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An armed Philadelphia robbery suspect picked the wrong convenience store to knock off and paid with his life for that critical mistake. The 28-year-old criminal entered the store wearing gloves and a mask partially covering his face and went behind the counter to steal cash from the register while holding employees at bay with his firearm. One of the employees was also armed and quickly turned the tables by pulling his handgun and opening fire, killing the robbery suspect right there inside his store. The incident took place late in the evening last week at Happy Day Food Market &...

A masked thug made the fatal mistake of trying to steal a firearm from a gun store while armed with a hammer. The incident took place at a gun store in Livermore, California, on Sunday, police said. It will be no surprise to regular Slay News readers that the gun store owner knew his Second Amendment rights and was ready a willing to exercise them. Unfortunately, there are no prizes for guessing that it didn’t end well for the would-be robber. Obviously, when the crook pulled a hammer on the store owner, he was shot dead. Police said their investigation...

Shirlene Hernandez, A 72 year old great-grandmother, was attacked and pummeled at a San Antonio gas station. The thug used her car door to bash her in the face. Three other men tried to tackle him, but he got away in Hernandez’s car. Minutes later, the perp slammed into the back of a tanker truck on I-35 near Somerset, Texas. The thug died at the scene. No local media, nor police, have disclosed the identity of the perp. They have only said that he had escaped from medical detention. Family members started a GoFundMe campaign to buy Hernandez a new...

The father and son who chased Ahmaud Arbery and shot him in February 2020 will die in prison after being sentenced to life without parole on Friday. Travis and Gregory McMichael were both sentenced to life without parole, while their neighbor William Roddie Bryan, 52, - who filmed the murder - will be eligible for parole. Judge Timothy R. Walmsley did not specify how long he would have to spend in prison - prosecutors asked that he spend at least 15 years behind bars. Typically, the minimum in Georgia is 30 years.

Travis McMichael sentenced to life without parole plus 20 years for assault.

The former Minnesota police officer charged in the April shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death prompted new protests against police brutality, will testify in her own defense, her attorney said on Tuesday as jury selection began in the manslaughter trial. Kimberly Potter, a white former officer in Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly discharged her handgun instead of her stun gun at Wright, 20, during a traffic stop. Her lawyers also have accused the prosecution of disregarding the conduct of...

KENDALE LAKES, Fla. – A crime victim counting on a ‘Stand Your Ground’ defense faces a felony charge after returning to the scene and shooting suspect again. Prosecutors cleared Christopher Luis of murder and manslaughter charges but charged him with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Watch the video report from WPLG below.

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The city of Newark is paying tribute to George Floyd with a new statue in front of City Hall.Mayor Ras Baraka, actor and filmmaker Leon Pickney and artist Stanley Watts unveiled the 700-pound bronze statue on Wednesday afternoon.

The 20-year-old black man who was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop in April was allegedly involved in an armed carjacking and violent assault three weeks before he was killed, according to a new lawsuit. Daunte Wright — who was killed when Officer Kim Potter mistook her gun for a Taser — and an accomplice allegedly jumped 20-year-old Joshua Hodges on March 21 while he was sitting in his car in north Minneapolis, the court papers state.

A state of emergency is now in effect in Elizabeth City, N.C., where the local sheriff's office is expected to publicly release a deputy's body camera footage from the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. last Wednesday. The city has also closed all of its government offices for the day. Pasquotank County, N.C., Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said over the weekend that his office will ask a court to approve the video's release on Monday. That step is required by North Carolina law, as agencies generally do not have the authority to make such recordings public.

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Neighbors’ security footage further debunks leftists’ theories about the Columbus OH shooting from earlier this week. A security camera across the street from where a Columbus Police officer shot and killed a 16-year-old girl holding a knife shows a wide-angle view of the deadly shooting. The police bodycam footage released by the Columbus mayor showed Makiyah Bryant attempting to stab someone as the officer acted swiftly and opened fire, fatally striking her. The Columbus officer rolled up on a chaotic scene and had no choice but to discharge his weapon in order to save lives. A slowed-down version of the...

On Tuesday afternoon Columbus police shot Makiyah Bryant, a 16-year-old girl who was attempting to stab another person. 16-year-old Makiyah Bryant was involved in a fight before police responded to reports of an attempted stabbing. Protesters immediately took to the street following her death. The mother of Makhia Bryant spoke to reporters about Makhia, “She was a very loving, peaceful little girl. She was 16-years-old. And Makhia had a motherly nature about her. She promoted peace.”

by Sam RastonA mob of BLM protesters gathered outside of the Columbus, Ohio Police headquarters Tuesday night after an officer-involved shooting death of 15-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.Members of the Black Liberation Movement showed up to the scene of the shooting Tuesday to confront police officers.An angry crowd chanting Ma'Khia Bryant’s name formed outside of the Columbus police headquarters.Across Twitter all afternoon, BLM activists and Democrats accused the police of "murder" of a "little child", making #AbolishThePolice the #1 trending topic for hours as a result.BLM protesters outside Columbus police headquarters demanded release of the bodycam footage.WATCH: Well tonight, they got just...

… Floyd “was a big man, he was too big for this earth,” his former girlfriend of three years, Courteney Ross, told reporters shortly before the verdict was read. “He is all over us right now.” Asked how he likely would have felt about the verdict, Ross said Floyd would argue that “now is a time for us to come together.” […] Standing at six foot four inches (1.93 meters), Floyd was known to friends and family as a “gentle giant,” a rapper and athlete who suffered runs-in with the law and addiction but who wanted the best for his...

On March 29, just after 2:30 AM, Chicago’s ShotSpotter alert system detected eight or nine gunshots in the West Side, largely Latino, neighborhood of Little Village, where gangs like the Latin Kings and Two Six have made gunplay a regular part of life. Chicago police officer Eric Stillman and his partner sped toward the gunshots once they received the ShotSpotter alert, doubtless hoping to nab the perpetrators and spare the community additional carnage. When they arrived on the scene, almost immediately after those shots were fired, they happened upon two individuals. One of them—who we now know to be 13-year-old...

Daunte Wright called his mother moments before he was fatally shot to say police had pulled him over for an air freshener dangling from his rearview mirror, a puzzlingly innocuous offense that nevertheless escalated into a tragic encounter with police.

Protesters have gathered Friday outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department for a sixth night after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon. Potter has since resigned from the department and has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. 6:00 p.m. A KSTP reporter at the scene estimates 200 people are already outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. The protesters are up against the fence and chanting, but it has been a peaceful assembly so far. Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced this evening that he will change...

City officials have released videos and other material showing what happened the night police fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

Hours before city officials plan to release video of a police officer shooting 13-year old Adam Toledo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday asked Chicago residents to withhold judgment and again called for peace. The mayor choked back tears as she discussed the city’s endemic gun violence, saying, “We can’t have that be what young people experience in our city.” “Simply put, we failed Adam,” she said during a City Hall news conference. Lightfoot recounted how, two weeks ago, “a tragedy occurred that left a child dead, a mother in mourning and a family in crisis.” “I have seen those videos...