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Greek police arrest 2 in connection with gangland car ambush that left 6 Turks dead
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two Turkish men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the fatal gangland shooting of six other Turks in Greece last month, Greek authorities said Wednesday. Police said the six men killed in a Sept. 11 car ambush outside Athens were believed to...
Suspect in Bangkok mall shooting that killed 2 used a modified blank-firing handgun, police say
BANGKOK (AP) — The teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand's capital used a blank-firing handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets, police said Wednesday. The suspect was arrested less...
5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college. Students hunkered down for several hours, as police went room to room...
Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur's fatal shooting will appear in a court in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 is due to make his first appearance Wednesday before a Nevada judge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was arrested Friday during an...
New Mexico Attorney General has charged a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced that a police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a confrontation at a gas station. Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford was booked...
Gun evidence is focus at the trial of a man accused of killing New Hampshire couple on hiking trail
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with shooting a New Hampshire couple to death on a hiking trail last year spent months hiding from police — but over a probation violation from Utah, not the killings — and an analysis of shell casings and bullets found in the area could not conclude that...
11-year-old shoots, injures 2 teens following altercation at Florida Pop Warner football practice
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy retrieved a gun from an unlocked box in his mother's vehicle and shot two 13-year-olds following an altercation that began during a Pop Warner football practice in central Florida, police said Tuesday. The child fired one shot on Monday night,...
Fatal shooting by police draws protests and raises questions in north Alabama
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information about what happened and to see body camera footage of the shooting. Police shot and killed Stephen Perkins, 39, last week in Decatur, Alabama, in what...
Deputy dies after being shot while responding to Knoxville domestic disturbance call
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee sheriff's deputy has died from wounds suffered during an exchange of gunfire while responding to a domestic disturbance. Tucker Blakely, 29, died at a hospital after the shooting Sunday night, the Knox County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday in a...
Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills 2 people, and a teen suspect is arrested
BANGKOK (AP) — A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday afternoon, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities said. Police said a suspect was taken into custody less than an hour after the...
