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WLS-TV(CHICAGO) -- One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot multiple times when he and other agents were ambushed during an undercover operation, officials tell ABC News.The agent was part of the ATF's ongoing effort to help local authorities go after the "worst of the worst" in the Chicago area, officials told ABC News. […]

ABC News(FORT MYERS, Fla.) -- A woman accused of leading authorities on a multistate crime spree that included two homicides has been indicted on first-degree murder charges.Lois Riess, 56, allegedly shot and killed her husband in Minnesota and later killed a woman in Florida and stole her identity.According to a statement on Wednesday from the State Attorney's office in Florida, Riess has been indicted on charges of "First Degree Murder […]

ABC News(DENVER) -- A 24-year-old man accidentally shot by an FBI agent doing a backflip on the dance floor of a Colorado nightclub says he initially couldn't believe he had been wounded while enjoying a night out with friends and thought "some idiot set off a firecracker."In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Good Morning America, Thomas Reddington said he remains "confused" by the bizarre incident that happened at the […]

KTRK (SANTA FE, Texas) -- The officer who was injured when he confronted a shooter at a Texas high school last month has been released from the hospital after nearly three weeks.When a 17-year-old student allegedly opened fire at the school on May 18, Santa Fe Independent School District police officer John Barnes was wounded and taken to The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in critical condition.Barnes, a […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) --  A federal judge in California ruled on Wednesday evening that a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant parents from their children can move forward, saying the government’s policy "shocks the conscience."Judge Dana M. Sabraw denied the government's motion to dismiss the case and ruled that the Fifth Amendment's due process clause gives migrant families on U.S. soil a right to "family integrity […]

Nikki Guinn (via Facebook)(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) --  California driver was arrested Monday after video showed him ramming his car into another vehicle repeatedly in an apparent road-rage attack, police said.Police in Sacramento, California, arrested Jose Garcia Alvarez, 40, on Monday afternoon after he allegedly rammed an unoccupied car with his white SUV, hitting it multiple times and pushing it into an intersection, according video posted on social media.Next, Alvarez reportedly got […]

WABC-TV(NEW YORK) -- Lawmakers in Brooklyn are demanding answers after a pizza delivery man was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he tried to deliver an order to the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn.The incident took place on June 1 around 11 a.m., according to Brooklyn councilman Justin Brannan, who represents the district where Fort Hamilton is located. Brannan said some kind of confrontation happened between Pablo […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- Las Vegas authorities have released dozens of 911 calls from the Oct. 1 shooting, shedding light on the panic and chaos that ensued at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival as bullets rained down from an unknown gunman 32 stories in the sky above.In one call between a 911 dispatcher and the fire department, the dispatcher says that there are "possibly 20 subjects down" and that […]

Georgia Bureau of Investigation(FLAGLER BEACH, Fla.) -- Thanks to a new tip, local and state authorities are combing a wooded area near Atlanta today in the hopes of finding the remains of a woman who mysteriously disappeared more than 20 years ago.Sherri Vanessa Holland was last seen in Flagler Beach, Florida, on the morning of August 16, 1996, as she was preparing to head back to Atlanta, the Georgia Bureau […]