TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Death from behind the wheel, Silver Rail updates and more
Who Killed Strawberry?Summary
A recent true crime roundup highlights several significant criminal cases across the United States, including a deadly school shooting in Oregon and a road rage incident in New York. In the Oregon case, a 16-year-old shooter used a shotgun gifted to him by his mother just two months prior to the attack, which resulted in the deaths of three children and a teacher. This incident has sparked discussions about parental responsibility in gun ownership and the implications of gifting firearms to minors, especially in light of the shooter’s troubled background.
In New York, retired NYPD officer Victor Romero faces manslaughter charges for allegedly shooting Caron Irvine during a road rage incident on the George Washington Bridge. The victim's family is pushing for the charges to be upgraded to murder, expressing concerns over what they perceive as preferential treatment for Romero in the legal process.
Other notable cases include a thwarted school shooting plot in California involving two teenage girls, and a tragic incident in Kansas where a pickup truck crashed into a youth soccer game, resulting in two fatalities and multiple injuries. These stories reflect a troubling trend of violence and the complexities surrounding accountability in various criminal situations, prompting calls for more stringent gun laws and better community safety measures.
Show Notes
This week… we’re exploring new details about the shooting last week at Silver Rail Elementary School, political ads referencing the Annunciation School shooting from last year and analysis of the ongoing Cornell sex abuse scandal and more.
Featuring audio from 1010 WINS in New York, KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia, WCCO News and Talk in the Twin Cities, WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, KNX News in Los Angeles, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Jason DeRusha out of WCCO, A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo Scoot and Tommy Tucker out of WWL in New Orleans and Marty Griffin out of KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh.
More from Who Killed Strawberry?
This week, we’re going to hear about the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon. We’re also looking back at the Buffalo Tops Supermarket Massacre from 2022. Jury selection is underway in the trial of alleged shooter Peyton Gendron, and we’ll hear multiple experts weigh in on the process.
We have quick roundups of crime cases from around the country, from the sentencing of the man convicted of rapper Tupac Shakur’s murder to President Donald Trump’s decision not to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter.
This week, we’re going to hear about the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon, where a five-year-old was murdered this week, along with an eight-year-old, an eleven-year-old and a 25-year-old teacher. We’re also looking back at another mass shooting, the Buffalo Tops Supermarket Massacre from 2022. Jury selection is underway in the trial of alleged shooter Payton Gendron, and we’ll hear multiple experts weigh in on the process. We'll also look at other crimes reported around the country by Audacy stations.
For the second week in a row, the story of Christa Pike – a woman who survived her botched execution in Tennessee – has been making headlines. New information has been revealed about why the attempted lethal injection failed, and how she woke up after being put on a ventilator. We’ll listen to discussion about the case from multiple angles, multiple stations and multiple experts. We'll also hear news about executions via firing squad.
The Vance Boelter case in Minnesota made headlines this month due to a gag order that was lifted. He is the man who was found guilty of killing Democratic state rep Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife. We'll hear updates and analysis to this case and hear about other crimes across the country.