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No warning before 6-year-old boy shot teacher, police confirm

First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by a student at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia

Irish Mirror

Strangeways prisoner shot schoolgirl in the neck at bus stop

'There could very easily have been two people killed that day'

Manchester Evening News

Dad told mum he 'may have murdered someone' after leaving woman for dead

He strangled the victim in a park after she made a joke about his son

Liverpool Echo

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Why a 'three strikes' felon — on bail twice over — was on the streets, where he gunned down a deputy

LOS ANGELES — William Shae McKay could have been in custody Dec. 29 — in more than one case. Instead, the “three strikes” felon, already facing a life sentence, gunned down a Riverside County deputy before dying alongside a freeway in a hail of bullets.

Los Angeles Times

In Pennsylvania county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

When police arrived on the scene, they found Ishmail Thompson standing naked outside a hotel near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He had just punched a man. After his arrest, a mental health specialist at the county jail said Thompson should be sent to the hospital for psychiatric care.

Tribune News Service

Rio Jones jailed for life after shooting schoolgirl at bus stop

15-year-old was shot in the neck as Rio Jones fired six shots at rival who he was chasing on an electric bike

Liverpool Echo

Son ‘told police he stabbed his father to death because he was raped by him’, court told

Sean Maurice, 31, stabbed his father Paul around 30 times

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4 dead, 3 wounded in shootings in Chicago Monday

A man and woman were found shot to death inside a home in the South Loop Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Violence problem in Pennsylvania jails

1 in 3 “use of force” incidents in Pennsylvania county jails involved someone in a mental health crisis

Salon

Pupil, 6, stashed his mum's gun in backpack before shooting teacher in classroom

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot by a 6-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School in Virgina on Friday afternoon with a gun legally purchased by his mum

Daily Mirror

Jermaine Cools: Mother of boy, 14, stabbed to death outside Croydon railway station has been ‘robbed of future’

Lorraine Dudek tells Standard ‘more should be done to prevent knife crime’ after 17-year-old admits murdering her son

Evening Standard

Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner ‘tried to confiscate gun before being shot by six-year-old boy’

Mum Brittaney Gregory said her son was in the same class at Richneck Elementary School and that Abby Zwerner was his favourite teacher

Evening Standard

Classified Docs from Biden's VP Period Found at Washington Think Tank

Classified documents from the time when Joe Biden was serving as Barack Obama's vice president have been found at a Washington think tank that Biden sometimes used as office space, the White House said Monday. Lawyers for Biden discovered the documents last November while clearing out the office space and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Texas to execute ex-cop for hiring 2 people to kill wife

A former suburban Houston police officer is set to be executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago

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Man shot dead in South Shore

A 21-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the 6300 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, police said.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sets out 2nd-term agenda as weapons ban bill heads for final vote

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Seeking to build on the successes of his four years in office, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker offered a second-term agenda Monday that called for a state constitutional right to abortion, making preschool available to every family and making public college free for children in working-class families.

AAP

Alleged NSW murderer caught in Queensland

A suspect in the stabbing death of a man in Sydney's west has been charged with murder after being caught in Queensland and extradited to NSW.

The Independent UK

Ill. Senate OKs gun ban, House Democrats agree with changes

The Illinois Senate has approved a ban on semiautomatic weapons

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Chicago Sun-Times

State assault weapons ban moves ahead after Democratic deal and echoes of a child’s screams

The Illinois Senate voted 34-20 to approve the measure, which now must go back to the Illinois House for concurrence. Earlier, lawmakers heard audio that began with a high-pitched cry from a child at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. “What is happening?” the child screams. “What is…

AAP

Two others charged over Tas escapee death

Another two men will face court after being charged with murder following the discovery of an escaped prisoner's body outside a Hobart home.

Tribune News Service

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Stop blaming firearms for society’s problems

Sure, more can be done to protect lives when it comes to gun violence, but the answer is not to remove the guns. Look around at what society has become and try to fix the problems. Don’t blame an inanimate object.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fatal shootings of couple found in South Loop home ruled murder-suicide

Leticia Zaragoza, 45, and Joseph P. Fry, 36, were discovered in their apartment in the 2000 block of South Indiana Avenue around 3 p.m. Monday, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 14, shot in Auburn Gresham

The boy is in serious condition at Comer Children’s Hospital after being struck in his arm and abdomen Monday afternoon in the 1000 block of West 82nd Street, police said.

Tribune News Service

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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