4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect sought

A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away. Authorities were searching for the 29-year-old suspect, Travis Reinking, who they said drove to the busy restaurant and killed two people in the parking lot before entering and continuing to fire.

Suspected Waffle House gunman’s weapons were taken after White House incident, Tennessee police say

Nashville police said at least four are dead after suspect Travis Reinking opened fire at a Waffle House restaurant April 22. A customer at the restaurant was able to take the gun from the shooter who then fled the scene. Authorities say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville was arrested last year by the U.S. Secret Service for being in a restricted area near the White House.

Second Amendment Supporters Rally For Their Rights

Led by the 30,000 member Connecticut Citizens Defense League 1,500 gun owners and Second Amendment supporters rallied at the state Capitol Saturday. The rally comes less than three weeks after more than 10,000 marched in the same location to demand Connecticut toughen its already tough gun laws by increasing regulations by banning bump stocks and ghost guns.

Lawyers: Prosecutors withheld evidence of teen’s innocence

A legal team has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its claim that Louisiana prosecutors withheld evidence for a murder trial that ended in a guilty verdict against an intellectually disabled teenager accused of killing a pizza deliveryman. Corey Williams was 16 years old when police arrested him in the shooting death of Jarvis Griffin two decades ago in Caddo Parish, where prosecutors have been widely criticized for their aggressive approach to seeking the death penalty.

Gunman casually bought water moments before massacre that wounded…

Shortly before he wounded then-US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting massacre in 2011 outside an Arizona grocery store, Jared Lee Loughner stood in the store's checkout lane, casually took a plastic bag of cash from his pocket and bought a bottle of water. Surveillance video of the purchase was among hundreds of pieces of evidence, including photos and documents, relating to the Tucson shooting that the FBI released this week in its Freedom of Information Act online library, dubbed "The Vault."

Attorneys: Inmate’s IQ too low to execute

Attorneys for a Nebraska death row inmate whose case inspired the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry" say he should be ruled ineligible for execution because he has the intellect of a young child. John Lotter was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 killings of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, and two witnesses, Lisa Lambert and Philip DeVine, at a rural farmhouse in Humboldt, about 75 miles south of Omaha.

1,000 march in Salt Lake City over Mormon youth interviews

In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, Sam Young, a Mormon father from Houston who is organizing a petition to stop sexually explicit interviews of Mormon youth by their LDS Bishops, talks during a news conference in... . In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, Sam Young, a Mormon father from Houston who is organizing a petition to stop sexually explicit interviews of Mormon youth by their LDS Bishops, talks during a news conference in... .

Pathologist: Stephon Clark was shot 8 times, 7 from behind

Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist hired by Clark's family, findings that call into question the department's assertion that the 22-year-old black man was facing officers and walking toward them when he was killed. Dr. Bennet Omalu, whose study of a degenerative brain condition in football players prompted the NFL to adopt new safety rules designed to prevent concussions, also determined Clark took up to 10 minutes to die.

White House says police shootings a ‘local matter’

The shooting deaths of unarmed black men such as Stephon Clark have sparked national outrage over police brutality, but White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called them a "local matter." The death of Clark, a 22-year-old who was only holding a cell phone when he was shot 20 times by police in his own backyard, has led to protests across the country, including one in Times Square Wednesday night.

Killed in Cold Blood: Alton Sterling’s Family Decries Decision Not to Charge Officers for Murder

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has announced the state will not bring charges against two white police officers from Baton Rouge for the 2016 killing of Alton Sterling, an African-American father of five. Bystander video shows Sterling was pinned to the ground by the two police officers when they shot him.