Lahione Soto, of the Dominican Republic, died after he was shot by the cop outside a residential building in Washington Heights.

A 79-year-old Minneapolis woman is recovering after being hit by gunfire inside her home early Sunday. Steven Osthus says he still doesn't understand how it happened. One minute, his partner was sitting at the dining table, cutting vegetables. The next minute, she was shot in the abdomen. Police say the shot possibly came from a passing vehicle.

The man who killed Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was sentenced on Monday to life in prison. Rashid Ali Bynum did not speak and otherwise showed little remorse as state Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone imposed the maximum sentence at the end of an emotional hearing in Superior Court in New Brunswick.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A man was shot early Sunday while reportedly trying to break up a fight outside a building on Old River Road, according to police.

Scottie Scheffler completed his second-largest comeback of his career to win the BMW Championship, overtaking leader Robert MacIntyre, with a 15-under finish.

An off-duty officer on Staten Island fatally shot a man who was pointing what appeared to be a real firearm, police said.

Trey Dean Wright, 16, was allegedly lured to a desolate area by his girlfriend before being gunned down by a romantic rival —and it was all captured on video, say police

Direll Skipworth, 42, was pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot Sunday night on the 1500 block of North Gratz Street, police said.