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Summer 2024 Weekend Shooting Analysis
Crime & Violence in America's Big Cities
Tracking Big City Shootings, Killings &
Injuries Throughout Summer 2024
982 Shootings - 281 Killed - 1,037 Injured in 15 Cities Over Last 11 Weekends
Shootings (down 20%), deaths (down 14%) & injuries
(down 19%) so far from 2023
The D&D Daily's Big City Weekend Violence Study - Memorial Day to Labor Day
The Daily's annual study analyzes weekend
shooting data in 15 major U.S. cities from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor
Day Weekend 2024
Starting
Memorial Day Weekend, the D&D Daily began compiling and analyzing
data from 15 major U.S. cities to get a snapshot of summer gun violence.
Over the past weekend, from August 2nd
through August 4th, there were 65
shootings recorded in these 15 big cities, resulting in
15 deaths and 77 injuries.
In total, over the past 11 weekends combined, these cities have recorded
982 shootings, resulting in 281 deaths and 1,037 injuries.
Compared to last summer at this time in the study,
total shootings in these cities are down 20%,
deaths are down 14%, and injuries are down 19%.
The D&D Daily will continue tracking this data throughout the summer to capture
the weekend violence trend in our nation's big cities as warm weather typically
brings about more crime and violence.
Click here to see the list of incidents per city throughout the summer.
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Read more coverage about America's crime and
violence surge in the section directly below
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
California Shoplifting Surges 28% Since 2019
Commercial Burglaries Fell in 2023, but Shoplifting Continued to Rise
Retail theft is at the center of criminal justice policy debates across
the state. Recently released crime statistics for 2023 show continued
growth in shoplifting statewide; reported incidents are
28% higher than in 2019. Commercial burglaries dropped by 9%
in 2023 but remain about 6% above their pre-pandemic level. Our analysis shows
that while most large counties saw increases in retail theft (both shoplifting
and commercial burglary) from 2019 to 2023, more than 90% of the statewide
rise occurred in just four counties: Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and
San Mateo.
While several proposals have been considered in the state legislature to curb
retail theft, proponents of
Proposition 36 have cited concerns that
Proposition 47 (2014)-which reclassified a number of drug and property offenses
from felonies to misdemeanors-has contributed to the increases. With
the aim of informing ongoing criminal justice policy discussions, we use
California Department of Justice (CADOJ)
2023 statewide
crime data to update our
previous work on trends in retail theft in California. Given that under Prop
47, shoplifting is a specific crime category limited to theft incidents in which
the value of the stolen merchandise does not exceed $950, we also examine
commercial burglaries, which include higher-value incidents of retail theft in
which the individual is charged with entering the premises with the intent to
steal merchandise worth more than $950. These incidents can be treated as either
misdemeanors or felonies (second-degree burglaries).
As with any data, there are limitations. Perhaps most importantly, retail
theft data are limited to incidents reported to law enforcement agencies, and
these incidents-especially low-value thefts-are likely underreported.
Furthermore, agencies may vary in how they report and categorize an offense, and
underreporting may change over time-possibly due to criminal justice responses
to reported incidents and to media coverage.
Both shoplifting and commercial burglaries were higher
in 2023 than they were before Prop 47 passed, with increases since
the pandemic accounting for most of the rise. Shoplifting jumped in 2015 but
decreased over the next several years, before falling dramatically (by 29%) in
2020, at the beginning of the pandemic. Shoplifting then jumped 29% in 2022 and
surged another 39% in 2023; as a result, it was 28% higher-with about 24,000
more reported incidents-than in 2019, and at its highest observed level since
2000.
The 9% drop in commercial burglaries in 2023 countered the increase in
shoplifting to some extent; however, commercial burglary was still roughly
6% above its 2019 level, with about 3,100 more reported incidents. Looking at
shoplifting and commercial burglaries as a combined measure of retail theft, we
see an increase of about 14% in 2023, 18% higher than 2019 and 11% higher than
2014.
ppic.org
The Theft Surge is Giving Amazon a Boost
Drug store theft woes driving customers to Amazon, CEO says
Drug stores' woes are working in favor of Amazon. CEO Andy Jassy on Thursday
said that anti-theft measures in brick and mortar
chains are helping to drive more customers to shop online and use
Amazon's pharmacy business.
