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Man shoots self near kids' Newark toy gun swap event
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of New Jersey’s biggest city says a shooting near a children’s toy gun exchange event illustrates just how vital such initiatives are to curbing the cycle of violence....
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12-year-old boy with toy gun shot and killed by police identified
Cleveland, OH — The Saturday police shooting of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy holding a toy gun was captured on surveillance video, according to Cleveland police. The kid has been identified as Tamir...
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Cleveland police to release surveillance video of 12-year-old shot over toy gun
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police planned to release surveillance video from an officer’s fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy who turned out to be carrying a replica gun. A department spokeswoman said...
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Cleveland starts toy gun buy-back program after Tamir Rice’s death
Cleveland, OH — Kids and teens in Cleveland, Ohio, can trade in their toy guns for comic books starting December 13. The toy gun buy-back event takes place after the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir...
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New Tamir Rice video shows cop tackle his 14-year-old sister as she rushed to...
Wednesday, Cleveland officials released extended video footage of the incident which lead to the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a Cleveland officer. The video also shows police tackling...
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11-year-old boy arrested for playing with toy gun
A local St. Louis Police Department maintains that the arrest of an 11-year-old boy for playing with a toy gun was justified, despite vastly different versions of the incident told by witnesses. Chris...
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Hundreds attend vigil 1 year after death of Tamir Rice, 12, shot by police
CLEVELAND (AP) — Family members of a 12-year-old black boy who was carrying a pellet gun when he was fatally shot by a white police officer gathered Sunday for a vigil in Cleveland one year later....
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Woman points fake gun at Connecticut police, arrested without incident
A Connecticut woman was arrested after circling a police department with a fake gun and pointing it at officers on Christmas Eve. According to police, the woman, 66-year-old Elaine Rothenberg, pointed...
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Tamir Rice grand jury never voted on indictment decision for cops involved in...
The grand jury that decided not to indict two Cleveland police officers in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice didn’t even vote on their decision. According to documents released by the prosecutor’s...
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Cleveland sues Tamir Rice’s family over unpaid ambulance bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland is asking Tamir Rice’s estate to pay $500 for ambulance and medical services he received after being shot by a police officer. The city requested the money as the...
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911 caller in fatal police shooting of John Crawford could be prosecuted
A 911 caller in Ohio might be prosecuted for making a false report when he called in a report of a man carrying a gun in a Wal-Mart store. In August 2014, police shot and killed John Crawford III....
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Baltimore police shoot 13-year-old holding BB gun
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Police say an officer shot and wounded a 13-year-old who refused to drop a BB gun that was a replica of a semiautomatic pistol. Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a news...
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