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Dionte Jashea Murph was just 23 when shots rang out on a Wednesday evening in Hickory. He lived right there in town. Police got the call about a shooting in the 600 block of 14th Street SW around 6:51 that night.

Officers and emergency crews rolled up fast. They found Murph hurt bad from a gunshot. They got him to a local hospital quick as they could. Doctors tried hard but he did not make it.

A second young man took a bullet too. Phalen Devon Izard Jr., only 19 and also from Hickory, made it to the hospital on his own. His wound was not life-threatening. He is expected to pull through.

Hickory police have opened a full homicide case. Detectives are piecing together what went down before the shots and right when they happened. So far they have not named any suspects or said what sparked it.

Folks who knew Dionte are left reeling. Twenty-three is no age to go. His family and friends now face empty chairs and hard questions with no easy answers.

Cops keep working the scene and talking to people who might have seen something. They want anyone with even a small piece of info to call Investigator Helderman at the Hickory Police Department.

The street where it happened sits in a regular neighborhood. Now it carries the weight of a young life cut short and another still recovering. Police say more details will come as they dig deeper.

A motorcycle carrying two people slammed into trouble on the Barrancas Avenue Bridge Wednesday night. The passenger never got up.

Angela Nieto, a Pensacola Police detective, rode on the back. Her male friend handled the controls. They traveled eastbound over Bayou Chico near Pace Boulevard. About 8 p.m. on October 14 he lost the bike in a curve. The crash killed Nieto at the scene.

The driver went to a hospital with injuries that doctors called non-life-threatening. Authorities still have not released his name.

The bridge spans Bayou Chico in Escambia County, Florida. Police shut it down while they sorted out the wreckage and gathered what they could.

Pensacola Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol share the investigation. They have not explained the exact reason the driver lost control.

Nieto worked as an off-duty detective that night. She sat behind the operator when everything went wrong in seconds.

Local roads near downtown Pensacola stayed disrupted for hours. The joint probe continues. The known facts remain the same: two people on one motorcycle, a curve on the bridge, and one detective who did not walk away.

Angela Nieto never made it home Wednesday night. The Pensacola detective sat on the back of a motorcycle when it went down hard on the Barrancas Avenue Bridge.

She was off duty. A male friend drove. They headed east over Bayou Chico around 8 p.m. on October 14. He lost control in a curve. The bike crashed. Nieto died right there on the bridge.

The driver ended up in a local hospital. His injuries were not life-threatening. Police have not named him yet.

Barrancas Bridge links the area near Pace Boulevard to the rest of Pensacola. It sits in Escambia County, right in Florida’s western Panhandle. Crews closed the span for hours while they worked the scene.

Pensacola Police and the Florida Highway Patrol are looking into every detail together. No one has said what made the driver lose control.

Nieto served as a detective with the Pensacola Police Department. Colleagues and friends now face the sudden loss of one of their own.

The crash leaves questions that investigators still need to answer. For now the facts stay simple and stark. A detective rode as a passenger. The motorcycle went down. She did not survive.

Shots cracked through the 600 block of 14th Street SW in Hickory just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Dionte Jashea Murph, 23, went down with a gunshot wound. Medics got him to the hospital fast, but he died from his injuries.

Nineteen-year-old Phalen Devon Izard Jr. caught a bullet in the same burst of gunfire. He made it to the hospital on his own. Doctors say the injury will not kill him.

Hickory Police treated the scene like a homicide right away. Detectives are collecting evidence and talking to people who might know what started the shooting. Nothing solid on why it happened has been shared yet.

Both men called Hickory home. The sudden violence has neighbors talking and worrying about what comes next.

Anyone with even a scrap of information should reach out. Investigator Helderman is handling tips at 828-261-2621 or rhelderman@hickorync.gov. Small details matter in cases like this.

The probe keeps moving. Police say they will put out more when they can confirm it.

Right now the community waits for the next update while two families deal with the fallout from one night of gunfire.

Dionte Jashea Murph was just 23 when gunfire ended his life Wednesday evening in Hickory. Police got the call about shots in the 600 block of 14th Street SW around 6:51 p.m. Officers and medics arrived quick. Murph had been hit by a bullet. They rushed him to a hospital. He did not make it.

Another young man from Hickory took a bullet too. Phalen Devon Izard Jr., only 19, got himself to the hospital. His wound was not life-threatening. He is expected to recover.

This is now a homicide case. Hickory Police detectives are looking into every detail of what happened before the shots rang out. No motive has come out yet. No suspects have been named.

Murph lived right here in Hickory. His death hits hard for a young guy with his whole life ahead. Families in the neighborhood are left dealing with sudden loss.

Police want anyone who saw or heard anything to speak up. Even small bits of information can help piece things together. Call Investigator Helderman at 828-261-2621 or email rhelderman@hickorync.gov.

The case stays open. More facts may come as detectives dig deeper. For now, the focus stays on finding answers for Murph’s family and the community.

Folks around Hickory are watching close. A young man’s life cut short leaves questions that need answers soon.

A young New Jersey man lost his life in a brutal overnight hit-and-run crash while walking along a dark Philadelphia roadway.

Philadelphia Police Department officers received an urgent call reporting an unconscious person lying in the middle of the road on North Delaware Avenue.

When patrol units arrived at the scene around 12:53 a.m. Thursday, October 15, they found a young adult male suffering from severe head trauma.

