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  Paralyzed Columbine survivor's death ruled a homicide 26 years after school massacre

  NBC News - By Corky Siemaszko

  Anne Marie Hochhalter, 43, died of sepsis last month, and a coroner has determined that the two gunshot wounds she suffered were a “significant contributing factor” in her death. The Columbine killers have claimed another victim. Nearly 26 years after two troubled Colorado teenagers barged into …

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  Supreme Court poised to reject Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gun makers

  NBC News - By Lawrence Hurley

  The case concerns a lawsuit the Mexican government filed against gun companies seeking accountability for the gun violence epidemic. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule against the Mexican government over a lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun makers accountable for an …

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  Suspect pleads guilty in Highland Park mass shooting at July Fourth parade

  NBC News - By Samira Puskar and Corky Siemaszko

  Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III pleaded guilty to 69 counts of murder and attempted murder in the shooting, which killed seven people and wounded nearly 50. WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The trial of the man accused of opening fire at a Fourth of July parade in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park ended …

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  One airman dead, another injured after shooting incident at Kirtland Air Force Base

  NBC News - By Rebecca Cohen

  The injured airman was shot in the hand and has since been released from the hospital. The other airman was found dead at the scene. One airman is dead and another is injured with a gunshot wound following a “shooting incident” involving security forces at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico early …

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  Two Virginia Beach officers killed in shooting during traffic stop

  NBC News - By Matt Lavietes

  Police said the suspect was found dead hours later with a “gunshot wound to the head” they believe was “self-inflicted.” Two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach late Friday evening, the Virginia Beach Police Department said. Hours later, the suspect was found …

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  Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies days after entering guilty plea

  NBC News - By Deon J. Hampton and Shaquille Brewster

  Lester, 86, had been scheduled to be sentenced next month after he entered a guilty plea Friday to second-degree felony assault. Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old white man who pleaded guilty Friday to shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl in the head after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died, …