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Bradley Shawn Thompson died right there on the street Thursday night. The 48-year-old man took several gunshot wounds near Southwest 40th Avenue and South Polk Street in Amarillo.

Police got the call around 9 p.m. on Oct. 22. Officers from the Amarillo Police Department rolled up and found him hurt bad. They pronounced him dead at the scene.

A small SUV took off from the area right after the shots rang out. Cops have not said what color it was. They have not named any suspects either.

This happened in a quiet part of town. Folks around there heard the noise and saw the car leave. No one has come forward yet with more.

Thompson leaves behind questions that hang heavy. Who pulled the trigger? Why did it go down like that?

Police want help from anyone who saw something. Call the Homicide Unit at 806-378-9468 if you have tips or video from nearby cameras.

The case stays open. Amarillo sits in Potter County up in the Texas Panhandle. No arrests have been made.

John Coughlin of New Hampshire is gone. The news hit the people who knew him hard. They keep thinking about the talks they used to have and the times they spent side by side.

His absence shows up in small ways now. Someone reaches for the phone to call him and stops. Family dinners feel different without his voice in the mix. The regular days that once included him feel off.

Folks who cared about John hold onto the memories they made together. Those shared pieces of life still matter to them. They bring a bit of ease while the hurt stays close.

No one has put out much about his age or how he spent his working years. The people closest to him do not need a list of facts. They already carry the real picture of who he was in their own minds.

Friends say the ties he built with people around him ran deep. Those links do not just disappear. They keep him present in the stories people tell when they get together.

Family members lean on each other these days. A simple check-in or a quiet sit-down helps more than big speeches. Grief moves at its own speed for each person.

The ones left behind hope to find some steady ground soon. They plan to keep John’s place in their lives alive through the things they remember most about him. That is how they are getting through right now.

Ryan Beales got hit by a car last night while riding his electric bicycle in Severna Park. The ninth-grader is fighting for his life at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His family faces a tough wait with no clear answers yet.

A family friend put out the word this morning. Ryan lies in critical condition. People around town started sending messages right away. They hope he pulls through.

Ryan moved to the area at the start of the school year. He quickly became best friends with a boy named Herbie. The parent who shared the news said the two stuck close from day one. That bond makes this hit even harder on both families.

Friends and classmates feel the weight of it. Ryan was just starting high school. He had already made real connections with kids around him. Now those same kids keep checking for any update that sounds better.

The message from Herbie’s parent asked folks to pray for Ryan and his family. No one knows exactly what else to do. They just want him to get stronger.

Details about the crash itself stay thin. No word yet on the driver or how it all went down. Police have not put out an official statement. The focus stays on Ryan in that hospital bed.

People who know him keep their thoughts on the family. The next few days look long. Support from the neighborhood means something while they wait.

Dr. Robert J. Garofalo Jr. is gone. The Long Hill Township dentist died suddenly. His practice shared the news this week. Friends and family are still taking it in.

He ran Stirling Valley Dental Associates on Warren Avenue in Stirling. Patients knew him as the steady hand who fixed teeth without a lot of fuss. He put in years of work there. People counted on him for checkups, fillings, and the tough stuff too.

The office said his death came without warning. No one saw it coming. That hit the people closest to him the hardest. Family members lost a husband, father, or brother overnight. Colleagues lost the man who kept the place running.

Staff at the practice put out a short note. They said Dr. Garofalo always aimed for solid care. He treated folks from around Long Hill and nearby towns. Many patients stuck with him for years because he listened and got the job done.

The office stays open. Another dentist is stepping in for appointments and emergencies. They are looking for someone to take over full time later. For now the doors stay unlocked and the phones work for urgent needs.

Condolences can go to the practice email. No public services are set yet. That leaves room for the family to handle things private. Neighbors in Stirling and Long Hill keep talking about the quiet way he did his work.

A lot of local people feel the gap already. Dr. Garofalo left a clear mark on the small practice he built. The team says they will try to keep the same level of care going forward. That is the only plan on the table right now.

Kevin Brayden Bonner was just 16 years old. He lived in an apartment at the Highland Glen Apartment Complex in Walhalla. Early Friday morning someone shot him in the head right there at home.

Oconee County 911 got the call about shots fired around 12:23 a.m. First responders rushed to the complex. They found Bonner inside the apartment where he lived. He had a gunshot wound to the head and was in cardiac arrest.

EMS and fire crews worked on him. They tried life support. He died at the scene at 1:29 a.m. Coroner Karl Addis confirmed the identity. An autopsy is set.

Walhalla Police Department is on the case. So is the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s Special Victims Unit. The Oconee County Coroner’s Office is part of it too. They are treating this as a homicide.

No one has said anything about a suspect. No word on motive. Nobody knows if anyone is in custody. The apartment sat quiet after the shots. Neighbors heard the noise in the middle of the night.

Bonner was a teenager living his life in that complex. Now the place is a crime scene. Investigators are going through every detail of the overnight shooting.

The family and friends are left waiting for answers. Police have not shared more. The probe keeps going in Walhalla.

