No bail for Chicago gang members in Hadiya Pendleton's death

Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Two men charged in the death of a 15-year-old Chicago honor student were ordered held without bail Tuesday at a hearing where prosecutors contended the shooting happened while they were hunting for members of a rival gang...

2 charged in shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton

Don Babwin, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago gang members charged Monday in the death of a 15-year-old honor student mistook her and her friends for members of a rival gang...

Police: Shots fired, rapper Rick Ross crashes Rolls

Kyle Harvey

VIDEO - On the morning of his 37th birthday, rapper Rick Ross may have been involved in a car crash that stemmed from a shooting...

Man wrongfully convicted of murder officially freed

theGrio

LOS ANGELES - Cheers erupted in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday afternoon when a judge exonerated John Edward Smith of a drive-by shooting he did not commit. Late Monday, Smith left Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail after serving 19 years in prison...

Man exonerated of murder after nearly 20 years

Linda Deutsch, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors are going to court Friday to seek dismissal of charges against a former gang member convicted of a drive-by murder in a gang infested neighborhood of Los Angeles 19 years ago...

Slain cop wasn't target in Newark drive-by

theGrio

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The acting police director in Newark, N.J., says officials do not believe that a police officer killed in a drive-by shooting was the intended target...