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CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME TO COBB NOT COB Nyra Fields-Miller, the mother of Ricky Cobb II, a Black man who was killed by a Minnesota state trooper in July, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Fields-Miller and other family members criticized local prosecutors for dropping a murder charge against the trooper this week. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Family of Minnesota man killed by police criticize local officials and seek federal intervention

The family of Rick Cobb II say they were mistreated by government officials and failed by a system that rarely holds law enforcement accountable.
 
FILE - Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, May 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Thursday, May 16, 2024, recommended a full pardon for Perry, a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool, File)

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

 
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan poses with his installation, "Sunday," at Gagosian gallery on May 1, 2024, in New York. The installation consists of 64 panels plated with 24-karat gold and pockmarked by gunfire. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Noveck)

Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan’s latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

 
This photo provided by the Gila River Police Department shows officer Joshua Briese. The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after Briese, a tribal police officer, was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home, tribal officials said Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Gila River Police Department via AP)

Rookie police officer who was fatally shot in Arizona died on duty like his dad did 18 years earlier

 
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of slain Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, speaks during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump, left, on Monday, June 3, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Mother of airman killed by Florida deputy says his firing, alone, won’t cut it

 

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

A prosecutor is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.
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Art exhibit tackles gun violence

Prosecutor who reluctantly dismissed murder charges against Minnesota trooper defends initial decision

2 NYC officers and a gunman are shot and wounded during a pursuit, officials say

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Anchorage police involved in 2 shootings that leave one dead and another injured

Anchorage police are investigating two separate shootings that left one man dead and another wounded and facing murder charges.
 

Brothers charged in Georgia strip club shooting that left multiple injured

Two men are facing charges in a weekend shooting that left multiple people injured at a strip club in Georgia’s DeKalb County.
 
A small tribute marked the scene of a shooting the day prior where at least three people were killed, including a police officer, Friday, May 31, 2024 in Minneapolis. Officer Jamal Mitchell responding to a shooting call was ambushed and killed Thursday when he stopped to provide aid to a man who appeared to be a victim. That man instead wound up shooting the officer, authorities said.(AP Photo/ Mark Vancleave)

Things to know about the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis officer

Minnesota authorities have released the names the two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a man in response to the shooting death of their colleague.
 
FILE - Rapper Young Dolph performs at The Parking Lot Concert, Aug. 23, 2020, in Atlanta. On Monday, June 3, 2024, a judge reset the trial date for Justin Johnson, who is charged with killing the rapper in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP, File)

Trial in the fatal daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph reset to September

A judge has reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
 
RETRANSMITTING FOR ADDED INSTRUCTIONS This image, courtesy of News 5 Cleveland, shows an officer of the Akron Police Department investigating a shooting that happened overnight in Akron, Ohio, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Mike Vielhaber/News 5 Cleveland via AP)

Police probing deadly street party in Ohio believe drive-by shooter opened fire

Police investigating a deadly shooting at a street party in Akron over the weekend think at least one person opened fire on the crowd from a vehicle, killing one person and wounding 24 others.
 

Police kill man with gun outside New Hampshire home improvement store

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says a man with a gun was fatally shot by police outside a home improvement store.
 
FILE - Trooper Ryan Londregan walks hand-in-hand with his wife to his first court appearance to answer to murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop last summer, Jan. 29, 2024, at the Hennepin Public Safety Facility in Minneapolis. Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against Londregan, who fatally shot Cobb as he tried to pull away from a traffic stop, saying the unexpected decision comes in response to recent statements from the trooper's attorney and new analysis of video from the scene. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Prosecutors to dismiss charges against Minnesota trooper who shot motorist Ricky Cobb

Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a motorist as he tried to pull away from a traffic stop.
 
This photo provided by the Gila River Police Department shows officer Joshua Briese. The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after Briese, a tribal police officer, was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home, tribal officials said Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Gila River Police Department via AP)

Arizona tribe temporarily bans dances after police officer is fatally shot responding to disturbance

The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home.
 

Shooting at South Carolina block party leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded, police say

Police in Rock Hill, South Carolina, say a shooting at a block party has left two people dead and two others wounded. Police say no arrests were made.
 
A shooting killed two people and wounded several others at Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills, Pa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Jacob Geanous/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

2 dead, 7 injured after shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh

Police say an exchange of gunfire in a suburban Pittsburgh bar has left two people dead and seven others injured.
 
This image, courtesy of News 5 Cleveland, shows officers of the Akron Police Department working on the scene of a shooting that happened overnight in Akron, Ohio, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Mike Vielhaber/News 5 Cleveland via AP)

Ohio officials ask for public’s help in finding shooter who killed 1 and wounded 24 at party

The mayor and police chief of Akron have called on witnesses to come forward with information about a mass shooting in the Ohio city that killed one person and wounded 24 others, some critically.
 
A small tribute marked the scene of a shooting the day prior where at least three people were killed, including a police officer, Friday, May 31, 2024 in Minneapolis. Officer Jamal Mitchell responding to a shooting call was ambushed and killed Thursday when he stopped to provide aid to a man who appeared to be a victim. That man instead wound up shooting the officer, authorities said.(AP Photo/ Mark Vancleave)

Things to know about the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis officer that police describe as an ‘ambush’

Minnesota law enforcement have identified the man who they believe fatally shot a Minneapolis officer in what police are calling an ambush.
 

Tribal police officer among 2 killed, 4 wounded by gunfire at Phoenix-area home

Authorities in Arizona say a tribal police officer and another person were killed and a police officer and at least three other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a home in the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix.
 

