#gang-violence

#gang-violence

T he family of a west London personal trainer chased and shot dead while holidaying in Jamaica have spoken of their devastation.Sean Patterson, 33, from Notting Hill, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his head and upper body at the One Love villa where he was staying in Bogue Hill, St James around midday on Monday.

A man accused of killing a 26-year-old woman in a shooting outside a pub on Christmas Eve was served with an injunction to prevent gang violence two months before, a court has heard.Connor Chapman, 23, is accused of murdering beautician Elle Edwards when he fired 12 shots from a Skorpion sub-machine gun outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Merseyside.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Two men have been jailed for killing a furloughed travel agent who once featured in a knife crime documentary.Abiola Akerele, who was also a rapper known as Nayta, had resorted to selling cannabis after being laid off during the pandemic.

A 20,000 reward is being offered to find a gunman who killed a 27-year-old in gang violence that also claimed the life of a passing delivery driver.Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21, was knocked off his moped and died in Railton Road, Brixton, south London, on Sunday October 30 as he was making the final delivery of his shift.

The Metropolitan Police have agreed to revise a tool they use to monitor those suspected of being involved in gang violence following a High Court challenge.The Gangs Violence Matrix is a watchlist of people the force designates as gang nominals, meaning those likely to be involved in gang crime.It gives individuals an automated score to measure how much of a risk they are, and this score can then be shared with third parties, including the Home Office, local authorities, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), housing providers, schools and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

Having just read Steven Chapman's column "The fentanyl crisis confirms the folly of the never-ending war on drugs" (May 4), I am prompted to thank him for raising a controversial but well-reasoned opinion on dealing with the opioid crisis we face.I do not illegally use opioids, but I am prescribed them for an extremely painful condition and do not take them to get high.

There continue to be tragic stories in the news about children getting shot and killed: "Parents mourn 13-year-old fatally shot in West Ridge park."If that's not awful enough, just last week, an 8-year-old boy was fatally shot in the Park Boulevard neighborhood, and a 7-year-old boy died overnight after being hit by a bullet while inside his Humboldt Park home.

Ontario is getting $121 million to fight gun crimes and gang violence as part of a $390 million investment from the federal government.Minister of Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will make the announcement at Peel Regional Police headquarters in Mississauga on Monday along with Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner.

Image Part of a Gazprom pipeline in Russia.Credit...Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Evidence is mounting that Russia's natural gas export industry has fallen apart since the country invaded Ukraine.New estimates suggest that Russia's pipeline exports could drop by half this year compared with last year.The problems are not limited to gas delivered by pipeline.

A reward of £20,000 is being offered for any leads following a car chase and shooting in south London that left two men dead, one a Deliveroo moped rider on his last delivery job of the day.An inquest has already heard that Lemar Urquhart, 27, was shot eight times amid the gang violence in Railton Road, Brixton, on 30 October.

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Malachi Moore's first season as a full-time major league umpire will be stressful enough, what with the bigger stadiums, higher stakes, hostile crowds, enhanced sticky stuff checks, travel demands, and the "Umpire Scorecards" website tracking every one of the 32-year-old's missed calls.

The deaths of three Michigan rappers whose bodies were found in an abandoned apartment building in early February were related to gang violence, state police said, asking members of the public who might have information about the case to come forward.In a series of tweets Friday, Michigan State Police confirmed they were continuing to investigate the triple homicide of Armani Kelly, 28; Dante Wicker, 31; and Montoya Givens, 31, who were reported missing after their January 21 performance at a Detroit club was canceled.

Warning: This story contains spoilers.If you haven't contemplated Beaujolais lately, you're not watching enough television.The wine is one of several drinks that gets screen time in The Last of Us, an HBO limited series.When they're not fighting authoritarian corruption, gang violence or zombie-like creatures called the infected, characters in The Last of Us are seen raising glasses of Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages, stockpiling Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon and shooting whiskey.

T wo men have been jailed for killing a furloughed travel agent who once featured in a knife crime documentary.Abiola Akerele, who was also a rapper known as Nayta, had resorted to selling cannabis after being laid off during the pandemic.The 28-year-old was stabbed to death on grass outside his home in East Ham, east London, on December 29 2020.

The Metropolitan Police Service has agreed to overhaul its controversial Gangs Violence Matrix, admitting that it needs "wholesale change".The database is used by the Met to identify those at risk of committing, or being a victim of, gang-related violence in London.The agreement follows a legal challenge by the human rights charity Liberty.

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022.Majdi Mohammed/AP Sixty-seven members of the press were killed in 2022, the highest number since 2018, according to the annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

By Evens Sanon and Danica Coto | Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  A cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition, UNICEF announced Wednesday.The deadly combination means that about 40% of cholera cases in the impoverished country of more than 11 million inhabitants now involve children, with 9 out of 10 cases reported in areas where people are starving, according to the United Nations agency.