Judge rules school shooting suspect incompetent for trial

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled the teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school mentally incompetent to stand trial. State District Judge John Ellison ordered Dimitrios Pagourtzis to be committed to a state mental facility for up to four months. Ellison ruled Friday in Galveston after three experts... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

November 18, 2019

Man who shot, wounded school bus driver sentenced to prison

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who shot and wounded a school bus driver on a Minneapolis freeway during a snowstorm has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Kenneth Lilly, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty in August to first-degree assault for the February attack that left Thomas Benson deaf in one... Read More

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Kenneth Lilly

November 18, 2019

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has upended a longstanding legal roadblock that has given the gun industry far-reaching immunity from lawsuits in the aftermath of mass killings. The court this week allowed families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre to sue the maker of the AR-15 used in the... Read More

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Guns, Remington

November 15, 2019

Ex S. Carolina police chief sentenced for drug, gun charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police chief was sentenced to 30 months in prison for using drugs and illegally owning guns. News outlets report former Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in August to drug and gun charges. Scott was chief from 2011 to 2013 but resigned,... Read More

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Randy Scott

November 15, 2019

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father in their home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. Jesse Osborne targeted Townville Elementary School because he had spent seven years there. Prosecutors, who pushed... Read More

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Jesse Osborne

November 14, 2019

Psychiatrists conflict over rehabilitation for teen shooter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A teen who killed his father at home before fatally shooting a first-grader on a South Carolina elementary school playground is either a traumatized son who can be rehabilitated or a dangerous and pathological liar with no remorse, according to the conflicting testimony of several mental health professionals Wednesday. Judge Lawton... Read More

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Jesse Osborne

November 14, 2019

Officer charged in fatal shooting seeks different jury pool

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a white Nashville police officer who fatally shot an armed black man from behind in July 2018 argued Wednesday that the officer’s murder trial needs a jury from outside the city because media coverage has influenced prospective jurors. During the Nashville criminal court hearing, defense attorney David Raybin argued... Read More

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Andrew Delke

November 14, 2019

Walmart hires off-duty officers ahead of El Paso reopening

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say targeted Mexicans opened fire in a store in August and killed 22 people. Walmart plans Thursday to reopen the store where the attack happened and amid ongoing lawsuits over safety. Walmart didn’t... Read More

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Patrick Crusius, Walmart

November 13, 2019

Lawsuit: California festival didn’t plan for active shooter

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Organizers of a Northern California food festival where a gunman killed three people and wounded 13 others didn’t consider the risk of an active shooter, according to a lawsuit from five injured victims. Santino William Legan cut through a fence at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28 and opened... Read More

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Gilroy Garlic Festival

November 11, 2019

NRA turmoil creates rift among some big donors

Joe Olson was once such a passionate supporter of the National Rifle Association that he pledged to bequeath several million dollars from his estate to the gun organization upon his death. But the steady drip of investigations and misspending allegations and a shakeup at the top ranks of the NRA compelled him to alter his... Read More

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David Dell'Aquila

November 8, 2019

Trial to determine sanity of newspaper shooter set for March

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge on Thursday scheduled a March trial to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper is not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Judge Laura Ripken scheduled Jarrod Ramos’ trial to start March 4 and last 13 days. Ramos, 39,... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

November 8, 2019

NRA drops lawsuit over San Francisco’s ‘terrorist’ label

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The National Rifle Association has withdrawn its lawsuit against San Francisco over the city’s resolution labeling the gun-rights group a “terrorist organization.” The notice filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court of Northern California was heralded by City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who has called it a “frivolous lawsuit” based on a... Read More

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November 6, 2019

Jury convicts Texas man in shooting, beheading of roommate

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury has found a North Texas man guilty of capital murder in the fatal shooting and beheading of his roommate and fatal shooting of the roommate’s 17-year-old girlfriend as she tried to flee. The Tarrant County jury deliberated for more than five hours in Fort Worth before finding Hector... Read More

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Hector Acosta-Ojeda

November 6, 2019

Nevada Supreme Court struggles with appeal in 4 killings

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday they are struggling with complicated jurisdictional questions as they consider an appeal involving a Salvadoran immigrant accused of four killings during a 16-day rampage in January. Lawyers for 20-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman argue that a Washoe County grand jury had no authority to indict... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

Judge rules school shooting suspect incompetent for trial

Man who shot, wounded school bus driver sentenced to prison

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

Ex S. Carolina police chief sentenced for drug, gun charges

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

Psychiatrists conflict over rehabilitation for teen shooter

Officer charged in fatal shooting seeks different jury pool

Walmart hires off-duty officers ahead of El Paso reopening

Lawsuit: California festival didn’t plan for active shooter

NRA turmoil creates rift among some big donors

Trial to determine sanity of newspaper shooter set for March

NRA drops lawsuit over San Francisco’s ‘terrorist’ label

Jury convicts Texas man in shooting, beheading of roommate

Nevada Supreme Court struggles with appeal in 4 killings

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