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Shooting at 4/20 Pro-Pot Rally Injures 3

Denver event saw record crowds, police were concerned about security

(Newser) - A pro-pot rally celebrating unofficial 'Weed Day' 4/20 turned violent yesterday when shots rang out at the Denver event, injuring three. "It was peaceful; everybody was having fun," says one witness—and the air was thick with marijuana smoke. The gunfire started around 5pm, 40 minutes after...

Dallas Shooting Suspect in Standoff With Police

Holed up in house after high speed car chase

(Newser) - A man suspected of shooting a woman is holed up in a house in North Dallas after a frantic police car chase through a residential neighborhood. Police Senior Cpl. Sherri Jeffrey says the woman was shot at a house in Hamilton Park this morning. Jeffrey declined to provide details of...

2 Women Shot at Virginia Community College

Suspect in custody; school campus is inside mall

(Newser) - A man shot and injured two women at a mall branch of a community college in Virginia today before he was subdued by police, a city official said. The suspect was being interviewed by police as law enforcement continued to clear the New River Valley Mall, said Christiansburg city spokeswoman...

6-Year-Old Shot, Killed by 4-Year-Old Neighbor

NJ boy was shot in head with .22 rifle

(Newser) - For the second time in the space of a few days, a 4-year-old has been involved in a deadly shooting. Police say 6-year-old Brandon Holt of New Jersey died a day after being shot in the head by the other child as their parents stood in a yard nearby, CNN...

4-Year-Old Kills Deputy&#39;s Wife
 4-Year-Old Kills Deputy's Wife 
Apr 9, 2013 6:07 AM CDT

4-Year-Old Kills Deputy's Wife

Tennessee woman shot; incident called accidental

(Newser) - A family cookout turned tragic Saturday, when a 4-year-old shot and killed a Tennessee sheriff's deputy's wife—apparently accidentally, police say. Josephine Fanning's young nephew entered a bedroom where her husband was showing guns to another relative, reports NewsChannel5 . The boy took a gun from the bed...

Suspect Used Cop's Gun in Murder-Suicide

He overpowered detective during police questioning

(Newser) - More details on a shocking murder-suicide during a police interrogation : Murder suspect Jeremy Powell, 23, overpowered 40-year-old Detective Eric Smith during the questioning in Mississippi on Thursday and took his gun, the AP reports. Powell then shot Smith four times before shooting himself fatally in the head. Authorities have video...

Soldier Charged in Fort Knox Murder

Marquinta Jacobs allegedly fired a .45-caliber handgun, killing civilian employee

(Newser) - A soldier apprehended yesterday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Kentucky's Fort Knox a day earlier. The FBI said in a court filing that Marquinta E. Jacobs fired a .45-caliber handgun at the victim, "striking him several times."...

Holmes' Doctor Warned Police 38 Days Before Attack

Court documents offer new insight into case

(Newser) - James Holmes ' psychiatrist told a police officer Holmes was dangerous 38 days before the Aurora theater massacre, freshly unsealed court documents show. Dr. Lynne Fenton said Holmes was a "danger to the public" and had admitted homicidal thoughts, the Denver Post reports. He'd also quit seeing...

Police Station Shooting Kills Mississippi Detective

Suspect he was interviewing dead as well

(Newser) - A murder suspect and the detective who was questioning him were both found dead at police headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi. As detective Eric Smith, 40, interviewed Jeremy Powell, 23, other officers heard gunshots. They entered the room to find the men dead, CNN reports. Police haven't offered a sequence...

Army Staffer Shot Dead at Fort Knox

Police seek person of interest

(Newser) - An Army civilian employee was shot and killed in a parking lot at Kentucky's Fort Knox yesterday, and investigators were seeking to question a man in connection with the shooting, authorities said. Army officials said the victim was an employee of the US Army Human Resources Command, which handles...

