Page 6 - Assault Unit News Today

An overnight shooting in Oakland reportedly left a mother of four who was sleeping in her home critically injured.  

Oakland police said they are investigating an attempted homicide after crews pulled a person "fully engulfed in flames" from a car.

A person has been shot near the Carver Neighborhood Market on Jonesboro Road SE.

In early August, an unknown man entered the victim’s apartment and tried to rape her.

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who is wanted in King County for attempted rape. Authorities believe he may be in the Redmond or Issaquah area.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A suspect allegedly wanted in connection to a July shooting in downtown Colorado Springs where a woman was shot in the neck while driving, was taken into custody earlier this month in Oklahoma. On Monday, July 10, detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) obtained a felony arrest warrant for James Andrew […]

The man is accused of abducting a woman and raping her at gunpoint on Monday night.

Oakland police said they're investigating the sound of gunfire that rang out – and was captured on a neighbor's phone.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Police Department (CSPD) received multiple calls about a shooting Saturday, Aug. 5, which left one person hospitalized. Officers responded just after 10:15 p.m., to a shooting in the 2000 block of Capulin Drive near Monterey Road and South Circle Drive. The Assault Unit and Armed Violent Offender Unit later continued […]

Chief Schierbaum said Atlanta has seen a spike in homicides in the month of August for the past three years.