Family: 3 kids in car when estranged husband kills mother

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A woman who was fatally shot by her estranged husband in an elementary school parking lot had been sitting in the minivan with her mother and her three young children, the woman’s family said in a post on a fundraising website. Tiffany Hill was killed Tuesday outside Sarah J. Anderson Elementary... Read More

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Keland Hill

December 2, 2019

Witness to Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting settles lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who witnessed the fatal 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer has settled her lawsuit against the city. Alma Benitez alleges in the federal lawsuit filed in 2016 that investigators tried to pressure her into changing her account of the shooting. Benitez was in a fast-food drive... Read More

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Laquan McDonald

November 27, 2019

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has denied a defense request to move the murder trial of a white police officer out of Nashville, saying a jury in that city will be “fair and impartial” in considering charges in the fatal shooting of an armed black man. Earlier this month, the defense for Officer... Read More

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Andrew Delke

November 26, 2019

Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student and track athlete who was fatally shot on campus are fighting a claim by the college that their lawsuit should be dismissed because their daughter’s killer wasn’t a student. Campus police could have contacted the killer’s parole officer or kept him off... Read More

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Lauren McCluskey

November 26, 2019

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A teenager accused of killing an Alabama sheriff is himself the son of a law enforcement officer and made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held without bond. Shackled and wearing a black-and-white striped jail uniform, 18-year-old William Chase Johnson was brought under heavy security to the Lowndes County... Read More

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William Johnson

November 25, 2019

New trial date for woman charged with 1990 clown killing

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A new trial date has been set for a woman accused of dressing as a clown and fatally shooting her lover’s wife in Florida in 1990. News outlets report that a Palm Beach County circuit judge on Friday scheduled jury selection to begin May 29 for the first-degree murder... Read More

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Keen-Warren

November 25, 2019

Ex-San Diego sheriff’s captain arrested in gun sales

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal agents on Friday arrested a former San Diego County sheriff’s captain accused of running a gun trafficking business, and a lieutenant with access to weapons restricted for law enforcement pleaded guilty to helping him. The arrest of former Capt. Marco Garmo, 52, at his home was the latest in a... Read More

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November 25, 2019

Mother of slain man sues Cleveland mayor, police chief

CLEVELAND (AP) — Questions about whether an Ohio mayor intervened on behalf of his grandson in the hours after a fatal shooting have prompted the victim’s mother to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the mayor and the city’s police chief. Andrea Parra sued Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams earlier... Read More

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Frank Q. Jackson

November 22, 2019

Jury to deliberate in officer’s fatal shooting of black man

OZARK, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury is expected to begin deliberations soon in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man in 2016. News outlets reported that testimony concluded Thursday with Montgomery police Officer Aaron Cody Smith taking the stand to describe the fatal shooting of 58-year-old Gregory... Read More

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Aaron Smith

November 21, 2019

Biker gang members get life for killing rival gang president

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two motorcycle gang members have been sentenced to life in prison for killing the president of a rival gang in Florida. Court records show 31-year-old Christopher Cosimano and 52-year-old Michael Mencher were sentenced Wednesday in Tampa federal court. They were convicted in August of murder in aid of racketeering and related... Read More

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Christopher Cosimano, Michael Mencher

November 20, 2019

Judge refuses to expunge record of officer in fatal shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — A white former Chicago police officer who was acquitted of fatally shooting an unarmed black woman failed Tuesday to get his record expunged by a judge. Dante Servin had asked that his records tied to the 2012 death of Rekia Boyd be stricken from police and court databases. In rejecting the request,... Read More

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Dante Servin, Rekia Boyd

November 20, 2019

Plea deal set for Dayton gunman’s friend

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge is expected to hear a proposed plea agreement in the case of the friend of the gunman in the deadly Dayton mass shooting. Court documents show 24-year-old Ethan Kollie plans to plead guilty Wednesday. Details of his plea agreement haven’t been disclosed. He is accused of lying on... Read More

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Ethan Kollie

November 19, 2019

Judge says teen to stand trial in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prosecutors have enough evidence for a teenager to stand trial on dozens of charges in a suburban Denver school shooting that killed a classmate, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Jeffrey Holmes ruled that Alec McKinney, 16, should stand trial on more than 40 charges, including murder, in the May... Read More

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Alec McKinney

November 19, 2019

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in central Oklahoma. The Pottawatomie County jury on Monday convicted 38-year-old Byron James Shepard for the 2017 killing of Officer Justin Terney, who was shot during a traffic... Read More

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Byron James Shepard, Justin Terney

Family: 3 kids in car when estranged husband kills mother

Witness to Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting settles lawsuit

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

New trial date for woman charged with 1990 clown killing

Ex-San Diego sheriff’s captain arrested in gun sales

Mother of slain man sues Cleveland mayor, police chief

Jury to deliberate in officer’s fatal shooting of black man

Biker gang members get life for killing rival gang president

Judge refuses to expunge record of officer in fatal shooting

Plea deal set for Dayton gunman’s friend

Judge says teen to stand trial in Colorado school shooting

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

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