Man Killed Confronting Line-Cutter at Convenience Store Toilet | Crime Alert 6AM 01.28.26
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Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Danny Lynn Castor, 52, stops at a Phoenix Quick Trip.
What happened during the convenience store shooting incident?
As he's waiting in line to use the restroom, DeAndre Franklin, 25, tries to cut the line. Castor intervenes and is shot at least once in the head by Franklin. Danny Castor dead at the scene. Straight out to Drew Nelson for more.
That's right, Nancy. A senseless shooting all over a toilet. Phoenix, Arizona police say Castor was shot and killed inside the QT near East Oak Street on the 20th. Family members say Castor is dead because he spoke up and was shot because of it. Castor was rushed to a hospital but did not survive. Police arrested 25-year-old DeAndre Franklin the next day and charged him with second-degree murder. He's being held on a $1 million bond. Castor's sister, Delka Castor, says the loss is overwhelming, speaking with our TV news partners at Fox 10 Phoenix, along with her son, Aiden.
We've been thicker than thieves since we were kids. He was funny, told really great jokes. He always had a huge heart for animals. Danny was literally the person that would give you the shirt off of his back.
Delka says it felt like just any other day until... We're all still honestly in shock.
He left for work on Friday. Now he's never coming home.
Castor's niece Shelby says the final moments are hard to think of.
I just want to say to him that I really love him and that I'm sorry that he had to go through this and that he was probably scared.
Relatives describe Castor as funny, kind, and devoted to his dog, his truck, and his family. They say he did nothing wrong and was not even looking for trouble. A memorial now sits outside the gas station. The family says they plan to attend every court hearing, hoping accountability will follow a moment they say should never have happened.
Thanks, Drew. More crime and justice news after this.
A Kansas community is mourning the loss of a young teacher remembered for her warmth, her joy, and a love so visible that friends say it radiated in the color yellow. Rebecca Ruber was 28 years old. She taught second grade at Riverside Elementary School in Emporia. On Monday evening, a somber prayer service filled the city as family, friends, co-workers, and students gathered to honor her life. Those who knew Ruber say she had a rare way of making people feel seen and accepted. Speaking with WIBW, fellow second grade teacher Brandi Taylor described her as someone whose presence immediately put others at ease.
The most chill, fun, and relaxed person I've ever been around. Favorite color was yellow and everyone knew it.
Taylor says Ruber loved her students deeply and created a classroom built on kindness. She even had a nickname for them, calling them Ruber's Goobers. Taylor says Ruber never judged anyone and treated every person with the same care. Emporia police say Ruber was last seen late Friday night after leaving the town royal bar following what investigators described as a minor verbal disagreement with a friend. Surveillance video showed her walking alone. Her body was later found in the woods about 300 yards from where she was last seen. Authorities say early indications suggest Ruber may have died from hypothermia during the heavy snow that moved through the area. Police say there are no signs of foul play.
An autopsy is pending. At the prayer service, Ruber's brother Aaron Ruber spoke about the sister he grew up with.
Just a goofy individual who... just brought joy to everybody's life.
How did the family react to the loss of Danny Castor?
And I know she loved her students more than anything else as well, and that's what I really respected about her. She was incredibly smart, kind, funny, loving.
Aaron Ruber says his sister's capacity for forgiveness and love was unmatched, even toward people who had treated her poorly.
It didn't matter whether you were a mean, bully person, she would love you the next day. I think we should pass that on, especially now.
At Riverside Elementary, staff and students are finding ways to keep her memory alive, planning to plant a flower garden in her honor.
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