Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.
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Westbrook man charged with killing couple in front of their young children enters insanity plea
Court records indicate Marcel LaGrange, 24, told detectives that he shot 2 people. He’s now facing several charges in the deaths of Brittney Cockrell, 37, and Michael Hayter, 41.
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White man fatally shoots 3 Black people at Florida store in what officials say is a hate crime
Jacksonville’s sheriff said the gunman, who took his own life after the killings, was “racially motivated” and “hated Black people.”
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University of South Carolina student fatally shot while trying to enter wrong home, police say
Police said preliminary information indicated that Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, a sophomore, lived on the same street as where he was shot but apparently was attempting to enter another home.
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Police: 1 teen is dead, 2 people wounded after shooting at high school football game in Oklahoma
The boy was not a student of either school, according to Choctaw Police Chief Kelly Marshall, who did not release the names of any of the victims.
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South Portland officer shoots and kills man in armed confrontation at apartment complex
Officer Anthony Verville fatally shot Christapher Dodge, 47, after responding to a domestic violence shooting at the Summit Terrace apartments early Friday.
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Man accused of killing Westbrook couple also shot at their son, indictment says
A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Marcel LaGrange Jr., 24, on six charges, including two counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder.
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Florida shooting puts two officers in the hospital; the suspect is later killed in hotel shootout
The officers, who were not immediately identified, were transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
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Two people killed after shots fired blocks from University of Florida campus
The post didn’t disclose how many people were shot but said two of the shooting victims later died from their injuries.
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Man accused of killing his parents, 2 others in Bowdoin enters insanity plea
Joseph Eaton, who told a Press Herald reporter that he killed his parents and 2 other people in Bowdoin and shot 3 others on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth in April, was arraigned Friday afternoon on 4 counts of murder and 23 other charges.