Why it matters: Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid
are among big pharmacy chains that have been struggling to keep up with the
changing economics of their industry and shifts in consumer behavior. Over
the past few years, all three brands have closed
hundreds of locations each, with Rite Aid also filing for bankruptcy
last year.
Driving the news: Following the release of
its earnings report on Thursday afternoon, Jassy told investors on a call that
walking into pharmacies in cities now "is a pretty tough experience with how
much is locked behind cabinets - where you have to press a button to get
somebody to come out and open the cabinets for you - and shoplifting going on
in the store."
"The combination of what's happened in physical world and how much improvement
we've made to our pharmacy experience is driving a lot of customers," he
added.
The big picture: Retailers know that locking
up items hurts sales. Secured cases can cause sales to
drop 15% to 25%, Joe Budano, CEO of anti-theft technology company
Indyme, told Axios' Kelly Tyko last year.
The intrigue: Amazon's also been the target
of criminal resale activity, in which organized crime rings list stolen goods
online. The company says it uses "sophisticated detection and prevention
solutions" across its operations to spot theft and potential resale of stolen
goods.
Last summer, the Inform Act, a bipartisan bill that requires online platforms
like Amazon to disclose and verify the identity of its sellers, also took effect
to curb retail theft.
axios.com
RELATED: Shoppers hate anti-theft measures & Amazon
is reaping the rewards
Theft & Fraud Top Challenges for Food
Retailers
Study reveals theft and fraud remain top challenges for food retailers
As food retailers continue to grapple with challenges that impact the bottom
line, a study conducted by Coresight Research found that theft and fraud
remain top concerns for food retailers.
Coresight Research said that, according to the Food Industry Association,
85% of food retailers report theft or fraud (shrink) as
the top threat that negatively impacted their businesses last year.
Consumers have also noticed an uptick in theft. Coresight Research found that
27% of consumers report they have personally witnessed shoplifting as of May
2024, compared with just 18% in July 2023.
However, extra security measures could lead to shoppers taking their business
to another store, the report says.
The Coresight Research study indicated that a significant portion of U.S.
shoppers are deterred by aggressive security measures, such as locked
items, which can push them toward alternative shopping locations or channels -
with 23% saying they would shop at another store and 25% saying
they would just shop online if a retailer
put in security measures like locking up products or moving them into cases.
The report says that retail shrink through theft continues to be a persistent
and intensifying headwind for retailers globally. Shoplifting and organized
crime negatively impact retail margins and, as such, have become a growing focus
for the sector.
U.S. results from the study:
• On July 17, it was reported that grocer Giant Food has enhanced
security protocols at some of its stores in Montgomery County, Md., due to
increased shoplifting.
• On June 27, Bloomberg reported that Target is lowering the threshold
for how much shoplifters can steal before employees are permitted to intervene,
with the company adopting a stricter stance to curb store theft.
• According to the Food Industry Association's annual research report,
"The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2024" (published June 27),
asset protection was the top challenge facing the food
industry in 2023, with 85% of food retailers citing theft and fraud
as a factor that negatively impacted their businesses that year.
thepacker.com
Billboards to Discourage Theft: Clever Idea or
Waste of Money?
To deter retail theft, Sacramento County is putting up 20 billboards. Will it
help?
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office latest attempt to fight retail theft:
buying billboards along freeways and major thoroughfares.
"Retail theft! Comes with free bracelets,"
reads one electronic billboard on westbound Capital City Freeway. Other
campaigns - some of which include Sheriff Jim Cooper making a stern face - are
located on websites such as USA Today and exercise website Shape, according to
the Sheriff's Office.
The money to place billboards around Sacramento comes after the California Board
of State and Community Corrections awarded $9.4 million to the Sheriff's
Office in September 2023. A portion of the grant money must address retail
theft beyond the typical enforcement and highlight the efforts deputies are
taking to combat theft, said Sgt. Amar Gandhi, a spokesman for the Sheriff's
Office.
