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• Second Man Arrested in MO Officer's Death, Accused of Tampering with Evidence

  11-08-2017 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man who is charged with supplying the weapon used to kill a western Missouri police officer admitted that he bought the rifle for the suspect and threw it in a creek after the shooting, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case, reports the Associated Press.William Noble, 35, was charged Thursday with felony tampering with evidence. He is accused of buying the rifle that investigators believe Ian McCarthy, 39, used in the killing of Clinton, MO, police Officer Gary Michael on S
  
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• Hobos Gang Leader Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

  11-08-2017 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gregory "Bowlegs" Chester "embraced the murder and mayhem" wreaked over a decade by the Hobos street gang; he "contributed to the carnage," U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp said. And he cannot wash his hands of the blood spilled amid the gang's reign of terror in Chicago, reports the Chicago Sun Times.Still, the judge stopped short Thursday of branding Chester the undisputed leader of a so-called "super gang" the feds have made him out to be. And while a jury tied him to two murders, Tharp said
  
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• Motorist Found Not Guilty in Vehicular Death of Ohio Trooper

  11-08-2017 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A jury found Joshua Gaspar not guilty on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of an Ohio state trooper Thursday afternoon.Gaspar, 37, was behind the wheel on Interstate 90 last September when Trooper Kenneth Velez was struck and killed.Gaspar faced 10 charges and was found not guilty of both the homicide charges relating to Velez's death as well as driving under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. A doctor who examined him the following day testified that Gaspar tes
  
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• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Public Has No Right to Record Officers on Duty

  11-08-2017 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a free speech ruling that contradicts six other federal circuit courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that says Americans do not have a First Amendment right to videotape the police, or any public official, in public.The court of appeals filed the opinion July 25. The ruling is only applicable in the Eighth Circuit, which encompasses: the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Western District of Arkansas, the Northern District of Iowa, the Southern Distric
  
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• Video: IN Cop Killer Suspect Could Face Death Penalty

  11-08-2017 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: IN Cop Killer Suspect Could Face Death PenaltyThe man accused of killing a Southport (IN) Police Department lieutenant who was trying to help him after a car crash could face the death penalty, reports the Indy Channel.Jason Brown is accused of shooting Lt. Aaron Allan multiple times after flipping his car near the intersection of Madison Avenue and Maynard Drive.Lt. Allan was rushed to the hospital where he later died.Brown is charged with murder in Lt. Allan's death. He made his first c
  
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• Video: Gunman Shoots SC Officer 4 Times, Gets 35 Years

  11-08-2017 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Gunman Shoots SC Officer 4 Times, Gets 35 YearsVideo of the 2016 shooting of an Estill, SC, police officer was captured on a body-worn camera and released Thursday, a day after the conviction and sentencing of the shooter, who faces 35 years in prison for attempted murder and gun-related charges.Officer Quincy Smith was called to investigate a suspicious man trying to snatch groceries from a convenience store in the small town of about 2,000 people.Smith, wearing glasses outfitted with a
  
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• Officer Well-Being Should Come First After an OIS

  11-08-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  U.S. law enforcement agencies and officers today face more challenges than ever before. In some circles the word “Police” has become a symbol of racism, hatred, deception, and many other unfair categorizations. Most recently police have come under deadly attacks and have become the whipping boys for politicians and other self-serving groups to constantly attack, while failing to look at both sides of the issue.Unfortunately, the vast majority of the dedicated and decent men and women
  
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• Police: Gun, drugs found in car following overnight police chase, crash - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

  11-08-2017 18:07 via wpri.com
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  Police: Gun, drugs found in car following overnight police chase, crash
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  CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) – A dramatic chase that started in Providence ended with a crash early Friday morning. According to a police report, officers were patrolling the Broad Street area due to an ongoing feud between two rival gangs when, at about 12 ...and more »
  
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• Glens Falls Police seek suspect in double homicide - Glens Falls Post-Star

  11-08-2017 17:34 via poststar.com
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  Glens Falls Police seek suspect in double homicide
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  Police officers are seen Friday morning at 148 South St. in Glens Falls as they investigate a double homicide. Police are seeking a suspect who may be driving a gold Toyota Highlander. Don Lehman, [email protected]. Double homicide. Buy Now.and more »
  