Ty-Leeyah Jamison was just 17 when gunfire cut her life short on a Hartford porch. She sat with friends on East Raymond Street last Wednesday evening. Shots rang out around 7 p.m. She never made it home.

Police found her unresponsive. They rushed her to the hospital. Doctors pronounced her dead. Another 17-year-old girl took bullets too. That girl stayed in stable condition.

Ty-Leeyah went to Weaver High School. She was a senior and a cheerleader. Her mom said she had no part in any fight that might have led to this. She and a friend just hung out at a house that night.

A GoFundMe went up right away. The money aims to bring Ty-Leeyah back home and cover the funeral costs. Her family faces bills no parent should ever see.

This kind of violence hits hard in Hartford. A young girl on a porch with friends. Then everything changes in seconds. No one deserves that loss.

Family and friends still try to make sense of it. They gather and share memories. Condolences pour in from people who knew her smile and her energy.

The investigation continues. Police look for answers. In the meantime the community holds the family close as they plan the next hard steps.

Jasmine Henson lived with her kids in a mobile home out near the end of County Road 4127 in Canton, Texas. Around half past midnight on Wednesday the place caught fire. Smoke and flames moved fast through the rooms.

Firefighters from several departments got the call about people trapped. When they pulled up, three folks had already gotten out on their own. Four children were still inside. The fire burned so hard the crews had to cut through an outside wall to reach them.

Three of the kids were already gone when the firefighters found them. An eight-year-old boy, a five-year-old boy, and a three-year-old girl died right there. Jasmine, who was twenty-seven, and her nine-year-old son Robert got flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Both died later that day from their burns.

The family lost four children in all. Their names were Robert Mitchell, Troy Mitchell, Levi Mitchell, and Avril Mitchell. Only seven-year-old Grayson made it out alive with his dad and grandmother.

Neighbors heard the yelling and the roar of the fire that night. One woman who lives next door said no parent should ever have to bury their kids. Investigators are still looking into how the fire started. The house is nothing but blackened wood and pink insulation now.

People around Canton have started bringing clothes and toys for Grayson. He likes Legos and things for outside play. Family members say the holidays will be hard without his mom. The boy lost almost everything in those few minutes after midnight.

This small East Texas town is quiet now except for the memorials growing by the road. Jasmine and her four kids are gone. Grayson and his father are left to figure out the next steps one day at a time.

Eddie Maciel Jr. was just 33 years old. He had a wife and daughters waiting for him. On the far South Side of San Antonio, Texas, his body turned up in the grass along northbound Interstate 37, just north of Loop 1604.

A tow truck driver saw him there shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Paramedics got there fast and pronounced him dead right at the scene. Police say he died from blunt force injuries.

Investigators figure a vehicle hit him while he tried to cross the highway. It most likely happened between 10 p.m. Wednesday and midnight. The driver who hit him has not been found yet.

Surveillance video showed Eddie walking that night. He looked like a man headed to work. He had responsibilities. He had people counting on him to come home.

His daughters will not get more years with their dad. His wife faces a loss that hits hard every single day. The emptiness in that house is real and heavy.

Eddie never made it to where he was going. His life mattered to the people who loved him. His memory stays with them.

Police keep looking for the vehicle involved. The family waits for answers. Rest easy, Eddie.

Aniyah Jenkins never made it home Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old from Bluffton died right there at the scene after a multi-vehicle crash on Okatie Highway near the New River Bridge in Beaufort County.

Chief Deputy Coroner Shane Bowers said she passed around 3:57 p.m. from multiple blunt force injuries. The wreck shut down the road in both directions for a while. Drivers headed toward Savannah or coming up from the New River area had to find other ways around.

People who knew her called her DaBiggestt. She was young. Twenty-six is no age to go. Folks in Bluffton and around Beaufort County are still taking it in. One minute the highway is moving. Next minute everything stops.

The Bluffton Police Department is looking into how the crash happened. No word yet on the other vehicles or what led up to it. Investigators are still working the details.

Aniyah lived in Bluffton. That Lowcountry stretch of road near the bridge is familiar to a lot of local drivers. Now it carries a heavy mark for her family and friends.

The community is quiet about it in the way these things make people quiet. Memories of her stick with the ones who spent time with her. Simple days. Ordinary talks. All of it cut short.

She leaves behind people who will keep saying her name. Aniyah Jenkins. DaBiggestt. Gone from the road she was traveling that Wednesday.

homas A. Brown, 41, of Bucyrus was killed Thursday when the semi he drove crashed on South State Street in Marion.

It happened around 10:40 a.m. near Gurley Avenue. Brown was heading north in a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia.

The truck slammed into three parked vehicles on the east side of the road. Those were a 2023 Jeep Cherokee, a 2012 Dodge Caravan and a 2006 BMW 520.

After that the rig left the pavement. It hit two utility poles, an embankment and a house. Then it flipped over.

Brown died right there at the scene. Troopers said he was not wearing a seat belt.

Ohio State Highway Patrol is still looking into what caused it. Marion police, fire crews, the coroner’s office and several towing companies helped clean up.

Folks who knew him from Bucyrus are left dealing with the sudden loss on what started as a regular work day.