Female security guard stabbed to death, police searching for suspect believed to be an ex-boyfriend

A female security guard was stabbed to death in St Catherine on Saturday in what is suspected to be yet another incident of domestic violence.

The police in Old Harbour have since launched a manhunt for her suspected attacker, believed to an ex-boyfriend.

The slain woman has been identified as Patricia Dennis 39, of Hawk Lane, in Bullet Tree District, Old Harbour.

It’s reported that Dennis and the suspect were previously involved in a romantic relationship that ended because of frequent arguments.

Reports are that about 1:30a.m. Saturday Dennis returned home from a wake when her attacker showed up and tried to enter the house.

It’s reported that an argument developed and she left the house and went to the nearby home of the suspect's mother to complain.

He reportedly gave chase and caught up to her at the house where he allegedly used a knife to stab her to the neck, abdomen and upper body.

The suspect reportedly brandished a gun before escaping in nearby bushes.

Dennis was rushed to the Spanish Town General Hospital by a relative where she was pronounced dead.

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Woman sentenced to 11 years in prison after arguing she was legally allowed to kill a man because he sexually trafficked her.

 (This case has interested me for a long time. Guess its because this woman and others out there have been captured, raped, tortured, made pregnant, and even brainwashed. If they escape and killed their captor. Good. Case close. Instead, they want to put her in jail.)

A Milwaukee woman who argued she was immune from prosecution because the man she fatally shot was sexually trafficking her was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison, according to Kenosha County Court documents.

Chrystul Kizer – who earlier this year pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the case – will also serve five years parole, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley told CNN in an email Monday. “The 11 years is minus … 570 days because she has served those awaiting trial,” said Graveley.

Kizer shot Randall Volar, 34, at his Kenosha, Wisconsin, home in 2018 when she was 17 years old, Kenosha County Court prosecutors said.

Kizer shot Volar in the head, burned his house down and stole his BMW, The Associated Press reported. She initially was charged with multiple counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, arson, car theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Kizer, who is Black, argued she was trafficked by Volar, who was White, beginning when she was 16.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled in 2022 a state law absolving trafficking victims of criminal liability for offenses committed as a direct result of being trafficked extends to first-degree intentional homicide.

The court ruled Kizer’s legal team should have the opportunity to present evidence at trial that the crimes she was charged with were “a direct result of the violence she experienced,” according to a statement from the Chicago Community Bond Fund.

The ruling allowed Kizer to argue she was justified in the killing. But it also said Kizer must first provide evidence for a trial judge her decision to kill Volar was connected to being trafficked before she could invoke immunity, the AP reported.

Kizer maintains Volar’s death was the result of self-defense, the bond fund said, but in May this year she pleaded guilty to a reduced count of reckless homicide, court documents state.

Kizer, 17 at the time, put a gun in her bookbag in June 2018 and traveled from Milwaukee to Volar’s home in Kenosha after telling her boyfriend she was going to shoot him because she was tired of him touching her, the AP reported, citing court documents.

CNN reached out to Kizer’s attorneys for comment.

Private Security Guards Are Replacing Police Across America

(This story is one of three in Insecure, a series about the private security industry. )

Andre Boyer enters the gas station like a soldier—back straight, boots shined, AR-15 pointed towards the floor. He’s late to meet me, he says, because his employee caught a shoplifter and he needed to sort through red tape. He seems unaware of the flutter of anxiety spreading through the store as customers see his weapon, handcuffs, and bulletproof vest. But if anyone asked, which they don’t, he’d assure them that he’s there for their own good, even though it’s hard to be relaxed in the presence of a loaded gun.

“We’re not here to beat people up,” says Boyer, who heads S.I.T.E, a private protection agency that is patrolling gas stations and hotels in Philadelphia at the behest of store owners. “We’re here to let the public know that they can feel safe.”

Boyer’s armed guard service has boomed over the last year as Philadelphia police staffing issues led to longer response times. Neil Patel, the owner of this Karco gas station, says he hired Boyer in December after thieves stole an ATM from his gas station and the police didn’t respond for six hours.

Patel is not the only business owner shelling out money for private security as police departments across the U.S. lose staff. Already struggling to recruit new applicants in 2019, police departments saw a spike of retirements and a drop-off in new recruits after the 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent backlash against police, says Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. In Philadelphia alone, police staffing levels dropped nearly 10% from the end of 2019 to the end of 2022, a recent government audit found. Nationally, the number of sworn officers dropped 7% between 2019 and 2021, according to FBI data.

