Lawyer: Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent

HOUSTON (AP) — The trial for a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school will be delayed while he receives mental health treatment, his attorney said Monday. The news comes after three experts — one for the defense, one appointed by the court and one picked by prosecutors — found... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

November 5, 2019

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury on Monday found an Oklahoma City police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a suicidal man who was threatening to set himself on fire. The jury deliberated about 5½ hours before finding Sgt. Keith Sweeney guilty in the Nov. 15, 2017, death of 29-year-old Dustin... Read More

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Keith Sweeney

November 4, 2019

Ex-officer gets 12 years in naked man’s fatal shooting

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Robert “Chip” Olsen was responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015... Read More

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Robert “Chip” Olsen

November 4, 2019

Louisiana man gets probation in whooping crane death

A Louisiana man was sentenced to probation Friday for killing one of the state’s oldest whooping cranes . Gilvin P. Aucoin Jr., of Ville Platte, shot the endangered whooping crane in July 2018 in Evangeline Parish. In a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst, Aucoin changed his plea to guilty for a misdemeanor... Read More

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Gilvin P. Aucoin Jr.

November 4, 2019

New Mexico man gets life for killing family as teen

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting his parents and three siblings in New Mexico as a 15-year-old was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole in a case that has tested the limits of mental treatment for juvenile offenders. Judge Alisa Hart sentenced 22-year-old Nehemiah Griego after... Read More

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Judge Alisa Hart

November 4, 2019

Church shooter’s widow says 1st retailer denied him a gun

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The widow of the man suspected of killing more than two dozen worshippers at a South Texas church says one sporting goods retailer refused to sell him the gun before he bought it from another. Danielle Kelley said in an April 5 affidavit that, in December 2015, she and husband Devin... Read More

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Devin Patrick Kelley

November 4, 2019

Jury to deliberate Oklahoma officer’s fate in murder trial

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury is to begin deliberations Monday in the trial of an Oklahoma City police officer who fatally shot a suicidal man who was apparently trying to set himself on fire. Attorneys delivered closing statements Friday in the trial of Sgt. Keith Sweeney, who is charged with second-degree murder in the... Read More

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Keith Sweeney

November 4, 2019

Jury to resume working on Hastings murder trial verdict

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A jury is scheduled to resume working Monday on a verdict following the trial of a man accused of murder in Hastings. Closing arguments ended the trial of Daniel Harden on Friday. He’s accused of shooting to death Jose Hansen on Sept. 11, 2017. Prosecutors say Harden and another man, 21-year-old... Read More

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Daniel Harden

November 1, 2019

Ex-officer to be sentenced in fatal shooting of naked man

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer faces up to 35 years in prison when he’s sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man. Robert “Chip” Olsen was responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically outside an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015 when he fatally shot... Read More

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Robert “Chip” Olsen

November 1, 2019

Defense motions on tap in Florida school shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A series of defense motions are set to be heard in the case of the man accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school last year. Two court hearings are scheduled Friday for 21-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who faces the death penalty if convicted in the February 2018 massacre... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

October 31, 2019

Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by a Democratic state lawmaker and gun safety advocates to block a new law that will allow most people in the state to carry a firearm in public without a background check or training. After hearing arguments from both sides, Oklahoma County District... Read More

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Guns

October 30, 2019

Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after massacre

A judge on Tuesday struck down gun restrictions that the Pittsburgh City Council imposed after last year’s synagogue massacre, noting that Pennsylvania state law forbids municipalities from regulating firearms. Pittsburgh’s trio of gun ordinances violate state law and are therefore “void and unenforceable,” Allegheny County Judge Joseph James ruled. State law has long prohibited municipalities... Read More

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October 30, 2019

Jury selection to begin for newspaper shooter insanity phase

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was legally insane at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors and attorneys for Jarrod Ramos are set to start asking potential jurors questions to seat a jury Wednesday.... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

October 29, 2019

Guilty plea in newspaper shootings; insanity hearing is next

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony next month about whether he was not responsible by reason of insanity. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the 2018 massacre at the Capital Gazette newspaper. Judge Laura... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

Lawyer: Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

Ex-officer gets 12 years in naked man’s fatal shooting

Louisiana man gets probation in whooping crane death

New Mexico man gets life for killing family as teen

Church shooter’s widow says 1st retailer denied him a gun

Jury to deliberate Oklahoma officer’s fate in murder trial

Jury to resume working on Hastings murder trial verdict

Ex-officer to be sentenced in fatal shooting of naked man

Defense motions on tap in Florida school shooting case

Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law

Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after massacre

Jury selection to begin for newspaper shooter insanity phase

Guilty plea in newspaper shootings; insanity hearing is next

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