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Police: 6-year-old used mother’s gun in Virginia school shooting; injured teacher’s actions ‘saved lives’

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police say a 6-year-old student who shot his teacher Friday at Richneck Elementary School used a 9 mm firearm that belonged to the child’s mother.

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Woman fatally shot in car after argument in North Lawndale, police say

The woman was shot Monday morning in the 3300 block of West Arthington Street, police said. She died at a hospital.

Chicago Sun-Times

US Supreme Court won’t hear 2nd appeal from Kansas brothers on death row for Wichita murders

The nation’s highest court has refused to hear a second appeal from death row inmates Jonathan and Reginald Carr, Kansas brothers convicted of capital murder in a brutal December 2000 quadruple slaying that continues to be one of Wichita’s most-notorious crimes.

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Man charged for allegedly shooting nail gun at drivers on M1 Motorway

A man who allegedly shot a nail gun at drivers on the M1 Motorway has been charged.

Newcastle Herald

New South Wales teen charged after allegedly shooting drivers with nail gun on M1 motorway

Reid Partlett is accused of shooting at two drivers with a nail gun in separate incidents on New South Wales' Central Coast yesterday afternoon.

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Albuquerque police ID potential links between some shootings

Authorities in New Mexico's largest city say they have found evidence of gunfire at the home of another elected official in early December

The Independent UK

Criminology peers at Washington State say Kohberger spoke up in class — except when Idaho college killings were the topic

BOISE, Idaho — Graduate school peers of Bryan Kohberger recall him as actively engaged in their Washington State University criminal justice and criminology program — someone who sought connections while also sharing little about his past in his first semester as a doctoral student.

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Hearing sought for man facing execution who claims innocence

Attorneys for a Missouri man setto be executed next month are seeking a new hearing

The Independent UK

The 5th Circuit Says the ATF Exceeded Its Legal Authority When It Banned Bump Stocks

The decision defends the separation of powers and the rule of law against an attempt to prohibit firearm accessories by administrative fiat.

Reason

Drivers shot with nails on major highway

The passenger of a truck has allegedly shot two drivers - one in the head - with nails from a nail gun while travelling on a highway on the NSW Central Coast.

AAP

From free college to universal preschool, Pritzker pledges second-term ‘agenda as ambitious and bold as our people are’

In a speech that paid respect to everyone from a nurse who died from COVID-19, to victims of gun violence, to former Gov. Dwight Green, Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to “fight against a rising tide of hate,” protect women’s reproductive rights and finally get an assault weapons ban passed.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Supreme Court tells Texas to reconsider executing man convicted with faulty DNA evidence

Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab.

The Texas Tribune

Teacher shot after 'altercation' by boy, 6, 'as she tried to confiscate weapon'

Teacher Abby Zwerner was going to confiscate a gun moments before she was shot by a six-year-old boy. Although the child is still in custody, it is unlikely he will be charged with any crime

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh police launch frantic search after man wearing balaclava attempts 'targeted' attack

A man wearing black clothing and a balaclava has vanished after attempting to assault someone with a weapon in Edinburgh at the weekend. Police are appealing for the public's help to trace him down.

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Teacher shot by six-year-old student was trying to take the gun away from him

Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot while teaching her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia

Manchester Evening News

Girl, 16, 'could have died' in vicious attack filmed on mobile phone

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested

The Independent UK

Vigil planned for teacher who police say was shot by student

Authorities plan to offer updates on the shooting of a Virginia elementary school teacher by a 6-year-old student, and the community will later hold a candlelight vigil

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court won't hear appeals from 'Wichita massacre'

The U_S_ Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.”

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First grader shoots Virginia teacher

A criminal justice expert discusses the implications of the shooting, and what it means for school safety in the US

The National (Scotland)

US teacher shot by six-year-old pupil in classroom

A US teacher has sustained life-threatening injuries after she was shot by a six-year-old boy, local authorities confirmed.

Liverpool Echo

Faces of murderers who beat teenager to death in Liverpool cafe

A 14-year-old boy was also convicted of Michael Toohey's murder by a jury today

Nottingham Post

Nottingham murderer Michael O'Brien speaks from jail as he admits: 'I hurt a lot of people'

He found out his parents had been murdered six days after he was jailed for life

The Independent UK

Youth guilty of stab murder glorified in drill rap video

Bubacar Jabbie Dukureh, 17, who was known as Buba, was walking back to his home in Walthamstow, east London, when he was attacked.

Tribune News Service

What we know, and still don’t know, about the homicide investigation in Moscow

MOSCOW, Idaho — The Moscow Police Department-led investigation into the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students — Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — came under scrutiny as authorities remained tight-lipped and maintained that they had not identified a suspect nearly seven weeks into the…

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murders arrest affidavit was meant to give answers. Instead it raises these new questions

Why did the surviving roommate wait eight hours to call 911 after seeing the killer? Who was the intended target? Is Bryan Kohberger the stalker Kaylee Goncalves complained about? Rachel Sharp reports on the questions still unanswered in the case

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