Paramedics attempted life-saving measures right there on the pavement, but the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified the deceased pedestrian as 23-year-old Brendan Casuscelli, who lived across the river in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Preliminary findings from the accident reconstruction team indicate that Casuscelli was struck by a fast-moving vehicle that blew right past him.

Investigators discovered deep tire marks etched into the asphalt directly next to where Casuscelli’s body was found abandoned in the street.

Police have zero witnesses, no suspect vehicle descriptions, and no arrests as homicide detectives scour the industrial corridor for security camera footage.

Right after 7 p.m. Wednesday gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the Gainesville Walmart on Shallowford Road. James Edward McDaniel, 81, from Lula got struck by a bullet. Police say he was not involved. He was just there when other people started shooting at each other.

McDaniel was taken straight to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in critical shape. He later died from the wound. Gainesville police confirmed the death Thursday morning and said preliminary information points to him being an innocent bystander.

Witnesses leaving the Target store next door heard multiple shots. One man said it sounded like five or six rounds. Police arrived fast and sealed off the grocery side of the Walmart parking lot. The area stayed closed while they processed the scene.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in at the request of Gainesville police for the death investigation. No arrests have been made. Police have not released any names of suspects or details on what set off the shooting.

The crime scene stretched across a good part of the parking lot. Officers kept the public out while they collected evidence. Anyone who saw something or has phone video is asked to contact police through 911 or their online tip line.

McDaniel was from Lula. He ended up in the middle of gunfire that had nothing to do with him. That is the part that sticks with people following this case.

Police say the investigation is still open. They want any information that can help identify who fired the shots that killed the 81-year-old man.

James Edward McDaniel was just an 81-year-old man from Lula out at the store. Shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday he got hit by gunfire in the parking lot of the Walmart on Shallowford Road in Gainesville. Police say he was an innocent bystander who had nothing to do with whatever started the shooting.

Gunfire broke out right there outside the store. McDaniel took a bullet and first responders rushed him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He was in critical condition when they got him there. He did not make it.

A couple walking out of the Target next door heard the shots. They counted five or six of them. Gainesville police showed up quick and closed off the grocery side of the Walmart lot. The whole area stayed shut to the public while officers worked the scene.

Gainesville police called in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to help with the death investigation. So far no one has been arrested. Police have not said who was shooting or why the gunfire started.

McDaniel lived in Lula. That is a short drive from the Gainesville Walmart where this happened. Investigators believe he was simply in the wrong place when the shots started flying between other people.

The parking lot stayed taped off late into the night. Police are still looking for anyone who saw what went down or has video from the area. They ask people with information to call 911 or send in a tip online.

This left an 81-year-old man dead after what should have been a regular evening stop at the store. The investigation continues.

Police raced to Ball Park Street in Elsipogtog First Nation after a report of a shooting just before 2 a.m. on October 13. They found a man dead outside a residence. That man turned out to be Hayven Francis, 26 years old. The RCMP Major Crime Unit called it a homicide the same day.

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. They say there is no ongoing danger to the public. But they are still looking for a man connected to the case. No description has been shared yet.

At 2:35 a.m. an Alert Ready message blasted out to phones in the area. It told residents to lock their doors and stay put. It also told others to steer clear while officers hunted for someone armed and dangerous. The alert lifted at 6:15 a.m. People could leave their homes after that. Extra police stayed visible in the community as the probe went on.

Hayven’s name was released by police on October 15. The news spread fast through Elsipogtog First Nation. Family and neighbors are dealing with the shock of losing a young man in such a sudden way.

The Major Crime Unit is handling the full investigation. They are gathering what they can from the scene and following leads. The early morning chaos of the alerts has settled, but the questions about why Hayven was killed remain.

Anyone with details should reach the New Brunswick RCMP at 1-888-506-7267. Call 911 for anything urgent or suspicious.

The community continues to feel the weight of Hayven Francis’s death at age 26 while officers push forward on the case.

Hayven Francis was just 26 years old when he was killed early Tuesday morning in Elsipogtog First Nation. Police found his body outside a house on Ball Park Street after a call about a shooting came in around 1:50 a.m. on October 13. Officers from the local RCMP detachment got there quick and confirmed he was gone.

The New Brunswick RCMP Major Crime Unit looked into it and said right away this was a homicide. They made the name public on October 15. Family and friends in the community are hurting bad over losing him so young. Folks who knew him say his life meant a lot more than how it ended.

Cops think this was a targeted hit. They say the general public is safe now. Still, they are hunting for a man they believe is tied to the shooting. That search started right after they found Hayven.

An emergency alert went out at about 2:35 a.m. telling people in Elsipogtog and nearby spots to stay inside and lock their doors. It warned about a man who was armed and dangerous. By 6:15 a.m. another alert said folks could go outside again and get back to normal. Police kept a bigger presence around the area while they worked the case.

People in the First Nation woke up to the news and the alerts. Many stayed put until the all-clear came. The sudden loss hit hard for those close to Hayven. His death left a hole that statements from police cannot fill.

The investigation is still open. Anyone who knows something is asked to call the New Brunswick RCMP at 1-888-506-7267. If you see anything odd or need help right away, dial 911.

Hayven Francis was 26. The community is mourning him as police keep digging for answers on what happened that night on Ball Park Street.