Tag: Violent crime
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...
Southern Baptists quash expanded sex abuse probe, for now
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee on Monday quashed a push for an independent committee to lead a probe of its...
Man, 25, dies after downtown Austin shooting that wounded 14
AUSTIN, Texas — A man has died from his injuries following a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street that left more...
Police: Car plows into protesters in Minnesota, killing 1
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman was killed and two others were injured after being struck by a car during a protest in Upton on Sunday...
Terror charges laid against attack suspect in Canada
LONDON, Ontario — Prosecutors laid terrorism charges Monday against a man accused of driving down and killing four members of a Muslim family in...
Officials grapple with street dirt bikes, ATVs after slaying
PHILADELPHIA — City officials are looking at ways to deal with dirt bikes and ATVs on city streets following a shooting death that occurred...
5 Georgia officers fired after death in interrogation room
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah Police Department said Monday that it has fired five officers in connection with the death of a man who...
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...
Police: Man fired ‘ghost gun’ outside strip mall, was shot
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown police say an officer shot and critically wounded a man who repeatedly fired a handgun outside a strip mall in...
1998 Oregon school shooter: ‘tremendous shame and guilt’
SALEM, Ore. — Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents before going on a shooting rampage at his Oregon high school in 1998, killing two...