Moment masked robbers took young girls, 7 and 12, hostage with knives and threatened to “kill” boy before ransacking home "I’ve not slept since. My family is broken. My kids wouldn’t come home." Manchester Evening News · May 17, 2023
Curfew in Lesotho to tackle gun crime after journalist killed Radio journalist Ralikonelo Joki was shot multiple times by unknown attackers. Al Jazeera · May 17, 2023
Takeaways from AP report on racial disparities in states' victim compensation programs Thousands of Americans each year turn to state-run programs that provide financial assistance to crime victims The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
Black victims of violent crime disproportionately denied aid in many states Black people are disproportionately denied aid from state programs that reimburse victims of violent crime The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
Biden to honor 9 with Medal of Valor, including 2 NYPD officers killed after 911 call Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman are among those who will be honored Wednesday by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety… The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
'Torrid time' for grenade minder as he breaks his neck in prison Paul Cox 'didn't know' he had a hand grenade in his airing cupboard Liverpool Echo · May 17, 2023
Three Oregon senators become ineligible for re-election under Measure 113 as the legislative walkout continues On May 15, three senators involved with the walkout—Daniel Bonham (R), Dennis Linthicum (R), and Brian Boquist (I)—accrued their 10th unexcused absences, a threshold making them ineligible to be re-elected to a subsequent term under Measure 113, a ballot measure Oregon voters approved in 2022. Ballotpedia · May 17, 2023
Making Dan Ryan, I-57 into tollways won’t stop expressway shootings The bill is a non-solution to a serious problem. Are tollway shootings really rare because bad guys are too cheap to pay tolls? Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2023
Maryland gun control law is latest answer to Supreme Court ruling Legislators and judges across US are grappling with top court’s ruling, which has been used to challenge restrictions. Al Jazeera · May 16, 2023
Minnesota man accused of building arsenal to fight police pleads guilty to possessing machine gun A Minnesota man who told an FBI informant that he was building an arsenal of automatic weapons to use against police has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Florida woman charged with husband’s murder says daughter pulled trigger at age 7 Bombshell claim made in court filings more than seven years after Michael Shaver was shot to death The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger sent trove of prison love letters from fans Latah County Jail insider told The Messenger that more than two dozen letters have arrived for suspect The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
'Laughing' killer who plunged sword into back of gang rival faces life in prison Javell Morgan was stabbed to death last summer in Moss Side when two rival gangs clashed after a Caribbean Carnival. Daily Record · May 16, 2023
Lori Vallow’s indictment over Brandon Boudreaux murder conspiracy revealed days after Idaho conviction Officials in Arizona announced they would pursue charges over attempt on Boudreaux’s life but existence of indictment was previously not known The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins' attorney says she will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues
Evening Standard · May 16, 2023 Teenager convicted of fatal stabbing of Ali Baygoren, 17, had ‘history of extreme violence’ Detectives traced killer through mobile phone left at crime scene
Irish Mirror · May 16, 2023 Fresh flowers mark the site where schoolgirl Ana Kriegel was murdered - on fifth anniversary of her death Ana’s partially clothed body was discovered at a disused farmhouse in Lucan, Co Dublin, on May 17, 2018 – four days after her parents reported her missing
Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023 Masked knifemen ransack family home, take daughters hostage and vow to kill son Mohammed Ali woke to screams from his two young girls as four robbers, also armed with a meat cleaver and a brick, burst in and escaped with his vehicle
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 Texas boy, 12, charged with fatally shooting Sonic employee over urine complaint The Sonic employee was a father to a 10-year-old son
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 New Mexico shooter, 18, roamed community armed with three guns firing randomly at cars and homes, police say Three victims killed and six injured in ‘one of the most horrific and difficult days that Farmington has ever had’
Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023 Illegal arms dealers used 3D printers to make machine guns to sell on to criminal gangs Police uncovered the DIY plot to make their own firearms using a 3D printer after finding a machine gun hidden inside a bag-for-life - and say the men planned to sell them on to criminal gangs
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 Extortionist sent disgusting message to South Carolina lawmaker after son killed himself over blackmail scheme State representative Brandon Guffey has introduced ‘Gavin’s law’ to criminalise sextortion after losing his 17-year-old son to suicide
Wales Online · May 16, 2023 Arms dealers used 3D printer to make machine guns for gangs Sibusiso Moyo and Christopher Gill are starting lengthy prison sentences
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 New Mexico gunman who killed 3 and injured 6 shot randomly at cars, houses, police say The police chief of Farmington, New Mexico, says it appears an 18-year-old man who shot and killed three people and wounded six others fired at random as he roamed the neighborhood
The Guardian - US · May 16, 2023 New Mexico shooter roamed area with at least three guns, police say Three killed and six injured in shooting in Farmington as police say suspect, 18, shot dead by police, appeared to fire ‘randomly’