A 25-year-old man from the island nation of Jamaica was shot to death in Jamaica, Queens, police said Wednesday.

Kardell Lester died at Jamaica Hospital Monday, two days after he was shot. He lived in Kingston, Jamaica, according to cops.

A gunman opened fire, striking Lester in the head about 1:40 a.m. Saturday on Linden Blvd. near 200th St., officials said

The killer has not been caught.

An Oklahoma family is still searching for answers nearly a year later for Noah Presgrove, who was found naked and dead along a rural highway on Labor Day. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Presgrove's body was found in the early hours of Sept. 4, 2023, alongside U.S. Highway 81 approximately 1.2 miles north of Terral, Oklahoma, in Jefferson County. Presgrove's sister, Madison Rawlings, recalled that fateful day she found out her brother was gone in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I live in South Texas. I live about eight...

Two recent inmate deaths at Tampa Bay jails are under investigation, but police say both were related to medical issues. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said a man died Tuesday while in custody at the Falkenburg Road Jail. Deputies conducting a welfare check on Levitacus Cymande Riggins, 50, found him unresponsive in his cell, according to a news release. Deputies and medical staff tried lifesaving measures, but Riggins died. The release said Riggins “had a known medical history” and that investigators believe his death is “medically related.” The sheriff’s office...

Rap-metal rockers Falling In Reverse will bring their Popular Monstour II: World Domination tour to the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights on Sunday, Sept. 15, promoters Live Nation said Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based trio also announced their new album, “Popular Monster,” their fifth record and first since 2017’s “Coming Home.” It is due out in late July. Additionally, Falling In Reverse has released a video for the new single “Ronald,” featuring Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible. The band was formed in 2008 by singer Ronnie Radke reportedly while he...

Chatham County Sheriff’s investigators are trying to find out what happened to a man found dead May 2 at Goldston Recreational Park. Deputies responded to the scene after getting a report about a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of the park on Goldston Glendon Road in Goldston, according to a news release. They found the body of a man later identified as Steve Aaron Ammons, 42, of Green Mountain. Green Mountain is located north of Asheville, over 200 miles from Goldston. Investigators did not immediately find a reason for...

An argument at a Queens bodega sparked a stabbing early Tuesday, with the attacker running from the scene as the victim bled to death, police said.

The fatal confrontation sparked off about 12:35 a.m. at the bodega on Queens Blvd near 64th Road in Rego Park.

Police said the victim, believed to be at least in his 20s, was stabbed by a man during the argument.

The victim was taken to a local hospital but could not be saved. Cops were working to identify him.

There were no immediate arrests.

A Maryland man was arrested Monday after allegedly murdering his mother and leaving her body inside a bathroom of the home the two of them shared. Jeremy Gentry, 48, was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the death of Beatrice Kay Gentry, 68, according to Maryland State Police. The Fruitland Police Department and emergency medical service personnel responded to a report of an unconscious woman at a home on Sand Castle Boulevard at about 9 p.m. Sunday. After first responders...

A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island found that the animal had sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center on Friday released observations from a necropsy done Thursday evening on the nearly 25-foot (7.6-meter) juvenile male humpback whale that was found dead in Long Beach Township. Sheila Dean, director of the center, said the whale was found to have bruising around the head; multiple fractures of the skull and cervical vertebrae; numerous dislocated...

The birthday effect is a real statistical phenomenon in which you are at increased risk of dying on, or near, your birthday. In a Swiss study of mortality data, 13.8% more people older than 60 died on their own birthday than any other day. According to The Guardian, a 2016 Japanese study of mortality from major external causes confirmed that people were “more likely to die on their birthday than any other calendar day” by means of suicide, traffic accidents, drowning, and choking. For suicide cases in particular, people are...