Tag: Murder

Martin Luther King Jr. described Birmingham as probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. The city earned the nickname Bombingham after at least 21 bombings targeted Black homes and churches in the eight years leading up to 1963. Yet none resulted in fatalities until September 15, 1963, when a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls during Youth Day.

Late Migos rapper Takeoff's alleged murderer, Patrick Xavier Clark, is making moves to examine evidence, including the supposed bullets from his fatal shooting. According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Clark wants permission to review certain items in the Houston Police Department's possession. Patrick said he wants an independent expert to examine the evidence to help build his defense ahead of trial, which is scheduled for November.

Tupac Shakur's convicted killer Duane "Keffe D" Davis was apparently troublesome behind bars, collecting a slew of serious alleged violations before the murder trial. TMZ obtained records detailing all of Davis' alleged bad behavior while incarcerated at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas from September 29, 2023 through the start of trial, including fights with inmates, arguments with officers, and threats of violence.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez's parents are asking prosecutors to pursue the harshest possible punishment against D4vd if he is convicted in their daughter's killing. The singer, whose legal name is David Burke, has been charged in connection with Celeste's death after her remains were discovered inside a Tesla registered to him at a Hollywood tow yard in September 2025.

Seventy-one years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, brutally tortured, shot and thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men who walked free. As the 71st Emmett Till Anniversary Commemoration Weekend kicks off in Mississippi, his legacy continues to confront the undeniable reality that systemic injustice is still alive and well today. Generations have passed since 1955, but the horror hasn't stopped. It has only evolved. Black families are still burying sons found hanging from trees, while police labeled their deaths suicides.

Suge Knight is making a bombshell claim amid the Tupac Shakur murder trial, saying Duane "Keefe D" Davis' lawyers offered him up to one million dollars to say Keefe wasn't in the car that allegedly shot up Tupac. Suge joined TMZ Live Tuesday from prison and said he refused the alleged offer, insisting his loyalty to Tupac can't be compromised. The Death Row founder also took aim at The Game, pushing back on the rapper's recent claim that Keefe D is being used as a scapegoat.