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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Escaped Texas Inmate Dies in Shootout After Killing Five
A Texas inmate who escaped from a prison bus last month died in a shootout with law enforcement officers Thursday night after he is...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20222 min read
NYC Mayor To Name Gun Violence Czar Amid Shooting Surge
With the number of shootings in New York City still at high levels, Mayor Eric Adams is expected to appoint a "gun violence czar" just as...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20222 min read
School Shootings Showcase Role of Doors in Casualties
Doors – both the one the Uvalde gunman entered and the one police did not open for over an hour – have been at the center of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Why Do Young Assailants Dominate Mass Shootings?
The two young men accused of carrying out massacres in Buffalo and Ulvade followed a familiar path: They legally bought semiautomatic...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Buffalo Grocery Shooter Indicted on Domestic Terrorism Charge
A grand jury charged the 18-year-old accused of killing 10 people in a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31, 20222 min read
At Least A Dozen Mass Shootings Reported Over Holiday Weekend
Mass shootings have already happened again and again after the Uvalde, Tx., massacre. At least 15 mass shootings have taken place across...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31, 20222 min read
Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories On Shootings Circulating Fast
Right-wing conspiracy theories move faster than ever from fringe to the mainstream, thanks to a misinformation infrastructure that's...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20221 min read
Justice Department Doing 'Critical Incident Review' of Uvalde Shooting
The Justice Department will investigate the much criticized response by law enforcement to last week’s mass shooting at the Robb...
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Crime and Justice News
May 27, 20222 min read
Shooters' Use Of Private Social Media Could Thwart Prevention
Before two 18-year-old men killed 31 people in separate shootings in two weeks, they turned to several social media apps to share...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20222 min read
News Coverage of Mass Shootings Has Become 'Ritualized'
CNN anchor Victor Blackwell stood outside a Buffalo supermarket in Buffalo on May 16 and choked back tears as he reported the details of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20222 min read
Texas Gunman Showed Odd Social Media Behavior Before Shooting
Salvador Ramos, the gunman in the Uvalde, Tx., mass shooting, came from a broken family and unsettled classmates and co-workers with...
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Crime and Justice News
May 25, 20221 min read
Suspect in NYC Subway Killing in Police Custody
A 25-year-old man sought by New York City police in the shooting death of a subway rider over the weekend was taken into custody at a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20221 min read
FBI Reports Active Shooter Incidents Increased 50 Percent In 2021
The FBI said active shooter incidents increased by more than fifty percent in 2021, while resulting deaths also surged to 103, nearly...
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Crime and Justice News
May 20, 20221 min read
Two Dead, Eight Wounded In Shooting Near Chicago McDonald's
Two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting near a fast food restaurant in Chicago that sent bystanders...
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Crime and Justice News
May 20, 20221 min read
Buffalo Shooter Invited 15 to See Event Online As It Happened
An online chatroom invitation sent before the Buffalo supermarket shooting by gunman Payton Gendron was accepted by 15 users, says a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 17, 20222 min read
Experts Suggest More Livestream Restrictions After Buffalo Massacre
Mass shooters like the teen charged in the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also...
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Crime and Justice News
May 17, 20221 min read
CA Taiwanese Church Gunman Was Upset Over China-Taiwan Relations
The gunman accused of killing one person and wounding five others inside a Southern California church over the weekend was upset about...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20222 min read
Mayor Sets Curfew in Chicago Park Where Teen Was Killed
After another night of springtime chaos in downtown Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she’s banning minors from Millennium Park on...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20223 min read
'Grievances and Guns' Behind Rise In Shootings Around The Nation
The stream of mass shootings around the U.S. comes amid a grim backdrop of increased gun violence nationwide, at a time when mayors,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Philadelphia Reports 24 People Shot in 24 Hours, Little Media Coverage
A surge in gun violence late last week in Philadelphia saw 24 people shot within 24 hours. From Thursday to early Friday, five people...
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