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Vegas shooter may have targeted another music festival first

by Christen Smith

The man who rained down bullets into a crowded country music festival on the Las Vegas strip Sunday may have targeted a different concert two weeks earlier.

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ATF conducting urgent traces on Las Vegas shooter’s 42 recovered guns

by Brian Seay

While the ATF traces dozens of guns linked to Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas, owners at two gun shops say the shooter bought weapons from them legally.

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Officer shoots, kills deaf man holding a pipe as neighbors yell ‘he can’t hear you’

by Brian Seay

As neighbors shouted “he’s deaf,” a police officer in Oklahoma City shot and killed a man who couldn’t hear commands to drop a metal pipe.

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Mistaken identity turned violent arrest lays ground for lawsuit against Bakersfield police

by Brian Seay

Tatyana Hargrove, 19, says she’s paranoid after a violent arrest in Bakersfield on Father’s Day, in which an officer punched her and a K-9 bit her thigh.

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Fewer shootings, but more murders in Chicago as top cop calls for more gun laws

by Brian Seay

Chicago's top cop says CPD has recovered 5,000 firearms this year, but called for more gun laws to help drive down the city’s persistent gun violence.

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Chicago gets 20 ATF agents to help new gun task force, Trump takes credit

by Brian Seay

Twenty more federal agents are now in Chicago, working as part of a new task force that will crack down on gun traffickers and repeat gun offenders.

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Grand jury charges 3 Chicago cops, alleges cover-up in Laquan McDonald killing

by Brian Seay

A grand jury indicted three Chicago officers on several charges Tuesday, alleging they lied to cover up the police killing of Laquan McDonald in 2014.

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Dramatic body camera video shows Colorado deputy shoot armed man

by Brian Seay

Authorities in Colorado released body camera footage Wednesday showing a deputy’s split second reaction to a man coming at him with a rifle.

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AR-15 among guns recovered after 2 officers shot in Chicago

by Brian Seay

Two Chicago police officers were wounded Tuesday night when gunmen in two vehicles pulled alongside their unmarked van and opened fire.

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Trump vows to act quickly on Supreme Court nomination

by Andrew Shepperson

President-elect Donald Trump says he will deliver a nominee for the Supreme Court as soon as possible once he takes office.

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After the Facebook torture video, we ask what’s a hate crime?

by Andrew Shepperson

Four people have been charged with committing a hate crime for kidnapping and broadcasting the torture of a mentally challenged teen in Chicago, but what exactly makes a crime a “hate crime”?

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Hate crime charges filed in Facebook torture video

by Jennifer Cruz

Hate crime charges came as a result of the totality of the circumstances, including the victim’s mental capacity, the fact that they tied him up, and the blatant racist remarks.

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