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16 past the hour jury selection is underway in the federal death penalty case of the man accused ofcarrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in the nations history back in october of 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 jewish worshippers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania lawyers for the defendant have offered a guilty plea in exchange for a life sentence, but federal prosecutors have turn that down if convicted, the gunman could face the death penalty this morning ki...

Police officer kim potter, who shot and killed daunte wright back in 2021 she says she mistook her gun for a taser. nbcs jesse kirsch has been following this for us. jesse, what more do we know about kim potters release it was 4:00 a.m. >> reporter: 4:00 a.m. local time, chris, 5:00 a.m. eastern we didnt know about this until after the fact, at least in part because officials were trying to preserve security both for potter and for everyone else at the prison facility. obviously this is a high p...

She will be released after 16 months for the traffic stop shooting that sparked protest.

A suspect has been arrested after police say he attacked two people who were walking their dogs, including an elderly woman, near a park in Moab Saturday morning.

An officer was forced to take evasive action to avoid being hit by the car.

Protests and unrest in the streets last june. looking toward tonight, akrons mayor saying he has faith in his community. correspondent jesse kirsch has late details. >> reporter: tonight ohios attorney general announcing the eight akron police officers who shot jayland walker more than 40 times will face no state criminal charges for killing the 25-year-old black man. >> the grand jury concluded that the officers were legally justified in their use of force. >> reporter: walkers family outraged ...

Traffic stop. we learned late this afternoon a grand jury decided not to charge the officers. here is abc alex breast cancer shay. >> it sparked weeks of protest. 25-year-old jalen walker, gunned down by police after he fled a traffic stop. shot more than 45 times. today, a grand jury deciding not to charge officers that killed him. >> the law allows officers to use deadly force to defend themselves or others against a deadly threat. >> in the early hours of june 27th, officers tried to pull ove...

After a man allegedly attempted to steal from an Emporia florist and assaulted an employee, a taser was used to bring him down for an arrest.

One man is behind bars after being suspected of child endangerment.

Eight years before, this confidential report discovered 99 proven cases of abuse at a placement for young adults. there was an incident with a member of staff importing a taser gun, we asked a social worker to go out and interview him, and at interview, he confirmed that he had bought the taser intending to use it at work for his own protection. the reports author says lessons should have been learned. it doesnt seem to have had any impact at all, the local authorities just continued to feed peo...