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Prosecutors in Texas rest case 3 days into former officer's murder trial. Experts shocked, activists angered

FORT WORTH, Texas – Tarrant County prosecutors rested their murder case Wednesday against former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home. Ten witnesses testified for the prosecution over three days in the much-delayed trial.

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Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Club Q shooting suspect claimed to have been awake for days before attack, newly unsealed court records say

DENVER — A police report about the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that was unsealed Wednesday reveals the attack was captured on the club’s surveillance video and says the suspect apologized afterward.

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Biden honours gun victims at vigil ahead of Sandy Hook anniversary: ‘We’ve seen you turn pain into purpose’

Mr Biden pledges to continue working to curb gun violence

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Illinois governor aims to get assault weapon ban proposal ‘done in the first half of the year’

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who made banning the sale of assault weapons a key component of his successful reelection campaign this fall, for the first time voiced support for the recently unveiled proposal by Illinois House Democrats that includes outlawing the sale of certain assault-style guns, barring most people…

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Chicago police shoot man after he allegedly wounded one person and pointed a gun at another in West Pullman

Officers were called to the 100 block of West 126th Place after the man, 52, left a home armed with a shotgun and wounded a 47-year-old man, police said in a statement.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suspects in plot to shoot up NYC synagogue conferred with state prison inmate, prosecutors say

NEW YORK — The wannabe Nazis who planned to shoot up a synagogue in New York City plotted with two other people, including a state prison inmate whom they told about their plans to get a gun, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.

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Key Derek Chauvin prosecutor confirmed as federal judge

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jerry Blackwell — one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the killing of George Floyd — as the next federal judge in Minnesota

The Independent UK

Vic man admits to partner's manslaughter

A Victorian man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his 28-year-old partner was found with head and spinal injuries and later died in 2019.

AAP

1 dead, 1 wounded in Chatham shooting

A man was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting in the 7900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wisconsin man charged with stabbing in-laws in Will County

Michael Y. Liu, 36, was arrested and charged with attempted murder among other counts after allegedly stabbing his in-laws near Crete.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hearing scheduled for Thursday to review 2021 sealed case of alleged Club Q shooter

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Attorneys on Thursday will gather in court to discuss several motions to unseal a 2021 case for Anderson Aldrich, the person prosecutors say was responsible for the shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs last month.

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Prosecutors rest their case at ex-Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — The state rested its case Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home more than three years ago. Court will resume Monday when the defense presents its case to jurors.

Tribune News Service

Teen charged in fatal shooting on Red Line may have been threatened with knife, his lawyer says

Cook County prosecutors acknowledge that Diunte Moon was holding “a very small pocketknife” when he was shot multiple times this summer.

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Family sues over police killing of Black Michigan motorist

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop in Michigan's second-largest city, Grand Rapids, say the officer had no reason to pull him over

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FBI received tip about Colorado Springs shooter one day before 2021 bomb threat arrest

Anderson Aldrich was arrested after an armed stand-off with police a year before he allegedly killed five people at Club Q

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FBI got tip about shooting suspect a day before 2021 arrest

The FBI received a tip about the suspect charged with murder and hate crimes in a mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub the day before they were arrested in a bomb threat case that evacuated a neighborhood

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Biden set to speak at vigil honoring victims of gun violence

President Joe Biden is set to speak on Wednesday evening in Washington at vigil honoring victims of gun violence

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Five men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer ordered to stand trial

A state judge has ordered five men to stand trial on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Tribune News Service

Family of Patrick Lyoya suing city of Grand Rapids, former police officer for $100 million in shooting death

DETROIT — The family of a Black immigrant who was fatally shot in April has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $100 million against the city of Grand Rapids and former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr.

Chicago Tribune

15-year-old student shot and killed near Chicago high school, police say. ‘It’s mind-numbing’

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old boy died Tuesday afternoon after being shot near a high school in the Austin neighborhood, police said.

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A West Philly man, upset over a breakup, set a fire that killed his ex-girlfriend's sister, DA says

PHILADELPHIA — A West Philadelphia man, frustrated that his girlfriend had ended their relationship, drove to her home in Darby Township early Sunday and started a fire that killed her younger sister, investigators said Wednesday.

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What to know about the trial for Aaron Dean, the ex-Fort Worth cop facing a murder charge

FORT WORTH, Texas — The murder trial for the former Fort Worth officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson is underway more than three years since the fatal shooting.

The Independent UK

Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

A state judge has ordered five men to stand trial on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Oregon asks state court to clear way for gun magazine ban

Oregon’s attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court judge’s decision and allow a tough new voter-approved gun law to take effect this week

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