Jose Macias at the hospital after he and his friend were sprayed with bullets

Jose Macias, 17, died at the hospital after he and his friend were sprayed with bullets while walking near 13th and Ridge Avenue.More than 100 people attended a prayer vigil held for Macias and his friend on Saturday night at the site of the shooting. At the vigil, Macias' mother read a statement from the family."He will continue to live in my heart, my family's hearts. And all of those who were blessed to have known him, may Jose continue to live in your heart," Josie Garcia, Macias' mother, said.Investigators will not say if the shooting was gang-related, but relatives said if it is, they want the violence to end."Revenge is not ours, and revenge...

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Individuals found guilty of possessing weapons rose by 43 per cent from 2001 to 2005.

Between 1997 and 2006,m, the number of authorised firearms officers in England and Wales fell from 6,738 to 6,584, even though there have been increases in overall police numbers. Yet statistics released by the Home Office show the number of individuals found guilty of possessing weapons rose by 43 per cent from 2001 to 2005. Over the same period, the number of crimes involving firearms recorded by police rose by 11 per cent, from 10,023 in 2001 to 11,084 in 2005. The overall drop conceals far greater falls in key areas of cities with some of the country’s worst records on gun crime. On Merseyside, where Liverpool has been ravaged by violence, the number of firearms officers has fallen by 15 per cent, from 147 in 1997 to 129 in 2006. Yet the same area has recorded a 183 per cent rise in the...

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‘Gangsta Fah Life' is behind bars

Dance hall artiste 'Movado', the self proclaimed ‘Gangsta Fah Life' is behind bars following his arrest Wednesday night on gun related charges.The entertainer has been charged with two counts of shooting with intent and illegal possession of a firearm.Movado, 27, whose real name is David Brooks, was held when he showed up for questioning in connection with a shooting incident on July 27th last year on Mannings Hill Road in St. Andrew.Head of the Major Investigation Task Force Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Greene said Movado will remain in custody for at least another 24 hou...

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T.I. has been under house arrest the past few months under $3 million bond.

T.I. preached at Easter services in Atlanta, now he's coming clean.The latest rumor spreading is T.I. may plead to guilty to various gun charges today (March 27) as part of a plea agreement. T.I. was arrested back on October 13th for allegedly trying to purchase a machine gun and two silencers from his bodyguard.He would be indicted on charges of possessing unregistered machine guns and silencers; unlawfully possessing machine guns; and of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting T.I.'s defense team and prosecutors have been in intense negotiations over a plea agreement in the past several...

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Milton Pacheco,Abraham Ojeda were charged with possession of a fully loaded machine gun

An anonymous witness to an apparent gun transaction on Chestnut Street last night led to the arrest of two suspects and the confiscation of a fully loaded machine gun.One of the suspects was an illegal alien from Guatemala, Police Chief Anthony R. Scott said.A caller informed police of the transaction shortly after 10 p.m. and gave descriptions of the suspects and vehicles involved, Scott said.When police arrived at the scene, however, the suspects and vehicles were gone. The caller then called police a second time and gave the dispatcher the 93 Elm Street address of one of the suspects.There police found two suspects and one of the reported vehicles.After frisking the suspects and obtaining permission from them to search the vehicle, police discovered and confiscated a Cobray M-11 9 mm machine...

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Hilton Adorno-Rosario,Marilyn Quinones-Burgos, Largest gun-trafficking case in decades.

Investigators predicted "Operation Tropical Firepower," as the investigation is known, will expand and link up to 800 weapons to more than a dozen suspects arrested this week and others still at large. Already, it is the region's largest gun-trafficking case in decades."Today's arrests of multiple firearms traffickers in Florida and Puerto Rico is the culmination of two and half years of dedication and hard work," said Virginia O'Brien, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' top agent in Tampa. "We will continue to work closely with our law-enforcement partners to prosecute anyone who provides firearms to violent criminals."Court records describe the gun-smuggling ring in almost the same phrases used in more than a dozen previous gun-running cases involving Puerto...

