He paid four men to shoot at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators, police say.
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U.S. appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’
The devices enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Multiple wounded near rapper French Montana video shoot
The Miami Herald cited a law enforcement source saying as many as 10 people were wounded in the shooting outside The Licking, a soul food restaurant in Miami Gardens.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
10 years ago, 26 Sandy Hook families received unthinkable news
The massacre at a Connecticut elementary school changed the national conversation on school safety and gun control.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Ten years after Sandy Hook, it seems to me that little has changed
We lose an entire kindergarten classroom a week to gun violence. When are we going to put an end to it?
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Colorado LGBTQ club shooting suspect charged with 305 counts, including hate crimes
The suspect had been held on hate crime charges following the attack but prosecutors had said they weren’t sure whether those counts would stick because they needed to assess if there was adequate evidence to show it was a bias motivated crime.
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy in face of $1.5 billion in damages
Jones faces court orders to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.
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Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre
Payton Gendron massacred 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket and has pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.
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University of Virginia shooting suspect targeted victims, witness told police
The violence Sunday night left 3 football players dead and 1 player and another student wounded.
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Families unleash grief and anger on Parkland school shooter
Families address Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz in emotional and often angry terms about the devastation he brought to their lives.