By Liam Reilly, CNN Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland, Ohio, police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, resigned from his law enforcement position in Tioga Borough, Pennsylvania, days after he was sworn in, a borough official told CNN Thursday. Loehmann had been slated to be the only police officer for Tioga Borough,
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN After Randy Cox suffered an injury in the back of a New Haven police van that left him partially paralyzed, officials in the Connecticut city have announced a series of reforms and police training requirements that include mandating the use of seatbelts in prisoner transport. The announcement Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN An 8-year-old boy who was attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade with his parents and twin brother was shot and is now paralyzed from the waist down, family spokesperson Anthony Loizzi told CNN on Thursday. Cooper Roberts was shot in the chest and suffered several significant
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN Seattle police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four who was shot and killed in her home by police in 2017, an inquest jury concluded Wednesday. Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson responded to Lyles’ apartment on June 18, 2017,
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A mother and her three children whose bodies were found in a Minnesota lake over the weekend died in a murder-suicide, sheriff’s investigators said Thursday — and their deaths apparently followed the suicide of the children’s father. Police and fire personnel in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood were dispatched Friday
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A mysterious Georgia monument was damaged Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction, prompting authorities to then demolish it for safety reasons, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Investigators are now searching for whoever set off the explosive at the nearly 20-foot monument known
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Rebekah Riess, CNN Days after a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens more in a rampage at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, the shooter’s father told the New York Post he wants his son to serve a long prison sentence. Yellow barricade tape stretched down
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Rebekah Riess, CNN Days after a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens more in a rampage at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, the shooter’s father told the New York Post he wants his son to serve a long prison sentence. Yellow barricade tape stretched down
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Rebekah Riess, CNN Days after a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens more in a rampage at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, the shooter’s father told the New York Post he wants his son to serve a long prison sentence. Yellow barricade tape stretched down
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A mysterious Georgia monument was damaged Wednesday when an explosive device was detonated near the attraction, prompting authorities to then demolish it for safety reasons, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Investigators are now searching for whoever set off the explosive at the nearly 20-foot monument known
Continue ReadingBy Jarrod Wardwell, CNN A former Colorado funeral home operator has pleaded guilty to stealing and then selling hundreds of human bodies or body parts to people who were buying the remains for scientific, medical or educational purposes, according to prosecutors. Megan Hess, 45, admitted Tuesday to one count of mail fraud and aiding and
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One of the two police officers injured in a shooting during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia didn’t realize he had been shot until he arrived at a hospital and found a bullet lodged in his hat, he told CNN. Officer Sergio Diggs and deputy John Foster were
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Aya Elamroussi, CNN One of the two police officers injured in a shooting during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia didn’t realize he had been shot until he arrived at a hospital and found a bullet lodged in his hat, he told CNN. Officer Sergio Diggs and deputy John Foster were
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen and Steve Almasy, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will serve 245 months in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Senior US District Court Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Chauvin to 252 months but subtracted seven months for time served. US attorneys asked the court for Chauvin’s sentence to run
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Amy Simonson and Taylor Ward, CNN An unconfirmed tornado in Ohio caused significant structural damage to the Goshen Township Police and Fire Departments as well as numerous homes and schools, displacing several hundred people, county officials said Wednesday. A severe storm ripped through the downtown area of Goshen around 2:30 p.m. ET
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN As he lay in his own blood, with dead and dying students around him, Arnie Reyes knew help was just outside the classroom door. Twice he heard law enforcement officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, call out to the gunman who was in
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN As he lay in his own blood, with dead and dying students around him, Arnie Reyes knew help was just outside the classroom door. Twice he heard law enforcement officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, call out to the gunman who was in
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN One phone call saved countless lives and prevented a potential mass shooting during July 4 celebrations in Richmond, Virginia, the police chief and mayor said Wednesday. The “hero” tipster overheard a conversation that a mass shooting was being planned for the celebration at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater and
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Christina Maxouris, CNN An Uvalde police officer armed with a rifle spotted the gunman outside Robb Elementary School and was ready to fire. He asked for permission to take the shot but his supervisor either did not hear him or responded too late — and by that time, the
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