Appeals stretch 4 decades for a prisoner convicted on little police evidence

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — The four men who put Steve Szarewicz away for murder all changed their stories at one time or another, yet Szarewicz still sits behind bars. That's where he has been for almost 43 years. A jury convicted him of killing Billy Merriwether, 25, who was shot...

17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same street in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place at two homes on the same street in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday. A search was underway for the suspects, national police spokesperson Brig. Athlenda...

Suspect killed and 2 Georgia officers wounded in shooting during suspected gun store burglary

SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — Two Georgia police officers were wounded and a man was killed during a shooting inside a suburban Atlanta retailer that calls itself the world's largest gun store. Smyrna Police Chief Keith Zgonc said the officers were investigating reports of gunfire and a...

Police in South Africa say 17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same town

Daughter finds 'earth angel' in woman who made her dad laugh before Colorado supermarket shooting

DENVER (AP) — In the moments before a gunman leaned on a car to steady his aim at her father, killing him as well as nine others during a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket, a fellow shopper loading her groceries next to Erika Mahoney's dad made him laugh when she teased him about his...

Blood-spatter analysis helped investigation into husband charged with killing wife and another man

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Expert bloodstain-pattern and forensic analysis helped investigators pursue charges against a Virginia husband accused of killing his wife and another man at the married couple’s Fairfax County home, prosecutors said Friday. Earlier this month, a grand jury...

Alabama police officer shot and killed a 68-year-old knife wielding man with dementia

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is being investigated for allegedly shooting and killing a 68-year-old man with dementia after his family called for help on Sunday, according to authorities and the family's lawyer. A Muscle Shoals police officer fatally shot...

Indianapolis man sentenced to 189 years for killing 3 young men found along a path

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 19-year-old man convicted in the fatal shootings of three young men found dead along a path in Indianapolis was sentenced Friday to 189 years in prison. A Marion County judge sentenced Caden Smith about a month after a jury convicted the Indianapolis man of...

Maryland man convicted of shooting and wounding 2 police officers in 2023

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man who shot and wounded two police officers has been convicted of attempted murder, armed carjacking and firearms charges. A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury found David Linthicum, 26, guilty Thursday after a weeklong trial. A...

Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was...