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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who gunned down five of his neighbors over the weekend had had angry run-ins with his fellow tenants and left threatening notes on the inside of his door suggesting he was planning an act of violence, authorities said Monday. Investigators haven’t determined the exact reason why 66-year-old Krysztof Marek […]
An absolutely horrific shooting took place in For Worth, Texas over the weekend. 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed by a police officer in her own bedroom. A police officer shot and killed her from outside, the bullet went through her bedroom window. Jefferson was Russ’ brother in-law’s cousin and though they never met […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman who poured gasoline on the couch where her sleeping boyfriend lay and then shut the door after seeing him jump up and yell “hot, hot” will spend 60 years in prison for first-degree murder. Saying it represents as horrific an offense as he’s ever dealt with, Anchorage Superior Court […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American woman whose son was killed by the Islamic State said Thursday that she is hopeful the transfer to U.S. custody of two British militants brings them a step closer to criminal charges. Diane Foley told The Associated Press that she would like to see the men prosecuted in the United […]
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty Thursday to killing his newborn daughter and received a 30-year sentence under an agreement with prosecutors, NOLA.com reports. Arsenio Chambliss, 29, pleaded guilty to a reduced count of manslaughter in the Jan. 17, 2017 death of his 4-week-old daughter Azyri from blunt-force injuries to her head. Chambliss was set […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who spent over a quarter-century behind bars while professing his innocence in a New York City killing was cleared Thursday after prosecutors said they no longer believe the key witnesses’ testimony. Carlos Weeks, 46, walked out of a Brooklyn courtroom free for the first time since 1993, when he […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A jury convicted a man of first-degree murder Thursday night in the shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was lured into an alley with the promise of a juice box. Prosecutors contended that Dwright Boone-Doty and fellow gang member Corey Morgan planned the November 2015 killing of Tyshawn Lee before […]
The former police officer who killed her unarmed neighbor was found guilty of murder this week. D.L says this verdict speaks volumes because they charged her with “murder,” not manslaughter. For it to be murder that means the jury believes that she had the intent to kill. This decision didn’t take a few days to […]
The man who was convicted of killing Toya Wright’s brothers will serve life behind bars, Nola.com reports. Antoine “Tweazy” Edwards was accused of killing Ryan “Rudy” Johnson, 24 and Joshua Johnson, 31, during an argument back in July of 2016. During the trial, witnesses claim they saw Edwards at the scene of the crime after the […]
DALLAS (AP) — The same jury that convicted a white Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor returns to court Wednesday to consider her sentence — a penalty that could be anywhere from five years to life in prison. Amber Guyger, who said she mistook the man’s apartment for her own, […]
DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer took the stand Friday in her murder trial for the fatal shooting of a black neighbor whose apartment she said she mistook for her own. One of Amber Guyger’s lawyers opened by asking about her childhood in the Dallas suburb of Arlington. Guyger said she grew […]
