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Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old at DC Metro Station
Washington, D.C., police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the weekend shooting death of Davonte Washington, a 15-year-old who was shot in front of his mother and two younger sisters while waiting on the platform at the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast D.C., the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier…
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Everything We Know About the Alleged US Capitol Shooter
On Monday a man walked into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, pulled out a gun and was shot by a U.S. Capitol police officer. Contrary to previous reports, an officer was not wounded in the shooting, but a female bystander was injured in the incident, authorities say. Here is everything we know about the shooting…
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Chicago Teen Who Spoke Out Against Gun Violence Shot, Critically Wounded
A Chicago teen who appeared in an award-winning public service video about gun violence was shot and seriously injured over the weekend, the New York Times reports. Zarriel Trotter, 13, was struck by a stray bullet after two groups of youths got into a “heated argument” Friday night on the city’s West Side, authorities said.…
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Fla. Teen, 15, Fatally Shot After Shooting Armed Guard With BB Gun
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by a Florida security guard after the teen reportedly shot the armed guard in the face with a BB gun. According to WFTV, security guard Shawn Plain, 19, was charging his cellphone around 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the laundry room of the Willow Glen apartment complex, where he works.…
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White House, US Capitol on Lockdown After Officer Shot in Visitors Area
The Associated Press is reporting that shots have been fired inside the U.S. Capitol, leaving one officer wounded. Workers inside the Capitol have been ushered to safe places inside the Capitol. Both the Capitol and the White House, which was hosting the annual Easter Egg Roll, are on lockdown. According to AP, the officer’s injuries…
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Postal Worker Calls for Disciplinary Action After Controversial NYPD Arrest
Postal worker Glen Grays, who is accusing New York City police officers of misconduct after a controversial arrest on St. Patrick’s Day, says he does not want the officers who handled his arrest to be fired, but he does demand that they face some sort of disciplinary action for their conduct that day, CBS reports. “I…
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Tenn. Man Arrested After Bringing Assault Rifle, Handgun to Church Easter Service
A Memphis, Tenn., man was arrested Sunday morning after bringing multiple weapons into Bellevue Baptist Church during the Easter Sunday service, Fox 13 reports. The Memphis Police Department said that 31-year-old Marcus Donald brought “a loaded 40-caliber Beretta in the pocket of his pants and a 300 Blackout assault rifle in a backpack” to the…
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Hero: Ala. 10-Year-Old Grabs Wheel, Brings Truck to Stop After Driver Suffers Diabetic Seizure
Christopher Wheeler, 10, of Montgomery, Ala., was headed to an area scrapyard Thursday with an elderly neighbor, who goes by the name “Mr. Mitch,” when the 70-year-old driver began having a diabetic seizure and lost control of the wheel. “He got sick and he was swerving across the road,” Christopher told WSFA. “He started getting…
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Teen Fatally Shot at DC Metro Station
Police are searching for the person who gunned down a 15-year-old boy while he was waiting for a train at the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast Washington, D.C., on Saturday, NBC Washington reports. According to the report, authorities were called to the station around 4:15 p.m. after shots rang out. The boy, identified as Davonte…
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Pakistan Bombing: At Least 69 Dead, 341 Injured in Suicide Blast Targeting Christians on Easter Sunday
At least 69 people were killed and 341 were injured after a suicide blast tore through a Lahore, Pakistan, neighborhood amusement park where Christians and Muslims were out enjoying the weather on Easter Sunday. According to CNN, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-ul-Ahrar, has claimed responsibility for the attack and also said that it…