Steven Coan, New Bedford, Obituary, Death: Late-night burst of gunfire on Russell Street ended a life inside a gray Honda Accord

It was just before midnight on Wednesday when the quiet was shattered. Not by a phone call to 911, but by a machine. The city’s ShotSpotter system picked up the distinctive crack of gunfire near the corner of Acushnet Avenue and Russell Street around 11:30 p.m. It’s a sound residents in that part of New Bedford know too well.

Lorenzo Everette was just trying to fall asleep watching the NBA game when his lady shook him awake, saying she heard two shots. Peeking outside, they saw the flashing lights flooding the street. “We saw the ambulance, a dozen of police cars,” Everette said. It didn't take long to figure out something terrible had gone down just a few feet from their front door.

When cops rolled up, they didn't find a crime scene with a crowd or a chase. Instead, they found 31-year-old Steven Coan just a short distance away on Russell Street. He was slumped inside his own car, a 2022 gray Honda Accord. He’d been hit multiple times and was fighting for his life. Paramedics rushed him to St. Luke’s Hospital, but the damage was too severe. He died a short time after arrival.

Here is where things get cold. The District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III confirmed this is a homicide investigation, but that's all they're giving up for now. No description of a shooter, no sketch, no motive. It’s a black hole of information, leaving neighbors on edge and Mr. Coan's loved ones grappling with a sudden, violent loss without a face to attach to the crime.

State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s office are now working alongside New Bedford’s Major Crimes unit and the Violent Crime Intelligence Unit. They’re doing the slow, grinding work of a homicide probe—knocking on doors and pulling security footage. Everette confirmed the cops were already back at his place by morning, asking to check his Ring camera to see if the sensors caught what the ShotSpotter system only heard.

For folks living near Acushnet Avenue, this is a grim rerun. Everette didn't sugarcoat it, saying bluntly that “every year there’s one or two shootings in this general area.” But statistics don't soften the blow. This isn't just a ShotSpotter data point; this was Steven’s car, Steven’s life, and now it’s another case file waiting for a break.

As of now, the silence from authorities is deafening. The investigation is “active and ongoing,” but for a 31-year-old with a whole life ahead of him, the clock stopped on a dimly lit street. All anyone can do now is watch their doorbell camera footage and hope that a lead comes through before the trail goes cold.

Davonte Wilson, Leeds, Obituary: A hardworking Cintas driver's final shift ended in a wreck that no one saw coming on a quiet Alabama street

Davonte Trashod Wilson was just 31 years old and doing what working men do every day — putting in his shift, making his deliveries, keeping the wheels turning. A Jemison resident, he drove for Cintas and was behind the wheel of a commercial delivery truck on what should've been an ordinary Thursday afternoon. Except it wasn't ordinary at all. Around 1 p.m. on May 7th, at the intersection of Thornton Avenue N.E. and Dorrough Street in Leeds, Wilson's truck met another commercial vehicle in a devastating head-on collision. Just like that, a life built on honest labor was cut short. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office came out Friday and identified Wilson to a community still trying to make sense of it all. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and tried everything they could to pull him back from the brink. But some wrecks are just too violent. The coroner pronounced him dead right there on the asphalt at 1:24 p.m. — barely half an hour after the crash. He never made it h...

Jinx Hairston, Obituary, Death: 45-year-old mother’s last ride to the hospital was in a private car after a brutal stabbing on Penny Drive.

PENN HILLS, PA – Folks around here are used to quiet nights on Penny Drive. But late Thursday, that peace got shattered. Jinx Hairston, a 45-year-old woman well-known in the neighborhood, lost her life after a stabbing gone horribly wrong. Right around 9:39 p.m., dispatchers got the call. The address was the 700 block of Penny Drive. But here’s the thing that’s sticking with everybody: by the time the cops rolled in, Jinx wasn’t there anymore. Somebody had already tossed her into a private vehicle and hauled her to UPMC Mercy Hospital themselves. That’s the kind of desperation you don’t forget. Doctors and nurses gave it everything they had. But Jinx was gone just a little while after she got there. The next morning, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office made it official. A life cut short at 45. No warning. No goodbyes. Right now, the cops aren’t talking much about what led up to the stabbing. No arrests yet. Not even a suspect name to go on. They’re keeping their cards c...

Casco's Kyle Lunn, Obituary, Death: A Ride Cut Short, Leaving a Child Fighting for Life on Route 302

It's the kind of Thursday night that settles over Casco, Maine, quiet and unassuming, until the unthinkable splits it wide open. On May 7, just before the clock struck 9 p.m., the hum of a 2003 Honda motorcycle cruising down Roosevelt Trail—Route 302 to the locals—was replaced by the sort of screeching metal that makes your blood run cold. Behind the handlebars was 34-year-old Kyle Lunn, a local man out on a ride that he'd probably taken a hundred times before. This time, something went terribly wrong. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office laid out the grim picture: Lunn's bike crossed that faded center line near Watkins Flowers and slammed head-on into a 2011 Lexus sedan coming the other way. Michael Peterson, a 26-year-old from Naples, was behind the wheel of that car. The impact was so violent it turned a stretch of familiar road into a scene of absolute devastation. When the sirens faded and the dust settled, the worst fears were confirmed. Kyle Lunn died right the...

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