Parents of teen fatally shot fleeing traffic stop file suit

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The parents of an unarmed black teenager fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police officer charged in the shooting. The lawsuit names Officer Michael Rosfeld and the borough of East Pittsburgh, as well as its mayor and chief of police. Antwon Rose II’s... Read More

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Antwon Rose II

August 2, 2018

‘Infowars’ host doesn’t attend hearing in Sandy Hook lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wasn’t in court Wednesday as his attorneys argued that the “Infowars” host who has called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax didn’t defame one victim’s parents who say they’ve been tormented by his followers and forced to move seven times. The hearing included more... Read More

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Alex Jones, Infowars

August 1, 2018

Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns as President Donald Trump questioned whether his administration should have agreed to allow the plans to be posted online. The company behind the plans, Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, had reached a settlement with the... Read More

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3D Guns, Guns

July 31, 2018

States suing Trump administration, company over 3D guns

Eight states are filing suit against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. The suit, filed Monday in Seattle, asks a judge to block the federal government’s... Read More

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3D Guns, Guns

July 30, 2018

Man convicted in death of daughter, 12, shot by constable

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was convicted on all charges in the death of his 12-year-old daughter, who was shot by a constable serving eviction papers. Jurors in Lycoming County deliberated for about 2½ hours Friday before convicting 60-year-old Donald Meyer Jr., of Duncannon, of third-degree murder, aggravated assault and other counts. Perry... Read More

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Donald Meyer Jr.

July 27, 2018

Judge: Release Florida school shooting suspect’s statement

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Much of the hourslong statement given by Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz to investigators just after the Valentine’s Day massacre that killed 17 people should be publicly released, a judge ruled Thursday. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said in her order that much of the “non-confession” portions of the... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

July 27, 2018

Texas company cleared to put 3D-printed gun designs online

They look futuristic, the type of firearms that would-be assassins use in movies: 3D-printed guns made of a hard plastic that are simple to assemble, easy to conceal and tough to trace. The future is here. After spending years fighting the federal government for the right to do so, a Texas company was given the... Read More

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Guns

July 26, 2018

Video: Police assumed many shooters in Las Vegas massacre

LAS VEGAS (AP) — More police body camera footage made public Wednesday shows officers directing concertgoers to safety and searching for what they thought were multiple shooters inside and outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel where a gunman firing from upper-floor windows killed 58 people and injured hundreds on Oct. 1. Eight more video recordings,... Read More

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Las Vegas Shooting

July 25, 2018

Suspect in Nevada church killing in court Wednesday

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting a fellow member of his congregation during services in a rural Mormon church in Nevada is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. John K. O’Connor is set to make his initial appearance at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday in New River... Read More

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Charles E. Miller

July 25, 2018

LA chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at market

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police — not the gunman they were trying to stop — the city’s police chief acknowledged Tuesday, defending the decision to use deadly force as an attempt to stop what officers feared could become a mass shooting. The suspect,... Read More

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Gene Evin Atkins

July 24, 2018

Mississippi officer indicted for shooting man during chase

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A former police officer in a northeast Mississippi town has been indicted on aggravated assault charges after the June 2017 shooting of a man involved in a police chase. An Oktibbeha County grand jury indicted 25-year-old Gary Wheeler. He turned himself in Monday and was released on $20,000 bail. “This is... Read More

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Gary Wheeler

July 24, 2018

Teen faces 15 years in prison in connection with boy’s death

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi teen was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison for his role in the May 2017 shooting death of a 6-year-old boy who authorities said was inside a car stolen from a supermarket parking lot. Madison County Circuit Judge William Chapman sentenced 18-year-old D’Allen Washington after Washington pleaded... Read More

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D'Allen Washington

July 24, 2018

Shooting victims outraged over MGM’s lawsuit against them

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Victims of a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival said Monday they were outraged when they learned they were being sued by the company that owns the hotel where the gunman opened fire. Jason McMillan, a 36-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and paralyzed, said... Read More

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Las Vegas Shooting, Mandalay Bay, Stephen Paddock

July 24, 2018

Family of woman killed by Minneapolis officer sues for $50M

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of an Australian woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year after she called 911 to report a possible assault filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the officer conspired with his partner to hide what really happened. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges Justine Ruszczyk Damond’s... Read More

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Justine Ruszczyk Damond, Mohamed Noor

Parents of teen fatally shot fleeing traffic stop file suit

‘Infowars’ host doesn’t attend hearing in Sandy Hook lawsuit

Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

States suing Trump administration, company over 3D guns

Man convicted in death of daughter, 12, shot by constable

Judge: Release Florida school shooting suspect’s statement

Texas company cleared to put 3D-printed gun designs online

Video: Police assumed many shooters in Las Vegas massacre

Suspect in Nevada church killing in court Wednesday

LA chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at market

Mississippi officer indicted for shooting man during chase

Teen faces 15 years in prison in connection with boy’s death

Shooting victims outraged over MGM’s lawsuit against them

Family of woman killed by Minneapolis officer sues for $50M

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