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Tragedy in Kansas City ... 10-year-old Jackson Georgari was found dead in a pond, just a mile away from his home ... and cops say he was sleepwalking.

Jackson's body was found around 12:30 PM on Thursday, near Briarcliff Village ... and Kansas City Police says he wandered off from home in the middle of the night.

First responders pulled him out of the water and attempted life-saving measures, but could not revive the boy. He was declared dead at the scene ... according to reports.

The parents of Nolan Wells want a thorough investigation after their teenage son was found dead following a boating trip to a Fourth of July party spot.

Christine and Elmore Wonsley went on "Good Morning America" Friday and told host Michael Strahan they have a lot of questions and are demanding answers in a case that has captivated the nation.

As TMZ reported, Nolan's body was found Monday after he disappeared during a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island in Mississippi.

Courtney Stodden and her husband, Jared Safier, got into a heated argument that ended with cops showing up at their Los Angeles home ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... LAPD officers responded to Courtney and Jared's L.A. area residence around 1:45 AM Thursday for a welfare check after receiving a 911 call.

Our sources say the call stemmed from a verbal argument between Courtney and Jared. It's unclear what led to the dispute.

We're told officers arrived, spoke with the couple, and kept the peace before clearing the scene. Our sources say there wasn't any physical altercation, and no arrests were made.

Darrell Sheets' girlfriend was in absolute shock when she heard a gunshot go off in her house ... and she told cops she believed the 'Storage Wars' star had just killed himself.

TMZ obtained the 911 call the woman placed after Darrell's suicide ... and she's completely beside herself.

She tells police Darrell just took his own life, explaining ... "I just heard a gun go off."

Darrell's GF says he never threatened to kill himself, but was struggling with insomnia and had been "just frustrated" with his lack of sleep and his kid ... calling it all "terrible, terrible s***."

2:23 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained body cam of officers arriving at the scene.

Newly released police records are shedding new light on Darrell Sheets' death ... authorities say the "Storage Wars" star left behind a suicide note and had recently argued with his son.

According to the Lake Havasu City Police incident report, obtained by TMZ, detectives found a handwritten note tucked inside a black basket in a bathroom closet near where Darrell was found dead. Police summarized it as reading, "I could not take anymore the Facebook bulling, f*** you [redacted]" ... adding the handwriting appeared shaky.

The report also paints a clearer picture of Darrell's final night. His girlfriend told detectives he couldn't sleep, got out of bed in the middle of the night, and moments later she found him standing in the doorway of his office ... telling her to "go back to bed" before a single gunshot rang out.

12:14 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained Julius Edwards' stone-faced mug shot.

A suspect in an attempted murder case in Ohio tried to make a quick getaway from cops ... driving through a freaking golf course ... and it's all on video.

Shocking footage shows a van weaving in and out of trees, driving over fairways, and slicing through the rough ... pedal to the medal as cops -- with sirens blaring -- chase after the vehicle.

People on golf carts filmed as the police pursuit played through ... definitely screwing up a few relaxing tee times on the links.

Dramatic bodycam video shows NYPD rescuing the distressed woman who scaled the Brooklyn Bridge and threatened to jump.

In the footage, the officer tells the woman ... "I want to help you, that's why I'm up here right now ... the strongest thing you can do right now is accept help."

Their conversation continued for nearly an hour before the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit was able to pull her back from the edge of the bridge's support beam and bring her to safety.

A New Jersey officer in charge of the K-9 unit has been charged with animal cruelty ... after he allegedly left two department dogs to die in a hot car.

Cody L. Henderson of the Salem County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and charged with recklessly causing the death of Boomer, a 6-year-old springer spaniel, and Rip, a 4-year-old Belgian malinois, according to NJ.com.

Both dogs were left in the same cruiser May 29 ... allegedly for seven hours in the beating sun ... with the engine off, no windows cracked, while Henderson worked the courthouse. He is accused of ignoring the dogs until the end of the day, when he discovered them dead of heat stroke.

