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Community mourns teenager's death after gas station owner charged with murder

Jun. 02, 2023 14:49 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a gas station owner has left community members grieving and crying out against racial profiling in the South Carolina capital city where he'd recently completed middle school. A...

Investigation finds officers justified in deadly New Hampshire shooting

Jun. 02, 2023 14:45 PM EDT

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Six New Hampshire police officers who fatally shot an armed man were justified in their use of deadly force and will not face criminal charges, the state attorney general said Friday. The man was struck at least 11 times. The “initial threat of the...

Ghost guns banned under new Colorado law signed by governor

Jun. 02, 2023 14:42 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Friday banning firearms that are assembled at home or 3D-printed without serial numbers, weapons that allowed owners to evade background checks and impede law enforcement's ability to track a gun's origins in an investigation. ...

Suspect in Nashville police shooting dies in hospital, officer recovering

Jun. 02, 2023 12:41 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who was shot after wounding an officer in Tennessee has died at a hospital, authorities said. The officer, Metro Nashville Police Detective Donovan Coble, 33, was expected to recover after being shot in his side Thursday while pursuing an armed auto...

Teenager slain, at least four others wounded in Chicago shooting

Jun. 02, 2023 07:56 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager has died and at least four others were wounded after a group of people fired shots at another group on Chicago's South Side, authorities said. A male later was found with a gunshot wound to his leg after he opened fire toward officers responding to the...

Palestinian toddler critically wounded in West Bank, Israeli military says shooting unintentional

Jun. 02, 2023 01:41 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy was in critical condition at an Israeli hospital Friday morning after being shot by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. The army opened an investigation into what it said was an unintentional shooting. In a statement, the military...

Charges dropped against man who served 21 years in prison for deaths of 2 Michigan hunters

Jun. 01, 2023 21:58 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters. Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another...

Police find shooter's arsenal from May rampage that killed 3 and wounded 6

Jun. 01, 2023 19:26 PM EDT

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Authorities provided a more detailed description Thursday of the arsenal that a New Mexico high school student had in his possession at the time of last month’s shootings that killed three people and wounded six others, including two police officers. ...

Family, attorneys criticize prosecutor's handling of case in Ralph Yarl's shooting

Jun. 01, 2023 19:06 PM EDT

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black Kansas City teenager who was shot by a white man after he mistakenly knocked on the man's door are frustrated with the prosecutor's handling of the case, attorneys for the family said Thursday. The complaints came after a preliminary...

Mississippi hostage-taker killed after fatally shooting officer in 8-hour standoff

Jun. 01, 2023 19:05 PM EDT

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — An intruder who went into a Mississippi home armed with three guns and wearing a bulletproof vest took a woman hostage and later shot two police officers, killing one and wounding the other during an eight-hour standoff Thursday that ended in his death, police said. ...