Gandhi noted a survey issued by the Sheriff's Office gauged whether residents
know of the problems posed by retail theft. People were surprised to hear that
deputies were conducting undercover operations, and the survey showed billboards
helped to raise awareness of the existence of retail theft, he said.
The Sheriff's Office plans to have 20 total physical and digital billboards
launched by December. At least some of them are already up, including near
Folsom Boulevard and 65th Street, along the Capital City Freeway and along Watt
Avenue.
However, experts said the most hardened criminals will not be deterred by
billboards to stop theft.
sacbee.com
California Continues Crime Crackdown
Newsom finalizes agreement to speed up prosecutions in Alameda County
Building on the state's efforts to crack down on crime in the East Bay,
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the California National Guard's (CalGuard)
Counterdrug Task Force has finalized a memorandum of understanding with the
California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) to allow CalGuard prosecutors to
begin handling cases originating in Alameda County. The agreement is modeled
after a successful partnership established in San Francisco with District
Attorney Brooke Jenkins, which has helped boost felony narcotics convictions in
San Francisco.
With the agreement in place, local and state law enforcement officials are
wasting no time in collaborating to tackle violent and organized crime in
Alameda County.
This follows the Governor's recent announcement that he would quadruple the
number of shifts CHP officers conduct in Oakland and increase ongoing surge
operations over four months beginning in July. In the first six months of
the operation, CHP officers arrested 562 suspects, recovered 1,142 stolen
cars, and seized 55 guns connected to crimes.
gov.ca.gov
In Case You Missed It: Shoplifting Spikes in the US
During First Half of 2024
Stanislaus County message to organized retail thieves: you will pay
More Sectors Using Facial Recognition to
Bolster Security
NFL to roll out facial authentication software league-wide
Twenty-five top soccer stadiums already use
facial recognition
The National Football League is the latest organization to turn to facial
authentication to bolster event security, according to an announcement this
week.
All 32 NFL stadiums will start using the technology this season, after
the league signed a contract with a company that uses facial scans to verify the
identity of people entering event venues and other secure spaces.
... Wicket technology was deployed in a handful of NFL stadiums last year as part
of a pilot program. Other stadiums will start rolling it out beginning on
Aug. 8, when the pre-season kicks off.
...Wicket's website says its technology uses "facial biometrics algorithms"
to authenticate individual faces in less than a second and with 99.7% accuracy
even in poorly lit spaces. The company markets itself to large venues by
promising that it speeds entry and decreases congestion.
League-wide adoption of Wicket technology is designed to prevent the use of
fraudulent credentials and make stadiums more secure, according to NFL
officials.
...The NFL is not the only sports league deploying facial recognition
technology. Soccer stadiums worldwide are rapidly adopting and deploying
facial recognition technology..., according to a Privacy International (PI)
report published in May.
therecord.media
Cutting Store Footprint By 23%?
Big Lots may close up to 315 stores
The retailer requires "significant changes
to the business model to continue as a going concern," analysts said.
Big Lots may now close up to 315 stores under amended credit and loan terms,
according to an 8-K filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Previous terms with lenders allowed it to close up to 150 under
performing stores. In June, the company said it planned to close up to 40
stores.
If the company moves to shutter the full number of stores allowed under the
updated term sheet, that would represent a nearly 23% cut in the company's
store footprint, which was 1,392 locations as of June.
retaildive.com
Walmart captured 21.4% of grocery dollar share during past 12 months
Kroger was a distant second, capturing 8.9% of
dollar share for the period, down from 9.2% in 2023.
REI lays off 7 employees as it reorganizes experiences division
Budget constraints may be behind hiring uncertainty in 2024, survey says
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$1B in Losses After CrowdStrike Outage - But
Couldn't Been Worse?
Insured loss impact could reach $1B following CrowdStrike outage
Guy Carpenter said it could be worse: Had
the incident involved a ransomware attack, losses could have reached $2 billion.
The insured losses connected to a global IT outage July 19, which a faulty
CrowdStrike Falcon software update triggered, are expected to range between
$300 million and $1 billion, according to a report released Friday from Guy
Carpenter.