A distressed woman scaled the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in NYC ... but she didn't plunge into the East River ... her life was saved thanks to the NYPD.

The death-defying incident went down Wednesday night on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge, where the woman in her 30s was sitting on a support suspension beam near eyewitnesses.

The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit officers quickly responded to multiple 911 calls and climbed up the bridge to talk with the troubled woman.

Darrell Sheets' son wanted his dad's girlfriend booted from the "Storage War" star's house after the reality star took his own life ... and authorities had to get involved.

According to the Lake Havasu City Police incident report, obtained by TMZ, Brandon Sheets -- who co-starred with his dad on "Storage Wars" -- told cops he wanted Darrell's unidentified partner out of the Lake Havasu City house -- and wanted her trespassed. Police told Brandon she would need to be evicted or leave on her own since she'd been living at the residence.

The woman told police ... Darrell's son and his wife had accused her of stealing money from the reality star -- and that created a lot of tension and drama between the two men, with Darrell defending her.

A tiny West Virginia town is without a police force because every officer was fired from their department after their evidence room was allegedly broken into.

The Barrackville Police Department announced the eyebrow-raising news in a Facebook post Tuesday, saying, "Effective immediately, the entire Barrackville Police Department has been relieved of duty by the Mayor and City Council."

Former Barrackville officer Sgt. Hunt told 12 News he came into work Tuesday morning and discovered the evidence room had seemingly been broken into. He took the news directly to Mayor Tom Straight and the Barrackville Town Council to discuss the situation, and suggested a member of the council may have had something to do with it.

Here's the booking photo Big Tigger's estranged wife Alicia Brown posed for after being busted on kidnapping-related warrants ... and she looks shocked and surprised.

The mug shot, obtained by TMZ, was snapped after Brown was taken into custody Monday during a felony traffic stop on Interstate 85 in Georgia.

As TMZ first reported, the Hart County Sheriff's Office says deputies received a BOLO for Brown's vehicle after learning she was wanted on kidnapping-related warrants out of Maryland. With help from the Georgia State Patrol, authorities tracked down the car, conducted a felony traffic stop and arrested Brown without incident.

Nolan Wells' death has sparked a flood of theories online ... but the Mississippi sheriff overseeing the case tells TMZ detectives haven't found evidence of a crime at this point.

Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter tells TMZ ... investigators have interviewed several of Nolan's friends and other witnesses as detectives work to piece together the 18-year-old's final hours.

Ledbetter says everything investigators have gathered so far indicates no crime has taken place. That said, he cautions the investigation remains active ... and tells us that assessment could change if new evidence comes to light.

2:27 PM PT -- Nolan's family hired prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump and is calling for a "thorough and transparent investigation" into the teen's death, according to a press release.

The mystery surrounding the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells has taken another twist ... law enforcement is investigating a viral video that allegedly shows a heated Fourth of July confrontation on Horn Island, near where his body was found.

Check out the clip ... it appears to show a tense argument involving several people gathered near the shoreline as boats line the beach.

The video has sparked widespread speculation online that it could be connected to Nolan's disappearance -- but, so far, there's no confirmation that's actually the case.

Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter tells TMZ his office is aware of the circulating video, and investigators are actively looking into it as part of the ongoing investigation.

Missing 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells' body has been found off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to local authorities.

Officials tell local outlets the body was discovered Monday morning around 8:45 AM in the water near the northwest end of Horn Island after a park ranger made the grim find.

Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said the remains matched the description of Wells, who had been the subject of a search effort.

Erika Kirk and Charlie Kirk's parents walked out of court as a police officer described the moment Charlie was fatally shot ... an emotional scene as prosecutors began laying out their case against his accused killer.

Erika -- along with Robert and Kathryn Kirk -- left the courtroom Monday before former Utah Valley University police officer Chris Bagley testified about the September 2025 shooting ... though they later returned following a break.

The testimony kicked off Tyler Robinson's five-day preliminary hearing ... where prosecutors are presenting witnesses and 40 to 50 exhibits as they try to convince the judge there's enough evidence to send the case to trial.