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You&#39;re Wrong to Listen to Newtown Tapes

 You're Wrong to Listen 
 to Newtown Tapes 
OPINION
Dec 5, 2013 12:00 PM CST

You're Wrong to Listen to Newtown Tapes

Jeffrey Kluger thinks we're all rubbernecking a tragedy

(Newser) - "If you're careful, you'll get through today without doing something morally monstrous." That's how Jeffrey Kluger begins his meditation on the morality of listening to the Newtown 911 tapes in Time . Yes, he allows, there are "moral lifelines" you can use to justify this...

'Honky-Tonk Hero' Dead in Bar Shooting

Wayne Mills killed after argument about smoking

(Newser) - Wayne Mills called himself an "outlaw," a country singer who loved performing in honky-tonks. But he was shot in the head and killed in a Nashville honky-tonk around 5am Saturday, WZTV reports. Mills, who had been playing in country bars for decades with his Wayne Mills Band, was...

Man on Run After Shooting Up Paris Bank, Newspaper

He's suspected of a Friday news channel shooting as well

(Newser) - A manhunt is under way in Paris for a man believed to have opened fire at a newspaper office and a bank branch before hijacking a car. A man with a shaved head burst into the offices of left-wing newspaper Liberation this morning and opened fire, hitting a photographer's...

Man Charged With Killing of Teen Seeking Help

Theodore Wafer accused of 2nd-degree murder in death of Renisha McBride

(Newser) - The man who shot a 19-year-old in the face after she knocked on his door seeking help after a car accident will be charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced today. Officials are asking Theodore Wafer, 54, to turn himself in, and they expect to...

Detroit Teen Seeking Help Was Shot in Face: Autopsy

Lawyer says McBride confused, bleeding after crash

(Newser) - The Detroit teenager killed by a homeowner after a late-night car accident was shot in the face, not the back, an autopsy has confirmed. The family of Renisha McBride, 19, says she was seeking help after the crash when she was killed by a man in the suburb of Dearborn...

2 Dead, 22 Hurt in Shooting at Texas Party

Police in Houston suburb are seeking 2 shooters

(Newser) - Two people have been killed and at least 22 others injured when gunfire rang out at a large house party in suburban Houston, sending partygoers fleeing in panic, authorities said. The shots erupted late last night at the party where more than 100 mostly young adults had gathered at a...

Homeowner: I Shot Teen Seeking Help Accidentally

He tells cops gun discharged by accident, killing Renisha McBride

(Newser) - The homeowner who allegedly shot and killed a Detroit teen after her car crashed and she sought help at his house told police it was an accident, the Detroit Free Press reports. Renisha McBride's family has said the 19-year-old was shot in the back of the head as she...

9 Shot, 3 Killed at Detroit Barber Shop

Police seeking 2 suspects, 2 cars

(Newser) - Nine men were shot, at least three of them fatally, in the latest multiple shooting in violence-plagued Detroit, the AP reports. Witnesses said they heard 30 to 40 shots fired as a barbershop on the city's east side was sprayed with bullets, the Detroit Free Press reports. Al's...

Shots Fired in NJ Mall
 NJ Mall Gunman Found Dead 
UPDATED
Nov 5, 2013 5:03 AM CST

NJ Mall Gunman Found Dead

Richard Shoop died of self-inflicted wounds, officials say

(Newser) - A suspect believed to have fired several shots in a northern New Jersey mall last night has been found dead inside the mall after a huge manhunt, and officials are telling the AP that he died of self-inflicted bullet wounds. Nobody else was injured in the incident at Westfield Garden...

Teen Shot by Neighbor While TPing Principal&#39;s Yard
Teen Shot by Neighbor While TPing Principal's Yard
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Nov 3, 2013 7:43 AM CST

Teen Shot by Neighbor While TPing Principal's Yard

Dale Bryant Farris now facing charges

(Newser) - A bunch of Tennessee teenagers were busily TPing their principal's house when a 15-year-old boy among them got shot—and it wasn't even the principal who pulled the trigger. Police say a neighbor, 65-year-old Dale Bryant Farris, fired at least two shots from his 20-gauge shotgun during the...

Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Dad Gets at Least 7 Years

Now 13-year-old sent to juvenile facility

(Newser) - A 13-year-old California boy who was 10 when he killed his neo-Nazi father will spend at least the next seven years in a state juvenile facility. Judge Jean R. Leonard said the maximum the boy can serve would be until he is 23, but he will be eligible for parole...

6 Found Dead in South Carolina Home

4 adults, 2 kids killed in suspected murder-suicide

(Newser) - Four adults and two children were found shot dead in a South Carolina home in an apparent murder-suicide that police believe was a "domestic-related incident," the State reports. Officers were dispatched to the home in Greenwood County after a man called the sheriff's department and said he...

Cop Who Shot Kid With Toy Gun Was Firearms Expert

Erick Gelhaus identified as sheriff's deputy that fired

(Newser) - Another detail in the case of the 13-year-old boy who was shot when police officers spotted him holding a plastic BB gun : The sheriff's deputy who shot Andy Lopez Cruz is a gun expert and firearms instructor, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Erick Gelhaus hunts; he's been to...

Man May Have Killed 4 People, 2 Dogs Over Barking

Cops say loud barking may have sparked shooting spree

(Newser) - Authorities released details today from a weekend shooting attack that left four family members and two dogs dead at a central Phoenix townhouse before the gunman turned the weapon on himself. Michael Guzzo, 56, killed his next door neighbors in a deadly confrontation yesterday that may have been touched off...

Cruz on Cheney Shooting Accident: 'It Happens'

While out hunting with Steve King

(Newser) - Ted Cruz has defended Dick Cheney's infamous 2006 hunting accident, saying, "Look, it happens." The GOP senator made the remark while out hunting himself today, alongside fellow Republican congressman Steve King. King said the incident, in which Cheney accidentally shot a friend while out quail hunting, "...

Suspect Surrenders After 4 Officers Shot

Samuel Duran gives up after 9-hour standoff in California

(Newser) - A suspect accused of shooting four officers as he tried to avoid arrest finally surrendered this morning after a nine-hour standoff with police in Roseville, Calif., reports NBC News . A police robot sent into the house urging him to give up may have helped seal the deal. All of the...

Fired Recruiter in Custody After 2 Shot at Navy Base

Victims, expected to survive, are members of National Guard

(Newser) - Two members of the National Guard were shot today at a Navy base in Millington, Tennessee, but both are expected to survive, reports WMC-TV in Memphis. A suspect is in custody, and the AP says he worked as a recruiter for the National Guard but had just been fired. Police...

Guy Kills Self, Accidentally Shoots Neighbor

Cops believe bullet passed through man's head

(Newser) - A Florida man who killed himself during an argument with his girlfriend almost took an unsuspecting neighbor with him, police say. The woman stepped outside her cousin's house to take a phone call and was shot through the leg by what investigators believe was the same bullet that had...

Guy Asks for Directions, Is Shot Dead

Suspect enters car, robs passenger and then shoots him: cops

(Newser) - An Arkansas man who police say got lost driving around Chicago was shot and killed today, apparently by a man he had just asked for directions. According to police, a man identified by the Cook County Coroner's office as 55-year-old Robert Franklin, of Blytheville, Ark., was with a friend...

Ex-Cop Opens Fire on Federal Building

West Virginia police gun down shooter in parking lot

(Newser) - A former police officer opened fire on a US federal building in West Virginia today and got off more than 20 rounds before being killed, the Wheeling News-Register reports. Witnesses in small-town Wheeling said the shooter, identified as Thomas Piccard, took aim from a parking lot across the street and...

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