Police: Seattle Gunman Killed Himself

(CBS/AP) SEATTLE - A gunman killed five people in Seattle on Wednesday - four at a cafe and another in a carjacking - before he apparently shot himself as officers closed in following a citywide manhunt, authorities said. Both the suspect and one of his victims died after the incident at a local hospital. One man ...

Man Shocked While Trying To Steal Overhead Train Wires

Excerpted from NY POST: NJ Transit says a man survived after he was shocked while trying to steal overhead rail wires Wednesday. NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder says the man fell onto the lines at Roseville Avenue in Newark around 4 a.m. The suspect has been identified as 41-year-old Eric Vega of Newark. He was taken to a ...

Second Body Part Discovered In Ottawa After Severed Foot Sent To Conservative Headquarters

Excerpted from THE STAR: OTTAWA—Ottawa police are investigating the discovery of two body parts — including a bloodied human foot that was delivered by a Canada Post mailman to the Conservative Party headquarters. Police confirmed late Tuesday that a second body part was found, hours after the coroner concluded that the first package “did contain ...

Man Drives Truck Into TACO BELL Over Missing Taco

Excerpted from THE SMOKING GUN:Today’s instance of drive-thru rage comes from Huber Heights, Ohio, where a 23-year-old man allegedly crashed his truck into a Taco Bell after he “did not get one of the tacos he ordered,” according to police. Michael Smith was arrested early this morning for felony vandalism in connection with the bizarre 12:15 ...

Man Stabs Himself, Throws Pieces Of Skin And Intestines At Police

Excerpted from CBS NEW YORK: HACKENSACK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A man who stabbed himself and threw pieces of his skin and intestines at police officers trying to subdue him was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, authorities said. Officers encountered 43-year-old Wayne Carter on Sunday morning when they responded to reports of a man barricaded ...

Bath Salts Now Blamed For Face-Eating Zombie – With Video

Earlier today the AP said it was a batch of bad acid...developing... Police Official: We Have Seen 3 Or 4 Cases 'Exactly Like This'... MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The crime shocked South Florida and has drawn the attention of the world. A naked man is shot by Miami Police while eating another naked man’s face on ...

Worst Acid Trip in History Blamed In Miami Face-Eating Attack

Excerpted from The Atlantic Wire: The Miami Zombie has a name: Police told local press that the naked man they shot to death when he wouldn't stop eating another guy's face is 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, and that he was in the depths of the world's worst acid trip when it happened. The local CBS affiliate has ...

Escaped Arkansas Killers Spur Manhunt – With Video

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Excerpted from ABC News: Two alleged killers who broke out of an Arkansas jail early Monday morning are the subject of a manhunt today. Sheriff's officers in Miller County, Ark., are hunting for Quincy Vernard Stewart, 36, and Cortez Rashod Hooper, 23, who used blades from a hacksaw to saw off three ...

Police Increasingly Deploy Gunshot Monitoring Systems

Excerpted from NY TIMES: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — At 7:22:07 p.m. on a recent Thursday, an electronic alarm went off in the soundproof control room of a suburban office building here. A technician quickly focused on the computer screen, where the words “multiple gunshots” appeared in large type. She listened to a recording ...