July 5, 2017 Charleston church shooting suspect's lawyers seek to waive jury trial Attorneys for the man accused in the shooting deaths of nine parishioners at a South Carolina church have filed notice that they want to forgo a jury trial and have the judge hearing the death-penalty case decide their client's fate.
July 5, 2017 4 killed in shooting, stabbing at New Orleans-area apartment complex Four people were killed and another was critically injured in a grisly shooting and stabbing spree early Wednesday at a New Orleans-area apartment complex, officials said.
July 5, 2017 Dylann Roof's friend dodges harsher punishment Joseph "Joey" Meek, the friend of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, will not face a tougher sentence for failing to help prevent the massacre, a federal judge ruled Monday.
July 5, 2017 MS-13 gang members indicted in 7 murders including killings of NY teens Thirteen members of the notorious Salvadoran gang MS-13 were charged Thursday in seven murders including the 2016 killings of high school teenagers on New York's Long Island.
July 5, 2017 Pulse nightclub killer's wife to be released from jail ahead of trial Noor Salman, the wife of the killer who opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando last summer, will be able to leave jail within days ahead of her trial on charges of helping carry out the massacre, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday.
July 5, 2017 Florida sheriff's deputies foil alleged mass shooting plot at middle school Authorities in Florida arrested two teens Thursday for allegedly planning a mass shooting at their middle school.
July 5, 2017 Florida airport shooting suspect said he did it for ISIS, officials reveal Accused Florida airport shooter Esteban Santiago told investigators that he spoke with ISIS terrorists in “jihadi chat rooms” and carried out the deadly Jan. 6 attack on behalf of ISIS, authorities said Tuesday during a bond hearing.
July 5, 2017 Dylann Roof formally sentenced to death for Charleston church massacre Dylann Roof was formally sentenced to death Wednesday for the church massacre in Charleston, after victims’ relatives described the pain he unleashed in a hail of gunfire at Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015.
July 5, 2017 Charleston church shooter to face death sentence The same jury that convicted Dylann Roof in the 2015 massacre at Emanuel AME church has reached a unanimous verdict on his sentence: death. Roof looked down silently as the panel announced its decision in U.S. District Court in Charleston, S.C. late this afternoon.
July 5, 2017 Airport shooting suspect's mom pleads: 'Don't execute my son' The distraught woman alluded to the man's mental health condition, which she has said became evident upon his return from Iraq in 2010.