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• Police camera glasses capture the near-death shooting of an officer - Washington Post

  11-08-2017 16:35 via washingtonpost.com
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  Police camera glasses capture the near-death shooting of an officer
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  It was New Year's morning in 2016, and the cop with the call-sign Echo 7 was on the trail of a belligerent man in Estill, S.C.. Officer Quincy Smith was called to investigate a suspicious man trying to snatch groceries from a convenience store in the ...
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• Police: Hair Stylist Slain in Chicago Stabbed Over 40 Times - U.S. News & World Report

  11-08-2017 16:31 via usnews.com
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  Police: Hair Stylist Slain in Chicago Stabbed Over 40 Times
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  Chicago police say a hair stylist slain last month was stabbed more than 40 times with "lacerations and mutilations" to his upper body. Aug. 11, 2017, at 10:31 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Police: Hair Stylist Slain in Chicago ...and more »
  
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• Salt Lake County sheriff candidate booted from contest over police credentials - Salt Lake Tribune

  11-08-2017 15:14 via sltrib.com
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  Salt Lake County sheriff candidate booted from contest over police credentials
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  (Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Matani Umu Manatu at the Salt Lake County Sheriff Candidates Forum in Sandy, Thursday August 3, 2017. Six candidates are seeking the nomination for sheriff, a job vacated by Jim Winder, who is now the police chief in ...and more »
  
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• Kenyan police prepare for protests as election announcement looms - Reuters

  11-08-2017 15:05 via reuters.com
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  Kenyan police prepare for protests as election announcement looms
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  NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police beefed up security on Friday ahead of an expected announcement that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election, despite allegations by opposition leader Raila Odinga of vote-rigging. Opposition ...and more »
  
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• Man mugged on South Side, Madison police say - Madison.com

  11-08-2017 14:55 via host.madison.com
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  Man mugged on South Side, Madison police say
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  A man walking on Madison's South Side Thursday night was mugged by two men, one armed with a handgun. The mugging happened at about 11:15 p.m. in the 2300 block of Catalpa Road, Madison police said. The 56-year-old victim told police he was ...
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• Police: Boynton woman with driving ban flees police, causes wreck - Palm Beach Post

  11-08-2017 14:53 via palmbeachpost.com
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  Police: Boynton woman with driving ban flees police, causes wreck
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  A Boynton Beach woman whose driver's license was suspended for 10 years in 2009 and who has five convictions of driving with a suspended license was arrested Tuesday after she fled police then caused a crash that left a man with serious injuries, ...
  
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• Columbus Police investigate shots fired in Franklinton overnight - ABC6OnYourSide.com

  11-08-2017 13:06 via abc6onyourside.com
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  Columbus Police investigate shots fired in Franklinton overnight
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  Police tell ABC6/FOX28 that officers were working in the area of Cypress and Sullivant Avenues when shots rang out. People started running, according to police. (WSYX/WTTE). AA. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — Columbus Police are investigating a ...and more »
  
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• Police have broken up an alleged cryptocurrency 'boiler room' in London - Business Insider

  11-08-2017 12:31 via businessinsider.com
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  Police have broken up an alleged cryptocurrency 'boiler room' in London
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  LONDON — City of London Police have arrested a man suspected of setting up a "boiler room" to sell fake cryptocurrency to investors. The Financial Times reports that a man was arrested on Wednesday at his home on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and ...
  Police shut down scam 'cryptocurrency boiler room' in the CityTelegraph.co.ukall 10 news articles »
  
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• How Mental-Health Training for Police Can Save Lives—and Taxpayer Dollars - The Atlantic

  11-08-2017 11:01 via theatlantic.com
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  How Mental-Health Training for Police Can Save Lives—and Taxpayer Dollars
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  Every day seems to bring a new tragic story of a person with serious mental illness killed by police. In Seattle, for example, there were recently back-to-back deaths: a 30-year-old pregnant woman shot in front of her children, and a 20-year-old man ...
  
