Mass Killings

Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty to killing 14 students and three staff members at a high school in Parkland, Florida. More

October 15, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. More

October 13, 2021

All of the judges from the 4th Circuit, which covers South Carolina, have recused themselves from hearing Dylann Roof’s case. More

October 13, 2021

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two U.S. Postal Service workers were fatally shot Tuesday at a postal facility in Memphis and a third employee identified as the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said. It was the third high-profile shooting in or near that west Tennessee city in weeks. U.S. […] More

October 12, 2021

Pittsburgh police tactical officer among first law enforcement inside synagogue during shooting that killed 11 people told judge defendant Robert Bowers made references to killing Jews. More

October 12, 2021

Robert Bowers, accused of murdering 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, is scheduled to appear at a hearing in federal court. More

October 12, 2021

The doctors "concluded that their 'provisional' mental health diagnosis of Defendant 'limits his ability to meaningfully converse with others.'" More

October 12, 2021

Jury selection in the Parkland shooting suspect’s jail brawl trial takes an unexpected turn. More

October 8, 2021

Timothy George Simpkins -- an 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at a Texas high school -- was released from jail Thursday after posting bond. More

October 7, 2021

Khalil Wheeler-Weaver -- the New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women -- has been sentenced to 160 years in prison. More

October 7, 2021

A prosecutor accused Cruz’s attorneys of giving him the colored pencils to make the suspected Parkland school shooter appear sympathetic before the prospective jurors. More

October 7, 2021

A slow slog of jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the suspect in 2018's Florida high school massacre on charges that he attacked a jail guard nine months after the shooting. More

October 5, 2021

Dylann Roof wants appellate court to reconsider decision to recuse itself from hearing his case as appeal of death sentence winds its way through the judicial system. More

October 4, 2021

Jury selection begins Monday on charges Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward County jail guard nine months after the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings. More

October 4, 2021

Jury recommends Stanley Ford be sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty. More

October 1, 2021

Doctors determining whether Ahmad Alissa -- man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket -- is mentally competent to stand trial getting more time to finish their evaluation. More

September 28, 2021

Federal court turns down Dylan Roof request for new hearing to challenge his death sentence and conviction in 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. More

September 28, 2021

A man already sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting four people at a massage business outside Atlanta is set to enter a plea to shooting four others on the same day at two spas inside the city. More

September 28, 2021

Attorneys federal government oppose Dylann Roof's request for new appellate hearing arguing he was properly convicted + sentenced for 2015 racist slayings of 9 Black congregation members. More

September 24, 2021

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — National Public Radio can air audio recordings from the trial of the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette newspaper employees in 2018, a federal judge has ruled in a case challenging Maryland's ban on broadcasting court proceedings. More

September 22, 2021

A Broward County Florida judge has ruled that the jury in the case against Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will tour the crime scene at the gunman's upcoming trial. More

September 16, 2021

Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to helping plan the murders of eight members of the Rhoden family as part of a custody dispute. More

September 10, 2021

“This is the most extensive single crime scene that we have worked that I can remember,” said Florida's Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. More

September 10, 2021

Dylann Roof filed next step in his federal appeal challenging court's confirmation of conviction and death sentence for 2015 racist slayings of nine members Black South Carolina congregation. More

September 8, 2021

Hearing determine Ahmad Alissa man charged killing 10 people Colorado supermarket stand trial delayed lawyers believe "mental disability" prevents understand proceedings help defend him. More

September 3, 2021

Lawyer for a 22-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa accused of fatally shooting 10 people at Colorado supermarket raising questions whether mentally competent to proceed with the case. More

September 1, 2021

Robert Aaron Long killed 8 people Atlanta massage will spend life in prison pleading guilty in four of the killings. But he faces more charges + possible death sentence. More

August 30, 2021

Robert Aaron Long is accused of shooting four people to death at a massage business and shooting and wounding a fifth person in Cherokee County on March 16 and then killing four more people at two massage businesses in Atlanta. Six of the eight slain victims were women of Asian descent. More

August 30, 2021

Federal appeals court upheld Dylann Roof conviction for 2015 racist slayings of nine members of Black South Carolina congregation Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. More

August 25, 2021

ATLANTA (AP) — Police found three people fatally shot early Sunday outside a nightclub in Atlanta, which over the weekend surpassed 100 killings this year. The three men, ranging in age from 35 to 45, were slain at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday in a parking lot used by several businesses, including a nightclub that was […] More

August 23, 2021