Law enforcement officers arrived at a home in St. Clair County, Ala. and found a man armed with a handgun. Several moments later, with police present, the man shot himself. The St. Clair County Sheriffβs Office and Riverside and Pell City police responded just before...
law
Heartbroken mother marks anniversary of sonβs murder, continues to fight for Greysonβs Law π₯π©π©π₯
PLANTATION, Fla. β Family and friends gathered on Saturday to mark one year since the tragic death of a young boy. Greyson Kessler was just four years old when his father, John Stacey, killed his son and himself in a murder-suicide. The childβs mother, Ali...
NY βred flagβ law didnβt flag Buffalo shooter. Why? (Editorial Board Opinion) π₯π©π©π₯
Why didnβt New Yorkβs βred flagβ law prevent the racist mass shootings in Buffalo? That question defies easy answers. But New York state lawmakers, law enforcement, school officials and mental health professionals should make it their mission to find out why a red flag was...
Borrello pushes mental health intervention measure π₯π©π©π₯
ALBANY β In the aftermath of the Buffalo shootings, state Sen. George Borrello called on his legislative colleagues to pass a measure he sponsors with a Staten Island Democrat that would strengthen the stateβs mental health intervention efforts. βThe warning signs that the Buffalo shooter...
Did New York red flag law failed to prevent Buffalo mass shooting? π₯π©π©π₯
A New York prosecutor asserted state police, educators and medical workers acted appropriately in determining the Buffalo shooting suspect did not pose a danger when he made a school-related threat last year. Broome County District Attorney Michael Korchak, whose district includes the shooting suspectβs small...
Buffalo shooting suspect wasn’t barred from purchasing firearms despite being reported under New York’s red-flag law π₯π©π©π₯
Police said 11 of the 13 people shot in the massacre at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, were Black.John Normile/Getty Images The Buffalo shooting suspect was investigated in June for writing in class about a murder-suicide. New York authorities didn’t impose a red-flag...
Buffalo shooting suspect wasn’t barred from purchasing firearms despite being reported under New York’s red-flag law π₯π©π©π₯
The Buffalo shooting suspect was investigated in June for writing in class about a murder-suicide. New York authorities didn’t impose a red-flag order that would have stopped him from buying guns. Online postings indicate he told authorities that he was only joking about wanting to...
Police Could Have Used New Yorkβs Red Flag Law to Stop the Buffalo Shooting Suspect π₯π©π©π₯
The Buffalo shooting suspect who reportedly threatened a murder-suicide less than a year before he shot 13 people, killing 10, at a Tops supermarket on Saturday may have been prohibited from acquiring the firearm he used in the massacre β if law enforcement had pursued...
Two found dead in New Richmond home, investigation underway π₯π©π©π₯
NEW RICHMOND (WQOW) – An investigation is underway after a man and a woman were found deceased inside of a home in a manner that police said is consistent with a murder-suicide. According to the New Richmond Police Department’s Facebook page, officials were called to the 1200...
New Mexico OMI confirms Taos County residents died in murder-suicide π₯π©π©π₯
Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said on Friday (May 13) that an investigation by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator confirmed that the deaths of Taos County employees Anthony Martinez and Laurie Weathers on May 1 were what he had suspected: a murder-suicide....