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• Man Beating, Robbing Women for Cellphones in NYC Crime Spree: Police - NBC New York

  11-08-2017 10:48 via nbcnewyork.com
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  Man Beating, Robbing Women for Cellphones in NYC Crime Spree: Police
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  Police say a man is linked to five different robberies against women, stealing their phone and punching them in some cases. Tracie Strahan reports. (Published Friday, Aug. 11, 2017). Police say they have linked a man to at least five robberies against ...
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• How to Accident-Proof the Police - New York Times

  11-08-2017 09:21 via nytimes.com
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  How to Accident-Proof the Police
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  A police officer near the scene of a fatal shooting of officers in Baton Rouge, La. Credit Joe Penney/Reuters. “It's 2:30 in the morning and my phone rings. My daughter says, 'Daddy, you need to come to the hospital,' ” Michael Bell told me, of the ...
  
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• Police name suspect in Lucky Whitehead misidentification case - ESPN

  11-08-2017 09:12 via espn.com
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  Police name suspect in Lucky Whitehead misidentification case
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  Police have identified the man they say impersonated wide receiver Lucky Whitehead and have issued a warrant for his arrest. Deyvon Newman, 25, is charged with petit larceny, identity theft and presenting false identification to a law enforcement ...and more »
  
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• Atlanta police officer challenges owner of 'no cops' gym to a boxing match - Fox Business

  11-08-2017 07:28 via foxbusiness.com
  Atlanta police officer challenges owner of 'no cops' gym to a boxing match
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  Atlanta police officer Tommy LeFever on why he is challenging the gym owner who banned police officers and military personnel from his gym to a boxing match. Atlanta police officer Tommy LeFever explained why he challenged Atlanta gym owner Jim ...and more »
  
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• Police say car stuck in raging US river may belong to missing Thai students - CNN International

  11-08-2017 05:47 via cnn.com
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  Police say car stuck in raging US river may belong to missing Thai students
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  (CNN) A car which plunged 500 feet (152 meters) off a cliff into a raging river may contain the bodies of two missing Thai students. Police in Fresno, California have been working for two weeks to try and retrieve the vehicle, which is stuck in the ...and more »
  
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• Police prep for two-front response for rally - The Daily Progress

  11-08-2017 04:03 via dailyprogress.com
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  Police prep for two-front response for rally
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  Barriers were being placed in Emancipation Park on Thursday in preparation for the Unite the Right rally Saturday. ANDREW SHURTLEFF/THE DAILY PROGRESS. ×. 9 remaining of 10. Welcome! We hope that you enjoy our free content. Charlottesville ...and more »
  
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• Bulletproof Vest Probably Saved New York Police Officer - New York Times

  11-08-2017 03:40 via nytimes.com
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  Bulletproof Vest Probably Saved New York Police Officer
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  Police officers blocked off several streets around a home in Brooklyn where a gunman barricaded himself after shooting a police officer on Thursday afternoon. Credit Uli Seit for The New York Times. The frantic mother dialed 911 shortly after 4:30 p.m. ...and more »
  
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• Video: PA Deputy Burned by Molotov Cocktail, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder Charges

  11-08-2017 03:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: PA Deputy Burned by Molotov Cocktail, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder ChargesA Collingdale, PA, man is being charged with attempted first degree murder and assault on a law enforcement officer after reportedly tossing a Molotov cocktail at Delaware County sheriff’s officers and setting a sergeant on fire Wednesday afternoon, reports CBS.Sheriff Mary McFall-Hopper says Sgt. Nicholas Maraini was at the door of Jeromy Jones' home serving a probation warrant, when “he opened the d
  
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• TX Chief Asked to Leave Doctor's Office for Carrying Handgun

  11-08-2017 02:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The chief of the Conroe (TX) Police Department was asked to leave the Texas Ear Nose and Throat Specialists office Tuesday afternoon because he was carrying his firearm, reports the Montgomery County Courier.Chief Philip Dupuis told The Courier he was wearing his badge on his belt in plain view next to his handgun, as well as his Conroe PD identification on a lanyard around his neck when he entered the doctor's office in the 3900 block of Pinecroft Drive around 4 p.m. and started to check in. A
  
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• OK Sheriff's Office Hires Former Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby

