The suspect in the murder of Laura Ann Carleton has been identified. The beloved California store owner was fatally shot last week after a confrontation over a Pride flag. Travis Ikeguchi, 27, had made “several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton,” according …
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The families and friends of Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz, the engaged couple that was killed at Beyond Wonderland at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre over the weekend, continue to grapple with the tragedy of losing their loved ones. On Saturday night, Escamilla and Ruiz — who lived in Seattle but were …
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Brooklyn rapper Sheff G allegedly helped carry out violence against rival gangs using money he earned from his songs, prosecutors claim, per the New York Times. Sheff G, whose real name is Michael Williams, 24, has been accused of bankrolling two gangs, the 8 Trey Crips and 9 Ways. Brooklyn …
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On that dreadful Monday, March 27th, when six souls lost their lives in the Covenant shooting, my father-in-law called me to break the news. “There’s been a shooting at a school in Green Hills,” he started, and I dropped to the ground. I couldn’t breathe, my head was spinning. I …
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Ralph Yarl’s classmates gathered for a unity walk Tuesday, April 18, to show their support for the Black 16-year-old, who was just released from the hospital after being shot twice by a white man last week. Per KSHB 41 in Kansas City, about 1,500 students and some staff marched around …
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The man charged in the shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Yarl twice, entered the plea in a Liberty, Missouri courtroom Wednesday, six days after …
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden attended a candlelight vigil in Nashville on Wednesday evening. The event honored the lives of six people — including three children — murdered in a mass shooting at an elementary school Monday morning that has left Music City reeling. The night saw featured performances from …
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The suspect charged with hate crimes after he allegedly shot two different Jewish men earlier this week had a history of sending violent, antisemitic messages, according to court records filed on Friday. On Friday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced two federal hate crimes …
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At least three people were shot dead, and five were critically injured in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing on Monday night, campus police confirmed. The suspect in the shooting has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said in a news conference early Tuesday morning. …
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A Grammy-winning recording engineer accused of holding his wife and stepdaughter captive at gunpoint was killed after a SWAT team member shot him in Nashville Thursday afternoon, Variety reports. Police fired on Mark Capps, 54, who was armed in his doorway and was wanted on aggravated assault and aggravated kidnappingwarrants …
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