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Man who killed Washington police officer gets life sentence

The man who fatally shot a Washington police officer last year has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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President Joe Biden spoke with Ralph Yarl and his family, as teen recovers from shooting

President Joe Biden spoke with Ralph Yarl and his family on Monday amid a national outcry over the shooting of the 16-year-old Black high school student, a White House official confirmed.

Tribune News Service

Woman held down ex-partner during fatal stabbing

A woman who held down her ex-partner while he was stabbed to death and the man who inflicted the fatal wounds have each been jailed for more than a decade.

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White Kansas City man, 84, charged for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house when going to pick up his younger twin brothers.

Reuters

Spurred by Highland Park, other mass shootings, marchers press Congress for assault weapons ban

‘We hope to make sure that our voices are heard,’ said Ivy Domont at Washington march. The mother of three youngsters was at the Highland Park July 4th parade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago-area protesters march in Washington for federal assault weapons ban

Fed up with repeated mass shootings, hundreds of people from the Chicago area took part in a march in Washington, D.C., Monday to call for a federal ban on assault guns.

Chicago Tribune

Mexican National Guard suspected of killing pregnant teenager -state official

Members of Mexico's National Guard are suspected of killing two civilians this weekend in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a pregnant teenager, a state official and local media said on Monday.

Reuters

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$Alderman blasts fractious CPD leadership for flat-footed response to violent weekend gatherings$

Alderman blasts fractious CPD leadership for flat-footed response to violent weekend gatherings

Officials fought amongst themselves and street cops were overwhelmed, Ald Brian Hopkins said, as groups of teens jumped on cars and set fires in the Loop — and at least three teens were shot. ‘Nobody knew who was in charge,’ Hopkins said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Andrew Lester: What we know about white homeowner charged with shooting Ralph Yarl

Suspect is 85 years old and prosecutors say they believe there was a ‘racial’ element to the shooting

The Independent UK

'I feel manipulated,' daughter says at mother's murder trial

The daughter of a woman accused of killing her stepson in Colorado, putting his body in a suitcase and dumping it off a bridge in Florida says she never suspected his body was in the van they drove in together across the country

The Independent UK

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Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

Tribune News Service

17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California

A Northern California multi-agency investigation into gang violence between rival Sikh groups connected to 11 shootings has resulted in 17 arrests, authorities said Monday during a news conference.

Los Angeles Times

Parents of Christian Glass, fatally shot by police, appeal for end to gun violence: ‘People are scared’

Former Clear Creek County deputies Andrew Buen and Kyle Gould are charged in the death of 22-year-old

The Independent UK

17 men arrested in California Sikh community shootings

Authorities in Northern California have arrested more than a dozen people they say are responsible for a series of shootings within the Sikh community

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Where Raoul Moat's ex Samantha Stobbart is now and fears over ITV drama

Samantha Stobbart met Moat aged 16, but never anticipated the nightmare he would put her through.

The Independent UK

Tenn. lawmakers' race to adjourn complicates gun safety push

Tennessee lawmakers are pushing to adjourn by the end of the week as they look for an exit from a session that has been eclipsed by the fallout of the Republican supermajority expelling two young Black Democrats and a growing to push to pass some sort of gun restriction legislation

Tribune News Service

‘Every child deserves to be safe’: VP Kamala Harris responds to Ralph Yarl shooting

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday became the highest-ranking official so far to react to the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black Kansas City student, saying “every child deserves to be safe.”

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US officers won’t be charged in ‘grievous’ Jayland Walker killing

Walker fired at police first, attorney general says, as grand jury votes not to charge officers who shot him 46 times.

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The Independent UK

Dadeville shooting victim attends vigil in hospital gown

“I saw a group of girls dancing and that’s when the gunshots went off,” survivor Taniya Cox said

Tribune News Service

84-year-old charged with felonies 4 days after shooting of Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 84-year-old man has been charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced late Monday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Police shooting of Jayland Walker might face more scrutiny

The deadly police shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, by eight officers last summer sparked protests in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and led to calls for a federal investigation

Daily Record

Scots man found guilty of 'brutal' murder of 'much loved son' in Port Glasgow

Daniel Langman, 48, has been found guilty of killing Anthony Collins at a property in the Inverclyde town in May 2021.

The Independent UK

Ohio officers won’t be charged in shooting of Jayland Walker

A grand jury has voted not to indict eight Ohio police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker after a car and foot chase that ended in the 25-year-old Black man being shot to death last summer

Manchester Evening News

Residents anxious where 'gun war will end' after 'targeted' shooting

Police are upping patrols and appealing for witnesses to come forward after last night's (April 16) incident.

The Independent UK

Grand jury refuses to indict officer for fatal mall shooting

A grand jury has refused to indict a former northern Virginia police officer after he fatally shot an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall in February

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