Virginia homeowner Tyler Chase Butler faces second-degree murder charges after he shot an 18-year-old he thought was trying to break into his home at 3 a.m.

A settlement has been reached following the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell at a hotel in Milwaukee, attorney Ben Crump announced.

An Ohio cop charged with the homicide of Ta'Kiya Young is the second time in as many months police were indicted for killing Black women.

Crime

Sonya Massey was shot in the head after she called 911 to report a suspected intruder.

William Brock, 81, apparently felt entitled to play cop, judge, jury and executioner.

New York prosecutors charged 49-year-old Jay Bryant in the murder of hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay. It was the third indictment in the 2002 shooting death of the longtime Run-DMC member, born Jason Mizell.

The five Memphis police officers responsible for the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols have been charged with second-degree murder.

In rather unfortunate news, the mother of R&B heartthrob Sammie has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in Orlando, as well as the random shooting of several vehicles in the area. 

Police Brutality

Greene died in custody in 2019 after he was brutalized during an arrest at a traffic stop.

Terry Duane Turner is free on bail after killing unarmed Adil Dghoughi, lying to police about the circumstances and then being allowed to turn himself in weeks later in the shooting of an immigrant from Morocco who only pulled into Turner's driveway to turn his car around in Martinville, Texas.

Crime

An attempted carjacking that led to the death of the driver has resulted in two teenage girls being charged with murder, sparking a larger discussion about characterizing the episode as an "accident."