow motion. My daughter was like ‘Mama, pinch me, this can’t be real.’ And I was like, ’Baby, it’s real.’”
From outside, Rodriguez heard sirens and watched as ambulances and police arrived at the scene.
Doherty couldn’t hear what was happening outside, and when they tried to call 9-1-1, there was no service. The group stayed inside, enduring the freezing cold in “panic mode,” with some praying and others crying, she recalled.
Her son started to cry, “but we finally got him calmed down because I didn’t want the shooter to hear.”
“We were just sitting there and praying. I was in panic mode. My son about froze to death. We tried to get him quiet, but he was saying he wanted his daddy. It felt like we were in there forever,” Doherty said. “We were in there maybe 15 minutes. I was asking the Lord to protect over everybody. I was just praying. The other lady, she was praying. She was crying.”
At one point, one of the workers opened the freezer door, and saw someone dead right outside of it, Doherty said. The door remained shut until one of the store workers heard police outside, and they were then escorted out of the store, Doherty said.
Once she was out of the store, Doherty reunited with her 15-year-old twin daughters who were waiting outside in the car during the shooting and ducked down when they heard the gunshots.
Shirley Kay Taylor, 62, was one of the four dead, her daughter Angela Atchley told CNN and police confirmed on Saturday.
Atchley says her mother, who loved her family and kids, “was the hardest working woman I know” and a “great person.”
“We are completely lost,” Atchley said.
Additional civilians killed in the shooting were identified by police as: 23-year-old Callie Weems, 50-year-old Roy Sturgis and 81-year-old Ellen Shrum. A fourth victim died Saturday evening following three previous deaths that were initially counted by police.
The country has seen a spate of shootings in the past few weeks, with 21 mass shootings recorded by the Gun Violence Archive since last Friday. Shootings permeated a Michigan splash pad, a Texas Juneteenth celebration and a Massachusetts car meetup, among other locations.
They are among at least 234 mass shootings have taken place in the United States in 2024, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, which, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, excluding the shooter.
The aftermath of the shooting
Matthew Gill, the meat manager at the Mad Butcher, told CNN a man came into the store with a shotgun and ended up in a shootout with police.
Two police officers were wounded in the gunfire, with one released from the hospital Saturday evening and another having minor injuries.
The suspected shooter, identified by authorities as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey, was also wounded and taken into custody.
Posey, a resident of New Edinburg, is expected to be charged with four counts of capital murder, with additional charges pending, according to an Arkansas State Police news release. He was taken to the Ouachita County Detention Center and is set to appear in court on Monday, according to Dallas County prosecutor Eric Marks.
The injuries to the suspect are not considered life-threatening, according to Mike Hagar, the secretary of public safety and director of Arkansas State Police. He noted the “situation is secured … contained. There are no active threats to the community.”
“The remaining civilian injuries range from non-life threatening to extremely critical,” he said.
Five women and two men from 20 to 65 years old were injured in the shooting. Four of them are still in the hospital, including a woman who is in critical condition. Three victims were treated and released on Friday.
Posey was “treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement, released to ASP custody, and transported to the Ouachita County Detention Center,” ASP said in the release. It is unclear if Posey has retained legal counsel at this point.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement on X said she had been briefed on the “tragic shooting” in Fordyce and is in “constant contact” with state police at the scene. Fordyce, a small city in southeast Dallas County, had a population of just 3,396 in 2020.
Fordyce City Council Member Roderick Rogers told CNN affiliate KATV that he was on the phone with someone in the store when the shooting took place. “Man, it was bad,” Rogers said.
The council member said that he spoke with survivors of the shooting who “are traumatized.”
“We are trying to get some counseling and everything set up at the moment,” he added.
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