The Uvalde crime scene investigators almost missed the shooter's 'hellfire trigger' device because someone threw it in the trash, DOJ report says

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Investigators almost threw away the "hellfire trigger system" the shooter had used on his rifle, a new Justice Department report on the Uvalde school shooting says.

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Feds rip the police's failure to stop the Uvalde school shooting: 'No urgency'

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A memorial for the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May shooting sits outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
A memorial for the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May shooting sits outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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A District Attorney's Office investigator accidentally shot herself at Georgia's Fulton County courthouse

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Fulton County Courthouse.

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Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site Bellingcat days after Elon Musk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a 'psyop'

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Elon Musk and Eliot Higgins, the Bellingcat founder.

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After a Texas family asked a neighbor to stop shooting a gun in his yard because their baby was trying to sleep, he came over and killed 5 people with an AR-15 style rifle, police say.

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A mass shooting in Texas left five people dead, police say.

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A Walgreens worker told police he shot a pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting in self-defense

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The incident occurred at a Walgreens store.

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Apple permanently closed down a store in a North Carolina mall after 3 shootings at the mall in just 75 days, report says

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An Apple store. Not the closed store in North Carolina.

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Michael Haight is accused of killing his wife and 5 kids in a brutal Utah familicide. Police reports suggest he had a troubling pattern of aggression toward children.

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A police crime scene trailer sits outside the home of Michael Haight on January 5, 2023 in Enoch, Utah. Haight, who was 42, is accused of killing his wife, mother-in-law and his five kids that range in ages from 17 to 4 years old with a gun.
A police crime scene trailer sits outside the home of Michael Haight on January 5, 2023 in Enoch, Utah.
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