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Anaheim police shot and killed a man

Anaheim police shot and killed a man this morning when he confronted two officers in an alleyway, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Tim Schmidt.The shooting occurred about 9:30 a.m. as the officers were on routine patrol in the 800 block of South Citron Street. They spotted a man in a white car. The unidentified man, described only as Latino and in his mid-30s, got out of the car and the shooting occurred, Schmidt said. Both officers fired, he said.Schmidt did not release details on what led to the shooting or the names of the officers. They will be interviewed by the Orange County district attorney's office, which investigates all officer-related shootings. Anaheim detectives are also looking for witnesses.Schmidt described the alley as "high in gang activity and graffiti.""It's obviously an area...

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Longmont man was arrested possession of a firearm while under the influence

A 19-year-old Longmont man was arrested at 1:15 a.m. March 17 on the 1400 block of Northwestern Road on suspicion of tampering, second-degree assault, possession of a firearm while under the influence and underage possession of alcohol. Officers responded to a call of someone being shot. When they arrived, the man told them that him and three friends had been drinking and someone got shot. The victim of the shooting identified the man who allegedly shot him and told officers that it was an accident. The victim explained to police that they had been drinking and were in the man's bedroom. The victim took his gun and put it on the nightstand when the man picked up the gun and cocked it, forcing it to go off and hitting the man in the leg. The man was held at the Boulder County Ja...

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Marco V. Mendez,Andre Piazza were arrested and two assault rifles seized

The suspects were identified by police as Marco V. Mendez, 32, of Hayward, and Andre Piazza, 26, of Oakland. It was not clear if they knew each other. Police said Mendez had gang tattoos and told officers he was a member of an Oakland street gang.Two men _ one an admitted gang member _ were arrested and two assault rifles seized by police early Sunday near a street shrine for a 15-year-old boy killed last week by officers who said he pointed a sawed-off rifle at them. The arrests and gun seizures happened about 3:10 a.m. Sunday in the area of 78th Avenue and Rudsdale Street, near a street memorial for Jose Luis Buenrostro-Gonzalez.The 15-year-old Buenrostro-Gonzalez, who police said was associated with the same gang as Mendez, was fatally shot last Wednesday by gang unit officers who said...

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Derek Zepeda,Ray Daughters arrested on suspicion of being gang members in possession of a loaded firearm

Two suspected Oakley gang members were arrested after a short low-speed car chase in which the passenger threw out a loaded handgun, police said.A Brentwood police officer attempted to stop the suspects' car at Fairview and San Jose avenues for erratic driving, around 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Mark Misquez said.After failing to yield, the pair of suspects led officers on a brief pursuit, throwing a loaded semi-automatic Smith & Wesson handgun out the passenger side window at Fairview Avenue and Central Boulevard. The pair eventually stopped at a Brentwood Safeway store, Balfour Road and Fairview Avenue, Misquez said.Police arrested Derek Zepeda, 18, and Ray Daughters, 19, on suspicion of being gang members in possession of a loaded firearm. Daughters, the driver, was also arrested on suspicion...

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Drive-by shooting Greensboro

Greensboro police are investigating a drive-by shooting that sent one teen to the hospital. Police were called to the intersection of Vanstory Street and Holden Road at 12:30 a.m. Saturday in reference to an abandoned vehicle in the road, according to a police report. They found a gold Cadillac Escalade with multiple bullet holes and no passengers.Several minutes later police responded to Moses Cone Hospital in reference to a shooting victim, the report states. A 19-year-old man told them he was sitting in his friend’s Escalade when a black vehicle occupied by two men pulled alongside and started shooting. Police did not release the victim’s name but said his injuries are not life-threateni...

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Gun battle broke out in Telbal

Four policemen and an alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba commander were today killed in an encounter — the first in Srinagar in eight months. The gun battle broke out in Telbal around 10am after police received a tip-off that Lashkar commander Abu Faisal was hiding in a house in the area. “As the police and the CRPF entered the house, the militants came out, lobbed grenades and started firing at us. We have lost four of our men,” said Srinagar police chief Ahfad-ul Mujtaba, who led the operation that went on for nearly three hours. Among the dead police personnel, three were members of the Special Operations Group — Bashir Ahmed, Irshad Ahmed and Mohammed...

