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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
Man arrested in GA says he'll ‘kill some more' after parents found dead in FL home
A 38-year-old man facing murder charges made some bizarre claims before deputies found his parents dead. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] On June 6, around 11 a.m., deputies in Sumter County, S.C., received a call about a disturbance involving a gun on Green View Parkway. The suspect left before deputies arrived. Witnesses told investigators the suspect, identified as Nikolas Steven Kirchner, 38, pointed a gun at multiple people and threatened to shoot them. Investigators said he allegedly held a family member at gunpoint and forced another to go inside the home to get someone else, threatening to shoot the hostage in the head if they didn't do what he said. According to reports, a family member came out of the house armed, causing Kirchner to get his car and drive away while the family member was on the phone with dispatch. TRENDING STORIES: Rick Ross Car Show causes traffic troubles at another event miles away Former 'RHOA' star Kim Zolciak, ex-Atlanta Falcon Kroy Biermann removed from mansion, court docs say Metro Atlanta parents 'made a dumb decision' by giving 1-year-old beer, report says Just before 4 p.m., Taliaferro County deputies received a 911 call about a driver who saw a suspicious person on the shoulder of the highway. The witness told deputies the man was wearing a white and red baseball cap, kneeling with one hand raised. When deputies searched the man's name in the database, they confirmed it was Kirchner. The TCSO said they also learned he was the same person wanted out of Sumter, S.C. and was a suspect in a recent homicide in Pinellas County, Fla. During the investigation, officials said the 38-year-old admitted to killing two people and said that he had abandoned a stolen Nissan Pathfinder along Interstate 20. Deputies found the car in Pinellas County, Fla. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] Simultaneously, the Pinellas County Sheriff's office in Fla. was conducting its own investigation into two homicides. Pinellas County authorities said, around 12:35 p.m., that Friday afternoon, deputies executed a welfare check at a home on Saunders Avenue in Largo, after a company said an employee did not show up to work. When deputies arrived, they found Elizabeth Lee Kirchner, 53, and Steven Eric Kirchner, 64, dead in the living room from apparent gunshot wounds. Detectives said they learned the victims' son, Nicholas Kirchner, left the home. Detectives got a call from Sumter County authorities regarding the incident Nicholas was involved in earlier. According to officials, during the incident, Nicholas Kirchner said, 'I've already killed two people – I'll kill some more.' Nicholas admitted multiple times that he killed his parents and described it as a 'righteous kill,' according to the PCSO. Nicholas was ultimately arrested and taken into custody by the Taliaferro County Sheriff's Office. Nicholas was transported to the McDuffie County Jail in Georgia with a felony warrant for two counts of first-degree murder premeditated.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Little Five Points shooting victim was trying to protect a group of women, police say
The victim of a shooting Sunday night in Little Five Points may have been trying to protect a group of women. Officers responded to Euclid Avenue in Northeast Atlanta shortly before midnight. Their preliminary investigation revealed that the gunman shot a man who intervened after that gunman was disrespectful to a group of women. Atlanta police have not released the victim's name or condition. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: Man tried using Hooters visit as alibi after being caught on camera shooting, killing girlfriend Metro Atlanta nurse says she worked three 12-hour shifts before deadly crash UGA student who went viral for smiling mugshot arrested again [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Lanes closed on Southwest Atlanta road while crews resurface
The Atlanta Department of Transportation will temporarily shift traffic patterns on a Southwest Atlanta road for resurfacing. Peyton Road SW from Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SW to Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW is the affected area. Lanes will be shifted through Friday, March 28, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Traffic lanes will remain open to vehicles during the closure. Sidewalks will be available to pedestrians. Enforcement officers and flaggers will assist with traffic control. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: UGA student's smiling mugshot breaks the internet 18-year-old shot, killed at Newton County park, shooter on the run Metro Atlanta activists react to Trump's repeal of segregated facilities ban in federal contracts [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Deputies arrest armed man accused of harassing multiple women at GA park
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office took a man armed with a gun into custody after they were called to stop him from harassing women at a park. According to deputies, the man was at Amerson River Park 'harassing women walking on the trail' on March 3. Body camera footage from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office shows the man dressed in what appears to be a safety vest. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] When they approached the man, he pulled a handgun out of his pocket. Deputies said he became 'verbally combative.' He identified himself as Eugene Andre Carswell, Jr. and asked deputies if they 'wanted to go see God today.' TRENDING STORIES: Kandi Burruss' restaurant owes more than $150,000 in back rent plus other expenses, lawsuit says Jonesboro mayor walks back her resignation Metro Atlanta college football player dies after battle with cancer, team says He warned them not to touch him, saying he 'felt burned' by deputies who were making contact and said they were causing a scene, but that he was not. As he argued with officers, deputies saw his weapon and drew their own firearms. Carswell then asked deputies not to shoot him, before running away to his car and trying to leave the park. He was later forcefully stopped while attempting to drive away from the park and refusing to get out of his car. Deputies said they eventually removed him from the Honda he was driving. They took him to the bibb County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Center. He was charged with terroristic threats and acts, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer for a felony offense and disorderly conduct. Jail records show he is still in custody at the county detention facility. He has not been awarded bond, the records show. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jonesboro Mayor Donya Sartor walks back her resignation
Hours after she announced that she would step down, Jonesboro Mayor Donya Sartor now says she will not resign. Channel 2′s Tom Jones was there on Thursday as Sartor tearfully announced at a special called meeting that her last day would be April 19. But on Friday morning, Sartor walked back her resignation, saying it doesn't exist. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'I was under duress by several colleagues who may have nefarious reasons for trying to force me out of my duly elected position. I believe that although it would be personally favorable to my family and me, I cannot, in my heart, let down the thousands of citizens who are depending on me to fulfill and complete the term of office to which they elected me,' she said in a statement. Sartor is expected to speak at a news conference at 10 a.m. This is a developing story. We'll have the latest on Channel 2 Action News This Morning. TRENDING STORIES: Major crash shuts down all I-75/I-85 SB lanes in midtown Atlanta Metro Atlanta college football player dies after battle with cancer, team says Man dead after shooting inside DeKalb County apartment complex lobby The mayor has found herself at the center of controversy before. Channel 2 investigative reporter Ashli Lincoln first reported on allegations of misconduct after councilmembers voted to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of abuse of power and misuse of city resources. She said the allegations were nothing more than an attempt to discredit her leadership. In Sept. 2023, she was accused of pointing a loaded gun at a police officer, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing. Sartor also received criticism for firing a police officer who was involved in the investigation against her, as well as the police chief. She said replacing officials like the police chief are not uncommon when a new mayor takes office. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
