Photo courtesy of the AJC Asheley Jewell remained in critical condition Friday, but her family says the 15-year-old is showing some progress, according to the AJC.com. As we previously reported, the Stephenson High sophomore was shot in the head last Saturday night in an apparent road rage incident on Old National Highway. None of the […]

Photo courtesy of the AJC The AJC is reporting that friends and relatives of Asheley Jewell, the 15-year-old critically wounded in an apparent road rage incident, will hold a candlelight vigil Saturday near the site of the shooting. As we previously reported, Jewell was shot in the head on Saturday evening on Old National Highway. […]

“Real Housewives Of Atlanta” Kandi Burruss’ deceased fiance A.J. Jewell’s daughter was shot in head on Saturday. Asheley Jewell, 15 years old, was driving with friends when someone from another vehicle that was chasing them, opened fire on the car she was riding in. She was hit in the back of the head and is […]

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ medical transfer from Arizona to Texas on Friday went “flawlessly” with Giffords showing signs that she was aware of what was going on, doctors said. Giffords left the Tucson hospital Friday where she had been treated since being shot in the head January 8. She smiled and teared up when she heard […]

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With a heavily armed ex-convict shooting directly at him, a Florida schools superintendent was prepared to die but said today he was saved when “God blocked the bullet.” “I was very confident that I was going to get shot. I wasn’t pulling for it, but I was ready if that was going to happen,” Bay […]

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Police have cleared Michael Vick’s name in the shooting incident that took place at his 30th birthday party. From NFL.com: Virginia Beach, Va., police said Tuesday that they have identified the person responsible for a shooting outside a local nightclub and cleared Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who had proclaimed his innocence. “There are no […]

From MSNBC.com: A review of surveillance video shows NFL quarterback Michael Vick driving away from his birthday party at a Virginia Beach restaurant last Friday just three minutes before someone fired off two shots. Vick’s attorney, Larry Woodward, had told reporters the Newport News native left about thirty minutes before the shooting. WAVY.com’s Mary Kay […]

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From the Columbus Dispatch: COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a teenage cousin showed up at Evelyn Burgess’ house for Easter dinner wearing what Burgess considered a revealing outfit, the hostess was not going to let the issue go. According to family members who were present, Burgess got mad when her husband took notice of the T-shirt […]

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VIA: CNN.com Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for the fatal shooting of his limo driver in 2002. Williams tearfully apologized to the family of Costas “Gus” Christofi during his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning. “There’s not a day I wake up and I don’t feel sorry […]

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VIA: AJC.com A third victim from Tuesday’s shooting spree near Kennesaw has died. Roberto Gonzalez, 31, of Dallas, died Wednesday afternoon, according a spokesman at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Gonzalez continues to remain on life support in order to pursue organ donation per his wishes , according to Keith Bowermaster with Kennestone. The alleged shooter, Jesse […]

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VIA: AJC.com A Penske spokesman says a former employee was the gunman behind a deadly shooting spree Tuesday afternoon near Kennesaw. Three people have been killed and two were injured around 2 p.m. at the Penske Truck Rental facility at 3011 Barrett Lakes Boulevard, near the intersection of Chastain Road., according to Officer Joe Hernandez […]

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VIA: CNN.com James von Brunn, who was accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June, died Wednesday morning at a hospital in North Carolina, his attorney said. “He was just very sick,” public defender A.J. Kramer said. “It is a sad end to a very sad occurrence.” Von Brunn, […]