Police Say Shooting Suspect Cited Anger in a Confession
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Steven Boyd, 44, the homeless man accused of fatally shooting a highway worker on Wednesday in Queens, said he opened fire because &quot;my anger took control of me,&quot; prosecutors said yesterday.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- An angry crowd demanded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends. Some called for the ouster of the city's police commissioner.
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Boston police questioned a 7-year-old boy on Tuesday who shot and killed his 8-year-old cousin with an illegal gun, the latest example of the toll of gun violence in U.S. cities.
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A prisoner enraged by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by undercover detectives tried to hire someone to behead the New York Police commissioner and bomb police headquarters for $65,000, authorities said.
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A 17-year-old was arrested Tuesday as a suspect in a series of highway shootings that killed one man, wounded another and damaged at least four vehicles, a prosecutor said.
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The man who police say shot and killed rapper Proof in a nightclub shootout acted lawfully in defense of another man, the county prosecutor said Tuesday.
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A gunman shot and killed two police officers and critically injured a third while the officers were responding to a report of a domestic dispute at the man's house, authorities said.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  - An unemployed Oregon man who  police said used an Internet chat room to arrange a mass  suicide pact with dozens of people on Valentine's Day was  charged on Friday with trying to solicit aggravated murder.
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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - Sending an RCMP officer to jail for shooting a drunken prisoner who grabbed his gun would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, Mike Ferguson's lawyer argued Thursday.
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Suspect tells authorities he shot video of major D.C. sites and uploaded it to online Jihadi site.
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The death of a college student from a pepper-spray-filled projectile sparked anger and questions Friday about whether police used too much force to break up rowdy Red Sox revelers outside Fenway Park.
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Police officials, trying to show openness in the face of high community concern, took the unusual step Wednesday of revealing physical evidence from the scene where an officer fatally shot a 13-year-old black youth who was driving a stolen car that backed into the police car after a brief chase.
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A European terrorism suspect accused of planning to teach followers how to make bombs, poison people and slit throats yelled at a judge while proclaiming his innocence during an arraignment Tuesday in federal court.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A murder suspect who was inadvertently allowed to leave police headquarters more than a week ago turned himself in Friday, authorities said.  Taveress Webster, 18, was arrested Jan.
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BELLE VERNON, Pa. - A man accused of pointing a loaded handgun at a police officer says he's only guilty of wearing tight jeans. Sean Eldon Duvall, 36, was arrested Tuesday on charges including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for the June 18 incident.
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One of two brothers charged in the shooting deaths of three in-laws during Thanksgiving dinner told a packed courtroom Tuesday that the accusations against him weren't true and that he acted in self-defense.
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Witnesses helped investigators compile a description of the suspect sought in the shooting deaths of five women at a suburban clothing store, according to officials who refused Wednesday to confirm news reports that a sixth victim had survived.