Gun Issues in the News:
Connecticut
Few suspects in violent weekend - Yale Daily News - April 5, 2010
A weekend of violence in New Haven left two dead and sent three to the hospital, one of whom remains in critical condition, and most of the perpetrators are still at large. Read the full article.....
More guns than ever taken off city streets - New Haven Register, Jan. 16, 2010
In 2009, 299 guns were seized by New Haven police - the most on record in any year. "The downside is, there's a lot of guns still on the street," Chief Lewis said. Read the full article......
Spate of murders alarms city - Yale Daily News, January 13, 2010
An early morning raid by New Haven police who are determined to find the criminal who have murdered at lease seven city residents since October - many of them execution-style, with a gunshot to the front or back or the head. Read the full article.......
Naugatuck man faces charge after loaded gun found at barber shop - Republican-American, Dec. 15, 2009
A man who got his hair cut at the Cutting Crew in Mountview Plaza forgot one very important item when he left: his loaded 9mm handgun. Read the full article.....
Waterbury officer denies selling guns to felons - Republican-American, Dec. 13, 2009
Sgt. David Setzer denied that he ever illegally made his firearms available to felons on the streets of New Haven. Setzer's registered guns turned up in the hands of men with criminal pasts. Read the full article.....
Gun buy-back called a success - Hartford Courant, Dec. 11, 2009
Police said the weekend's gun buy-back was a success, with 78 firearms and lots of ammunition turned over to Harford police. The guns will be destroyed. Read the full article.....
15-year-old nabbed with loaded gun at Central High - Connecticut Post, October 31, 2009
A 15-year-old boy brough a loaded 9mm handgun to Central High School in Bridgeport on Friday morning, an incident that authorities say may be gang related. The 15-year-old, along with a 16-year-old male who police said gave the gun to the younger teen, were both taken into custody. Read the full article.....
Maine
UM student charged with capital area shootings. - The Maine Campus, May 13, 2010
A University of Maine student has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct with a firearm after a March spree of drive-by shootings in the Augusta area. Read the full article....
Turner man held on murder charge confesses to police - Lewiston Sun Journal, May 10. 2010
A Turner man called police on Saturday and confessed he killed his wife, according to court documents. When asked by police, Brian Nichols said "It's over. I did it. She's in bed, dead. I shot her." Read the full article......
Clinton man shot by intruder - Kennebec Journal, April 2, 2010
Police were looking for a man who reportedly walked into a Battle Ridge Rd man's bedroom, shot him in the side and fled. Read the full article.....
Proposal targets gun ban for parks - Bangor Daily News, Feb. 4, 2010
Lawmakers heard testimony on a proposal to reimpose restrictions on guns within Acadia National Park. Read full article.....
Bruce Lavallee-Davidson on trial for fatal Russian roulette game in Maine sex dungeon - Huffington Post, January 13, 2010
A gun collector who introduced several weapons into sexual play with two other men contended the weapons were intended to fulfill a sexual fantasy. Instead, a lethal combination of drugs, extreme sex and Russian roulette put him on trial for manslaughter. Read the full article....
Burlington man charged in double homicide - Bangor Daily News, Dec. 15, 2009
The Burlington man and member of the Maine Army National Guard arrested over the weekend for allegedly shooting a Webster Plantation couple appeared in court Monday on two counts of intentional or knowing murder. Read the full article....
Gun trafficking a growing issue in Maine - Bangor Daily News, November 18, 2009
Using 'straw buyers,' particularly women, part of crime trend. Read the full article...
Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in Old Orchard Beach - York Journal Tribune, November 18, 2009
An apparent murder suicide has shocked neighbors and friends of Bruce Savoy, 55, and his wife, Stacey, 50, who were found dead in their Pleasant Street home Tuesday morning. Police believe that Bruce shot Stacey after she came home from the grocery store, and then shot himself. Read the full article....
Massachusetts
From pulpits, calls to end bloodshed - Boston Globe, May 17, 2010
Worshipers joined hands, swayed in song, and prayed for the family of Jaewon Martin, the 14-year-old boy recently killed on a city basketball court. They prayed, too, for strength, comfort, and an end to street violence. Read the full article......
Boy slain on basketball court - Boston Globe, May 10, 2010
A family's dreams were cut down on a basketball court at the Bromley Heath Housing Project on Saturday, when gunfire hit Jaewon Martin, 14, a honor student who aspired to work in finance after college. Read the full article.........
Man shot in face; police seeking suspects - Herald News, May 7, 2010
Fall River police are searching for a group of men they say pulled alongside another vehicle and open fired on the driver. A 22-year-old man suffered injuries to the face and arm after three or four shots ripped through the care he was driving. Read the full article......
Man, 19, killed in shoot-out with police - Boston Globe, April 5, 2010
Devastated by the recent death of a close friend, Manueal DaVeiga went to pay condolences to the family and then visited a makeshift memorial. Moments after he arrived at the memorial, DaVeiga was engaged in a shoot-out with police. Read the full article.....
Davis says focus will be on gangs, guns in new year - Dorchester Reporter, Jan. 13, 2010
Boston Police Department hopes to keep positive momentum of crime drop going in 2010 by staying squarely focused on gang and gun violence. Read the full article......
Massachusetts State police say NH man fired AK-47 at restaurant - Union Leader, Dec. 7, 2009
An East Wakefield, NH man accused of shooting up a Lynn, MA restaurant using an AK-47 early Saturday morning man have stolen the weapon from a relative who lives in Wakefield. Read the full article......
Mother faces trial in shooting death; Roxbury boy, 8, was accidentally killed by cousin - Boston Globe, October 24, 2009
A Roxbury mother is heading to trial on a charge of voluntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of her 8-year-old son by his cousin in 2007. Read the full article......
