Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler announced his team will seek the death penalty against James Holmes, accused of shooting 70 people, killing 12 during a midnight screening in Aurora Colorado.
Ohio police said that Reshad Riddle killed his father, Richard with a single shot from a handgun on Sunday afternoon at the Hawatha Church of God in Crist in the city of Ashtabula after an Easter service on Sunday. The 25-year-old son reportedly was yelling about God and Allah after the killing.
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia were found with fatal gunshot wounds at their home near the town of Forey Texas on Saturday. The fatalities do not appear random, as the killings occurred in the same county where an assistant prosecutor was also shot dead outside a courthouse in January. Two months ago, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, DA McLelland's colleague was gunned down.
A foreign tourist was raped and robbed on a minibus on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, while her boyfriend was beaten and handcuffed on Saturday night. Two of the culprits - including the driver - have been arrested, and a third who was contacted by mobile phone, had also raped the woman. After they were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai, they have since spoken to police, leading to two arrests.
