Tag Archives: shooting

Andrew Lester turned himself in to authorities a day after being charged with armed assault in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, the sheriff’s department in Clay County, Missouri, announced Tuesday. Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson first announced the arrest at a news conference on Monday, The Washington Post reported. Yarl, …

Next week is the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 26 dead, including 20 children, in what was formerly the sleepy community of Newtown, Connecticut. Since that shooting, gun-control advocates have clamored, begged and even held sit-ins on the floor of the House of Representatives …