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Larry P. Brashears was arrested

Larry P. Brashears, 21, was arrested without incident about four hours after the assault, said Debbie Morton of Highway Patrol Troop G in Willow Springs.Brashears is being held without bond at the Texas County Jail on several outstanding warrants, Morton said today.Charges related to the assault are expected, she said.The patrol declined to identify the trooper, but the Houston Herald newspaper reported that he is Cpl. Curtis Haden.The incident began about 9 p.m. Friday when the trooper was sent to U.S. 63 and Highway H, about six miles north of Cabool, to check on a 1988 Chevrolet pickup on the side of the road.Brashears was in the vehicle, and the trooper determined that he was wanted on a number of felony and misdemeanor warrants from several counties, Morton said.As the trooper was placing...

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Gunmen who mowed down shoppers in south Baghdad

Gunmen travelling in three cars have opened fire in a Baghdad market, killing at least six pedestrians. At least 16 people were wounded when the drive-by shooting happened in the southern area of the city. Earlier, a barrage of fire had hit the city's heavily fortified Green Zone. In further violence, at least 10 Iraqi soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army base in the northern city of Mosul. The gunmen who mowed down shoppers in south Baghdad are reported to have fled the sc...

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Oakley drive-by shooting

Two men were shot in Oakley this evening in a drive-by shooting, police said.Reported at about 8:15 p.m., the incident occurred at O'Hara and Las Dunas avenues, said Oakley Police Chief Chris Thorsen.One of the men was airlifted to a hospital; Thorsen didn't have information about the status of the other victim. The condition of both victims was unkno...

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Alexander Grunden arrested on suspicion of biasmotivated crimes

Alexander Grunden, 20, was arrested on suspicion of biasmotivated crimes, menacing, harassment and unlawful use of a stun gun, police said. Police said they may arrest one or two more people involved in the incident but declined to release their names Sunday evening, saying doing so could jeopardize their investigation.Police said the two black men were walking in the parking lot of the Cinemark theater at Powers Boulevard and North Carefree Circle at 10:24 p.m. Friday when a red Suzuki with three white men inside stopped near them. Two men got out and displayed a stun gun while making "racial insults," police said.One of the men activated the stun gun, and the victims ran inside the theater, police sa...

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Jonathan Ortiz charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

Jonathan Ortiz, 17, of Houston was detained by a Fort Bend County sheriff's deputy and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct and criminal mischief, said Lynn Munford, Rosenberg Police Department public information officer.The victims told the officer they were standing outside around 6 p.m. when someone in a Toyota Camry pointed a handgun out of the window and began shooting.Multiple shots hit several nearby apartments, Munford sa...

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Dat Thanh Nguyen sentenced to 100 years to life in prison

Dat Thanh Nguyen, who was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Janice C. Croft to 100 years to life in prison for the murder and two consecutive life terms with the possibility of parole for the attempted premeditated murder of two other people. The murder sentence included enhancements for use of a firearm by a principal and for committing the crimes on behalf of a criminal street gang. Prosecutors said Nguyen shot and killed Jasmine Ling, an innocent bystander, as she was entering the Tapioca Express on Nov. 5, 2004. Police said Nguyen was a member of the Van Nuys Asian Boyz gang, and was apparently shooting at two other people, one of whom may have been a member of the rival Chinatown Boys. A witness testified that she was stopped at a red light when she heard several shots and...

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Daniel G. Triviz and Arnulfo Vasquez were arrested Monday and charged

Daniel G. Triviz and Arnulfo Vasquez, both 27 and with addresses at 2200 Holiday Ave. in Las Cruces, were arrested Monday and charged for their part in the incident, according to a police news release. Triviz is charged with two counts of shooting at or from a motor vehicle, intentional child abuse and tampering with evidence. Vasquez is charged with aggravated assault.Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, Las Cruces Police were alerted to a drive-by shooting that occurred on west Amador Avenue. Police learned that Vasquez was driving a blue truck and chasing a Cadillac on Amador Avenue. Vasquez eventually got in front of the Cadillac and forced it to come to a stop. Triviz then drove by in a gray Monte Carlo and fired at least four shots from a small-caliber handgun toward the Cadillac, police said.The...

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China is the biggest supplier of small arms to Sudan. It provided 90 percent of all the African nation's small arms acquisitions between 2004 and 2006

A U.S.-based human rights group said China dramatically boosted small-arms sales to Sudan as violence escalated in Darfur. Beijing denied the group's report on Friday. The report released Thursday by Human Rights First said China is the biggest supplier of small arms to Sudan. It provided 90 percent of all the African nation's small arms acquisitions between 2004 and 2006, totaling more than $50 million. China ramped up its small-arms supply to Sudan almost fivefold in 2004 as others cut back to comply with a U.N. arms embargo, according to data Sudan provided to the United Nations. Small arms such as assault rifles are the most common weapon used in Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and about 2.5 million people displaced in five years of fighting between African rebels...

