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Wallace Truman Edge, 75, and Pamela Cook, 40, died from gunshot wounds at a house on McNatt Falls Road in Toombs County, Georgia. Deputies got the call around 2:19 p.m. on Monday, October 19. Three people had been shot inside the place at 188 McNatt Falls Road.

Deputies walked in and found Wallace and Pamela already gone. Both took fatal shots. Diane Cook, 55, sat inside with a gunshot wound of her own. Doctors called it non-life-threatening. She made it out alive while the other two did not.

Grace Edge, 76, Wallace’s former wife, drew the focus right away. Officers arrested her and locked her up at the Toombs County Detention Center. She faces two counts of felony murder, two counts of malice murder, and three counts of aggravated assault.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation stepped in to help sort out what went down that afternoon. No one else in the area faces any threat, according to the sheriff’s office. The case now sits with the courts and a first appearance hearing still ahead.

Wallace had lived 75 years full of the usual ups and downs that come with a long life. Pamela was just 40. Both left people behind who now have to figure out the days without them. Diane is healing from her wound and dealing with whatever comes next.

Families in Toombs County are left with the sudden hole this shooting punched in their lives. Two people will not come home. One woman recovers while the legal side moves forward.

Grace Edge remains in custody while investigators keep working the details of that Monday call.

Luqmaan Cusmaan was just 21 when gunfire ended his life on a Monday afternoon in northeast Columbus. Police got calls about shots fired around 2:11 p.m. in the 2200 block of Albert Avenue. Officers rolled up to an apartment complex where a fight involving several people had broken out. It did not stay a fistfight for long.

By the time help arrived, Luqmaan was down with what looked like a gunshot wound. Medics and officers worked on him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:19 p.m. Just eight minutes after the first calls came in. A second person was also hurt. Police have not said how bad that injury is.

Sgt. James Fuqua called the whole thing senseless and unnecessary. Plenty of shots rang out. The scene turned chaotic fast. Investigators are still piecing together what started the fight and why someone pulled a gun. No one has been arrested yet. Police say the person or people who did the shooting might still be armed and dangerous.

Luqmaan’s family and friends are left with a sudden hole. At 21, most folks are figuring out jobs, relationships, and what comes next. His future stopped on that stretch of Albert Avenue. The people who knew him now face empty chairs and unanswered questions.

The shooting happened right near a mosque where a funeral was going on. Police made it clear the funeral had nothing to do with the gunfire. No one inside the mosque got hurt. The building took no damage. It was not targeted. Still, folks leaving the service walked into the mess outside.

Emotions ran high after the shots. Family members, friends of Luqmaan, and people from the funeral mixed near the media. There was shouting, screaming, and some shoving. Officers had to step in and calm things down. No arrests came from that scuffle either.

Gaston Hernandez has lived in the neighborhood more than ten years. He works as a mechanic nearby. He said he never saw anything like this before. People need to settle beefs without guns, he told reporters. Khalid Turaani from the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Ohio said the community is tight. Healing will take time.

Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call Columbus police. The investigation continues. Luqmaan Cusmaan’s name is now on a growing list of young people lost to gunfire in the city. His loved ones are left to carry the weight.

Sasha Hart and her husband David left Fairbanks early Monday with their toddler. They never made it home. Around 9 a.m. Sasha was driving their Subaru Forester south on the Parks Highway near Trapper Creek when the car crossed the center line right by the Three Bears gas station. It slammed head-on into a northbound Ford F-250.

Both Sasha, 38, and David, 41, died at the scene. Troopers said the impact was severe. Their young child was in the vehicle too and lived. The injuries were not life-threatening. Medics flew the toddler to an Anchorage hospital where family members were waiting.

The crash shut down the Parks Highway in both directions near Milepost 115. Crews worked the scene for hours. A detour kept traffic moving. The road opened again around 3 p.m.

Sasha and David were a married couple from Fairbanks traveling together that morning. Their deaths leave a hole that relatives now have to face every day. The toddler is recovering, but the parents are gone.

Friends and family of the Harts are dealing with sudden loss. Two people who shared a life are no longer here. The child who rode with them will grow up without them.

