A Pennsylvania prosecutor says a member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged in the 2022 killing of her parents, and authorities don't believe she acted alone. Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said Wednesday that 33-year-old Michelle Zajko faces murder, burglary and conspiracy charges. Rita and Richard Zajko were shot in their Chester Heights home on New Year’s Eve, Michelle's birthday. Rouse says if Zajko didn't pull the trigger, she arranged for it. But she has denied killing her parents. She's been jailed since February 2025, when she was arrested with two other members of the group in Maryland.
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An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested in a shooting at a library in Northern California that left two people dead. Police say the suspect first walked through the building unarmed, then returned with a shotgun. He fatally shot one person at the entrance and another inside. The shootings occurred Monday evening at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library. Officers arrived within two minutes of the 911 call and apprehended the suspect shortly after. The victims were identified as Jacob Hull and Robert Johnson. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
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Eight people accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center during a protest. A police officer was wounded in the July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas. A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist convicted of attempted murder in the shooting was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in prison, which is the maximum punishment. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, one of two judges overseeing the sentencing, said the protesters' actions were “an assault on democracy.” The seven other protesters received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years.
Protesters accused of antifa ties and convicted in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prison.
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The Utah judge in the murder case of Charlie Kirk’s killing has denied a defense request to force Tyler Robinson’s former roommate to testify in person during the preliminary hearing. Judge Tony Graf said Monday that the credibility of any testimony can be challenged later if the case goes to trial. Graf also postponed a ruling on whether prosecutors could face sanctions for comments to the media about a bullet fragment recovered from the conservative activist’s body until Friday. Robinson has not yet entered a plea. The 23-year-old from southwestern Utah is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination of Kirk. The ally of President Donald Trump was shot in the neck while addressing a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University.
Two students opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines, killing three fellow students and wounding seven others. Police say the suspects, aged 14 and 15, were armed with pistols and have been arrested. The shooting occurred Monday at San Jose National High School in Tacloban city. An investigation is underway to determine the cause. Police said the suspects claimed they were bullied at school. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered a thorough investigation and asked law enforcers to boost security in schools and public areas. School shootings are relatively rare in the Philippines.
Philippine police say three students were killed and five others wounded in a high school shooting in city of Tacloban.
Police say a spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least 38 injuries and seven deaths since Friday evening. On Sunday, President Donald Trump weighed in on social media and renewed his suggestion for a military intervention in the nation’s third largest city. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, has repeatedly rebuffed Trump's calls to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago. While the city has experienced a slight uptick in shootings compared to last year, violent crime rates in the city have generally declined over the past few years in parallel with other U.S. cities, according to police data.
Gunshots and explosions are heard at the airport in Niger’s capital Niamey, a security official and witnesses say.
Police in Ohio have arrested a second suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival on June 6. Twenty-year-old Ka Nye Taylor was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with 11 counts of felonious assault. Court documents do not list an attorney for him. The other suspect, twenty-year-old Eljay Crisp-Carr was taken into custody on June 11, and also charged with 11 counts of felonious assault. The gunfire broke out during the Old West End Festival in Toledo. Police said a fight between rival groups apparently escalated into two people shooting at each other, although they were not among the wounded.