 While police departments were losing officers, crime was rising in many parts of America. Murders, assaults, and car thefts rose nationally in 2020, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, and an increase in homelessness has heightened anxieties about safety. These factors bolstered the private security industry, which had already been growing steadily since the terrorist attacks of September 11 but has boomed since 2020. There are roughly twice as many security guards employed in the U.S. than there were 20 years ago, according to the Security Industry Association, though the nation’s population has only grown 16% over the same time period. By 2021, there were about 2 police officers but 3.1 security guards for every 1,000 civilians.

“Private security is going to take over everything,” says Boyer, the Philadelphia armed guard. He adds that a father recently hired him to take his two children to the movies, armed with a shotgun, to make sure they were safe. 

 Private security signals an unequal economy

The rise of private security is both driven by income inequality—wealthy people have more things to protect and money to spend to protect them—and exacerbates it. For every Neil Patel who decides to shell out $750 a day for round-the-clock armed guards, there are thousands of business owners and civilians who have to make do with what their taxes can buy. The Los Angeles Police Department is not meeting its staffing goals, for instance, but its neighbor, tony Beverly Hills, Calif., has hired two security firms whose employees patrol the city in cars or on foot as “an extension of the police,” says Todd Johnson, CEO of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.

“In the last two years, with everything we have gone through, we want to make sure that the luxury capital of the world is also one of the safest places,” Johnson says.

Residents and business associations in upper-middle class neighborhoods like Lincoln Park, Chicago, Neponsit, N.Y. and San Francisco’s Marina District have chipped in extra money to hire private security because residents report feeling unsafe. By contrast, in New Orleans, a city where the median income is about half that in Beverly Hills, police response times have tripled, from 51 minutes in 2019 to 146 minutes last year.

Wealthy cities can also attract more police officers because they have the tax base to offer high wages and benefits. Seattle, for instance, is offering an $80,000 salary and $30,000 signing bonus. But poorer police departments can’t come close to matching that kind of money, says Wexler, with the Police Executive Research Forum. “This is what keeps police chiefs and mayors up at night—who are going to be the future police officers in their city,” he says. 

 

This have and have-not of protection is one sign of an unequal economy. Sociologists use the term “guard labor economy” to describe a situation where a growing number of people are employed in jobs where they exercise control over people and protect private property. As inequality rises and there is more media coverage of crime, companies allocate more labor to protecting their property, says Luke Petach, a professor of economics at Belmont University, whose research has found that places with higher shares of people employed in guard labor are correlated with more inequality and racial animosity.

Deborah Avant, a professor at the University of Denver who studies the security industry globally, says that inequality leads us to “think of security in narrower and narrower ways—protecting our stuff rather than generating communities where we are all safe.”

A mile or so south of where Boyer and his company are patrolling the gas station, William Miller steers a decommissioned police car etched with JNS Protection Services around the “green zone,” a 10 block area bordering the campus of Temple University. Jennifer Hedberg, the mom of a Temple University student, hired JNS Protection Services to patrol the streets in 2021 after another student at the college was shot and killed in an apparent carjacking. (Like many city police departments, the Temple University police have had trouble recruiting, and now have about 40% fewer officers on patrol than a decade ago, says Alec Shaffer, the president of the Temple University Police Association. Temple did not return multiple requests for comment.)

Hedberg says she “set up our own perimeter,” having JNS patrol the blocks on which her son and his girlfriend lived, and then asking for donations from parents of other students living there. She admits that JNS security can’t really do anything if they see a crime in progress except call the police, and that the workers are “not as vetted” as the police, but she says the patrols give parents and kids peace of mind knowing someone is there.

As he drives around, Miller, a former fitness trainer, takes pictures at intersections and dictates what he is seeing into his phone. But only some parents can access these reports. That’s because Stacy Fritz, the mom who took over organizing the patrols after Hedberg’s son graduated, made a private Facebook group to share the reports and only admits parents who donate—because, she says, she wasn’t raising enough money to keep the patrols funded when any parent could access the reports. The cost of having a security guard patrol six hours a day, six hours a week, adds up to about $17,000 per semester, or around $1,000 a week.

The parents who organize the patrols are the ones who get to determine the rules. “It breaks my heart when people say, ‘My son isn’t in the zone, can you extend it?’” says Fritz. “But then they just get too big and you don’t feel as safe.” 

