Tag: Homicide
2nd arrest made in deadly downtown Austin mass shooting
AUSTIN, Texas — Police made a second arrest Monday in a weekend shooting that killed a man and left more than a dozen more...
Convict sentenced to life without parole in official’s death
RIPLEY, Tenn. — A convicted felon was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in a deal with prosecutors in the rape and...
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two...
Judge rejects new trial for Indiana man in murder-for-hire
MUNCIE, Ind. — A central Indiana judge has rejected a new trial for a man convicted in the 1993 murder-for-hire slaying of a woman...
Court documents: Yale grad student was shot at close range
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University graduate student whose body was found on a street next to his car in February had been...
Deaths of 2 inmates at NW Indiana prison being investigated
WESTVILLE, Ind. — Authorities are investigating the recent deaths of two inmates at a northwest Indiana prison, state correction officials said.
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Indiana man gets life for role in woman’s torture-slaying
GOSHEN, Ind. — A northern Indiana man convicted for his role in the 2019 torture-slaying of a woman whose body was dumped in southern...
Man mistaken for intruder fatally shot by best friend
DINWIDDIE, Va. — A man mistook his best friend for an intruder outside his Virginia home and fatally shot him, authorities said.
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Federal judge won’t halt upcoming South Carolina executions
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge on Friday declined to halt the upcoming executions of two South Carolina prisoners slated to die later this...
NC Supreme Court upholds murder charge in child abuse case
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court's decision finding a man guilty of first-degree murder by starvation and...