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Keon Fyfield was found with a .38 revolver on his person

Keon Fyfield of Taylor’s Village was found with a .38 revolver on his person; an offence for which he was taken into police custody, officially arrested and charged. “On Sunday, March 16, 2008 Police conducted search operations in the Basseterre area for controlled drugs, arms and ammunitions. A number of vehicles were stopped and searched as well as abandoned houses at Fort Thomas Road and Ponds Pasture. A group of young men, who were in the abandoned house at Ponds Pasture, was also searched. Keon Fyfield of Taylor’s Village, who was at the house, was searched and one .38 Revolver and five rounds of ammunition were found in his pocket. The...

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Mehrdad Salashoor jailed for 18 months for illegally exporting 'gyrocompass' navigation devices to Iran.

UK businessman Mehrdad Salashoor was today jailed for 18 months for illegally exporting 'gyrocompass' navigation devices to Iran. In a hearing at Croydon Crown Court last December, Salashoor (56) admitted shipping hi-tech navigation equipment, adaptable for missile guidance systems, to the Iranian Ministry of Defence. The gyrocompasses, designed as standalone shipping navigation systems, contain accelerometers and gyros, which are classified as 'Dual-Use items' as they can be used for both civil and military applications. Salashoor was also ordered to handover £432,970 after being made subject to a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Salashoor must pay the sum within six months or face a three year prison sentence in default. In addition to pleading guilty to four offences...

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Drive-by shooting in Coachella

An investigation is underway in an apparent drive-by shooting in Coachella that has left one man dead.Riverside County deputies reported the shooting in the 84000 block of Via Zahidi between Avenues 50 and 51 at around 8 Monday night.Deputies say Jesus Servin, Jr., 44, was sitting in his car in a driveway when he was approached by several people riding in a black Nissan vehicle. The man and the people inside the car got into an argument. That was when the one of the people in the Nissan opened gun shots on the victim and drove off.One of the gun shots struck the victim in the head. He died at the scene soon after.Authorities describe one of the suspects wearing a plaid shirt, a baseball cap, and a banda...

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businessman from Durban's Chatsworth area had been arrested on Monday Donovan Pillay died after he was critically injured during a drive-by shooting

A Durban man who was shot six times in a drive-by shooting in Hillary, Durban, last month, died in hospital last night.Police confirmed that Donovan Pillay, 26, the cousin of a prominent Hillary taxi boss, died after he was critically injured during a drive-by shooting on February 19. He was in the intensive care unit after undergoing surgery.Taxi boss Duncan Arumugam's wife, Leanne, had also been shot three times.Police are now investigating a case of murder as well as a case of attempted murder. Although they have remained tight-lipped about a motive for the shooting, many are speculating that February's incident was gang-or-taxi-related.Four people have been arrested in Durban in connection with a taxi-related drive-by shooting that claimed the life of a 26-year-old man,Police spokesperson...

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Police shootout with crew of narco-plane

While there have always been rumors and reports of drug-running planes landing in half-forgotten jungles of our northern districts, Friday’s surprise landing on the Northern Highway confirmed without a doubt Belize’s status in the transnational drug transshipment routes from South America to the United States.The drama began to unfold at about 2:00 a.m. on Friday, when motorists driving between Miles 39 and 44 on the Northern Highway made a number of reports to police and the BDF, that masked men dressed in full black, in the style of the paramilitary, refused to let them pass through the area. They were reportedly armed with AK47 machine guns,...

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Miguel Diaz-Elrod pleaded guilty in the May 2004 shooting death of Saron Tith on Tacoma's East Side

Miguel Diaz-Elrod.The 22-year-old gang member has pleaded guilty in the May 2004 shooting death of Saron Tith on Tacoma's East Side. On March 4, Diaz-Elrod (seen here) entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree murder in the case. Diaz-Elrod did not admit guilt in his plea deal."I did not commit this crime," he wrote in plea paperwork. "However, after reviewing the evidence with my attorney I believe there is a substantial likelihood I would be convicted by a jury. I am pleading guilty to accept the state's reduction in the charge and sentencing recommendation."Diaz-Elrod, who originally was charged with first-degree murder in the case,...

