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Relative of shot off-duty NYPD officer picked up gun and fired back at robber, sources say

NEW YORK — The relative of an off-duty New York police officer shot in the head and critically wounded in a Brooklyn Facebook Marketplace robbery grabbed the wounded officer’s gun and fired back at the assailant, police sources said Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2023

South Belfast stabbing incidents worrying community, says Councillor

A local Councillor has called for a meeting with the PSNI following a spate of recent stabbings.

Belfast Live · Feb 5, 2023

Judge: Banning guns for marijuana users unconstitutional

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Federal judge rules that law barring marijuana users from owning guns is unconstitutional

Federal Judge Patrick Wyrick cited an expansion on gun rights by the US Supreme Court last year.

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves

MILLSTADT, Ill. — It was a late Friday afternoon when a team of men approached a tiny pink casket. One wiped his brow. Another stepped away to smoke a cigarette. Then, with calloused hands, they gently lowered the child’s body into the ground.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2023

Man stabbed in South Belfast Markets area

The man was found by a passer-by on Raphael Street on Sunday morning.

Belfast Live · Feb 5, 2023

Murder investigation launched into death of 75-year-old man

Police found the man at an address near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and are now treating his death as suspicious.

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Police hunting man with 'fake gun' who robbed Scots petrol station

Emergency services were called to a fuel station on Falkirk Road, Linlithgow, at around 1.45 am on Thursday, 2 February, following reports that a man armed with an imitation BB gun had threatened a member of staff.

Daily Record · Feb 5, 2023

Six months with a Chicago shooting survivor: Fear, pain and frustration with police

He wants to help catch the person who shot him. First, he has to get police to work with him — then he has to pick the right guy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 5, 2023

How the cases in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial are shaping up

Two weeks into the double murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, prosecutors haven’t presented any direct evidence that he killed his wife and son at their home in June 2021

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023