Investigators are still looking into exactly why the Subaru crossed the line. No other details have been released yet. The Ford driver was not named in the first reports.

For the Hart family the days ahead mean hospital visits, arrangements, and trying to hold onto memories of Sasha and David while caring for their surviving child.

Roman McClain was just 21 when gunfire cut his life short late Saturday night in Eastvale. Deputies found him and six others with gunshot wounds in a residential backyard on the 7000 block of Morning Hills Drive. He died right there at the scene. The other six got rushed to nearby hospitals.

It happened around 11:13 p.m. on October 17. Calls came in about unknown trouble and a possible shooting. Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies rolled up and saw the mess. One young man from Victorville was gone. Six more were fighting for their lives with those traumatic injuries.

Roman lived in Victorville. At that age most folks still chase plans and next steps. His death hit hard for anyone who knew him. Sudden loss like this leaves family and friends with empty spots and hard questions that stick around.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner confirmed it was Roman McClain. He was pronounced dead in that backyard. No word yet on the conditions of the six who made it to the hospital. Each one carries their own story from that night.

Central Homicide Unit detectives took over the case right away. They are still piecing together what led to the shots. No arrests so far. No public motive either. The department says the investigation stays open and they will not put out more details right now.

Anyone who saw or heard something can call Central Homicide Unit Lead Investigator Newby at (951) 955-2777. Or try Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station Master Investigator Ramirez at (951) 955-2600. Every tip counts while they work this.

The quiet neighborhood near Eleanor Roosevelt High School turned into a crime scene in minutes. Roman’s name is the one we know. Six others are healing somewhere. The answers about that Saturday night are still out there waiting to surface.

Joseph Griffieth died Monday evening after two vehicles slammed into each other near Troy Sidney Road and River Road. The crash happened around 7 p.m. in Shelby County. Both cars ended up in the grass. One flipped onto its side.

Four kids sat in those vehicles. Their ages stretched from babies still in car seats to 10-year-olds. All of them walked away with only minor injuries. Three adults took harder hits. They left the scene with head trauma and needed hospital care.

Deputies closed roads for about a mile around the intersection. Crews worked under the lights while people gathered on the edges. The grass held the wrecked cars until tow trucks pulled them free.

Joseph Griffieth did not make it. His name now sits at the center of a quiet investigation. Family and friends face an empty space that opened without any warning on a regular Monday night.

The kids will remember the noise and the sudden stop. Their bodies healed fast. The memory of that moment may stick longer. Adults who survived carry their own weight from the head injuries.

Investigators keep looking at what led to the collision. No final answers have come yet. The roads reopened after the debris cleared. Life in the area moved on, but not for everyone connected to Joseph.

People who knew him now sort through the ordinary hours that came before the crash. A drive that should have ended at home stopped short instead.

Barry L. Cox died on a quiet stretch of Cranal Road in Winston County, Alabama. He was 64. The crash happened around 11:05 a.m. on October 20, 2026. His GMC Canyon left the road, flipped, and hit a tree about eight miles north of Double Springs near Sipsey Fork Road.

Troopers said Cox was not wearing a seat belt. The force threw him out of the truck. He was pronounced dead right there at the scene. Investigators are still looking into what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway.

People who knew Barry remember a man who had lived a full 64 years. He drove those back roads like so many folks in Winston County do every day. One ordinary morning turned into something no one saw coming.

The pickup ended up against a tree after it overturned. Without the seat belt holding him in place, Barry had no chance once the vehicle went over. Alabama state troopers confirmed the details and continue their work on the case.

Family and friends now face the sudden hole left behind. Ordinary days on the road can end this way in a blink. Barry’s truck was a familiar sight around those parts until that morning.

The crash site sits in a rural spot north of Double Springs. Emergency crews arrived but could do nothing more. Barry was already gone when they got there.

Those closest to him will carry the memories of the years he spent among them. The investigation may turn up more facts, but the loss is already real for everyone who cared about Barry L. Cox.

Bruce A. Rountrey was just 18 when his life ended on a quiet stretch of road in Campbell County, Virginia. He lived in Concord. On Saturday night, October 17, 2026, around 11:08 p.m., he was behind the wheel of a 2009 Subaru Impreza.

