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Family of gunman in Va. TV journalist shooting shocked by events — VIDEO

The suspect in the on-air shooting of two Virginia television journalists was pronounced dead at a hospital on Wednesday, the Washington Post reported, citing state police. Vicki Gardner, the WDBJ interviewee who was injured in Wednesday’s shooting in Virginia, is in stable condition.

Louisiana cop shot to death, 3 women stabbed

A police officer was shot and two people stabbed in a southwest Louisiana town on Wednesday, with a suspect barricading himself in a convenience store, police said.

 
Colorado theater gunman to be formally sentenced

The Colorado movie massacre gunman is destined for the “darkest, most painful part of hell,” a sobbing victim testified on Monday at the start of a three-day hearing after which James Holmes will be formally sentenced to life with no parole.

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Arizona man accused of beheading wife, dogs pleads not guilty

An Arizona man accused of decapitating his wife and two puppies before cutting off part of his arm and gouging out one of his eyes pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday, court officials said.

5 things you probably didn’t know about the Charles Manson murders

The case stunned the nation. The chilling details and callousness of the crime still shock and fascinate people more than four decades later. Here are five things about the cases that you might not know:

 
Cop fired after fatal shooting of Texas teenager

A white officer who fatally shot a black Texas teenager last week at a Dallas-area car dealership has been fired after making a series of troubling decisions, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said on Tuesday.

Arizona couple found dead at Lake Mead identified

Authorities have released the names of the northwest Arizona couple who apparently died of exposure after their vehicle became disabled in a remote location within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Here is every officer killed on duty in the US so far this year

Attacks thousands of miles apart, under different circumstances, have left 19 law enforcement officers dead nationwide this year. Here are officers who have died at the hands of violent suspects from January until now.