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The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

TSA raising fines after finding record guns in carry-ons

The Transportation Security Administration is raising the fine for people caught with a firearm in their carry-on bag

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Accused NYC subway shooter Frank James faces upgraded terrorism charges

NEW YORK — Charges against accused subway gunman Frank James have been upgraded, and hold him accountable as a terrorist for each of the 10 people shot in April on a Brooklyn train.

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1 student dead, 3 others injured outside Chicago high school at dismissal, officials say

CHICAGO — One of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon has died, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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‘I’m just thinking about her, hoping that she’s OK’ says classmate of girl wounded during deadly shooting at Chicago high school

CHICAGO — Two of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon have died, according to officials.

Chicago Tribune

Father of Highland Park July 4 alleged mass shooter charged with ‘recklessly’ signing son’s firearm application

Seond time in recent years parent of accused mass killer facing charges over alleged actions before attack

The Independent UK

Alabama Supreme Court denies new trial for death row inmate

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday denied a new trial for a death row inmate in a case that has seen the district attorney, former state attorney general and a former chief justice join calls to reexamine his conviction

The Independent UK

Man arrested in middle of trial for former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — A spectator at the trial for the former Fort Worth cop convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black woman inside her mother’s home was arrested Friday by sheriff’s deputies after refusing to be sworn in as a witness.

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Father of July 4 shooting suspect charged with 7 felonies

Prosecutors say the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct

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Prosecutors charge father of alleged Illinois parade shooter with felonies for sponsoring son’s firearm ID card

CHICAGO — Lake County prosecutors announced Friday they have charged Robert Crimo Jr., father of alleged Highland Park parade shooter Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, with felony reckless conduct for sponsoring his son’s firearm owner’s identification card.

Chicago Tribune

Two boys, 16, shot dead and two teens injured outside school as cops hunt killer

Two 16-year-old boys have died after being shot outside Benito Juarez High School in the Pilsen neighbourhood of Chicago while two more teens are in hospital after being injured

Daily Mirror

Father of accused Highland Park shooter charged with seven counts of reckless conduct

In 2019, Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son’s application for a gun permit because he was underage at the time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge Plans to Block California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)

From AP (Julie Watson): U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said he plans to issue an injunction because the law would force people who challenge any of California's famously restrictive gun laws to pay the government's legal fees if they lose. Benitez said this would have a "chilling effect" on…

Reason

Two boys, 14 and 15, killed, two other teens wounded in shooting outside Juarez High School

All were shot around 2:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of South Laflin Street on the West Side, police said. A radio dispatch to officers said a suspect in a black mask, black hoodie and black North Face jacket was seen running west on Cermak Road and north on Ashland…

Chicago Sun-Times

Mississippi officials: Woman and officer shot each other

Officials now say that a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday

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Sentencing begins in police killing of Atatiana Jefferson

A psychologist says a former Texas officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 was unsuitable for police work

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh hit with tax evasion charges as murder trial looms

Disgraced attorney set to go on trial for shooting deaths of wife Maggie and son Paul next month

Chicago Sun-Times

Man accused of West Side murder bragged about it to 2 others who he later tried killing, prosecutors say

Martae Logan, 20, is charged in the Nov. 13 shooting death of Terry Lowe, 24.

Reuters

Unidentified gunman kills peacekeepers in Mali, mission chief says

An unidentified gunman shot and killed two police officers from the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday while they were on patrol near the city of Timbuktu, mission head El-Ghassim Wane said in a Tweet.

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Mom charged in 2018 death of infant found in Florida inlet

A Florida woman has appeared in court on a first-degree murder charge in the 2018 death of her newborn infant whose body was found floating in a seaside inlet

The Independent UK

Three arrested in connection with highway shooting of toddler

Jasper Wu was asleep in car seat when bullet came through windshield and killed him

Tribune News Service

Fort Worth hired Aaron Dean after psychologist found he wasn’t suitable for police work

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Tarrant County jurors who convicted a white former Fort Worth police officer in the shooting death of a Black woman heard evidence Friday as they weigh his punishment for manslaughter.

The Independent UK

Idaho students' unsolved deaths prompt rumors, harassment

Investigators have yet to name a suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a home near campus last month

The Independent UK

FBI: Minnesota man was making arsenal, revered mass shooters

Authorities say a Minnesota man who told an FBI informant that he was building an arsenal of automatic weapons to use against police was arrested this week as he tried to buy grenades

The Independent UK

Gov. Lee: Execution report complete, will release later

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says the independent review into the state’s lethal injection procedure has been completed, but he is refusing to immediately release the report’s findings

The Independent UK

Wrongful conviction case judge: Was there 'rush' to convict?

The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man’s murder conviction should be overturned questioned if police and prosecutors “were in a little bit of a rush” to convict Lamar Johnson

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