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Marine Dies Months After Mugging
Marine Dies Months After Mugging
Jun 2, 2008 4:20 AM CDT

Marine Dies Months After Mugging

Corporal who survived Iraq shot for having only $8 in his pocket

(Newser) - A careful young Marine has died from bullet wounds 4 months after muggers shot him point blank in the neck while he was on leave home in Cleveland from Iraq, the AP reports. Warned that a Marine could be a robbery target, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield decided to carry only...

Prison Letter Could Nail Bronco's Killer

Ex-cellmate says mail links gang member to Williams shooting

(Newser) - A letter written by a jailed Colorado gang member could tie him to the murder of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, the Rocky Mountain News reports. The letter, intercepted by the suspect's cellmate, mentions the man's worries about a witness who saw him shoot "D-Will." Williams was gunned...

8 Shot in Harlem Rampage
 8 Shot in Harlem Rampage 
May 27, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

8 Shot in Harlem Rampage

Teens in hospital after gunman seeks revenge

(Newser) - At least seven young people are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooter went on a rampage in Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. Cops believe the gunman was taking revenge after being jumped at a basketball tournament earlier in the day. The victims, all but one...

Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

Organized crime cited; 2nd shooting in 2 days to target rancher

(Newser) - Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at least seven. Both attacks were on the head of a local cattlemens' organization; both carried signs of organized crime in...

Philly Cops Probe NFL Star in Shooting

Man was shot and child injured outside Harrison's bar

(Newser) - Police have questioned Indianapolis Colts star Marvin Harrison about a shooting outside his Philadelphia bar this week, the Indianapolis Star reports. Details are vague so far: A man was shot in the hand, doctors treated a child hurt by shattered glass, and “a vehicle that was on the highway”...

Chicago Hit With Early Crime Wave
Chicago Hit
With Early
Crime Wave
Apr 25, 2008 12:26 PM CDT

Chicago Hit With Early Crime Wave

12 murders this week prompt SWAT teams to take to the streets

(Newser) - An explosion of violence in Chicago last weekend—three dozen shootings that resulted in seven deaths—and a quintuple homicide on Wednesday have local police struggling for an explanation, as well as a response. Crime usually jumps later in the year, the Chicago Tribune notes, when both the weather and...

NIU Shooter Saw Himself as Sensitive Victim

Kazmierczak's essays trace path from group home to dean's list

(Newser) - Steven Kazmierczak didn’t leave a note before his deadly February shooting spree at Northern Illinois University, nor clues to his motivations on his computer or cell phone. But in essays for graduate-school applications, the Chicago Tribune reports, the future killer writes extensively about his life and his mental problems—...

Jilted Lover Charged in Contract Hit on Teen Mom

Man hired cousin to kill girlfriend and make it look like a mugging

(Newser) - The shooting death of an 18-year-old mom and wounding of her boyfriend as they sat with their baby son in a car was set up by the beau, cops now say. The boyfriend initially insisted the two had been shot by a robber in the Bronx, but now he and...

Florida Passes 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

Biz groups fear increase in office shootings

(Newser) - Florida lawmakers have passed a law that prohibits most businesses from banning employees keeping guns in their cars on company property, Reuters reports. Backers hail the measure as a victory for Second Amendment rights. Business groups, fearing an increase in workplace shootings, are urging the governor to veto the so-called...

Freeway Shootings Rattle Los Angeles

Cops say troubling spate of firings is random violence

(Newser) - A string of freeway shootings in Los Angeles County is causing more jitters than usual on its jam-packed arteries, the Los Angles Times reports. Windows of six cars were shot out by a mystery sniper wielding a BB gun yesterday, the day after a driver died from a possibly self-inflicted...

Mother and 4 Kids Killed in Iowa Home

Fatal car crash nearby linked to husband

(Newser) - A mother and her four children were found dead in their Iowa City home yesterday by police who received an anonymous tip, reports the Daily Iowan. Minutes later, cops responded to a nearby highway crash involving a car belonging to the father of the family, Stephen Sueppel. The dead driver...

China Admits Police Shot Tibetan Protesters

State's claim of 13 dead, 4 wounded at odds with exiles' estimate of 99 killed

(Newser) - China admitted today its police opened fire on Tibetan protesters, wounding four in “self-defense,” the BBC reports. The statement from state-run Xinhua news agency is China’s first admission to hurting anyone since protests began last week. Chinese officials say rioters have killed 13; Tibetan activists reported security...

US Warning Shot Kills Iraqi Girl
US Warning Shot
Kills Iraqi Girl
Mar 13, 2008 5:30 AM CDT

US Warning Shot Kills Iraqi Girl

Troops fired toward woman who seemed to be signaling to confederate

(Newser) - A warning shot fired by US soldiers killed a young Iraqi girl yesterday, AP reports. Troops in an area of Diyala province where several roadside bombs have recently been found fired a shot "near a suspicious woman who appeared to be signaling to someone while the soldiers were in...

Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder
 Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder 
Mar 12, 2008 7:33 PM CDT

Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder

Chapel Hill cops make first arrest, second is underway

(Newser) - Police in North Carolina have charged two men with the murder of a UNC student whose death drew national attention, the AP reports. One suspect, a 21-year-old, is in custody while the other, a 17-year-old, remains at large. Eve Carson, student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, was found shot to...

LA Mourns Slain High School Football Star

19-year-old gang member charged with capital murder

(Newser) - Mourners packed the funeral of a Los Angeles high school football star yesterday as police charged a gang member with capital murder in his death, the LA Times reports. The shooting of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw only three doors away from his home was the latest in a spate of killings...

Suspect Charged in Auburn Killing
Suspect Charged in Auburn Killing
Mar 8, 2008 2:18 PM CST

Suspect Charged in Auburn Killing

NASA-enhanced photo helps police nab man in Alabama

(Newser) - A man has been arrested and charged with killing 18-year-old Auburn University student Lauren Burk, thanks to a photo enhanced with help from NASA, the AP reports. Police arrested Courtney Lockhart, 23, in Phenix City, Ala., after a car and foot chase. He was initially sought as a suspect in...

UNC Mourns Student Leader
UNC Mourns Student Leader
Mar 7, 2008 9:06 AM CST

UNC Mourns Student Leader

Student body president shot in 'random' attack in suburb

(Newser) - The campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill remains shaken "to the core" by the shooting death of its popular student body president, the News & Observer reports. Thousands attended a vigil yesterday, and the governor issued a letter of condolence. Police called the shooting of...

2 Toddlers, 4 Adults Shot Dead in Memphis Home

Worst mass killing in city in 35 years

(Newser) - Memphis police found two toddler girls and four adults shot dead in a home in the city's Binghamton neighborhood yesterday. Three other young children have been taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds and are said to be critically injured, reports the Commercial Appeal. Police say the shootings happened...

Fireman Dead in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Unemployed gunman injured 5 others before taking own life

(Newser) - A gunman killed a local firefighter and wounded five others in a West Palm Beach Wendy's today before taking his own life, the Palm Beach Post reports. Shooter Alburn Edward Blake left no suicide note but was said by one witness to be an ex-worker at the restaurant. "Looks...

Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

Sense of invincibility, fear of revealing personal data to blame

(Newser) - Campus shootings keep making headlines, and schools are increasingly adopting text message alert systems as a response—but students aren't jumping on the bandwagon, the AP reports. Experts chalk up low enrollment rates to students' sense of invincibility, unwillingness to reveal personal information and the cost of receiving texts. "...

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