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Family of 6-year-old who shot teacher releases statement, says gun was secure

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The family of the 6-year-old student who police say shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School issued its first public statement about the shooting, saying the boy “suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan” in which his parents attended school with him.

Tribune News Service

Image released of shotgun used in Keyham shootings

Jake Davison killed five people before turning his gun on himself in Plymouth in 2021.

The Independent UK

Bow Street Mall: Man jailed over "bizarre" gun incident

Judge tells defendant he could have ended up dead if he had behaved in a similar way in America

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Ex-policeman with imitation gun wanted officers to shoot him

Gareth Walters called 999 to report that he had just carried out an armed robbery at a petrol station

Wales Online

Alec Baldwin: What is involuntary manslaughter and the expected sentence?

‘Jury would decide not simply if they were guilty, but under which definition of involuntary manslaughter they were guilty’

The Independent UK

Gun used by first-grade student who shot teacher was "secured", family claims

Abigail Zwerner was shot as she taught her first grade class at Richneck Elementary

Irish Mirror

Fatal shooting of Black teenager ruled as homicide after white gunman claimed self-defense

Sinzae Reed was shot twice in October outside an Ohio apartment complex

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Terrifying footage shows moment balaclava-clad thugs shoot man in face

No motive for the premediated attack has ever been fully understood

Wales Online

Lawyer: Gun used by child who shot teacher was 'secured'

The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia says the gun he used had been secured

The Independent UK

Woman pleads not guilty to murder after man was stabbed to death in home

Joanne Moran is charged with murdering 50-year-old Jonathan Gibbons

Liverpool Echo

What Idaho murders investigators were looking for at Bryan Kohberger’s apartment - and what they found

Bryan Kohberger has been accused of slaying four students in an off-campus house in November

The Independent UK

Faces of killer brothers who battered security guard to death near shopping centre

Jay and Joseph Byrne admitted the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy, but were cleared of murder

Liverpool Echo

Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher

Abigail Zwerner was shot as she taught her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary

Irish Mirror

Suspected getaway car caught on CCTV as gunman flees shooting scene

The light-coloured Nissan Qashqai is believed to be involved in the incident

Liverpool Echo

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Daily Mirror

Gunman's instagram boasts 'was me who shot up' after he's jailed for shooting girl, 15

Rio Jones, 19, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 16-and-a-half years last Tuesday (January 10) after spraying bullets on a residential street in Liverpool hitting a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the neck

The Independent UK

Schoolboy, 13, rushed to hospital after stabbing outside McDonald’s in Birmingham

Teenager attacked in front of horrified shoppers and commuters

The Independent UK

Wes Moore sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor

Maryland governor Wes Moore has been sworn in as the state’s first Black governor

Chicago Sun-Times

Where in the Constitution does it say people must live in fear of powerful weapons?

A New Mexico case was just another example of firearms being used in a way that could quell free and open debate. Unfortunately, sheriffs from about 80 Illinois counties have said they won’t enforce the assault weapons ban. That invites unnecessary tragedy.

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Chicago Sun-Times

In Pilsen, mass shooting looms over Juarez, once considered ‘sacred ground’ for community

Weeks after a shooter opened fire outside of Benito Juarez Community Academy, leaders in the school and the community worry the mass shooting will overshadow strides made throughout school’s storied history.

Axios

"We won't shy away": Mayors are shaming gunmakers

“Mayors are on the frontlines of our nation’s gun violence epidemic," said the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Dozens of sheriffs say they won’t enforce Illinois’ assault weapons ban. Did they forget their oaths of office?

The horrific mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade last year demanded swift, resolute action — and the Illinois General Assembly delivered.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Increased use of red flag laws is a positive step for NYC

Flags tend not to be useful if they’re not seen. In New York, laws that allowed authorities to seek orders to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people have existed for about a decade, including the contemporary so-called red flag laws enacted in 2019. Still, in NYC in…

ABC News

Man shot dead at Tenterfield police station after pointing gun at officers

The 48-year-old man was shot after entering the Tenterfield police station at about 5.45pm and pointing a firearm at officers.

Los Angeles Times

LAPD tasing of Keenan Anderson brings scrutiny to police policy

LOS ANGELES — For a disturbing 42 seconds, a Los Angeles police officer repeatedly stunned a teacher with a Taser gun this month as other officers tried to pin and handcuff the man in the middle of a busy Venice street.

The Independent UK

Former GOP candidate appears in court in New Mexico shooting case

A failed GOP candidate accused of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic elected officials in New Mexico’s largest city will remain in custody pending an upcoming detention hearing

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