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Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, who is charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 6, 2024. (Brynn Anderson/Pool via REUTERS)
Jul 30, 2026

Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to prison

A man who gave his troubled son the rifle he used to kill four people at a Georgia high school was sentenced to prison.

Colt Gray enters the Barrow County Courthouse, in Winder, Georgia, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Mike Stewart/Pool via REUTERS)
Jul 29, 2026

Teenage school shooter in Georgia is sentenced to life without parole

Colt Gray, who at 14 became the youngest mass school shooter in a quarter-century when he killed four people at a Georgia high school in September 2024, was sentenced.

Appellate Court of Maryland
Jul 16, 2026

Appellate Court of Maryland: Handgun statute; relation back; sufficiency

Handgun statute — relation back — sufficiency

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Jul 1, 2026

Inmate sentenced for murder at MD prison

An inmate at Eastern Correctional Institute on Maryland's Eastern Shore was sentenced after being found guilty of murdering a fellow inmate.

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on June 17, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Jun 29, 2026

Mangione’s federal trial over CEO killing moved to January as state murder trial looms

Luigi Mangione's federal trial for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is delayed to January to avoid conflict with his state trial.

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on June 17, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Jun 18, 2026

Mangione, accused CEO killer, withdraws mental health defense plans for now

Luigi Mangione withdraws plans to use mental health defense in the trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan.

Luigi Mangione attends an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Dec. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Pool/File Photo)
Jun 17, 2026

Luigi Mangione seeks ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense in CEO killing case

Luigi Mangione plans to argue he was in a state of "extreme emotional disturbance" when he allegedly gunned down a health insurance executive in Manhattan.

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Jun 8, 2026

VA man who plotted with au pair to kill his wife gets prison

Brendan Banfield, a former IRS agent who plotted with his Brazilian au pair to kill his wife and a man lured to the family’s Northern Virginia home, has been sentenced.

The Cogir Senior Living center in Potomac, where 87-year-old resident Robert Fuller was fatally shot on Feb. 14. (The Washington Post)
Jun 1, 2026

Assisted-living staffer accused of murder ruled mentally unfit

An assisted-living center employee who is accused of fatally shooting an 87-year-old resident has been deemed mentally unfit to proceed to trial.

The Roxbury Correctional Institution, south of Hagerstown, is shown in this 2023 file photo.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
May 26, 2026

MD inmate who murdered baby niece found dead in cell

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate who had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of his 2-month old niece.

At a news conference in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 9, 2026, Prince George’s County and Alexandria officials announce charges against a former Washington, D.C., police officer accused of sexually assaulting women. (The Washington Post News Service)
May 21, 2026

How a carjacking and shooting rampage terrorized a MD county

Larry James Simpson allegedly carried out a violent rampage involving shootings and carjackings across multiple locations in Prince George’s County.

The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, which houses Maryland's two appellate courts, is seen on March 30. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
May 19, 2026

MD Appellate Court orders release of inmate death video

The Appellate Court of Maryland last week ordered the release of the video of a prison homicide to the victim’s father.