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Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for accused cinema gunman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Colorado prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing 12 moviegoers during a showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” last year.

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Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for accused cinema gunman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Colorado prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing 12 moviegoers during a showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” last year.

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Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes

MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, selecting high capacity magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a … Continue reading

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Judge enters not guilty plea for Colorado theater gunman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado judge presiding over the case of accused theater gunman James Holmes entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on Tuesday to charges he went on a shooting spree in a Denver suburb nearly … Continue reading

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Accused gunman to enter plea in Colorado theater massacre

DENVER (Reuters) – Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday and enter a plea to charges that he went on a shooting rampage nearly eight months ago that killed 12 moviegoers during a … Continue reading

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Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) – A man who killed a school bus driver and then held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural Alabama for nearly a week was killed on Monday and the child was plucked … Continue reading

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Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

(Reuters) – A gunman who held a five-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural Alabama for nearly a week was killed on Monday and the child was plucked to safety without injury, law enforcement officials said.

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Connecticut gunman had hundreds of rounds; Obama to console Newtown

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The gunman who slaughtered 20 young children in Connecticut stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School armed with hundreds of bullets for a military-style assault rifle and handguns, and shot himself when police closed in, officials said on … Continue reading

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Newtown school gunman used rifle

The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a school in Connecticut used a rifle as his primary weapon, officials say, as a full list of victims is released.

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Gunman kills two at Oregon mall before taking own life

HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas season, killing at least two people, critically wounding a young woman and terrorizing holiday shoppers before shooting … Continue reading

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