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Eric Stanley admitted firing a .22-caliber rifle from the window of a car

Eric T. Stanley, 19, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of 16-year-old Shamar Patterson. He faces a prison term ranging from 19 years to 25 years when state Supreme Court Justice David D. Egan sentences him March 28.He was to go to trial Monday.His brother, Terrance L. Stanley, 17, refused to plead guilty to the same charge and will go to trial March 24. Terrance Stanley had been promised a prison term of 10 years, to be served after a 7 ½-year prison term he received for an unrelated robbery.Eric Stanley admitted firing a .22-caliber rifle from the window of a car, allegedly driven by his brother, at a group of...

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Armed robbery at First National Bank

Armed gang stormed into a Durban bank on Friday, holding staff and customers at gunpoint, KwaZulu-Natal police said."Five armed suspects entered, took cash and a customer's vehicle and fled," said Superintendent Willie Olivier of Durban's Organised Crime Unit.The incident took place at the First National Bank (FNB) in the Kloof Village Mall at 10:30am.Police found the vehicle a short distance away.A customer, Shaun Ridley said that the gang also attempted to break into the cash vault."They ordered us to lie on the floor and then they began searching us for wallets," he said.Ridley said the men then went to the vault and demanded the keys from FNB employees"But, they were having difficulty opening the vault and then came back to the cashiers and began taking money from the tills," he said.Ridley...

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James Park,Orin Moses each face 17 gun-related charges

Toronto police seized four illegal guns yesterday during two operations in the city’s northeast end. Two sawed-off rifles and a sawed-off shotgun were found when the Emergency Task Force raided a home on Ranstone Gardens, in the Kennedy Ave. and Lawrence Ave. E. area, late last night. James Park, 18, of Ajax, and Orin Moses, 27, of Toronto, each face 17 gun-related charges. Park also faces an additional charge of failing to comply with his recognizance. Earlier in the day, officers pulled over a vehicle on Tuxedo Ct., in the Markham and Ellesmere Rds. area, around 2:20 p.m. A loaded gun was found, and the two men inside were arrested. The driver...

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The Judge could be the next big, bad thing in Toronto's gangland arsenal.

A shotgun-shell firing revolver called The Judge could be the next big, bad thing in Toronto's gangland arsenal. Canadian cops say they know about the gun but they haven't seen it on the streets yet. "Any firearm in the city of Toronto is a bad firearm," Staff-Insp. Brian Raybould said yesterday. "But anything big and new that would appeal to those individuals in Toronto who want to show their big guns, is something police would be concerned about and vigilant watching out for." The city's homicide unit commander said he's heard of it in police briefings about firearms. Manufactured by Taurus, the revolver holds five .45-calibre Colt slugs or...

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Ramon Darnell Stewart, 20, was arrested shooting death of Juan Antonio Loera.

Ramon Darnell Stewart, 20, was arrested Saturday in the July 21, 2006, shooting death of Juan Antonio Loera. Loera, 32, was shot to death as he stood next to a car at about 8:20 p.m. near Main Street and Power Road. Witnesses said Loera and Stewart were next to the car, and said they heard two gunshots and saw a flash from a gun, police records show. Stewart fled, they told police. Stewart was arrested on an unrelated charge in August 2006, and told police he knew Loera but wasn't involved in the shooting. Investigators found shell casings at the scene that were later linked to a gun that a witness said belonged to Stewart, Mesa Detective Chris...

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Sanquan Davis was re-arrested for carrying a concealed gun

Sanquan Davis (Shown R) was arrested for the armed robbery of a Waffle House on May 10, 2007.After being released on bond, Davis was re-arrested for carrying a concealed gun and possession with intent to sell and distribute cocaine. Davis was court ordered into CMPD's Electronic Monitoring program on December 14, 2007.On March 4, 2008, Sanquan Davis cut off his electronic monitor and hasn't been seen since. Davis currently has several outstanding warrants for his arrest as a result of his failure to comply with the court order.Sanquan Davis should be considered armed and dangerous. Davis is known to frequent South Boulevard, Sharon Lakes and...

