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Utah parents push for gun ‘sanity’

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:09:43 MDT

Utah parents push for gun ‘sanity’

By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 06:09AM MDT

Miriam Walkingshaw’s world of creating wedding flowers and handpicked serenity shattered last summer when a gunman dressed for war strode into a Colorado movie theater and slaughtered 12 people, including a 6-year-old girl, during a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” “I had a 6-year-old at the time, and, of course, he loves Batman,” she says. “This is only one state away. It felt very close to home.” The mass shooting that also injured 58 prompted Walkingshaw to research Utah’s gun p...

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Police: Progress in Mother’s Day shooting probe

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:06:26 MDT

Police: Progress in Mother’s Day shooting probe

By KEVIN McGILL and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 10:06PM MDT

New Orleans • New Orleans police hope a $10,000 reward and blurry surveillance camera images will lead to arrests in a Mother’s Day shooting that wounded 19 people and showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies the city’s festive image. Angry residents said gun violence — which has flared at two other city celebrations this year — goes hand-in-hand with the city’s other deeply rooted problems such as poverty and urban blight. The investigators ...

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19 shot in New Orleans parade

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:07:55 MDT

19 shot in New Orleans parade

By CHEVEL JOHNSON The Associated Press

Updated May 12, 2013 11:07PM MDT

New Orleans • Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19. The shooting — described by the FBI as a flare-up of street violence — shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest row houses not far from the French Quarter. Cell phone video taken in the aftermath of the shooting shows victims lying on the ground, blood on the pavement and others bend...

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19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:56:25 MDT

19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids

By Chevel Johnson Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 01:56PM MDT

New Orleans • Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The FBI said the shooting appeared to be “street violence” and wasn’t linked to terrorism. Many of the victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren’t life-threatening, according to authorities, though at least three people had serious wounds. No deaths were reported. The victims included 10 men, seven women, a boy and a girl. ...

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Salt Lake City man accused of arson, domestic abuse

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:36:03 MDT

Salt Lake City man accused of arson, domestic abuse

By Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 07:36PM MDT

A man who was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence after a fire at his Salt Lake City home Wednesday now faces possible charges of arson and attempted murder. Booking information from the Salt Lake County jail shows that Daniel Ivins, 33, was jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence assault and felony counts of second-degree aggravated arson, second-degree aggravated assault and attempted second-degree murder. On Wednesday morning, Salt Lake City firefighters responded to a res...

Sports violence

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Sports violence

Updated May 9, 2013 01:01AM MDT

If one lesson can be taken from the tragic death of a volunteer soccer referee this week, it is that violence cannot be tolerated in organized youth athletics. Not by players, coaches, parents, officials or spectators. A culture that emphasizes competition, not recreation, is too pervasive, and it is dangerous. In the most recent incident, a 17-year-old soccer player has been charged with third-degree felony homicide by assault after he reportedly punched Ricardo Portillo, an experienced volunt...