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Neighbors and business at odds over crowds, a late U.S. rep’s mob ties and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov's office: Tennessee session on guns likely after July 4

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says a special lawmaking session dedicated to possible changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting last month would likely have to take place after July 4

The Independent UK

Senior police officer felt 'sick to stomach' waiting for Thomas Cashman verdict

The newly appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Chris Green, sat down with ECHO Crime Reporter Jonathan Humphries.

Liverpool Echo

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Cops fatally shoot man with knife for trying to stab police dog in tense 10 hour standoff

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Suspect Matvey Klimenko can be seen briefly struggling with the police dog outside a home in Jacksonville, Florida, before an officer starts shouting for his colleagues to 'stop him'

Daily Mirror

Murderer 'smeared himself in urine' after shotgun killing

Luke Kendrick was previously convicted of Vinny Waddington's murder

Liverpool Echo

Maine highway shooting victims healing, grateful, confused

The father of two of the victims of a deadly shooting rampage in Maine says he and his children are recovering from their injuries and grateful for the support they’ve received from the community

The Independent UK

Fox News poll finds voters overwhelmingly want restrictions on guns

87% of voters surveyed said they support requiring criminal background checks for all gun buyers.

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Canada and U.S. agree to trace guns intercepted at border

Canada and the United States have agreed to trace guns that are intercepted at the border, a move meant to enhance efforts to stop the smuggling of handguns to the north from the world's biggest private firearm market, officials from both countries said on Friday.

Reuters

Far-right extremist who blew up own kitchen found guilty of terrorism charges

College student Vaughn Dolphin denied being a terrorist, saying he had bought explosive ingredients for ‘gardening’.

The Independent UK

A year after he lost his mom and his home, 14-year-old shot dead in South Chicago. ‘He was a baby.’

Ronald Nolton went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald. After his mother died, “everything changed. His whole life changed,” his older sister Paulina Nolton says. “A part of him left with her.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois man using leaf blower in yard allegedly shot dead by neighbor

Ettore Lacchei, 79, arrested and charged with first-degree murder over death of William Martys, 59, in Antioch, north of Chicago

The Guardian - US

Arthur's Hill killer admits stabbing man to death in West End of Newcastle

Yasim Ismael, of Newcastle, pleaded not guilty to murdering Beimnet Gebreab but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

Chronicle Live

US teen convicted of murders of dad, stepmom and siblings he carried out when he was just 14

Mason Sisk has been found guilty of shooting dead four members of his family back in September 2019 in Elkmont, a small town near the Tennessee state line

Daily Mirror

High Court: Killer behind bars for fatally stabbing Lanarkshire man

Stuart Dunsmore, 50, repeatedly punched David Devine and struck him with a knife, resulting in the victim dying in hospital days after the assault at a house in Larkhall.

Daily Record

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The Hindu

Supreme Court directs UP govt. to submit status report on steps taken post killing of Atiq Ahmed, his brother

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the UP government to file a comprehensive affidavit on steps taken to enquire into the murders of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother on April 15.

The Independent UK

Death sentence upheld for Thai gold robber who killed 3

Thailand’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for an ex-elementary school principal convicted of killing three people, including a toddler, during a gold shop robbery in 2020

ABC News

Prosecutors say leak suspect Jack Teixeira kept arsenal of weapons, wanted to kill 'ton of people'

Arguing he should remain in jail, prosecutors say the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking classified military documents poses a grave threat to national security.

The Independent UK

Teen accused in death of transgender woman from documentary

A 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the shooting death earlier this month of Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face

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Chicago Sun-Times

ShotSpotter changed its name, but no matter what it’s called, the gunshot detection system must go

ShotSpotter has rebranded itself as SoundThinking, but it’s still a false solution to Chicago’s real problem with gun violence, activists write. Millions spent on the technology should go to violent prevention efforts.

Reuters

London police failed to learn from serial killer case, review finds

London's police force has failed to learn enough from its failures in a 2016 serial killer case to stop similar crimes happening again, a police watchdog said on Thursday in a damning report.

The Guardian - UK

Met police could be failing to identify serial killers, watchdog says

Inspector of constabulary warns force is failing to investigate unexpected deaths after Stephen Port report

Evening Standard

‘History could repeat itself’: Met police has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case, warns watchdog

‘Our inspection has shown that history could repeat itself. That is why the Met must learn from its mistakes and act now on our recommendations, to keep all Londoners safe’

The Independent UK

Met ‘has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case’ – watchdog

Serial killer Port drugged his victims with overdoses of GHB and dumped their bodies near his flat in 2014 and 2015.

Daily Mirror

Michael Stone will die in jail unless Russell murders conviction is overturned, lawyer says

The lag was 37 when he was handed three life sentences for bludgeoning Dr Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan to death with a hammer

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow trial hears how killer tried to chop up Tylee’s body as her blood found on pickaxe

Despite the efforts to hack at the teenager’s body, jurors previously heard that the killer did not appear to manage to dismember her

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