  11-08-2017 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Rogers County (OK) Sheriff's Office has hired the former Tulsa police officer acquitted in the deadly shooting of Terence Crutcher, reports KOCO.Betty Shelby, who retired from the Tulsa (OK) Police Department after she was assigned to work a desk job, has been hired as a volunteer reserve deputy. Shelby could be hired full time "if it works out," Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton said. 
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• NY Officer Shot Responding to Call, Suspect Barricaded

  11-08-2017 02:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  A New York City police officer has been shot and wounded in Brooklyn, but may have been saved from more serious harm by a bulletproof vest, reports the Associated Press.Police said officers were responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed person when a man opened fire.Some shots hit the officer's vest; another hit his arm. Police said the officer was being treated at a hospital.The gunman was believed to be holed up inside a house. 
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• Citizens Review Board Split on Fatal NC Police Shooting, Recommends Policy Changes

  11-08-2017 02:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Charlotte, NC, Citizens Review Board reviewed a fatal police shooting and recommended policy changes for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney Thursday – but the board won’t say what those recommendations are because of state personnel law, reports the Charlotte Observer.Putney, who has not yet seen the proposals, will review them with City Manager Marcus Jones, a city spokesperson said in a statement. The board arrived at the recommendations after a three-day, closed-do
  
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• Chase across state line ends with Chicago Heights man dead in police-involved shooting - Chicago Tribune

  11-08-2017 02:28 via chicagotribune.com
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  Chase across state line ends with Chicago Heights man dead in police-involved shooting
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  Indiana and Illinois law enforcement leaders held a press conference Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, at the Dyer Police Department to provide updates about pursuit across state lines that led to an officer-involved shooting. (Becky Jacobs / Post-Tribune).
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• ME Trooper Visits Murder Victim’s Children He Helped Rescue

  11-08-2017 02:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Maine State Police trooper was reunited for the first time in six years with four children he stood guard over while police searched for their mother’s killer, reports the Portland Press Herald.Trooper Nathan Jamo was the first on the scene after Renee Sandora and her friend Trevor Mills were fatally shot on July 25, 2011, at her home in New Gloucester. While police searched for gunman Joel Hayden, who was also the children's father, Jamo stood guard on a neighbor’s porch to protec
  
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• Chicago police officer convicted of tipping off high school friend about drug investigation - Chicago Tribune

  11-08-2017 02:24 via chicagotribune.com
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  Chicago police officer convicted of tipping off high school friend about drug investigation
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  Two days before a task force that included Chicago police and federal drug agents moved to make arrests in a yearlong drug investigation, a wiretap picked up a stunning disclosure during a phone call to a target of the probe. "We gotta homie that works ...and more »
  
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• NJ Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash With Deer

  11-08-2017 01:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Pompton Lakes, NJ, police officer was killed early Wednesday when he struck a deer and was thrown from his motorcycle while driving home from work on a township road, police said, reports NJ.com.Officer Peter J. Kamper Jr., 40, was driving east on Lakeside Avenue at 12:06 a.m. when he collided with a deer, after crossing into the city of Wayne from Pompton Lakes, police said. He had just finished a fill-in shift working 7p.m. to 11 p.m., Pompton Lakes Police Chief Moises Agosto said.The 13-yea
  
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• Craig Morgan, Spirit of Blue Foundation Present Safety Equipment Grant to TN Sheriff's Office

  11-08-2017 01:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yesterday, the Spirit of Blue Foundation partnered with country music star Craig Morgan to present a safety equipment grant to the Dickson County (TN) Sheriff's Office. The grant includes 70 tourniquets along with tactical belt holders that will be issued to all patrol division and reserve deputies that serve the county. Morgan formerly served as a deputy with the Sheriff's Office in Dickson County before embarking on his country music career and was on hand to present this grant to the Sheriff'
  
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• Police: 6-year-old boy dies after being shot by brother, 10 - CBS News

  11-08-2017 00:49 via cbsnews.com
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  Police: 6-year-old boy dies after being shot by brother, 10
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  WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — Police say a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy shot his 6-year-old brother in the head, killing the child. CBS Pittsburgh reports the two boys were alone in their West Mifflin, Pennsylvania home Wednesday morning when the shooting ...and more »
  
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