 Security guards don’t always make communities safer

Ostensibly security guards are hired to make people feel safer. But, understandably, some civilians feel uneasy around the increased presence of guns and guards who are largely unregulated. Because the laws regulating private security vary from state to state, there’s a gray area where neither guards, their employers, nor the public seem to know exactly what a private security officer can and can’t do on the job.

Though many security companies will say that their employees act only as a deterrent and should call the police if they see a crime occurring, others appear to have a different take. Boyer, the Philadelphia guard, says that if someone steals something from the gas station where he works, the law allows him to “go after that person” to retrieve the property; he is currently getting eight Rottweilers trained to help him reclaim stolen property.

(A spokesman from the Pennsylvania State Police disagreed that Boyer could act like a police officer at the gas station, though the law in Pennsylvania does allow private citizens a good amount of leeway, says Rick McCann, the founder and CEO of Private Officer International, an association for security and law enforcement professionals. Pennsylvania and about 30 other states allow people to get trained as private police officers, which gives them full arrest authority on the private properties where they’re employed, McCann says.)

And some security guards, including Boyer, have contentious relationships with the police, which complicates questions of authority. Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Police Department from 1997 until 2013, when he was terminated, he says, for blowing the whistle on police misconduct. (The Philadelphia Police Dept. did not return multiple requests for comment.)

In 2021, Boyer was guarding a hotel when, according to a complaint he filed in U.S. District Court, two women acting “belligerent” assaulted him and spit in his face. He tasered one and then handcuffed her and called the police, but when the police arrived, they arrested Boyer, detaining him for 16 hours until the district attorney decided not to press charges. He is suing the police for wrongful arrest and says he was fully within his rights to defend himself. “If it comes to that, I will take a life,” he says.

 

The presence of armed security guards in public settings does not even appear to be reducing violence—or crime. Walgreens said in an earnings call in January, for instance, that it was reverting to putting law enforcement in its stores rather than security officers because “the security companies are proven to be largely ineffective.”

On the campus of Temple University, where parents paid for private security patrols and where the university also hired a private security firm to supplement campus police, a campus officer was shot and killed in February, an off-campus home was firebombed in November, and Temple students in three separate off-campus homes were the victims of armed home invasions in November 2022. Temple University president Jason Wingard resigned in late March amid growing concerns about safety.

“You can increase policing, or security. But safety is a double edged sword,” says Veronica Rin, a Temple freshman who is thinking of transferring because of the violence around campus. “It’s not just about presence. It’s also how people feel.”

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In February, Rin was walking by a campus building that holds a public food court when she and a friend saw a group of teenagers punching and kicking an older man on the street. A security guard employed by Allied Universal was posted on the corner, near where the fight was happening, but he didn’t intervene—Temple later said that the guard did what he was supposed to do and called the police. Rin stepped in and broke up the fight. Students captured her actions on camera and local news labeled her a hero, but the incident made her feel even more uneasy because she knows just how little private security will do.

“I would love to have someone who was like John Wick who made sure I was safe all the time,” she says, “but I’m just a college kid in America.”

I recently visited the spot where Rin broke up the fight; I was talking to the Allied Universal guard posted there when a call came over his radio that there was a fight happening inside the food court. By the time we got inside, the fight was over; two women had been screaming and throwing chairs at each other, a student told me, but workers from Panda Express had deescalated the situation.

I wondered if that food court fight would have gone differently had Andre Boyer been there with his AR-15 and then I was immediately glad that he wasn’t. I imagined a gun and a crowded dining hall and the terrible things that could have happened next.

It’s true that Neil Patel, the gas station owner, says he hasn’t had to report one criminal incident since Boyer’s firm started patrolling his lot. Before then, he says, his store was a constant blur of crime; people stealing and carjacking—one time, his car was vandalized while police were in the store, taking down a report about another crime. He’s sick of it all. I asked: couldn’t an armed guard have escalated those situations and led to someone being killed? “Too bad,” he said. “They deserve it.” Then he retreated behind the bulletproof glass shielding his cash register.

 

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Security Guard slain at San Diego mosque saved 140 kids from shooters. Story by Katie Hawkinson

 A security guard killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego saved as many as 140 kids with his “heroic actions,” police said.

