Jamaica police say gunmen burst into home, kill mother and critically wound 2 of her children

October 11th, 2009 Gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY — Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more. Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says gunmen opened fire Saturday on a patrol car along a highway outside Guatemala City, killing an officer and wounding three others.

October 3rd, 2009 Jamaica cops detain man in death of British consulKINGSTON, Jamaica — Police in Jamaica have detained a 23-year-old man in connection with the death of a British honorary consul. Spokesman Karl Angell said Saturday the man will be questioned but has not been charged.

September 16th, 2009 Calif. woman accused of stabbing 2 young daughtersWESTMINSTER, Calif. — Police say a mother stabbed her two young daughters and then tried to kill herself at an Orange County home.

September 13th, 2009 Gunmen kill policeman's sleeping family in IraqBAGHDAD — Gunmen broke into the home of a Kurdish policeman in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Sunday, killing his wife and three children execution-style with shots to the head as they slept, authorities said. Omed Abdul-Hamid had already left for work when the gunmen burst into the house and shot the woman and children as they lay sleeping together on a mattress on the floor, police Brig.

August 18th, 2009 Phoenix police: 2 kidnapped children found safePHOENIX — Four gunmen burst into a home early Tuesday, kidnapping a 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl when their mother could not meet demands for money, police said. The children were released safely five hours later.

August 18th, 2009 Phoenix cops: Baby, toddler kidnapped at gunpointPHOENIX — Police in Phoenix say armed gunman burst into a home early Tuesday and kidnapped a 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl. Police Sgt. Andy Hill says a witness heard the four men yelling outside the west Phoenix home that they were the police.

August 18th, 2009 Gunmen briefly abduct 2 children from Phoenix homePHOENIX — Four gunmen burst into a home early Tuesday, kidnapping a 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl when their mother could not meet demands for money, police said. The children were released safely five hours later, and the mother was arrested on drug charges.

August 1st, 2009 Gunmen kill 6 in Mexico border-city pool hallMEXICO CITY — Mexican police say assailants gunned down five men and a woman in a pool hall in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Two more shooting victims have been hospitalized in serious condition.

July 13th, 2009 Gunmen kill policeman, wound 3 more in TijuanaTIJUANA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire on a patrol car in the drug-plagued border city of Tijuana, killing one police officer and wounding three more, authorities said Monday. Tijuana police said in a statement that Sunday's attack brings to 18 the number of officers that have been killed this year in the city across from San Diego.

July 11th, 2009 Gunmen kill 5 federal officers in central MexicoMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen carried out attacks against federal police in at least six cities in drug-plagued Michoacan state, killing five officers. The Michoacan state public safety department says gunmen attacked federal police offices and one hotel where agents were staying between 5 a.m.

June 10th, 2009 Gunmen assassinate top judge in Russian regionNAZRAN, Russia — Officials say a top judge in Russia's violent North Caucasus was killed by gunmen who attacked her as she was dropping her children off at school. Ingushetia's Interior Ministry says Aza Gazgireeva died at a hospital in the regional center, Nazran, hours later.

June 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Driven by poverty, a truck driver here allegedly killed his five children, critically injured his wife and then attempted suicide, police said Monday. Ravindra Verma, 38, and his wife Durgawati, 35, were found with stab wounds in their house in Rosy Colony by his mother around 7 a.m.

May 5th, 2009 Calif. authorities perplexed by boy's abductionSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Investigators trying to find a 3-year-old kidnap victim, snatched from his home by armed robbers who threatened to kill him, have received dozens of tips but no solid leads, officials said Tuesday.

May 4th, 2009 Gunmen abduct 3-year-old boy from SoCal homeSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Investigators were searching Monday for a 3-year-old boy kidnapped by two gunmen who broke into his family's home, tied up his mother and four siblings, and stole property, authorities said.

May 4th, 2009 2 gunmen abduct 3-year-old boy from SoCal homeSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 3-year-old boy was kidnapped by two gunmen who broke into his family's home, tied up his mother and her five children, robbed the house and left with the child, authorities said.