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William "Billy" Rodriguez shoved her into a bedroom and pointed a gun at her head.

William "Billy" Rodriguez, 30, was arrested early Monday morning after police executed a search warrant at his house at 255 Second St., according to arrest records. According to a complaint filed by Rodriguez's girlfriend, on Sunday Rodriguez punched her in the stomach, then shoved her into a bedroom and pointed a gun at her head."I'm gonna shoot you in your (expletive) head and your brains are gonna scatter," Rodriguez allegedly said as his girlfriend held their 17-month-old daughter. The girlfriend and the child's names are being withheld by the Times Union.The girlfriend filed a complaint, and police obtained a warrant. They raided the house at 2:31 a.m. Monday and arrested Rodriguez. Authorities said they found a .25-caliber Colt semiautomatic pistol, loaded with six rounds, in the crib...

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Recognized the gun when the Times-Union published a police evidence photo of the weapon in a story about the gas station robbery. It was unique becaus

five-shot revolver was meant to give an elderly Jacksonville woman peace of mind as she slept with it under her pillow,But more than a decade after her daughter bought it from a stranger in a parking lot, the weapon might have been one of two guns that police said four teens used to rob a Hendricks Avenue Gate station.One of the teenagers died in a police shooting as they fled the scene of that Feb. 21 crime.Now authorities are focusing part of their probe on whether someone stole that .38-caliber revolver during an attack on another senior citizen last November, Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda confirmed Tuesday.The 69-year-old...

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T. Malebese ,P. Mokhele , M. Tsenoli remain in custody after being charged with the murder

Mr. T. Malebese (22), Mr. P. Mokhele (26) and Mr. M. Tsenoli (20) appeared in court this week and will remain in custody after being charged with the murder of a 33-year old busdriver of Big Sky near Ficksburg last month.On February 5th the driver was on its way from Qwaqwa to Bloemfontein. Near Fouriesburg the three men got on the bus and pretended to be passengers. According to Mosupa, one man pulled a gun on the driver once the bus had left Ficksburg."The busdriver was told to stop on the R25, near zone 8 of Meqheleng. The men wanted money of him. The driver refused to hand over money and was shot in the chest. He died on the scene". The suspects fled without any money.The crime intelligence unit in Ficksburg and Ladybrand used their dog unit to gather information about the three men and...

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El Paso drive-by shooting

El Paso Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that took place early this morning. Initial police reports said that a woman in a Mitsubishi sedan was traveling westbound on I-10 when a gold or white Hummer pulled up alongside her and fired shots. The woman was hit in the upper torso and taken by the car's driver to Providence Memorial Hospi...

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Viktor Bout aka Lord of War, world's most notorious arms dealer

Thai police arrested perhaps the world's most notorious arms dealer, Viktor Bout, on Thursday after a sting operation in which US agents posed as Colombian rebels seeking an arsenal of modern weapons. The former Russian air force pilot now faces extradition to the United States, where New York prosecutors have formally charged him and an associate with conspiring to sell millions of dollars in arms to terrorists.The 40-year-old suspect -- who famously served as a model for actor Nicholas Cage's arms smuggling anti-hero in the Hollywood movie "Lord of War" -- was arrested at a luxury hotel in the Thai capital Bangkok, police said.Reports have...

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Cancun police chief of staff Wilfredo Flores Saucedo and his bodyguard, Alejandro Xicotencalt, were shot dead

Cancun police chief of staff Wilfredo Flores Saucedo, 56, and his bodyguard, Alejandro Xicotencalt, were shot dead in a department vehicle Monday night, Police Commissioner Adrian Samos Medina said. They were driving home on a busy avenue in the Caribbean resort, one of Mexico's biggest tourist areas. Flores was a former army colonel. Police had made no arrests and were still investigating, Samos said Tuesday."We don't know how many (gunmen) or who they were," said police spokesman Oscar Meza. "(Flores) had 15 bullet wounds, mainly in his head and neck," Meza said. "We can't see a motive. He works in an office planning public security. He's not on operations and has nothing to do with investigating drug cartels." Prosecutor Bello Melchor Rodriguez said the assassination "has the markings of...

