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Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger. That's the moment authorities say a Nassau County police ...
Ohio superintendent leaving, shooting delayed plan
A northeast Ohio superintendent who guided the district after a school shooting that killed three students is stepping down, one year later than originally planned. Chardon Schools Superintendent Joseph Bergant will resign effective June 7. A public reception honoring Bergant was held before last week's monthly board meeting. Bergant originally ...
Authorities: US student was killed by police
A New York college student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to a report of the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday ...
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head early ...
Child accused of firing BB gun at school bus
A Fairburn child has been accused of shooting a BB gun at a school bus south of Atlanta. CBS Atlanta reported (http://bit.ly/11IlK7K ) that the shooting happened May 10, as the bus was headed North on Highway 29. Police say a silver-colored Kia Sorento pulled up alongside the bus and ...
Mass. US Senate hopefuls spar over gun control ad
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez defended his stance on gun control Friday and lashed out at Democratic nominee and veteran Congressman Edward Markey for alluding to the Connecticut school massacre in a TV campaign ad that criticized Gomez on the gun issue. The Markey ad uses excerpts of Gomez ...
OR attorney general opposes Kinkel appeal
Oregon's attorney general's office is opposing an appeal from Kip Kinkel who killed his parents and two high school students in 1998 in Springfield. A response filed in Marion County Circuit Court says Kinkel has exhausted his appeals and it's too late to overturn his 112-year sentence. The Oregonian reports ...
Officer kills Ohio motorist during traffic stop
The University of Akron says an officer fatally shot a 64-year-old man during a traffic stop after he produced what later was determined to be a BB pistol. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man shot at about 11 a.m. Thursday as James Genda of Akron. University spokeswoman ...
Advocacy group, Newtown families criticize Ayotte
Two men who lost relatives in last year's shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school urged New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Thursday to change her position on a gun control measure that would expand background checks. Neil Heslin and Gilles Rousseau spoke at a news conference held by advocacy ...
Newtown parents seek more focus on school security
The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have ...
Conn. lawmakers seek federal funds for Newtown
Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation announced plans Thursday to try to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a new elementary school after last year's massacre — and they say senators owe the residents after failing to support legislation that would have expanded background checks for certain gun purchases. U.S. ...
Man shoots himself in head at Paris school
A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." ...
Ohio student's condition upgraded after shooting
The condition of a 17-year-old high school student has improved, more than two weeks after he was hospitalized with a gunshot wound self-inflicted in a Cincinnati area classroom. A University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokeswoman says his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. She said Thursday that medical ...
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