Tag: Shootings
Georgia state trooper shoots suspect on I-285 near airport
ATLANTA — A Georgia State Patrol trooper shot a murder suspect in an exchange of gunfire off a highway near the Atlanta airport Wednesday...
Police: Suspected Baltimore gang leader dead after standoff
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A suspected Baltimore gang leader died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with law enforcement Tuesday afternoon...
Deputies who killed man had body cams, couldn’t use them
WASHINGTON — The two sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed a Black man while assigned to a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force...
Florida’s largest county OKs plan after spike in gun deaths
MIAMI — Florida's largest county is moving forward after a recent spike in shootings with a nearly $8 million plan to reduce gun violence,...
Parents of 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta sue city
ATLANTA — The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot several weeks...
Attacks occur in Brazil Amazon city after trafficker death
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city on Monday suspended classes and public transport amid a wave of vandalism and destruction in...
U-Chicago will grant Ph.D. to student slain in January
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago will grant a doctorate degree to a student who was killed during a series of shootings last winter.
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Minneapolis sees more protests after man killed by deputies
MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters took to the streets for a fourth consecutive night in Minneapolis over the shooting death of a Black man by members...
Mattie Parker is next Fort Worth mayor in win for GOP
FORT WORTH, Texas — Mattie Parker declared victory Saturday as the next mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, keeping it one of America's biggest cities...
Police: 2 dead, 2 hurt in Indianapolis parking lot shooting
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police were investigating after a shooting early Saturday killed two people and injured two others.
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