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4 die in shooting outside gelato shop in Germany

AP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:18:55 +0000

Four people were killed in a shooting at an Italian gelato shop in western Germany on Tuesday, police said. Shots rang out around 8 p.m., with one man killed outside the Eis de Rocco cafe in downtown Ruesselheim, southwest of Frankfurt, police...

4 people fatally shot in German ice cream parlor

AP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:01:10 +0000

Police say four people have been shot to death at an ice cream parlor in Germany.

Judge: Prosecutors drove costs of Ga. capital case

AP — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:56:40 +0000

The retired judge who stepped down from the Atlanta courthouse killings case said Saturday that prosecutors share the blame for the high cost and delays in the death penalty proceeding only now going to...

Civil liberties union sues NYPD over race records

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:16:03 +0000

The New York Civil Liberties Union has sued the New York Police Department seeking records identifying the race of everyone shot by city police officers since January...

Charges dismissed against Marine in Iraq shootings

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:26:00 +0000

Charges have been dismissed against a Camp Pendleton Marine sniper accused in the shooting deaths of two Syrians in Iraq.The Marine Corps announced Thursday that the charges against Sgt. John Winnick II have been dismissed without prejudice by...

Inglewood residents demand change after shootings

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:36:28 +0000

Friends and relatives of Kevin Wicks didn’t accept the official explanation of why police fatally shot him when they were called to his apartment building.Now they question why the officer who pulled the trigger was even there in the first...

Former police officer indicted on murder charge

AP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:48:05 +0000

A former suburban Atlanta police officer was indicted Thursday on felony murder charges _ the only charges brought so far against officers linked to a spate of deadly police-involved shootings in 2006.Former DeKalb County officer Torrey Thompson...

Texas man charged with firing on random motorists

AP — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:50 +0000

A 22-year-old man has been charged with shooting at random motorists over three days in the Dallas suburbs, and prosecutors said Tuesday they would treat the charges as hate crimes.Thai-An Huu Nguyen faces three counts of aggravated assault with a...

Marine sniper says he shot Syrians to save his men

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:43:58 +0000

A Marine sniper charged in the shooting deaths of two Syrians told a military court Wednesday he believed he was protecting his troops from a roadside bomb.Sgt. John Winnick II is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter and failing to...

Police say man may be Dallas-area roadway shooter

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:36:52 +0000

Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire at a Dallas-area restaurant and are investigating whether he was the gunman in six apparently random drive-by shootings on motorists.The Dallas Morning News reports in Wednesday’s online...