The losses would have likely been much larger had the
incident been malicious, according to the report. A ransomware attack
involving such a widely used technology system could have ranged from $600
million to $2 billion, according to the company, which is the reinsurance
brokerage business under Marsh McClennan.
The insurance industry may need to reevaluate its perspective on
potential risks and think less in terms of a single catastrophic "super cat"
incident, but rather on the risk of mid-sized "kitty cat" incidents that take
place on a more frequent, but smaller scale, Guy Carpenter said.
The CrowdStrike incident is widely considered one of the largest IT outages
in history. The outage caused massive disruptions after thousands of
commercial flights were canceled globally, hospitals had to cancel surgeries and
911 systems were temporarily knocked offline in multiple U.S. cities.
Many insured organizations have already filed notices of circumstances, but it
is still very early in the claims process. The report estimates less than 1%
of companies globally with cyber insurance coverage were impacted.
cybersecuritydive.com
The Down Side of Automatic IT Updates
After CrowdStrike outage, what will become of automatic IT updates?
Blind enterprise trust in software updates
is the latest symptom of a race toward IT automation.
Businesses
around the world screeched to a halt on July 19 after millions of Windows
computers crashed, flashing the dreaded blue screen of death. The culprit: a
software update in security vendor CrowdStrike's platform, which led to hours of
disruption for some - and days for others.
The IT outage grounded airlines across the country and crashed banking apps,
showing the tangible effects a bad piece of code can have in any IT-dependent
operation.
In the aftermath of the CrowdStrike outage, analysts stressed to CIOs and other
tech leaders the need for closer scrutiny over automatic software updates.
Part of the problem is a steady push toward broader IT automation and the
industry's disproportionate reliance on centralized vendor updates.
"There's been an almost crazed drive towards automation of SaaS over the last
five years," said Phil Fersht, CEO and chief analyst at HFS Research.
"This is a big, big wake up call to the whole IT industry's overreliance on a
blind trust that everything's just going to be upgraded," said Fersht.
"Fairly small code issues can cause massive ramifications as we've just seen."
cybersecuritydive.com
Software Supply Chain Fears
CrowdStrike outage renews supply chain concerns, federal officials say
The White
House and the U.S. Government Accountability Office are raising questions about
the resilience of the software supply chain and memory safety vulnerabilities.
Federal officials said the global IT outage stemming from a faulty CrowdStrike
software update is raising prior concerns about the security of the software
supply chain.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report Tuesday noting the
July 19 outage, which led to the disruption of 8.5 million Microsoft Windows
systems. The CrowdStrike incident resurrected concerns raised during the
state-linked supply chain attack against SolarWinds in 2020, according to the
GAO.
The CrowdStrike incident highlights specific warnings about memory safety
issues in software development, the White House said on Thursday The remarks
build on a February report that raised questions about the link between memory
safety issues and software vulnerabilities.
cybersecuritydive.com
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Will Retailers Begin Focusing More on the
'Check-In Experience'?
Reimagining checkout: The future is check-in
Retailers know that checkout can be fraught with friction. When customers reach
the payment page and encounter unexpected shipping fees, sign-in requirements,
payment issues, or other complications, they abandon their carts-and often
abandon the retailer, too.
With the average shopping cart abandonment rate at 70%, U.S. retailers lose
more than $130 billion in revenue every year. "That abandonment is
disappointing," said Kartik Ramachandran, VP of Product at Bolt, a leading
e-commerce checkout technology provider. "We see the customer intent, where
they've gone through the exercise of finding your brand and the product, but
then not checking out. Merchants across the web and mobile are constantly
looking for those fallout points."
Ramachandran pointed out that although retailers see the results of cart
abandonment at the end of the journey, multiple factors contribute to that
dissatisfaction along the way.
"The oversimplification would be that the payment or checkout process leads
to the cart abandonment. While the most painful and controllable reason not
to check out is a bad checkout process, there are upstream issues too," Ramachandran said.
