CNN — [Breaking news update, published at 9:25 p.m. ET] Kevin Johnson – who murdered a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer in 2005, but claimed racial bias in his prosecution – was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. Johnson, 37, was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m. CT. He didn’t give a final statement, according to Department … Read more
CNN — China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that took place over the weekend, when … Read more
Moscow, Idaho CNN — Investigators in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students have gone through more than 1,000 tips that have arrived in the 10 days since the bodies were found, authorities told reporters at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. Idaho State Patrol Col. Kedrick Wills also said more than 150 people … Read more
CNN — The manager of a Virginia Walmart who killed six people and himself and injured several others in a Tuesday night massacre has been identified as 31-year-old Andre Bingthe city of Chesapeake said on Twitter. “He was armed with one handgun and had multiple magazines on his person,” the city said. Bing was an … Read more
Moscow, Idaho CNN — Nine days since the killings of four college students attending the University of Idaho, police have not arrested any suspect, but are “definitely making progress,” according to an outside public information officer. “It takes a while to put together and piece together that whole timeline of events and the picture of … Read more
CNN — Authorities are “making progress” in the investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students found dead nearly 10 days ago, a state police spokesperson said Tuesday – a day after the family of one of the victims grieved their loss at a memorial. Stacy Chapin described her son Ethan Chapin as … Read more
CNN — A torrent of grievance over the killing of five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub has led to mounting questions over whether the weekend massacre could have been warned. At least 19 others were injured Saturday night at Club Q – a longtime safe haven for the LGBTQ community and now another … Read more
CNN — A 22-year-old gunman killed at least five people and injured 25 others in an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club Q was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, according to Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez. Upon entering the club, … Read more
CNN — The man who was arrested for allegedly driving a vehicle into a group of law enforcement recruits in Whittier, California, was released from jail Thursday night, but the sheriff’s department insists they did not make a mistake. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 22, was released from custody at 9:49 pm, according to jail records, citing … Read more
Uvalde, Texas CNN — New audio obtained by CNN shows Texas’s top law enforcement agency knew children were trapped in Robb Elementary more than 30 minutes before anyone shot the gunman and rescued them. Less than two minutes after the acting Uvalde police chief Lt. Mariano Pargas got details that children were alive amid classmates … Read more