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The Murdaugh trial begins: the family murders that rocked South Carolina

Corruption, money and unsolved deaths form a gothic backdrop to charges that Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son

The Guardian - US

Man charged with grazing 12-year-old relative when gun in his pocket discharges

Martin Guest, 61, was arrested early Thursday in the 8800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue and charged with recklessly discharging a firearm, Chicago police said. He was taking the gun out of his pocket at the time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot to death in Greater Grand Crossing

Demani Bass, 19, was in the 7300 block of South Wabash Avenue about 4:45 a.m. when he was shot in the abdomen, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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A protester was shot dead while opposing a $90m Atlanta ‘Cop City’ training centre. What went wrong?

Police haven’t released body camera footage of slaying, writes Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Colorado officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s death plead not guilty as cases progress toward trial

DENVER — The three Aurora police officers and two paramedics charged in Elijah McClain‘s death pleaded not guilty in Adams County court Friday afternoon as the case progresses toward trial.

The Denver Post

San Diego County to pay $12M over beating and stun gun death

San Diego County will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a man who died after he was beaten, shocked with a stun gun and hogtied by sheriff’s deputies in 2015

The Independent UK

Downstate judge temporarily holsters assault weapons ban — for 865 gun owners and one gun shop

Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the decision in downstate Effingham County “disappointing,” but said he remains confident the courts will uphold the law he signed Jan. 10 banning the sale of assault weapons in Illinois and capping the size of magazines that could be sold.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Judge issues order blocking Illinois semiautomatic gun ban

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the new Illinois law banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

The Independent UK

Judge temporarily blocks Illinois gun ban from being enforced on plaintiffs in lawsuit

CHICAGO — An Effingham County judge on Friday temporarily blocked Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers.

Chicago Tribune

Developmentally disabled man may lose sight, taste after shooting, says father, who witnessed the Back of the Yards attack

CHICAGO — Panic and fury have taken hold of Philip Rega, the father of a developmentally disabled man wounded in a hail of gunfire in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday while he waited for a school bus.

Chicago Tribune

Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim

Los Angeles police had repeatedly Tasered the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in the hours before his death.

Al Jazeera

Stoneman Douglas panel readies police policies for stopping mass shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nearly five years after the Parkland school massacre, some police departments still don’t have policies in place for stopping mass shooters. But a state panel on Friday moved closer to making it a requirement to have such policies in place across Florida.

Tribune News Service

Shooter was drunk, had been told to leave Kansas City funeral before opening fire, witness says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man who opened fire at a funeral home in south Kansas City Friday morning, injuring four people, was drunk and had been asked to leave before the shooting, according to one employee.

Tribune News Service

Woman fatally stabbed in Humboldt Park

The woman, 24, was in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 p.m. when she was stabbed in the neck and ear, Chicago police said.

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Shane Whitla latest: Two more men charged with father-of-four's murder

Two men, one aged 29 and the other 28, were charged on Friday evening after a third man appeared in court charged with murder

AAP

Thousands of weapons surrendered to police

Nearly 18,000 weapons were surrendered in the first year of a permanent national amnesty, but authorities don't know how many others are remain out there.

Chicago Sun-Times

Attackers shouted name of rival gang before firing nearly 40 shots that critically wounded man with mental disabilities: source

Police believe the attackers were Latin Saints but identified themselves as members of another gang to ambush potential rivals, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois sheriffs inflamed public for no good reason by refusing to enforce assault weapons law

Law enforcement discretion is a long-accepted policy. But sheriffs issuing written statements flatly declaring they won’t enforce a state law no matter what sure does appear to go well beyond that.

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The Independent UK

Girl, 14, dead in apparent murder-suicide involving father, police say

Authorities say they were called to harassment incident involving teenager’s parents just days earlier

The Independent UK

Gun used by 6-year-old in school shooting was ‘secured’, family lawyer claims

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, has now been released from hospital after shocking incident

The Independent UK

Horror injuries of Alex Murdaugh’s son revealed

‘Brain was severed and exited through the anatomical right side of (his) head,’ forensics report states

Manchester Evening News

'She can't be forgotten': Elle Edwards' dad vows to set up anti-gun foundation in her name

Tim Edwards said Christmas 'will never be the same'

Tribune News Service

Police training site protest in Atlanta has national reach

ATLANTA — From North Carolina to Seattle, the police shooting of a protester at the site of a planned public safety training center in Atlanta on Wednesday has reverberated across a wide swath of left-wing activist groups.

The Independent UK

News outlets join to oppose gag order in Idaho stabbing case

Twenty regional and national news organizations have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case of a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students

The Independent UK

Four injured in shooting at Kansas City funeral home

The victims were found across a funeral home, parking lot, and laundromat

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