Three Maryland family members fatally shot, another wounded, suspect takes own life, police say

Police in Maryland say a man killed three family members and critically wounded his son before taking his own life. A 3-month-old girl was found unharmed.
 
FILE - Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. A Florida sheriff fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman who was standing in his doorway while holding a handgun pointed to the ground. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot airman at home

A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot an airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.
 
Relatives and friends carry the coffin that contain the remains of man slain in a mass shooting, during a funeral procession in Huitzilac, Mexico, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The shooting in the mountain township beset by crime just south of Mexico City resulted in several deaths, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts.
 
FILE - Multiple law enforcement vehicles respond in the neighborhood where several officers on a task force trying to serve a warrant were shot in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in North Carolina's largest city planned to update the public on the investigation into the fatal shootings of four law enforcement officers a month ago that occurred during an attempt to serve a warrant on a suspect in a residential neighborhood, Friday, May 31, 2024. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP, File)

Charlotte police investigation of deaths of 4 officers finds suspect acted alone; no friendly fire

An investigation in North Carolina has determined that a man who fatally shot four law enforcement officers and wounded four others with an assault rifle a month ago acted alone and there was no friendly fire.
 

3 new arrests in shootings that injured 11 in downtown Savannah

Police say they have made new arrests in connection with a shootout that injured 11 people in a downtown square in Savannah, Georgia.
 
FILE - This combo of undated image provided by University of Virginia Athletics shows NCAA college football players, from left, Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D'Sean Perry. The three Virginia football players were killed in a shooting, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Charlottesville, Va., while returning from a class trip to see a play. (University of Virginia Athletics via AP, File)

UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students.
 
Law enforcement officers salute the flag-draped remains of fallen Minneapolis police Officer Jamal Mitchell as he is escorted to a waiting medical examiner's vehicle outside Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Mitchell was killed earlier in the day while responding to a shooting call. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis police officer dies in ambush shooting that killed 2 others, including suspected gunman

A Minneapolis police officer was killed when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him in what authorities are calling an ambush.
 
FILE - A visitor leaves the Mall of America, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Bloomington, Minn. A Minneapolis teenager was sentenced Thursday, May 30, 2024, to more than 30 years for a fatal shooting that shut down the Mall of America during the holiday shopping rush in 2022. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Minneapolis teen sentenced to more than 30 years in fatal shooting at Mall of America

A Minneapolis teenager has been sentenced to more than 30 years for a fatal shooting that shut down the Mall of America during the holiday shopping rush in 2022.
 
FILE - Investigators examine a car with a broken door window at the scene where a St. Paul police officer was wounded in the leg in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect at the intersection of Cretin and Marshall Ave. in St. Paul, Minn. on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. A St. Paul police officer was justified when he fatally shot a man who shot him first, prosecutors announced Thursday, May 30, 2024. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, File)

Minnesota police officer cleared in fatal shooting of man who shot him first

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A St. Paul police officer was justified when he fatally shot a man who shot him first, Minnesota prosecutors announced Thursday.
 

Police say suspect, bystander hurt in grocery store shootout with officers

Police near Cincinnati say a suspect with a gun and a bystander inside a grocery store were shot and injured during a shootout with officers.
 
FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The French prosecutor for New Caledonia says there's been another shooting death in the riot-hit French Pacific territory, with a police officer taken into custody after using their firearm Friday May 24, 2024 when they were set upon by a group of about 15 people. It comes a day after French President Emmanuel Macron made an emergency round-trip from Paris to de-escalate the violence in New Caledonia where Indigenous Kanak people have long sought independence from France. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)

French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities are investigating suspects behind deadly unrest

The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into deadly unrest that has left seven people dead and significant destruction in the Pacific archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France.
 
FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

What to know about airman Roger Fortson’s fatal shooting by a Florida sheriff’s deputy

The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman opened his door armed with a handgun pointed down happened almost a month ago.
 

A driver with an Oregon-based medical care nonprofit is fatally shot in Ethiopia while in a convoy

Officials say a staff member with an Oregon medical care nonprofit was killed when the team he was traveling with was fired upon in Ethiopia.
 
A funeral procession for mission director Judes Montis, killed by gangs alongside two of his U.S. missionary members, makes its way to the cemetery after his funeral ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The service also honored the lives of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, a married couple in their early 20s who was with Montis when gunmen ambushed them on Thursday night, May 23, as they left a youth group activity held at a local church. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

Hundreds of people in Haiti are mourning the death of Judes Montis. The mission director was killed by gang members who also fatally shot a U.S. couple that worked with him.
 
This photo provided by Brad Searcy Photography shows Davy and Natalie Lloyd. The bodies of the U.S. missionary couple who were killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital have been returned to their family in Missouri. Natalie Lloyd's parents posted on Facebook announcing that the remains of their daughter and son-in-law arrived Friday, May 31, 2024 in Kansas City.(Brad Searcy Photography via AP)

What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

A spokesperson for the families of a young missionary couple from the U.S. says their bodies are going to be transported to Missouri this week.
 
A bus passes by a police officer on patrol near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

A family member of a U.S. missionary couple says the couple and a Haitian man who led a religious organization have been fatally shot by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital.
 

Manatee County sheriff’s deputy injured in shooting

Authorities say a Florida sheriff’s deputy has been shot and is in stable condition. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says the deputy was shot in the arm during an encounter with a suspect.
 
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