Author: Jake Bleiberg
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Ex-Dallas officer gets 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor
DALLAS • The brother of a black man who was shot dead by a white Dallas police officer who said she mistook the victim’s apartment for her own forgave and embraced her Wednesday as she sobbed after being sentenced to a decade in prison. As people outside the courtroom reacted angrily to the 10-year sentence…
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Grand jury indicts man on capital murder for El Paso attack
EL PASO, Texas • A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder, prosecutors announced. Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, was indicted on one count in connection with the Aug. 3 mass shooting that left 22 dead, District Attorney Jaime Esparza…
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AP source: Texas shooter purchased AK rifle at private sale
ODESSA, Texas • The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that previously blocked him from getting a gun, a law enforcement official said. The official spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of…
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Texas police officer charged with murder in Dallas shooting
DALLAS • A Texas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge two weeks after shooting the unarmed driver of a truck that had been reported stolen as the vehicle swerved past his police SUV in a Dallas parking lot. Farmers Branch Officer Michael Dunn, 43, turned himself in Wednesday night after a grand…