The guard, identified as Amin Abdullah, was one of three people killed Monday after two teenage gunmen attacked the mosque, which is the largest in the city. Abdullah “immediately observed the threat to everybody at the mosque” and exchanged fire with the attackers, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl told reporters Tuesday. 

“You can see the security guard reach for his radio and put out the lockdown protocol. The security guard then continued to engage in a gun battle with these two suspects,” Wahl said.

“His actions, without a doubt, delayed, distracted, and ultimately deterred these two individuals from gaining access to the greater areas of the mosque, where as many as 140 kids were within 15 feet of these suspects. Tragically, he died in that gun battle,” he continued.

If it weren’t for Abdullah, the “carnage would be much worse,” and the gunmen would’ve gained access to “every single classroom,” Imam Taha Hassane added.

The other victims, identified as Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad, were killed in the parking lot after trying to draw the gunmen’s attention.

“The other two victims, as best we can tell with this video surveillance at the mosque, drew the attention of both of these suspects back out into the parking lot area, where they were unfortunately unable to flee. Both suspects were able to successfully corner them and kill both of them,” Wahl said.  

“While both suspects were outside, the massive response that was seconds away undoubtedly pushed both of the suspects to run back to their vehicle and flee the parking lot,” he added.

The three victims will “always be remembered as the heroes that they are,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said.

“I want to be very clear, those two young men do not represent our city. These three Muslim men do. Their heroism, their selflessness, represents the very best of this city,” Gloria told reporters.

“We will mourn these three heroes for what they are: heroes. We will remember their sacrifice always,” he added.

 Police said the suspected gunmen, 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez, were found dead a few blocks from the mosque with self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Investigators believed they were radicalized online, according to Mark Remily, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Diego Field Office. 

 “We also identified writings and various ideologies outlining religious and racial beliefs of how the world they envision should look. These subjects did not discriminate on who they hated,” he said.

Investigators have already executed three search warrants at homes connected to the teens, and seized more than 30 guns and a crossbow. They’re also conducting interviews with the suspects’ relatives and friends.

It’s still too early to tell whether the Islamic Center of San Diego was the “specific target,” according to Remily.

“We are assessing and analyzing all the evidence. ... We're still looking through electronics to give us the answers, but what I can say is they definitely had a broad hatred towards a lot of folks,” he said.

Security Guard Fires Shot Stopping Sexual Assault at Milwaukee Intermodal Hub By Lyndsey Parker

 An early-morning commute at Milwaukee's downtown transit hub turned violent Thursday when security officers interrupted a sexual assault and fired a shot while detaining the suspect, authorities said. The incident unfolded at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station near 6th Street and St. Paul Avenue, where a 31-year-old man was taken into custody after allegedly attacking a 33-year-old passenger. Police said no one was struck by the gunfire.

Security response and police account

According to Milwaukee police, officers were called to the Intermodal Station at about 6 a.m. after station security discovered the assault and jumped in to stop it. Security personnel intervened and halted the attack, and the suspect became combative during the confrontation. As FOX6 Milwaukee reports, one shot was fired by security during the struggle, but no one was hit. Police arrived at the scene and took the 31-year-old man into custody.

Station safety concerns

The Intermodal Station and its adjacent parking lot have already been on the radar for safety worries, and this latest incident is likely to keep those concerns front and center. City leaders in recent years have pushed for better lighting, monitoring and patrols around the transit complex. The lot near 6th and St. Paul drew particular scrutiny, and in 2023 a city licensing committee recommended that a private operator's license not be renewed unless security measures improved, according to WISN 12.

For regular riders who have been raising alarms about conditions in and around the hub, Thursday's confrontation is likely to feel less like a shock and more like a troubling confirmation of long-standing fears.

Legal review and next steps

Milwaukee police said the case will be forwarded to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office for a charging review, according to FOX6 Milwaukee. Investigators have not released additional identifying details about either the suspect or the victim. It will be up to the district attorney to decide whether to file formal charges and what those charges will be. Any updates on potential charges are expected to come from the DA's office.

For commuters

The Milwaukee Intermodal Station is a key regional hub, serving Amtrak trains and intercity buses for local residents and travelers passing through the city. Riders and officials have repeatedly called for stronger on-site security and better lighting in and around the facility. City and state agencies have previously said they were working on improvements to patrols and infrastructure near the station. Thursday's arrest is likely to ramp up pressure on those efforts and renew calls for visible, consistent safety measures for people who use the hub every day.