Brandon Allen received a 41-year prison term this week for shooting his ex-wife in front of their 7-year-old twins in Longmont, Colorado. The attack occurred in March 2024 while the children sat in the back seat of their mother's car.
Allen, 48, fired multiple shots at Nicki Douglass-Johansen as she sat in her driveway. One bullet struck her neck and caused severe injuries, though she survived. The twins were unharmed but witnessed the attack and later asked if their mother would remember them.
A disgruntled former employee in Colorado confronted his ex-colleague at home after being fired, but ended up shooting the man's wife dead when she answered the door. Ernest Cunningham, 53, received a 42-year prison sentence for the second-degree murder of 23-year-old Kelsey Roberts-Gariety. The incident occurred in Denver in June 2024.
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Olivia Clendenin was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison for attempted murder after opening fire on a house party in Warren County, Ohio, where her estranged husband and new boyfriend were present. The attack injured a random guest, Daniel Johnson, who was shot in the abdomen. The incident occurred in January 2024, with Clendenin convicted in early February.
A 33-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his girlfriend died following a vehicle crash on May 2. Allen Michael Alberts is accused of delaying medical help for 40-year-old Nichole Shoultz while violating a no-contact order.
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A 41-year-old man in North Carolina faces charges after firing a gun at his pregnant wife's feet during an argument, leading to her accidentally shooting herself in the stomach and killing their unborn child. Alfonzo Luis Marcano-Marcano was arrested over the weekend following the incident at their Charlotte home. Authorities have identified him as a member of a Venezuelan gang and he is held on an ICE detainer.