Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not comment in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers.... Read More

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June 7, 2019

Teachers remembers kids killed by dad at death penalty trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kindergarten teacher Johnathan Stone stopped sending frowny faces home with student Nahtahn Jones when he misbehaved because the boy would come back to school very emotional, saying he had to exercise for hours. Five years later, Stone testified Friday in the sentencing phase of the death penalty trial for the father... Read More

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Johnathan Stone

June 7, 2019

Cop who shot 911 caller sentenced to 12½ years in prison

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 apologized to the woman’s family Friday for “taking the life of a perfect person,” just moments before a judge brushed off a defense request for a light sentence and ordered him to prison for 12½ years.... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

June 6, 2019

Legal experts question deputy’s arrest over Parkland tragedy

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The arrest of a Florida sheriff’s deputy for not confronting the gunman in the Parkland school massacre represents a highly unusual use of the law — and a legally dubious one, in the opinion of some experts. Scot Peterson, 56, appeared in court Wednesday on 11 charges, including negligence and... Read More

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Scot Peterson

June 5, 2019

Florida deputy charged for inaction during Parkland shooting

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida deputy who knew a gunman was loose at the Parkland high school but refused to go inside to confront the assailant was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his inaction during the massacre that killed 17 people. Scot Peterson was on duty as the resource officer at Marjory... Read More

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Scot Peterson

May 31, 2019

Jury recommends death in ambush killing of police officers

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday recommended death for a man convicted of killing two Southern California police officers and wounding six others in an ambush-style attack in 2016, prosecutors said. The same jury that convicted 28-year-old John Hernandez Felix of murder and attempted murder earlier this month recommended capital punishment, according to... Read More

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John Hernandez Felix

May 29, 2019

Tennessee church shooter sentenced to life without parole

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury deliberated less than two hours Tuesday before sentencing the man who shot up a Nashville church in 2017 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Friday, the jury found Emanuel Kidega Samson guilty of murder in the death of Melanie Crow. Samson also injured seven... Read More

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Emanuel Kidega Samson

May 29, 2019

Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty to new charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sole suspect in a fatal shooting at a Southern California synagogue pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes and other charges Tuesday. John T. Earnest entered the plea a week after a grand jury returned a 113-count indictment that largely mirrors a complaint filed shortly after his arrest on April... Read More

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John T. Earnest

May 28, 2019

Congregants grapple with church shooter once their colleague

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Minister Joey Spann watched Friday as 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson was convicted of first-degree murder for killing one person and wounding seven others when he sprayed Spann’s church and its congregants with bullets in 2017. It was hard for Spann to recognize in Samson the same young man who taught Vacation... Read More

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Emanuel Kidega Samson

May 24, 2019

Suspect found guilty in police officer’s 2010 shooting death

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who bragged about killing an off-duty Chicago police officer during an armed robbery was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder. Antwon Carter, flanked by sheriff’s deputies, shuffled calmly out of Cook County Circuit Court after he was convicted of the 2010 murder of Officer Michael Bailey. Bailey, 62, was wiping... Read More

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Antwon Carter

May 24, 2019

Jury returns to deliberate in Tennessee church shooting case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in Tennessee are deliberating the fate of a black man who killed a woman and wounded seven people at a Nashville church in apparent revenge for the racist massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. Twenty-seven-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in... Read More

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Emanuel Kidega Samson

May 23, 2019

Defendant says he doesn’t recall if he shot 8 at church

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding seven others at a Nashville church in 2017 testified Wednesday that he can’t remember if he did it. In a Nashville courtroom, a prosecutor repeatedly asked 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson about his testimony that he had spotty-at-best memories of what happened... Read More

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Emanuel Kidega Samson

May 22, 2019

Mississippi police officer charged in woman’s killing

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer is charged with murder in the death of a woman that he was romantically involved with. Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne has been charged with murder by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, according to a court order signed Tuesday by Lafayette County Circuit Judge Andrew Howorth.... Read More

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Matthew Kinne

May 22, 2019

Man who threatened mass shooting is serial online harasser

DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never had a girlfriend, stoking fears... Read More

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Christopher Cleary

Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers

Teachers remembers kids killed by dad at death penalty trial

Cop who shot 911 caller sentenced to 12½ years in prison

Legal experts question deputy’s arrest over Parkland tragedy

Florida deputy charged for inaction during Parkland shooting

Jury recommends death in ambush killing of police officers

Tennessee church shooter sentenced to life without parole

Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty to new charges

Congregants grapple with church shooter once their colleague

Suspect found guilty in police officer’s 2010 shooting death

Jury returns to deliberate in Tennessee church shooting case

Defendant says he doesn’t recall if he shot 8 at church

Mississippi police officer charged in woman’s killing

Man who threatened mass shooting is serial online harasser

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