Homicide
Hearing for suspect in college player's death rescheduled

Feb. 27, 2020 02:34 PM EST
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A competency hearing for a man accused of killing a Kansas college football player and wounding New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine...

Ex-Wisconsin receiver surrenders, charged in double-homicide

Feb. 15, 2020 09:11 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of a standout in the 2011 Super Bowl surrendered to Chicago police on...

Ex-Mississippi State football player found dead in Alabama

Jan. 21, 2020 08:00 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a...

A photo provided by the Nashville, Tenn. Police Department shows Michael Mosley. Mosley is accused in the Saturday, Dec. 24, 2019 fatal stabbings outside a Midtown Nashville bar that killed two men and wounded another. (Nashville Police Department via AP)
Police: Man held without bond in Tennessee bar stabbing

By Travis Loller Dec. 26, 2019 11:09 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, Luke Perry poses for a portrait during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist for Perry says the "Riverdale" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has died. He was 52. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 23, 2019 10:13 AM EST

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle has been shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said March 31, 2019. He was 33. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 16, 2019 12:47 PM EST

Alabama man charged in killing of rival college football fan

Nov. 20, 2019 05:46 AM EST
LITTLEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff says two football fans “got into it” while watching the Louisiana State University-Alabama game and one is accused...

FILE - In this May 1, 2019 file photo Longtime Auburn University broadcaster Rod Bramblett speaks at an Auburn University alumni event in Dothan, Ala. The 16-year-old charged with manslaughter in the crash that killed Bramblett and his wife was driving more than 30 miles over the speed limit when his Jeep struck the rear of the couple's SUV, according to court records made public Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics via AP)
Teen driving 90 mph in Auburn announcer's manslaughter

Jul. 02, 2019 05:47 PM EDT

Teen driver charged in deaths of Auburn broadcaster, wife

Jul. 01, 2019 07:33 PM EDT
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Police have charged a 16-year-old with two counts of manslaughter in the car crash that killed Auburn broadcaster Rod Bramblett and his wife. ...

Kim Goldman poses for a portrait Friday, June 7, 2019, in Los Angeles. Goldman has continued to make the case publicly that it was O.J. Simpson who killed her brother and Simpson's ex-wife on a June night in 1994. Beginning Wednesday, Goldman will examine the case in a 10-episode podcast, "Confronting: OJ Simpson." She'll interview her brother's old friends, the police detective who investigated the killings, attorneys for the defense and prosecution, and two of the 12 jurors who voted to acquit Simpson. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Where are they now? Key players in O.J. Simpson murder trial

By John Rogers Jun. 10, 2019 12:21 AM EDT

Retrial set for Texas teen charged with killing his parents

May. 21, 2019 01:07 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas teenager is set to be tried again on capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of his mother and his father, who was a standout linebacker...

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office former shows former Texas A&M football player Thomas Johnson. Johnson, accused of hacking a Dallas jogger to death with a machete in 2015, has been convicted of murder. A Dallas County jury swiftly returned a guilty verdict Tuesday in Johnson's trial in the killing of David Stevens after the former wide receiver's legal defense declined to call a single witness. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Ex-Texas A&M football player gets life in prison for murder

May. 01, 2019 01:48 PM EDT

This file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Thomas Johnson. The former Texas A&M football player is being tried for the killing of a jogger police say was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. Johnson's murder trial began Monday, April 29, 2019, after years of litigation over whether the 25-year old former wide receiver is mentally competent to be tried for the killing of David Stevens. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Ex-Texas A&M football player found guilty of murder

Apr. 30, 2019 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2012, file photo, Texas A&M wide receiver Thomas Johnson (8) carries for extra yardage after a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The former Texas A&M football player has arrived in court to be tried for the killing of a jogger police say was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. Johnson's murder trial began Monday, April 29, 2019, after years of litigation over whether the 25-year old former wide receiver is mentally competent to be tried for the killing of David Stevens. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Texas A&M-Alabama 11/10/2012

Apr. 29, 2019 02:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2012, file photo, Texas A&M wide receiver Thomas Johnson (8) carries for extra yardage after a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The former Texas A&M football player has arrived in court to be tried for the killing of a jogger police say was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. Johnson's murder trial began Monday, April 29, 2019, after years of litigation over whether the 25-year old former wide receiver is mentally competent to be tried for the killing of David Stevens. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Ex-A&M football player's trial begins in jogger's killing

Apr. 29, 2019 01:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 2, 2019 file photo, Antonio Armstrong, Jr., center, listens to opening arguments by prosecutors inside 178 Criminal Courthouse in Houston. A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the Texas teenager charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his mother and father, who was a standout linebacker for Texas A&M before a brief NFL career. Judge Kelli Johnson announced the mistrial Friday night, April 26, 2019, after a Harris County jury remained deadlocked for two days after hearing the weeks-long trial of 19-year-old Armstrong Jr. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
Mistrial declared for Texas teen charged in parents' killing

Apr. 26, 2019 11:08 PM EDT

Antonio Armstrong, Jr. waits for court session to resume after opening arguments were delivered in the 178th Criminal Court Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Houston. Armstrong Jr. faces capital murder charges for allegedly murdering his parents as they slept in their Bellaire home in 2016. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Prosecutors: Alarms show Houston teen fatally shot parents

Apr. 02, 2019 12:11 PM EDT

Crash that killed man, 81, injures Kansas football player

Jan. 14, 2019 11:01 AM EST
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a crash that killed a Kansas man also injured a University of Kansas football player and two others. The Kansas...

Former player charged with contempt in attempted murder case

Dec. 28, 2018 02:14 PM EST
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University football player who allegedly plotted to murder his ex-girlfriend's parents to try to win her back has been...

Police: LSU player kills man trying to rob him, teammate

By Brett Martel Dec. 23, 2018 11:41 AM EST
Two LSU football players were trying to sell an electronic item when one of them fatally shot an 18-year-old man trying to rob them, police said Sunday. ...