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Man Sought in Shooting Death of Mississippi Officer Arrested

MERIDIAN, Miss.—A former police officer suspected of killing a Mississippi police officer who was responding to a call about domestic violence has been arrested, authorities said Friday. Dante Marquez Bender, 31, was taken into custody the day after Meridian Police Officer Kennis Croom was fatally shot while answering a call, authorities said. A woman believed…


3 Wounded in Shooting at North Carolina Mall Food Court

GASTONIA, N.C.—Three people were being treated for wounds that were not life-threatening after a shooting Friday at a mall in North Carolina, police said. Rick Goodale, a spokesman for the Gastonia Police Department, said the shooting happened around noon Friday in the food court of the Eastridge Mall in Gastonia. The city of about 77,000…


Brother: Man Shot by Police Near School Had Mental Problems

GADSDEN, Ala.—A man fatally shot by police outside an Alabama school that officials said he attempted to enter had “serious mental issues” and attended the school as a child, according to his brother. Justin White told WIAT-TV that Robert Tyler White, 32, seemed a little “off” the last time he saw him last week, but…


3 Dead in Maryland Shooting; Ryan Zinke Wins Montana Republican House First District Primary | NTD Daybreak

A shooting at a manufacturing facility in Maryland left three people dead and one in critical condition. A state trooper and the suspected shooter were both injured after a shootout. Donald Trump-endorsed Ryan Zinke won the U.S. House primary in Montana’s First District. The narrow victory came after days of hand-counting ballots. A Chinese fighter…


2 Arrested, Facing Murder Charges in Philadelphia Shooting

PHILADELPHIA—Two men are facing murder charges and have been arrested in Virginia in the deaths of two bystanders in last weekend’s shooting in a busy entertainment district in Philadelphia, officials said Thursday Quadir Dukes Hill, 18, and Nahjee Whittington, who was 17 at the time of the June 4 shooting but is now 18, are…


Authorities Confirm Multiple Victims After Shooting Reported at Maryland Plant

Officials in Maryland confirmed a shooting with several victims at a plant in Washington County on Thursday afternoon. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said at a news conference that at least three people died in the incident. Deputies responded to the active shooting scene at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg at around 2:30 p.m. ET, according to the Washington County…


Sentencing Arguments Expected for Man in Fatal Shooting Outside Walmart in Alberta

A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a man who shot and killed a shopper outside a Walmart store in central Alberta. Chase Freed, who is 20, pleaded guilty on Monday to the second-degree murder of Jim Williams in Red Deer in December 2019. RCMP said at the time that a masked man armed…


DA Seeking Death Penalty in Georgia Country Club Slayings

By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course. Bryan Anthony Rhoden faces three counts of murder and a host of other charges on July 3, 2021, slayings at Pinetree…


Two People Dead After Shooting in German Supermarket—Police

BERLIN—Two people were found dead after a shooting in a supermarket in central Germany on Tuesday, police said on Twitter, adding that there was no danger to the public. The shooting occurred around 1 pm local time (1100 GMT) in Schwalmstadt-Treysa, a town of around 8,500 people northeast of Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt, according to…


Philadelphia Mass Shooting: 1 in Custody, Arrest Warrant Issued for Another, Prosecutors Say

After a mass shooting in Philadelphia over the weekend that killed three people and injured at least 11 more, authorities have brought one suspect into custody and issued an arrest warrant for another. The mass shooting on late June 4 involved multiple shooters who opened fire into a crowd on a busy street, police previously said….