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Three women were injured late Sunday afternoon in a series of subway slashing incidents, New York Police Department officials said. Three women were injured late Sunday afternoon in a series of subway slashing incidents, New York Police Department officials said, as they released photos of a suspect. At about 4:14 p.m., police received reports of a slashing that took place at the 86th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station, police said. A 19-year-old woman exited a southbound 4 train and was walking up the platform stairs when a male suspect slashed her right leg, the NYPD said in a press release. A suspect wanted in connection with subway assault incidents is seen in a video still released by The New York City Police Department on June 18, 2023. The New York City Police Department The suspect then is alleged to have attacked a 48-year-old woman at the same station, slashing her on her right leg as she stood on the subway platform, police said. The suspect fled on a downtown 4 train...

Two firefighters have been shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station in what police say may be a target ed attack . Two firefighters have been shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station in what police say may be a target ed attack . Both firefighters were hospitalized in serious condition after the shooting, which took place at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Birmingham police told reporters. Police respond to a firehouse where two firefighters were shot in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023. WBMA MORE: Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decrease by 66% in 2023 The suspect and motive are unknown, police said, adding that it's "extremely unusual for someone to come target one of our fire stations." About three firefighters were at the station at the time, authorities said. Police respond to a firehouse where two firefighters were shot in Birmingham, Ala., July 12, 2023. WBMA This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Source: https://thefoxposts.c...

Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for two suspects after an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old took place at the Willow Grove Mall. Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for two suspects after an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old took place at the Willow Grove Mall in Montgomery County Wednesday evening. The Abington Township Police Department received a call for an attempted child abduction at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, told police she was riding down an escalator of the mall when she was confronted by an adult male at the bottom. The man, who identified himself to her as "Alex," asked her to walk with him. The child then informed him that she was underage. When she attempted to step away from him, the man grabbed her arm and restrained her, forcibly taking her through the mall, Abington police said. The Abington Township Police Department released several photos of two men who all...

For years, investigators searched for the person responsible for dead bodies that were found on a Long Island beach. This summer, they caught a big break. Sara Karnes was sitting in her Times Square hotel room when she says she received a cell phone call from a blocked number. She said the voice on the other line, an unknown male caller who was calm and matter of fact, revealed personal details about her friend, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished days earlier in July 2007 while working as an escort in New York City. "'I just saw her,'" Karnes recalls the man saying. "'She's at a whorehouse in Queens.'" Rex Heuermann is shown in this booking photo released by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department Exactly 16 years after the chilling phone call, Karnes said she believes that mystery voice was that of Rex Heuermann, a married father of two and New York architect who is charged in the murders of three...

Authorities have expanded their search for a murder suspect who was accidentally released from an Indiana jail due to a clerical error. Authorities have expanded their search for a murder suspect who was accidentally released from an Indiana jail due to a clerical error. Kevin Mason, 28, was sought for more than two years in connection with a 2021 murder in Minneapolis until his arrest last week. He was mistakenly released from the Adult Detention Center in Indianapolis on Sept. 13, two days after his arrest, due to "faulty records review by civilian staff," the Marion County Sheriff's Office said. Kevin Mason is seen in a photo released by the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Marion County Sheriff's Office/Facebook More than 100 officers from multiple agencies were deployed in Indianapolis Wednesday night pursuing multiple leads in the case, according to Col. James Martin with the Marion County Sheriff's Office. "It led us to leads outside of Indianapol...

Police in Tennessee were searching Sunday for the estranged son of Nashville’s police chief as the suspect in the shooting of two police officers outside a Dollar General store LA VERGNE, Tenn. -- Police in Tennessee were searching Sunday for the estranged son of Nashville's police chief as the suspect in the shooting of two police officers outside a Dollar General store. Officers in La Vergne, a city about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Nashville, were investigating a stolen vehicle outside the store Saturday afternoon when they sruggled with the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot them, said LaVergne Police Chief Christopher Moews. Police identified the suspect as John C. Drake, Jr., 38, who is the son of Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake. One of the officers was shot twice, in the groin and right forearm, while the other officer was hit in the rear left shoulder. Both were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. One of the officers ...

The vehicle used by the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge has been found but he's still at large HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Authorities found the vehicle used by the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge but asked the public to remain vigilant Saturday as they continued searching for the man. Pedro Argote, 49, is suspect ed of gunning down the judge in his driveway hours after he ruled against him in a divorce case. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a statement posted on Facebook that the silver Mercedes SUV that Argote was believed to be driving had been located in a wooded area in Williamsport, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) southwest of Hagerstown, where the judge was shot outside his home. “Anyone with information on Argote’s location should immediately notify law enforcement,” the sheriff's office said in its statement. Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was shot Thursday night, just hours after he awarded custody of Arg...

A woman is in critical condition after being "forcibly shoved" into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. A woman is in critical condition after being "forcibly shoved" into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. A male suspect in the apparent random attack is being sought , police said. Police respond to the Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street station in Manhattan, Oct. 18, 2023. WABC The "horrific assault" occurred at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station in midtown Manhattan midday Wednesday, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kaplan said during a press briefing. The 30-year-old victim was standing on the platform while a train was pulling out of the station when she was pushed, "causing her head to strike the moving train ," Kaplan said. The victim then fell onto the tracks, at which point good Samaritans helped her back up on the platform and called 911, Kap...

Authorities say five drug task force officers were shot and wounded while serving a search warrant near the Minnesota city of Princeton FOLEY, Minn. -- Five drug task force officers were shot and wounded Thursday while serving a search warrant near the Minnesota city of Princeton and a suspect was arrested, authorities said. Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said at a news conference that the officers announced their arrival at the suspect 's rural home around 7 a.m. and came under fire. He said they returned fire and retreated. The suspect , identified as a 64-year-old man, was taken into custody around 10:45 a.m. after several hours of negotiations, the sheriff said. At some point he was injured and was being treated at a hospital. The officers ' injuries were not life-threatening, Heck said. Three were taken to North Memorial Hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale, where they remained hospitalized Thursday afternoon, while two who were struck in their bullet-resis...

A grandmother said she encountered the suspect in the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena speaking to her grandson in her yard. When New York State Police investigators came to her home this week and showed her a photo of the 46-year-old suspect in the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, Carol Brown said she almost "fell out of my chair." The Ballston Spa, New York, woman who lives down the road from a home where kidnapping suspect Craig N. Ross Jr. was arrested in a camper and where Charlotte was rescued on Monday, said she recognized the photo right away as a stranger she caught in her front yard a few months ago, just inches from her 9-year-old grandson. Brown told ABC News on Wednesday that she had no idea who Ross was until state police investigators knocked on her door asking if she had noticed "anything unusual happen" recently in her Saratoga County neighborhood. "The police asked me, 'Would you mind looking at pictures and seeing if you re...