"Was the customer able to compose the cart the way they
wanted? Were the logistics and checkout processes streamlined so the customer
could do multiple transactions? There's a lot of convenience and convenience
psychology involved in making sure the cart is not abandoned," he added.
Retailers must investigate the fallout points and develop new solutions.
Ramachandran suggested several strategies, such as providing customers with
shipping fee information upfront instead of giving it for the first time upon
checkout or offering guest check-in options and multiple payment methods.
retaildive.com
Amazon Starting to Look More Like the
Competition
Is Amazon Turning Into Temu?
The e-commerce platforms are converging on
the same plan: a race to the ultracheap brandless bottom.
For anyone willing to take a little time to comparison shop across big online
stores, it's clear something is happening: Amazon is becoming more like Temu,
TikTok Shop, Shein, and AliExpress while Chinese e-commerce platforms are
becoming, in America at least, more like Amazon.
The big stores are all selling the same brandless imports from China,
sometimes at wildly different prices, and converging on similar logistical
strategies: Temu is shifting seller inventory to American warehouses to reduce
shipping times; Amazon is planning to launch a dedicated discount section with
products that ship from overseas in about a week.
In the broadest sense, this is pretty familiar stuff. Different stores
offering some of the same products at different prices with different levels of
convenience is the story of big-box physical retail and grocery stores, too.
nymag.com
Data: Americans spending less time, more money on shopping
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Schaumburg, IL: Over $1 million in high end jewelry was stolen from a store
inside Woodfield Mall last week
According
to Schaumburg police, the suspects cut through drywall to get inside Marquise
Jewelers, and the owners told WGN the incident was like a scene out of a movie.
"Whole store was wiped out. There was nothing left in our store," owner Shahzad
Malik said. "This is the safety for my family. This is the safety for my husband
at this point. These guys were watching us for months," added owner Asma Anwar.
Police said during the overnight hours of Thursday, Aug. 1, at least six
people went into the store by cutting through drywall from a vacant unit
next door. They also covered surveillance cameras to avoid being recorded. The
next day, the owners arrived at the store and discovered what had happened. "It
was $1.5 million worth of merchandise taken from our location. There's
nothing left," Malik said. "It was gold, diamonds, all high end jewelry." The
owners also noticed that the suspects did not break any glass to get their hands
on the jewelry, adding they are concerned over safety and security inside the
mall during overnight hours.
wgntv.com
El Paso, TX: Tren de Aragua gang linked to brutal jewel heist in Denver
Federal
officials in El Paso have relinquished custody of an alleged Tren de Aragua gang
member they say is linked to a violent June 24 jewelry store robbery in Denver.
Homeland Security Investigations special agents in Las Cruces, New Mexico, last
week turned over the suspect to Denver County Sheriff's Department staff for
transfer to Colorado. HSI said the man is a Venezuelan national, a member of the
Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization and a "suspect in the June 24
Denver jewelry heist." The brutal robbery caught on video shows several young
men posing as clients suddenly turn on the all-female staff and clients. The
robbers are seen pulling out guns, pushing open an office door and pistol
whipping two women who fall onto on the floor. A young woman can be seen
grabbing a baby and running out a back door during the chaos. The suspects made
off with an undisclosed amount of jewelry, and police in Denver put out a
lookout for the eight males whose likeness was caught on camera.
wkrg.com
Los Angeles, CA: Burglars use power tools to break in, loot Melrose Ave.
clothing store
Police are searching for as many as five burglary suspects who used power
tools to break into and loot a clothing store in the Fairfax neighborhood of
Los Angeles Monday morning. Officers responded to the business located on the
7600 block of Melrose Avenue for a burglary call just after 2:45 a.m. The
intruders were already gone when police arrived but witnesses reported seeing
five male suspects wearing hooded sweatshirts trying to break into the store, a
Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. The burglars used power tools
to cut through the front security gate and took off with an unknown amount of
merchandise from the store. Video showed the cut security gate and broken glass
from the front doors the suspects used to enter the store.
