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Former UCLA lecturer accused of making violent threats ruled mentally unfit to stand trial

LOS ANGELES — A former postdoctoral fellow at UCLA who was arrested nearly a year ago after allegedly threatening students and staff was found mentally unfit to stand trial last week by a judge in the U.S. District Court in Denver.

Los Angeles Times

'Donnie' died in front of fiance after he was gunned down

A man who was gunned down at home and died in front of his family after Christmas was the victim of a targeted murder related to his drug activity, senior police believe.

Newcastle Herald

Thug told terrified partner 'tonight is the night you're going to die' as he stabbed her 11 times

Robert McCabe said: 'I should have slit her throat but I wanted to watch her suffer'

Manchester Evening News

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80-year-old man shoots and seriously wounds intruder who forced his way into home on Northwest Side

The man was also injured during the confrontation in the 8500 block of West Catherine Street, and both he and the intruder were listed in critical condition at Resurrection Hospital, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Memphis disbands unit in Nichols video

But advocates warn that police "misconduct is not restricted to these specialty units"

Salon

Defense faults crime scene collection in Alex Murdaugh trial

Defense attorneys in South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial are continuing to question the way state agents collected and analyzed evidence in the shooting deaths of his wife and son

The Independent UK

What we know about LA shooting that killed 3, injured 4

LOS ANGELES — Southern California was reeling over the weekend from another mass shooting that left three people dead and four wounded in an upscale hillside neighborhood on Los Angeles' Westside.

Los Angeles Times

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The Indiana University victim of an alleged anti-Asian attack is out of the hospital

The 18-year-old victim was attacked on a bus in Bloomington, Ind., in early January. The victim is out of the hospital but still recovering, while an insanity defense has been filed by the assailant.

WEKU

Virginia elementary school reopens after shooting

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Richneck Elementary students returned to school Monday, more than three weeks after first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old.

Tribune News Service

Plymouth shooting: firearms inquiry officer had no formal training, jury told

Inquest hears from police staff member who processed Jake Davison’s application for shotgun certificate

The Guardian - UK

Let’s take on gun violence and the social conditions behind it

Let’s not accept the isolation so many feel and the polarization we see in our public discourse as reinforcing and insurmountable.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul and Maggie Murdaugh’s last texts and calls revealed as new bloody crime scene photos shown at trial

The mother and son were brutally gunned down at the dog kennels of the family’s sprawling estate in Islandton

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial told ‘it’s possible’ two shooters killed wife and son as mystery ‘footprint’ questioned

Two different guns were used in the shootings of Maggie and Paul – a shotgun and an automatic rifle

The Independent UK

Inquest hears of Jake Davison’s violent attack on innocent teenager

CCTV of the incident in a Plymouth park showed Davison punching the boy at least five times.

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6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest

A police spokeswoman says a sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols

Wales Online

Firearms officer who recommended gunman who killed five people be given licence had no formal training, inquest hears

Jake Davison killed five people, including his mother

Los Angeles Times

Our psychological armor helps us cope with mass shootings, but numbs us to the destruction

LOS ANGELES — The news of the mass shooting in Monterey Park broke early last Sunday morning and crashed into the expectations of a new day. Details were slow to develop — a gunman still at large — but soon enough the scope of the tragedy was laid bare.

The Independent UK

Firearms licensing officer had no formal training, inquest hears

David Rees assessed Jake Davison’s shotgun application and made a recommendation for his superiors to review and approve.

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Nottingham Post

Thug who stabbed man in chest during Cotgrave club brawl jailed

Detectives said the case 'highlights the terrible consequences of carrying a knife'

Irish Mirror

US school where six-year-old shot his teacher set to reopen

First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was hospitalised for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home

Daily Mirror

South Africa: 8 dead as gunmen storm birthday party and randomly shoot dancing guests

Witnesses described horrifying scenes in South Africa of a bloodied garden piled with bodies after the murderers killed eight people at a birthday party

The Conversation

Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…

Reuters

Israel and Palestinians risk deeper conflict in a distracted world

After bloodshed in Jerusalem and the West Bank and a month since Israel's most right-wing government took office, Israel and the Palestinians risk sliding into a cycle of wider confrontation with pressure on both sides for retaliation, analysts say.

Chronicle Live

'It's tragic': Rishi Sunak speaks of need to tackle knife crime during North East visit

The Prime Minister made the comments during a visit to the North East on Monday morning

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