Ivy Runnels and Vernon Green II.

She was crushed between a car door and a tree.

Something which wouldn’t have happened if she’d remained in the home, rather than pretend to be a man.

WFMY:

A Newport News police officer died in the line of duty after a car dragged her down a street during a traffic stop Thursday.

Police it happened shortly before 7 p.m. in the 1400 block of 16th Street. Two officers stopped a car after getting a drug call and approached the car. At some point, the driver stepped on the accelerator, and the car took off.

One of the officers, 24-year-old Katie Thyne, was caught in the driver’s side door when the driver took off. She was dragged about a block until the car crashed into a tree around 16th Street and Walnut Avenue.

Chief Steve Drew said she was pinned between the door and the tree. Thyne died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital from her injuries.

Police took the driver and a passenger into custody after the crash. The driver Vernon Green II was charged with Homicide, Possession of Marijuana, and Disregard/Elude Law Enforcement.

The passenger, 38-year-old Ivy Runnels, was charged with Possession of Marijuana.

Katie Thyne.

Beware: a killer is on the loose in Virginia.

And you’ll never guess what he looks like!

WAVY:

Newport News Police need your help identifying a person of interest in the 2018 death of a North Carolina resident.

10 On Your Side first reported the shooting death of 44-year-old Larry Hartwell Vick back in late December of 2018.

On December 22, police say they were dispatched to the area of 22nd St. and Oak Ave. shortly after 12:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting.

Upon arrival, first responders say they located a Vick on the ground with a gunshot wound.

Vick was transported to a local hospital, where he later died at 1:38 p.m., officials say.

Nearly a year later, Newport News Police are still working to find the person responsible.

In a video, a person of interest in the incident is seen walking on a sidewalk.

Larry Vick.

Jonah Sims.

Tragic, so tragic.

They seemed like such a normal, all-American couple as well.

13NewsNow:

A man is arrested and charged in the shooting death of a woman on Monday night.

The Newport News Police Department said Jonah Dwight Sims, 23, is in custody after he turned himself in to police.

He is facing charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, three counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, malicious wounding, burglary with intent to commit a felony, four charges of assault, and discharging a firearm within a residence.

Officers were called to a shooting in the 600 block of Dresden Drive at 9:12 p.m. Monday.

Police said two people were shot inside a home. Javon Fraser was taken to Riverside Hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, but his wife, 24-year-old Kayleigh Christian Ellifritz, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to court documents, the couple’s two children were in the home when the shooting occurred. The children’s godmother Tiffany Diggs said the kids remember the suspect breaking down the door and shooting.

“He does remember the pow-pows, and he keeps saying pow-pow and looking at the door,” said Diggs.

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According to documents, Fraser met Sims in middle school in 2010 and they lived in the same foster home at one point.

Kayleigh Ellifritz and Javon Fraser.

What did the victim do to incur the wrath of this urban baboon?

Perhaps he was just standing around, minding his own business, acting all… white.

WTKR:

44-year-old Larry Hartwell Vick Jr. is dead after a Saturday afternoon shooting in Newport News.

Dispatchers received a call for a shooting in the area of 22nd Street and Oak Avenue at approximately 12:37 p.m. When crews arrived, they found Vick suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper left side of his torso.

Vick was treated on-scene and was taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Newport News Police said that a suspect in the shooting was seen fleeing to the southeast on foot. He is described as a black man wearing a black skullcap, a camouflage jacket and white painter’s pants.

Larry Hartwell Vick Jr.