ktla.com
Chicago, IL: South Side Chicago Foot Locker Stores and Local Business Hit by
Surge in Smash-and-Grab Burglaries
Chicago communities on the South Side are grappling with a spate of bold
smash-and-grab thefts after two Foot Locker stores and a local clothing store
were targeted. In the Englewood neighborhood, thieves used a black Dodge Durango
to ram through the security door of a Foot Locker store in the 6900 block of
South Ashland Avenue just before 4:30 a.m., as CBS News Chicago reported. The
perpetrators seized merchandise before fleeing in two SUVs, marking this the
second Foot Locker incident within days. Another smash-and-grab burglary
occurred in the Bronzeville neighborhood, where CBS News Chicago crews witnessed
at least three individuals making off with shoe boxes and other goods from a
Foot Locker store at approximately 6:40 a.m. The assailants crashed a Jeep into
the store on the 3300 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, prompting
others from the vicinity to follow suit in the looting.
hoodline.com
Kamloops, BC, Canada: Thieves use pickup truck to break into Lululemon store at
mall
Lululemon at Aberdeen Mall was broken into using a pickup truck early today
(Aug. 5, 2024). RCMP said the incident happened at 5:30 a.m. A dark Chev
extended cab Silverado pickup with an Alberta plate was seen committing the
offense and was found on fire a short time later on Highway 5A in Knutsford.
Local residents were able to extinguish the fire before it spread. The suspects
were not on scene and it is believed a secondary vehicle was involved. Video
surveillance obtained from Lululemon shows two suspects wearing high-vis
clothing and gloves.
armchairmayor.ca
Nashville, TN: Woman steals $1,600 worth of candles from Bath & Body Works
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Shootings & Deaths
Lake Elsinore, CA: Female Employee stabbed to death inside Walmart store in Lake
Elsinore
A
woman was stabbed to death inside a Walmart in Lake Elsinore Monday morning, and
a man is in custody, authorities said. Authorities identified the victim as
65-year-old Menifee resident Jessica Morales, an employee at the store. Deputies
responded to the business in the 29000 block of Central Avenue at about 7 a.m.
regarding an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Riverside County
Sheriff's Department. When deputies arrived, Morales was found with multiple
stab wounds. She was later pronounced dead at the scene. A suspect, 29-year-old
Lonnie Hinton from Wildomar, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he turned
himself in at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff's Station, authorities said. "This
appears to be a random event, and there was no interaction between the suspect
and the victim prior to the assault. There are no outstanding suspects in this
case," the Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
abc7.com
San Francisco, CA: Man killed in Mission shooting, city's 21st homicide this
year
A man was shot and killed in the Mission this morning in an incident that may
have been related to a nearby liquor store robbery. Around 5 a.m. this morning,
an adult man suffering from a gunshot wound was found lying on the ground at
20th and Shotwell streets by San Francisco police officers, the department said
in a press release issued Monday. Officers and paramedics gave the man medical
aid, but he passed away on the scene. Police had gone to the area in response to
reports of a "physical assault involving a firearm," the department said. The
killing may be connected to a robbery that occurred just an hour earlier.
missionlocal.org
San Bernardino County, CA: Officials ID man deputies killed in multi-store
gunfight in Rancho Cucamonga
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has identified the man deputies
killed during a shootout that spanned multiple businesses in Rancho Cucamonga on
Saturday. The man, identified by the Sheriff's Department as 31-year-old
Angeleno Davonte Sykes, was first reported to authorities as being armed at a
Vons at 8778 19th St. at about 9:30 p.m. When deputies arrived, they learned
Sykes had walked to a nearby Walgreens pharmacy, and it was at that location
that the shootout began. Deputies say Sykes fired upon them first, then traveled
to the Sprouts Farmers Market at 6753 Carnelian St., where the gunfight
continued until Sykes was hit. He was declared dead at a local hospital.
ktla.com
Omaha, NE: Man shot outside Omaha grocery store
Omaha police said someone shot a man outside a grocery store. Officers found the
man around 11:30 p.m. Monday, outside the store near 33rd and Parker streets.
