LOS ANGELES — Court transcripts unsealed Thursday show Nipsey Hussle and the man charged with killing him talked about "snitching" shortly before the rapper was shot, a conversation prosecutors said was the motive for the shooting. In the grand jury transcripts, which provide the first glimpse of prosecutors' case against...
Newtown Parents Score a Win in Fight Against Hoaxers
HARTFORD, Conn. — The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory for victims' relatives who have been taking a more aggressive stance against conspiracy theorists....
Police Look for Connections in Florida Hip-Hop Shootings
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A fatal shooting outside a crowded South Florida beachfront hotel. Another on a busy Miami Beach street. A third with no serious injuries on a major highway. All involved hip-hop performers or guests of the Rolling Loud Festival, a three-day spectacular that concluded Sunday at the...
At Least 2 Handguns Used in Charter School Shooting near Columbine
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two high school students used at least two handguns in the shooting at a charter school that killed one of their classmates and injured eight others in a Colorado community that just weeks ago marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings,...
Fresno PD: Mom Killed by Man She Got Restraining Order Against
Fresno police suspect a woman was shot and killed by the man she got a domestic-violence restraining order against a day earlier. Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the 40-year-old man killed himself while being chased by officers Saturday. Dyer says police found the 26-year-old woman shot to death inside her...
911 Calls Illustrate Chaotic Aftermath of Campus Shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students frantically call for help as a deadly shooting unfolds on a North Carolina campus in 911 recordings released Friday, with one saying the gunman was "still shooting" as she fled the classroom where he opened fire. Charlotte government officials released 48 emergency calls placed by students...
Rare Conviction of Officer in Shooting Spurs Race Concerns
MINNEAPOLIS — After three weeks of testimony, a jury needed little more than a day to convict a black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, delivering a guilty verdict that immediately sparked questions...
Dallas Officer's Frantic 911 Call After Shooting Unarmed Man Obtained
DALLAS — The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home told a 911 dispatcher "I thought it was my apartment" nearly 20 times as she waited for emergency responders to arrive, according to a recording of the call obtained by a Dallas...
Chabad Fresno Gathers to Remember Poway Shooting Victims
Rabbi Levy Zirkind took the shooting Saturday (April 27) in Poway personally. He knows Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. The two attended Yeshiva (seminary) together in Brooklyn during the 1980s. Zirkind’s son, Rabbi Mendel Zirkind, is friends with Goldstein’s son. Their wives went to school together as well. Both...
Shooting at San Diego Area Synagogue Kills 1, Wounds 3
POWAY — A 19-year-old man armed with a rifle opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of Passover, killing a woman and wounding three people Saturday, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released, fled in a car and called 911 shortly...