Records: Police guarded Vegas showroom after Oct. 1 attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer ducked gunfire and then teamed up with other authorities to rush a high-rise hotel where a gunman was spraying bullets onto a concert below, according to video released Tuesday from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. “Get down! Go that way!” officers tell music... Read More

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Las Vegas Shooting, Stephen Paddock

July 3, 2018

Officer’s hesitation during Las Vegas shooting prompts review

LAS VEGAS — A veteran police officer’s self-described freeze in a Las Vegas hotel hallway while a gunman fired on an outdoor concert crowd is prompting a review of whether lives could have been saved if officers had acted faster to stop the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s modern history. Three police tactics experts... Read More

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Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock

June 29, 2018

Court nixes challenge to rare California bullet stamping law

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit Thursday that sought to block an unusual law requiring new models of semi-automatic handguns to stamp identifying information on bullet casings when shots are fired to make it easier to solve crimes. The court ruled unanimously that gun rights groups could not overturn... Read More

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Guns

June 29, 2018

Shot in the back: When can police fire on fleeing suspects?

CHICAGO (AP) — In decades past, police officers who shot suspects as they ran away were more likely to expect praise than criminal charges. And while the legal landscape and public opinion have shifted in recent years, it’s never a certainty that such shootings will result in officer indictments. Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a... Read More

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Zechariah Presley

June 29, 2018

Shooting suspect had bitter history with Maryland newspaper

A man who police say opened fire at a Maryland newspaper office Thursday, killing five and injuring two others, had a long, acrimonious history with the newspaper, including a lawsuit and years of harassment of its journalists on Twitter. Jarrod Warren Ramos, swiftly arrested by police after the attack, was charged Friday with five counts... Read More

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Jarrod Warren Ramos

June 29, 2018

Suspect in Maryland newspaper to appear on 5 murder charges

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — First-degree murder charges were filed Friday against a man who police said targeted Maryland’s capital newspaper, shooting his way into the newsroom and killing four journalists and a staffer before officers swiftly arrested him. Jarrod Warren Ramos was interrogated, charged and jailed pending a 10:30 a.m. hearing in Annapolis. No defense... Read More

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Jarrod Warren Ramos

June 28, 2018

Antwon Rose Jr. death: East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld charged with criminal homicide

PITTSBURGH — The East Pittsburgh Police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 has been charged with criminal homicide. According to court records, East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld was formally charged Wednesday morning. In a criminal complaint filed in the case, detectives cite witnesses who said Rose clearly had nothing... Read More

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Antwon Rose Jr., Michael Rosfeld

June 26, 2018

High court lets family of Calif. teen shot by deputy sue

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is letting the family of a California teenager who was fatally shot while holding a pellet gun go forward with a lawsuit against authorities. The Supreme Court declined Monday to get involved in the case, leaving in place lower court decisions in favor of 13-year-old Andy Lopez’s family. Lopez... Read More

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Andy Lopez, Erick Gelhaus

June 25, 2018

Accused cop killers to be offered life sentence in plea deal

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Philadelphia police officer killed during a 2015 robbery of a video game store says prosecutors contacted to say they had negotiated a plea deal with two brothers charged in his killing. Family members say they were told late Friday that Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams would be offered... Read More

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Carlton Hipps, Ramone Williams

June 22, 2018

Fatal $4 robbery lands man in prison for life

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal robbery that earned him and an accomplice $4. The Florida Times-Union reports that 27-year-old Erron Coleman was sentenced Thursday. He pleaded guilty last summer to second-degree murder. Authorities say 20-year-old Daniel Eugene Rowe was taking out the trash behind... Read More

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Daniel Eugene Rowe, Erron Coleman

June 22, 2018

Gun rights advocates challenge Maryland bump stock ban

BALTIMORE (AP) — A gun rights group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland’s recently enacted ban on devices that increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms. The complaint filed Monday by a group called Maryland Shall Issue says the ban passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Larry Hogan in April violates... Read More

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June 22, 2018

Hearing postponed in Florida school shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A hearing has been postponed on motions by attorneys for Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz asking a judge to order investigators to preserve most evidence in the case, except for the building where the Valentine’s Day massacre took place. The hearing was reset until July 16 on motions seeking... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 21, 2018

2 Kansas deputies slain in courthouse shooting to be buried

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Mourners are gathering to remember two Kansas sheriff’s deputies who were shot and killed by an inmate while transporting him between the courthouse and jail. Wyandotte County deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer will be buried Thursday following a joint service at 9 a.m. at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas... Read More

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Patrick Rohrer, Theresa King

June 21, 2018

Defense: preserve most evidence in Florida school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz are asking a judge to order investigators to preserve most evidence in the case, except for the building where the Valentine’s Day massacre took place. A hearing was set Thursday on motions seeking to preserve evidence including field notes made by... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

Records: Police guarded Vegas showroom after Oct. 1 attack

Officer’s hesitation during Las Vegas shooting prompts review

Court nixes challenge to rare California bullet stamping law

Shot in the back: When can police fire on fleeing suspects?

Shooting suspect had bitter history with Maryland newspaper

Suspect in Maryland newspaper to appear on 5 murder charges

Antwon Rose Jr. death: East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld charged with criminal homicide

High court lets family of Calif. teen shot by deputy sue

Accused cop killers to be offered life sentence in plea deal

Fatal $4 robbery lands man in prison for life

Gun rights advocates challenge Maryland bump stock ban

Hearing postponed in Florida school shooting case

2 Kansas deputies slain in courthouse shooting to be buried

Defense: preserve most evidence in Florida school shooting

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