Criminal
Cops: Wife got in parting shot before killing
With her final words before she was fatally shot, Elaine McCall needled her husband for missing with his first shot yesterday morning inside their Wakefield home, police said. “ ‘You can’t even shoot,’ †she said, according to her husband David McCall’s reported statements to police. The 72-year-old husband was charged with murder after hitting…
Read MoreATF, DOJ Launch Damage Control Effort Over Growing Project Gunrunner Scandal
A major scandal is developing around a signature U.S. effort to track and stop the flow of illicit weapons to Mexico, as officials at the Department of Justice close ranks, hoping to cover up an investigation critics say is responsible for an untold number of dead. The investigation was known as Project Gunrunner — a…
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Officer Shoots Defendant In Rural Alabama Courtroom
A police officer shot and wounded a man who was in court on a harassment charge Thursday after he attacked a judge and tried to grab a gun from a spectator, police said. Some people who were in the courtroom disputed that account, saying they did not see the man hit or threaten the judge…
Read MoreSuspect Shot During Attempted Robbery
A man was shot Thursday around 6 a.m. after attempting to rob a bar in the southwest valley. Las Vegas police Lt. Andy Walsh said the man entered The Lodge at 5790 S. Fort Apache Road, near Russell Road, with intent to rob the establishment. Before he could get any money, the man was shot…
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