Woman 'doesn't know why' she fatally stabbed partner, court heard Joanne Moran has denied murder Liverpool Echo · Apr 5, 2023
Murder probe officially launched after post mortem results on woman stabbed in Limerick A murder investigation has commenced after an incident room was established at Henry Street Garda Station Irish Mirror · Apr 5, 2023
A missing boy was found shot and stabbed in a suitcase 1,400 miles from home. His stepmom says a ‘psychotic crack’ killed him When Gannon Stauch was reported missing from his Colorado Springs home in January 2020, his stepmother Letecia Stauch couldn’t keep her story straight about when he was last seen. Now she’s admitted to the killing - but isn’t taking responsibility as she faces trial. Andrea Blanco reports The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Amid polarization, minority party lawmakers face penalties A Democratic lawmaker in Oklahoma is kicked off committees The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Do 'More Guns Lead To More Deaths'? No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings. Reason · Apr 5, 2023
Texas Senate approves bill that would create mandatory prison or probation terms for some gun crimes Sen. Joan Huffman said the bill was in response to increased violent crime since 2019. Legislative researchers could not determine how the bill would affect the state’s prison population. The Texas Tribune · Apr 5, 2023
Teen, 13, shoots 12-year-old pal dead with laser-sighted gun after joking about his mum Court documents related to the death of Kain Heiland that occurred on Saturday, April 1, at Red Lion, a town in York County, Pennsylvania shed light on the case Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023
Shooting plans, suicide note and school yearbooks seized from home of Nashville suspect Audrey Hale Police earlier said the Nashville shooter had ‘acted totally alone’ The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Horror moment man and woman ran to shop to raise fatal stabbing alarm in Limerick "We are all in shock, we are frazzled by the whole thing and everyone is expressing their anguish at what happened." Irish Mirror · Apr 5, 2023
DOJ reaches settlement with families of Sutherland Springs mass shooting The department announced it had reached a tentative settlement of $144.5 million, ending a legal back-and-forth that has lasted years. WEKU · Apr 5, 2023
‘Murder-suicide’ at Chick-fil-A drive thru in Georgia leaves two dead Police said Anthony Green, 56, shot and killed Cassie Lashae Davis, 39, before turning the gun on himself The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Stepmother accused of killing boy, 11, and dumping body in suitcase compared crime to ‘Lifetime movie’ Letecia Stauch allegedly stabbed her stepson Gannon 18 times and then shot him in the head before driving across the country to dump his body The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Thomas Cashman will be 'eaten alive' in jail after murdering girl, 9, warns ex-gangster Thomas Cashman shot and killed nine-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel in August last year at her home in Liverpool during a botched assassination attempt on a convicted burglar Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023
Jacinda Ardern makes emotional farewell to New Zealand parliament ‘A domestic terror attack. A volcanic eruption. A pandemic,’ Ms Ardern reflects on tenure Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023
Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023 Man ordered hit on pregnant lover to hide affair from wife as she is shot dead Eight-months pregnant mum-of-one Letycia Peixoto Fonseca, 31, when an assassination orchestrated by her lover Diogo Viola, 40, saw her killed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the beginning of March
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Search warrant reveals everything seized from Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s home Police earlier said the Nashville shooter had ‘acted totally alone’
Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023 States try to obscure execution details as drugmakers hinder lethal injection In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South Carolina. More than a decade later, the state hasn’t carried out another execution because officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection.
Reuters · Apr 5, 2023 Northern Ireland victims' families feel justice further away than ever The Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, but for many relatives of the more than 3,600 people killed the peace accord has offered little closure over the past 25 years.
AAP · Apr 5, 2023 Terrorist guilty seven years after Curtis Cheng murder A man who helped supply the gun used in a terror plot that led to the murder of police accountant Curtis Cheng in 2015 has been found guilty after four trials.
Liverpool Echo · Apr 5, 2023 Dad 'treated like criminal' as armed police search home for CCTV of shooting "I go to work and work hard to look after my wife and children. I'm a law-abiding citizen, but I've been treated like a criminal."
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Tennessee governor Bill Lee proposes $140m for armed guards after Nashville shooting but no gun reform Governor’s proposals call for more security at schools
Daily Record · Apr 5, 2023 Murderer who killed teen ex hasn’t undertaken domestic violence work in 14 years behind bars Michelle Stewart’s loved ones say they have been left ‘speechless’ after reading over the minutes of the parole hearing, which has flagged a number of concerns.
Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023 FBI reviewing fatal shooting of former gubernatorial aide Roy McGrath during encounter with federal agents BALTIMORE — The FBI on Tuesday was reviewing the circumstances of the fatal shooting of Roy McGrath, a former Maryland governor’s chief of staff turned international fugitive, who died after an encounter with federal agents trying to apprehend him in suburban Tennessee.
AAP · Apr 5, 2023 Elderly woman's rapist jailed for at least eight years A man who twice raped a 71-year-old woman in her home after forcing his way in at knifepoint has been jailed for at least eight years.
Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023 News briefs Oxford shooter's parents' request to attend son's hearing; prosecutors balk