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An off-duty Ugandan police officer fatally shot a “very big white tortoise” after it became “aggressive’ and “violent.” Off-duty police officer Charles Onegiu was sipping a cup of tea in his Nebbi district home when an uninvited tortoise entered. Onegiu tried to scare the creature off with a stick, and then a plastic chair, before […]

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Lailani Casara was born at only 25 weeks after her mother, Eva Mae Casara, 17, was fatally shot during a botched robbery on Christmas Day last year, the Chicago Tribune reports. The baby spent months in a Chicago neonatal intensive care unit, but was recently released and went home for the first time with her aunt […]

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A Peoria, Arizona, man fatally shot his brother Saturday afternoon after discovering his ex-wife was having sex with him in exchange for drugs. Christopher Michael Wasar, 39, was infuriated when he found out his older brother, Matthew Wasar, 45, had been sleeping with his ex-wife, Jessica Wasar. So the estranged couple joined forces and sought […]

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The family of the good guy with a gun who was fatally shot trying to stop Las Vegas gunman Jerad Miller and his accomplice Amanda Miller grieved their loss Monday, but they also remembered Joseph Wilcox for the quiet, kind, and protective person he was.

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Aaron Francis Bayliss, 31, was breaking into a car in West Palm Beach when the owner confronted and fatally shot him.

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Round Rock, Texas, police officers fatally shot a 120-pound, 8-year-old Rottweiler while responding to a possible burglary Friday morning.

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Juan Manual Martinez Jr. was arrested Sunday after an AK-47 he left unattended during a family BBQ was used by his 6-year-old nephew to fatally shoot Juan Martinez Sr.

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An Inkster, Michigan, homeowner fatally shot an armed intruder during a gunfight Thursday evening.

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A man fatally shot his cousin during her wedding ceremony in India because he felt she had “cheated” on him, then turned the gun on himself Thursday. Anurag Singh entered the wedding, which took place in Bhopal, by disguising himself as a photographer. As his cousin, Dr. Jaishri Namdeo, 29, was saying her vows, Singh […]

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The Rains County Sheriff’s Department released the dashcam footage of the Texas deputy that shot a homeowner’s dog while responding to a burglary call April 18. Deputy Jarred Dooley was responding to a burglary call when Candy, a 2-year-old blue heeler, jumped out of the bed of a truck. Moments later, Dooley fired two shots […]

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Los Angeles sheriff deputies mistakenly shot and killed a “Tosh.O” production assistant during a hostage situation in West Hollywood Monday night. When John Winkler, 30, went over to his friend’s apartment to investigate screaming he was taken hostage by Alexander McDonald and held at knifepoint along with the two others that were already inside. At […]

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Video has been released of the Kansas City, Missouri, police officer that fatally shot a newlywed firefighter during a tussle that took place Dec. 1, 2013. The off-duty firefighter, Anthony Bruno, 26, had just finished celebrating at his wedding reception with his new wife, Stephanie, 29, when he found himself in trouble. Bruno hailed a […]

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