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Shots fired near Energizer Park in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ interrupt soccer game The shooting occurred at an apartment complex at 17th and Chestnut streets in Downtown West, police said.    Â
A police chief in Missouri agreed to be a sugar daddy. It ended in murder charges. The trial painted a picture of a small-town police chief who used his authority to supply his then-girlfriend and her family with drugs.
10-year-old boy charged with murder in death of infant girl in north ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ The boy was not named because he is a juvenile.
Father charged with murder in infant girl's death in north ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police charged Ca'Marion Pawnell, 19, of East ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the shooti…
10-year-old boy fired gun, killing infant girl in north ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, police say Police declined to say whether the shooting was intentional or how the boy got the gun because the matter was still under investigation.
