Family sues Nashville, officer for $30M in fatal shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a black man killed by a Nashville police officer filed a federal lawsuit Monday, naming the city and the white officer who fatally shot the man from behind as he ran with a gun. Attorney Joy Kimbrough said the suit filed in federal court in Nashville seeks $30... Read More

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Andrew Dekle

March 12, 2019

Jury to be picked for police killing of unarmed black teen

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jury selection begins Tuesday in a Harrisburg courtroom in the case of a white police officer accused of shooting to death an unarmed black teen in western Pennsylvania last summer. The jurors will be taken to Allegheny County for the trial next week of Michael Rosfeld, a former East Pittsburgh Police... Read More

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Antwon Rose II, Michael Rosfeld

March 11, 2019

Trial date set for teen charged in Kentucky school shooting

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for a teenager accused of killing two classmates during a shooting at a Kentucky school. News outlets report Marshall Circuit Court Judge James Jameson on Friday set June 1, 2020, as the trial date for Gabriel Parker, who recently turned 17. Online court records... Read More

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Gabriel Parker

March 8, 2019

Parkland shooting: Suspended sheriff sues Florida governor

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida sheriff who was suspended by the governor and accused of failing to prevent the Parkland school shooting filed suit Thursday seeking his job back and alleging Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly ousted him for political reasons. Suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel argues in the lawsuit that DeSantis “engineered... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

March 8, 2019

Soldier sentenced to 7 life terms for killing wife, officer

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — An Army staff sergeant convicted of fatally shooting his wife and a rookie Virginia police officer has been sentenced to seven consecutive life terms. News outlets report that Ronald Hamilton was formally sentenced Thursday in the 2016 killings of Officer Ashley Guindon and his wife, Crystal Hamilton. The 28-year-old Guindon was... Read More

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Ronald Hamilton

March 8, 2019

Fired Florida officer guilty of slaying black motorist

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A fired Florida police officer was found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder Thursday for fatally shooting a stranded black motorist, becoming the first officer in the state to be convicted of an on-duty shooting in 30 years. Nouman Raja, 41, faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years at... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 7, 2019

Prosecutor, defense at odds on what led to motorist’s death

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that it is a tragedy that former Florida police officer Nouman Raja fatally shot stranded motorist Corey Jones on a darkened highway off ramp almost four years ago. But as the jury in Raja’s trial saw Wednesday, they disagree on just about everything else.... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 7, 2019

Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations are headed into their second day in the trial of a fired Florida police officer charged with killing a stranded black motorist. The jurors will return to Palm Beach County courthouse Thursday to resume deliberating the fate of Nouman Raja. The 41-year-old former Palm Beach Gardens officer... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 4, 2019

Man dies, suspect sought in shooting near university in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police were searching Friday for the suspect in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex south of Salt Lake City that spurred a shelter-in-place alert for about two hours at nearby Utah Valley University. Other people at the apartment complex in Orem, Utah, witnessed Elbert Paule, 19, shoot Dominique Barnett,... Read More

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Elbert Paule

March 4, 2019

Families of Texas church shooting victims sue gun retailer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Family members of victims of a Texas church shooting are suing a sporting goods chain that sold the weapons used in the 2017 massacre. The lawsuit filed in state district court in San Antonio alleges Academy Sports & Outdoors illegally sold the assault-style rifle, high-capacity magazine and ammunition to Devin Kelley.... Read More

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Devin Kelley

March 1, 2019

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected requests to use a former Minneapolis police officer’s silence and a pre-hiring psychological exam against him at his trial in the 2017 shooting of an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor, 33, goes on trial April 1 on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Justine Ruszczyk... Read More

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Justine Ruszczyk Damond

February 28, 2019

Man pleads guilty to killing of postal worker in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of a postal worker during a road-rage attack on a Dallas expressway last year. Donnie Arlondo Ferrell acknowledged in a federal courtroom in Dallas on Wednesday that he fatally shot Tony Mosby. The 58-year-old Mosby was driving a Postal Service... Read More

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Donnie Arlondo Ferrell

February 28, 2019

Convicted in racial shootings, he dies days after sentencing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A white man who pleaded guilty to federal charges for shooting at three black people trying to evacuate flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has died — days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair confirmed Wednesday that 56-six-year-old Roland Bourgeois Jr. died Feb.... Read More

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Roland Bourgeois

February 28, 2019

Court hearing set in Capital Gazette shooting case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newsroom will have a chance to ask for more details about the charges against their client in a court hearing. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Annapolis. A trial is set for June for 38-year-old Jarrod Ramos.... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

Family sues Nashville, officer for $30M in fatal shooting

Jury to be picked for police killing of unarmed black teen

Trial date set for teen charged in Kentucky school shooting

Parkland shooting: Suspended sheriff sues Florida governor

Soldier sentenced to 7 life terms for killing wife, officer

Fired Florida officer guilty of slaying black motorist

Prosecutor, defense at odds on what led to motorist’s death

Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

Man dies, suspect sought in shooting near university in Utah

Families of Texas church shooting victims sue gun retailer

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

Man pleads guilty to killing of postal worker in Dallas

Convicted in racial shootings, he dies days after sentencing

Court hearing set in Capital Gazette shooting case

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