He drove south on East Ferry Road near Elliot Road. The car left the left side of the roadway and struck a tree. Bruce died right there at the scene.

Virginia State Police are still looking into what happened. No other vehicles were involved. It was a single-car crash on a dark country road.

Eighteen is young. Most folks that age are still figuring out jobs, school, or just hanging with friends. Bruce never got the chance to see what came next.

His family and the people who knew him now face a sudden empty space. The kind that shows up without warning and stays.

Police noted he was wearing a seatbelt. That detail does not change the outcome. The investigation continues as they piece together the final moments of the drive.

Folks in Campbell County know these rural roads can turn dangerous fast at night. This one claimed a young life from Concord and left a community quieter than it was before.

Arnet Harriston Wood lived in Stuarts Draft all his later years. Friends knew him as a steady guy who liked his three-wheeler. On Sunday night that ride ended hard.

Virginia State Police say the crash happened about 8:55 p.m. on Flat Rock Road in Augusta County. The spot sits a quarter-mile southeast of Shady Acres Lane. Wood, 62, was on his 2006 Boss Tryke when it left the left side of the road.

The tryke hit a tree and flipped. Troopers found him dead right there. No other cars were involved. His family got the call soon after.

Cops still dig into what made the tryke leave the pavement. Night driving on that stretch can get tricky. The road has its share of curves and dark spots.

Wood was 62. That age means years of work, family dinners, and quiet evenings. Those pieces stay with the people who knew him.

Folks in Stuarts Draft and nearby towns feel the hole. A single-vehicle wreck like this hits close. One wrong moment on a familiar road and everything stops.

Police keep looking at the scene. They want clear answers for the family. Until then the facts stand as they are. Arnet Wood died on that Virginia road Sunday night.

Diane Minor spent more than two decades as a ghost in Nashville files. Cops pulled her body from the Cumberland River back in 1998. She was 54. Someone had shot her twice. For years the only name she had was Leo Jane Doe, thanks to a zodiac necklace around her neck.

That necklace was the one solid clue left after the water and time did their work. Investigators tried everything they could back then. No missing person report ever showed up for her. No family stepped forward. The case just sat there cold.

New genetic testing finally cracked it open. Labs and modern tools matched her DNA and gave her back her real name. Diane Minor. The label Leo Jane Doe is done. She is a person again, not a file number.

Her body turned up near the river in Nashville that spring day in 1998. Detectives still do not know the full story of how she ended up there with two bullet wounds. Time makes these cases tough. People move on. Memories fade. Leads dry up.

The identification changes the game a little. Now cops have a name to work with. They can dig into who she knew and where she spent her last days. Anyone who remembers Diane or saw something around that time can still help.

Police say the investigation stays open. They want tips. Call Crime Stoppers if you know anything, even the small stuff that might not seem important. Cold cases like this one sometimes break when someone finally talks.

Diane Minor was more than the woman found floating in the Cumberland. She had a life before that day. Getting her name back matters. The rest of the truth is still out there waiting.

Soraya Kiara Woodley was just 22 when gunfire ended her life Monday evening in Macon. Deputies found her unresponsive at the intersection of Pio Nono Avenue and Hillcrest Avenue around 5:30 p.m. A 21-year-old man ended up in the hospital with what looked like a self-inflicted wound.

Witnesses said a young man pulled her from the driver’s side of a silver sedan stopped at the light. The two fought. She broke free and tried to run. He opened fire, hitting her several times, then kept shooting as she lay on the ground.

Bystanders called 911 right away for Soraya. The man was taken to a local hospital and listed in stable condition. Deputy Coroner Luann Stone pronounced Soraya dead at the scene. Her family has been notified.

The whole thing started inside that car, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Shell casings marked the sidewalk outside. No one else got hurt. The road was blocked for a while but opened back up.

At 22, Soraya had years ahead of her. The sudden violence left people who knew her dealing with shock and hard questions. Details about what sparked the fight stay under investigation.

Sheriff’s deputies are still piecing together the full story. They have not named the man or said much about any connection between the two. Anyone with information can call the department.

Soraya’s death hits hard for a young life cut short right there on a regular Macon street. The community waits for more answers while her family faces the loss.