PORTLAND, Ore. — State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters that led to an argument between the president and the mayor over who was to blame for the violence. Protesters were...
Police Investigate Possible Shot Fired at LA Trump Caravan
LOS ANGELES — Police searched apartment buildings for three men following reports that someone may have fired a shot at a car caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump that rolled through Los Angeles on Sunday, authorities said. Police responded to the sprawling complex shortly before noon after receiving reports...
17-Year-Old Arrested in Killing of 2 People in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. — A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday in the killing of two people gunned down during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was taken into custody in Illinois on suspicion...
Jacob Blake’s Dad Says Son Left Paralyzed by Police Shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. — The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down. Blake's father told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was told his son was shot eight times during the Sunday evening confrontation with police,...
AP News Alert: Trump Says ‘Shooting’ Outside White House ‘Under Control’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned to a White House briefing Monday evening and says the "shooting" outside White House now "under control."
3 Shot, 1 Fatally, During Large Party at Los Angeles Mansion
LOS ANGELES — Three people were shot, one fatally, early Tuesday during a party attended by hundreds of people at a Los Angeles mansion, authorities said. Police responded to reports of gunfire around 1 a.m. at the gated hillside home in the Beverly Crest neighborhood, Los Angeles Police Officer Mike...
Police Charge Suspect in Slaying of 8-Year-Old Atlanta Girl
ATLANTA — A teen suspect has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting that killed an 8-year-old Atlanta girl near the site of an earlier police shooting, officials said Wednesday. Police issued warrants a day earlier for 19-year-old Julian Conley in the slaying of Secoriea Turner,...
Video Shows Vallejo Officer Fatally Shot Man From Back Seat
VALLEJO — Video released Wednesday shows a Vallejo police detective in a pickup truck firing a rifle through the windshield, killing a man officers thought had a gun but turned out to be carrying a hammer. The killing of 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa just after midnight on June 2 in Vallejo...
Another Shooting in Seattle's Protest Zone Leaves 1 Dead
SEATTLE — One man was killed and another wounded early Monday in Seattle's “occupied” protest zone — the second deadly shooting in the area. Police said the shooting happened before dawn in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood, near downtown. The Seattle Times reports that Harborview Medical Center said one wounded man was...
California Bill Ups Scrutiny of Hunting License in Gun Sales
SACRAMENTO — California's state Senate has approved a measure prompted by last year's fatal shooting at a San Diego-area synagogue. Investigators say the suspect, John T. Earnest, then 19, used a hunting license to buy the weapon he is accused of using in April 2019 at Chabad of Poway. Earnest...