New Jersey police have looked into a Newark church as part of their investigation into the unsolved shooting death of a GOP lawmaker attacked outside her home last week, according to a new report. Eunice Dwumfour, a 30-year-old Republican borough …

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Chicago’s police oversight agency cast uncertainty Thursday on whether a man fatally shot by officers fired his weapon in what Supt. David Brown has termed an “apparent exchange of gunfire.” The Civilian Office of Police Accountability “can confirm a weapon …

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Philadelphia police arrested and charged a Darby, Pennsylvania, man with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a police officer on Wednesday. Fox station WTXF in Philadelphia reported that five-year Philadelphia Police Department veteran officer Giovanni Maysonet, 32, and his partner conducted …

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Authorities in Washington, D.C., are slated to increase police presence during rush hour at some of the city’s Metro transit stations following the fatal shooting of a Metro mechanic. D.C. police Chief Robert Contee and Metro Transit Police Chief Michael …

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A Tucson man has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation for lying to federal authorities about his role in a shooting that left four people dead including a Pima County constable. Prosecutors said 35-year-old Josue Lopez Quintana received …

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A teenage boy in Phoenix was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting that left another teen dead and a child injured last week, authorities said Wednesday. Phoenix police said a teen boy was arrested Wednesday and referred to the …

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A Minnesota woman who asked a store clerk for ammunition that would “blow the biggest hole” was found guilty Wednesday of fatally shooting her 6-year-old son just 10 days after regaining full custody of him, in a case that raised …

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