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Shooting deaths of five young people whose bodies were found Tuesday off a dirt road in a rural section of Tijuana

The shooting deaths of five young people whose bodies were found Tuesday off a dirt road in a rural section of Tijuana are being linked to their suspected gang involvement, authorities said. “It makes us very sad, because of their youth, but the initial information that we've received indicates they weren't exactly white doves,” said Alberto Capella Ibarra, Tijuana's secretary of public safety. A passer-by spotted their bodies about 8 a.m. near Bulevar 2000, a new thoroughfare linking eastern Tijuana with the coast, authorities said. The youngest victim was a girl, between 16 and 18, according to the Baja California Attorney General's Office. Three of the four male victims ranged in age from 18 to 22, while the fourth appeared to be between 25 and 30, according to a statement the office released...

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204th Street and East Side Torrance members can no longer associate with one another. That includes "standing, sitting, walking, driving, gathering or

A judge Tuesday approved a court order meant to cripple two Harbor Gateway gangs, severely limiting the members from walking, driving or even standing with one another. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Yaffe's approval of a preliminary injunction, which occurred the same day a young boy was shot in an apparently gang-related attack, creates a so-called safety zone and gives police officers the authority to enforce a variety of tough restrictions on the members of the 204th Street and East Side Torrance gangs. Although police could not say that East Side Torrance was involved in Tuesday's shooting, they are investigating the possibility...

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Two Latino males flashed gang signs before opening fire on the red GMC Yukon

6-year-old black boy was critically wounded Tuesday when he was shot in the head by suspected Latino gang members as the victim's family drove through the Harbor Gateway neighborhood on their way to an auto auction, Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said.Two Latino males flashed gang signs before opening fire on the red GMC Yukon with six people inside, including a woman who is eight months pregnant, Bratton said. The rear window of the SUV was shattered by the gunfire, and one of the rounds hit the boy in the head, he said.The victim was rushed by paramedics to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after the shooting, which occurred about 12:40...

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Tithebarn Street venue scene of a horrific late-night shooting

The Preston nightclub which was the scene of a horrific late-night shooting has been shut down.Preston Council's licensing sub-committee decided to revoke the premises licence of Club Arena after hearing that gangs were at the venue and serious breaches of health and safety laws had taken place.Coun David Hammond, chairman of the committee, said at the conclusion of the hearing at 6.30pm on Wednesday: "We have taken this decision after hearing and considering all the evidence."The only option for us is to revoke the licence."The two-day hearing at Preston Town Hall was told how police believed gangs were using the Tithebarn Street venue.Environmental...

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Armed officer is faced with having to shoot a child pointing a gun at them

Police in Merseyside have a plan aimed at key criminals, based on a successful US operation to cut gun crime in Boston. They have drawn up a hitlist of the main suspects and have promised they will get “very special attention”. Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Moore said: “If you use a gun you will be seeing us sooner rather than later.” It is only a matter of time before an armed officer is faced with having to shoot a child pointing a gun at them, a senior Home Office official has said. Children as young as 8 are growing up with guns in their lives and think nothing of storing or transporting firearms for gang leaders, said Jon Murphy, head of the gun crime task force. “It’s a classic no-win situation,” he added. “The volatility of these kids may make them pull the trigger. If they...

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Gun used to shoot Miami-Dade Officer Roberto Gonzalez had been stolen

The gun believed to have been used by an ex-felon to shoot Miami-Dade Officer Roberto Gonzalez had been stolen last year in a burglary in South Miami-Dade, according to an arrest report released Monday.Police found the Heckler & Koch .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol soon after Gonzalez, 31, was wounded in South Miami Heights late Sunday.Detectives arrested Jhonnell Harris, 20, of 11611 SW 180th St., Sunday night and charged him with attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and theft.He was booked Monday morning into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.Tracing the gun's...

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Meloney Jackson borrowed a gun from a neighbor under arrest for the shooting death of her husband

Meloney Jackson of Florida is under arrest for the shooting death of her husband, Kevin Jackson. Mrs. Jackson borrowed a gun from a neighbor allegedly to shoot Mr. Jackson.How do you borrow a gun from a neighbor at 5am. I realize it’s Florida and all but how the hell would you even approach that with a neighbor. I wonder what reason she gave to the neighbor to borrow the gun. “I’m gonna go shoot me some rats?”Mrs. Jackson denies the shooting but a gun dealer claims she was in his shop trying to buy a gun for self defense from her husband.Not surprisingly the Jacksons were in the middle of a divor...

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