Man Leaving Easter Service Murdered by Son: Police

Reshad Riddle accused of gunning down father Richard

(Newser) - An Easter church service in Ohio turned tragic yesterday when a man was gunned down—by his own son, say police—while leaving the church with his wife. The associate pastor tells the Star Beacon that Reshad Riddle approached Richard Riddle, 52, and killed him with a single shot, then...

Gun That Killed Prisons Chief Traced to Woman

Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, arrested in Colorado

(Newser) - Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents yesterday arrested a woman accused of illegally transferring the gun authorities say was used to kill Colorado's prisons chief. Investigators believe Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, of Commerce City, legally bought the firearm from a licensed dealer in the Denver suburb of Englewood and transferred...

Zimmerman's Brother Stirs Uproar With Profane Tweet

He compares Trayvon Martin to accused baby killer

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's brother reopened old wounds yesterday by comparing Trayvon Martin to the alleged killer of a 13-month-old baby, Huffington Post reports. Robert Zimmerman tweeted photos of De'Marquis Elkins—accused of shooting a baby in its stroller last week—and Martin, each flipping the middle finger. "A...

3 Marines Dead in Virginia Base Shooting

Suspect among dead; was Quantico base staffer

(Newser) - A Marine killed two fellow Marines and then himself at a Virginia base last night, the AP reports. Authorities say it was an isolated incident, probably triggered by a relationship dispute at the Quantico base, reports NBC News . Two males and a female are dead. The shooter killed his male...

Colorado Suspect Was in White Supremacist Gang

Evan Ebel spent years in solitary confinement

(Newser) - The suspect in the shooting of Colorado corrections chief Tom Clements was a paroled member of a white supremacist prison gang, the Denver Post reports. "What's not known is whether this was ordered or a crime of opportunity," says a corrections official. Evan Ebel, a paroled member...

Colo. Corrections Chief Shot Dead as He Answered Door

Murder comes on eve on new gun regulations

(Newser) - Tom Clements, the executive director of Colorado’s department of corrections, was shot dead last night—but the who and why remain a mystery. Clements was shot fatally in the chest as he answered the door of his home in Monument, Colo., reports NBC , but nobody else in the house...

Mich. Woman Guilty of Grandson's Murder

Jury rejects Sandra Layne's self-defense claim

(Newser) - A 75-year-old Michigan woman has been found guilty of the second-degree murder of her teenage grandson last year. The jury rejected Sandra Layne's claim that she shot Jonathan Hoffman, 17, in self-defense. The teen was shot multiple times and jurors were played a harrowing 911 call in which he...

Teen Killed After Accidentally Entering Neighbor's Home

Caleb Gordley was trying to sneak in after party, but picked wrong house

(Newser) - A Virginia neighborhood is grappling with the "ultimate tragedy": the death of a 16-year-old boy killed by a homeowner when he accidentally entered the wrong house early Sunday—one just two doors down from his own. Caleb Gordley was grounded for not cleaning his room but sneaked out Saturday...

Adam Lanza Had a Score Sheet
 Adam Lanza Had a Score Sheet 
Mar 18, 2013 9:15 AM CDT

Adam Lanza Had a Score Sheet

New evidence suggests Newtown shooting was in the works for years

(Newser) - Adam Lanza was such an ardent fan of mass murderers that he kept a massive spreadsheet detailing their "accomplishments." Investigators searching the home Lanza shared with his mother found a 7-foot long, 4-foot wide spreadsheet—apparently printed using a special printer—listing roughly 500 past shooters, including their...

Baseball Fan Who Shot Her Idol Dead at 83

Ruth Ann Steinhagen inspired 'The Natural'

(Newser) - An obsessed baseball fan's near-fatal attack on her idol became a movie—but the fan herself quietly died three months ago. Ruth Ann Steinhagen, whose story inspired the Robert Redford movie The Natural, was 83 when she died Dec. 29 of a subdural hematoma that arose after a fall...

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