Homicide

TORONTO - A male victim, believed to be in his mid-20s, was found without vital signs and later pronounced dead on the scene, according to paramedics. (Toronto Star)

MOSCOW - A key witness in a bribery case that has brought down several of Moscow’s senior crime-fighting officials has been shot dead in his car outside St. Petersburg. (Moscow Times)

AMES, Iowa – A man has been charged in the killing of a former champion golfer from Spain, after the Iowa State University student’s body was found Monday morning at a golf course in central Iowa. (Global News)

VANCOUVER - Sean Ryan William McKenzie has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Sakkalis, whose body was found near Boston Bar four weeks ago. (Vancouver Sun)

OTTAWA - When police entered the locked hotel room, the dead man was on his knees, his wrists bound from behind with a belt and his feet bound by a zip tie. (Ottawa Citizen)

EFRAT, Israel - A well-known American-born activist on behalf of Israeli settlers was stabbed to death outside a West Bank mall Sunday, reportedly by a 17-year-old Palestinian attacker. (Fox News)

MEXICO CITY — Mexicans heading into the weekend’s Independence Day celebrations were jolted by a brazen shooting by men dressed as mariachi musicians who killed five people and wounded eight in Garibaldi Plaza, an iconic square in the capital where the bands serenade tourists. (Toronto Sun)

LAREDO, TX - Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, was found about  2 a.m. when state troopers tracked him to a hotel parking lot in the border city of Laredo, Texas. He was found hiding in a truck. (Fox News)

HAMILTON - A Hamilton real estate agent murdered on his doorstep late Thursday may have been collateral damage in a gangland settling of accounts. (Toronto Sun)

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DALLAS - A Fort Worth, Texas, police officer died Friday, less than 24 hours after he was shot in the head following a confrontation with a group armed robbery suspects. (Fox News)

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