Police said the man was shot in the foot. Investigators did not share any
suspect information.
ketv.com
Mobile, AL: MPD investigating shooting at a convenience store
Mobile Police said they are investigating a shooting that happened on Sunday,
Aug 4 on Costarides Street at a convenience store. Police said two men were
sitting in a vehicle outside the store and got into an argument over money. The
two then fired shots which struck the business, according to police. Nobody
inside the store was struck, but one of the men involved in the argument
sustained a gunshot wound.
fox10tv.com
Miami Gardens, FL: Police investigate shooting at Miami Gardens gas station
Nashville, TN: One injured in shooting near Nashville vape store
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Tampa, FL: Armed robbery suspect caught on camera threatening Tampa Little
Caesars Pizza employees with gun
Tampa police are searching for an armed robbery suspect accused of threatening
employees at a Tampa Little Caesars Pizza on Sunday night. It happened at the
pizza shop located at 932 N Armenia Ave. just before 7:30 p.m. Police say the
suspect walked into the store and threatened to employees with a handgun. The
employees safely ran to the back of the businesses and were not injured during
the incident, according to the Tampa Police Department. Police say the suspect
tried to get into the safe but was not successful and left Little Caesars
without any money or property.
fox13news.com
Los Angeles, CA: Two Central-American men accused of C-Store Armed Robbery spree
Two Central-American men have been charged with robbing at gunpoint a series of
eight convenience stores across Southern California earlier this year. Jesus
Soto-Parada, 26, of El Salvador and Daniel Pavon, 20, of Honduras each face
eight counts of robbery, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
According to prosecutors, Soto-Parada, Pavon and co-conspirators robbed
convenience stores in and their co-conspirators targeted stores in Buena Park,
Cypress, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Pomona, Newport Beach, Agoura Hills and
Gardena beginning in January. "The group reportedly stole approximately $13,950
in cash and $7,415 in merchandise," the release added. If convicted, the men
could be sentenced to up to 20 years in federal prison on each robbery count.
ktla.com
St Louis, MO: Amid rising gun crimes, ATF agents reveal the types of guns
they're seeing and the challenges they face
In the fight against gun crime, removing stolen guns from the streets is
critical. It's a daunting task. Shannon Hamm, assistant special agent in charge
with St. Louis' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, gives us an
up-close look at their process, from canines to new deadly devices. "It's
something that we're seeing a drastic increase of," said Hamm, referring to
illegal devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones,
making them even more dangerous. "It's not just a local problem. We see this
throughout the country," said Hamm. Addressing these types of problems is not
easy. t's estimated there's about one gun stolen every 90 seconds in the U.S.,
according to a survey of thousands of gun owners conducted by the Harvard T. H.
Chan School of Public Health and Northeastern University in 2015. Researchers
told the I-Team that no one knows exactly how many guns are stolen every year.
Researchers said other statistics may reveal lower numbers of stolen guns due to
several factors, including the fact that many guns stolen are not reported to
police. Between 2017 and 2021, over a million guns were stolen nationally,
according to ATF. A total of 96% of them were from private citizens. A total of
3% were stolen from gun stores. And 1% represented interstate shipment thefts.
ksdk.com
Philadelphia, PA: Suspect arrested in connection with armed robbery at Chinatown
jewelry store
Richland Township, PA: North Hills Dollar Tree damaged after vehicle crashes
into store
Burlington, VT: Man sentenced to 11 Months for Pharmacy burglary; kicking
through a wall
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Beauty - Joplin, MO -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Pryor, OK -
Burglary
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C-Store - Boston, MA -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Denton, TX -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Washington
DC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Rome, GA -
Armed Robbery
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Dollar - Sharpsburg,
PA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Pembroke Pines, FL - Robbery
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Jewelry - Tulsa, OK - Robbery
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Jewelry - Schaumburg, IL - Robbery
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Jewelry - Columbia, SC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Independence, MO - Robbery
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Jewelry - San Francisco, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Santa Rosa, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Cedar Park, TX - Robbery
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Pharmacy - Milwaukee,
WI - Burglary
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Restaurant - Tampa, FL
- Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Kansas
City, MO - Burglary
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Restaurant - Kansa
City, MO - Burglary
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Restaurant - Memphis,
TN - Burglary
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• 15 robberies
• 5 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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