New Hampshire
Man wearing veil, brandishing handgun, robs Plaistow bank - Union Leader, May 14, 2010
Authorities are investigating a bank robbery this afternoon at an Ocean Bank in which a man wearing a black veil displayed a handgun and demanded money. Read the full article.....
Loaded gun, threats to kill lead to arrest - Union Leader, Feb. 24, 2010
A man who told police he intended to shoot as many people as possible at a restaurant across from the New Hampshire State House was arrested Monday night with a loaded 9mm handgun and extra ammunition. Read the full article.....
Cannon, 5-year-old with gun found in Farmington home - WMUR, January 13, 2010
Police in Farmington said they found medieval weaponry, drugs and a 5-year-old holding a gun while serving a search warrant at a home in Farmington. Read the full article........
Lawmakers debate guns in the State House - WMUR, January 11, 2010
A bill that would make carrying a handgun in the State House a felony pitted safety advocates against gun-rights supporters on Monday. Read the full article.......
NH man fired AK-47 at Massachusetts restaurant - Union Leader, Dec. 7, 2009
An East Wakefield man accused of shooting up a Lynn, MA restaurant using an AK-47 early Saturday morning may have stolen the weapon from a relative in New Hampshire. Read the full article......
Snowball complaint leads to drug and gun charges - Nashua Telegraph, Dec. 7, 2009
A complaint about snowballs being thrown at cars lead to drug and gun chargs against two teenagers. A 17-year-old boy was carrying a 9 mm handgun. Read the full article........
Rhode Island
Providence man, 19, dies in drive-by shooting - Providence Journal, May 9, 2010
A 19-year-old Providence man died Friday night, the victim of a drive-by shooting as he sat in his car at a convenience store and gas station a few blocks from his home. Read the full article.....
Gun in beer box leads to Providence man's arrest - Providence Journal, April 2, 2010
On a busy evening that included the city's third homicide of the year and an unrelated drive-by shooting, the police arrested a man on gun charges after an undercover officer began investigating a report of shots fired about a half mile from the homicide. Read the full article.....
Two teens arrested in armed island pizza parlor holdup - Providence Journal, Feb. 8, 2010
Two Providence teenagers have been arrested after an armed robbery at a Domino's pizza parlor early Monday morning. Read the full article...
Armed robbers strick 5 Providence stores in 4 days - Providence Journal, Jan. 21, 2010
A masked man armed with a machete robbed a small market on Thursday morning. 12 hours earlier a masked man pointed a gun at the owner of Hawkins Mart. On Tuesday there were two armed robberies, both with handguns, at convenience stores. And Monday a masked man carrying a shotgun burst in the N&H Grocery. Read the full article........
Teen admits killing after sidewalk bumping in Providence - Providence Journal, Dec. 11, 2009
A 17-year-old youth has changed his plea and admitted that he shot and killed Jeffrey Lopez, 19, and wounded Carlos Javier, 19. The crimes were in retaliation for either Lopez or Javier earlier having bumped into the teen's friends. Read the full article.......
Warwick PD arrest two for shooting - NBC 10 News, November 2, 2009
Warwick police arrested two teens in connection with a shooting from last week at 8 King Street. Read the full article.....
Boyfriend faces charges in Providence killing - NBC 10 News, October 30, 2009
A boyfriend faces manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Providence police said Friday. Read the full article.....
Vermont
State Police investigate shooting on Interstate 189 - Burlington Free Press, May 13, 2010
A passenger in a vehicle on Interstate 189 in South Burlington pointed a handgun out a window and fired a shot into the woods Wednesday afternoon, the Vermont State Police said. Read the full article.......
Essex school shooter asks for new trial - Times Argus, May 13, 2010
Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two people in a 2006 shooting rampage in Essex told the Vermont Supreme Court on Wednesday that he deserves a new trial because of errors made by police and the judge in instructing the jury. Read the full article.......
Two wounded in accidental shooting WCAX.com, Feb. 8, 2010
A 22-year-old man tripped while holding a handgun. The gun went off and hit his hand. It passed through his hand and hit a woman in the hip as she was lying in bed . Read the full article......
Three arrested for aggressive armed home invasion - WCAX.com, Feb. 8, 2010
An armed home invasion in Caledonia County on Sunday has three men facing charges. Read the full article.....
Man jailed on DUI, weapons, cruelty charges - Rutland Herald, Jan. 12, 2010
A Rutland man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a loaded firearm in his truck. He was also accused of stalking his ex-wife that same night - standing outside her house with a gun. Read the full article......
Police say burglaries committed to feed heroin habit - Argus Times, Dec. 14, 2009
A 24-year-ol Graniteville man pleaded innocent to a string of property crimes. He is accused of entering homes around the city through unlocked windows and doors and stealing cash, jewelry and guns. Read the full article. ...
Large gun bust in Addison County - WCAX.com, October 9, 2009
An investigation led to the arrest of an Addison County man who now faces counts of both possessing and cultivating marijuana and illegal gun possession. Police seized a total of 32 guns from the home of convicted felon Michael Shaw. Read the full article....
Spate of robberies throughout Vermont - Rutland Herald, October 28, 2009
Armed robbers targeted two different branches of the Chittenden Bank in opposite corners of Vermont only minutes apart Tuesday monring. Read the full article......
Essex family seeks answers, gun reform after son's suicide - St. Albans Messenger - Sept. 4, 2009
Heartbroken and mystified over their teenage son's suicide almost five months ago, Essex parents Ge Wu and Shuwan Xue are still searching for answers and, at the same time, reaching out to the other parents and teenagers in the hope that another tragedy might be averted. Read the full article......
