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Parents of Sudlksha Konankl are asking authorities in the Dominican Replublic that she be officially declared dead, only after 2 weeks she went missing.

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Parents of Sudiksha Konanki ask authorities to declare her dead as last man seen with missing student seeks freedom in court | CNN

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The parents of missing US college student Sudiksha Konanki are asking authorities in the Dominican Republic that she be officially declared dead, nearly two weeks after she went missing while on spring break in Punta Cana.

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A young Atlanta rapper known for being signed to Young Thug's YSL Records has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a fatal June shooting at an apartment complex in Atlanta.

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Atlanta rapper signed to Young Thug’s YSL Records charged with murder

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A young Atlanta rapper known for being signed to Young Thug’s YSL Records has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a fatal June shooting at an apartment complex in Atlanta.

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Kathryn Johnston was an elderly woman from Atlanta, Georgia, who was killed by undercover police officers. She was at home in northwest Atlanta on November 21, 2006, where she had lived for 17 years. Three police officers entered her house during what was described as a drug raid. The officers broke down her door. Police stated that Johnston fired at them, and they returned fire; she fired one shot out the door over the officers' heads, and they fired 39 shots, five or six of which hit her. Her gunfire injured none of the officers, but Johnston was killed, with police injuries resulting from friendly fire. One of the officers planted marijuana in Johnston's house after the shooting. Later, during the investigation, it was revealed that drugs were found in the house. Further inquiry led the three officers to admit to planting the drugs. They were tried for manslaughter and other charges related to falsification, convicted, and sentenced to ten, six, and five years, respectively.

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Kathryn Johnston (June 26, 1914 - November 21, 2006) was an elderly woman from Atlanta, Georgia who was killed by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November 21, 2006, where she had lived for 17 years. Three officers had entered her home in what was later described as a 'botched' drug raid. Officers cut off burglar bars and broke down her door using a no-knock warrant. Police said Johnston fired at them and they fired in response; she fired one shot out the door over the officers' heads and they fired 39 shots, five or six of which hit her. None of the officers were injured by her gunfire, but Johnston was killed by the officers. Police injuries were later attributed to friendly fire from each other's weapons.

One of the officers planted marijuana in Johnston's house after the shooting. Later investigations found that the paperwork stating that drugs were present at Johnston's house, which had been the basis for the raid, had been falsified. The officers later admitted to having lied when they submitted cocaine as evidence claiming that they had bought it at Johnston's house. Three officers were tried for manslaughter and other charges surrounding falsification, convicted, and sentenced to ten, six, and five years, respectively.

The officers, dressed in plainclothes, approached the house at about seven in the evening. Officers Jason R. Smith, Gregg Junnier, and Arthur Tesler, who were wearing bulletproof vests and carrying riot shields when they entered the home, announced themselves after opening the door but before entering the house, according to police. Johnston fired a gun after police forced open the door. It was later determined that Johnston fired one shot from an old pistol and that none of the officers were hit by that bullet. The police officers fired a total of 39 shots, five or six of which hit Johnston. Police injuries sustained in the raid were from bullets not fired from Johnston's gun. The officers were hit in the arm, thigh, and shoulder respectively; they were treated at a hospital.

Around 2am, officer Smith stated that while alone in the woods he found a few small bags of marijuana and put in his patrol car. Later, when a search of a suspected drug dealer found no drugs, Smith planted the marijuana on the suspect and threatened to arrest him if he did not give them information leading to an arrest. The man later testified that he gave the police the Neal Street address and a fictitious name to ask for to purchase cocaine to avoid being arrested for the marijuana Smith planted. At 5pm, police contacted their informant, White to make a cocaine purchase at the address however he was unavailable.

As justification for the no-knock warrant, the Atlanta Police Department initially claimed that the police were searching for drug dealers after a police informant was said to have bought crack at Johnston's home. However, the informant later denied having bought drugs at her house, and suspicion about the incident sparked a federal and state investigation. In the affidavit police used to obtain a search warrant for Johnston's house, Atlanta narcotics officers alleged their informant bought drugs inside Johnston's home earlier in the day from a man named "Sam", and that the home had video surveillance equipment justifying the no-knock warrant. In an interview with Atlanta television station WAGA a few days after Johnston's shooting, the informant denied having gone to her house and said that after the shooting, police pressured him to lie and say that he had. The informant denied that he had ever been to Johnston's house. According to WSB-TV in Atlanta, Detective Junnier subsequently told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that some of the information used to obtain the search warrant on Johnston's home was false. Several experts said that even if the warrant information had been entirely legitimate, the informant's word would not have been enough to legally justify the no-knock warrant.

On February 7, 2007, it was announced that the Fulton County District Attorney's office, under district attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr., would seek felony murder and burglary indictments against the three officers involved. The Rev. Markel Hutchins, acting as spokesman for Johnston's family, said her family members were "stunned and disappointed" by the announcement of the indictments because they believed it will disrupt a larger federal investigation of civil rights violations by the Atlanta Police Department.

The federal probe into the police department revealed that Atlanta police routinely lied to obtain search warrants, including often falsifying affidavits. The police sergeant in charge of the narcotics unit also pleaded guilty to charges surrounding the shooting, and another officer admitted to extortion. Tesler's attorney, William McKenney, said that planting drugs and lying to obtain search warrants is routine in the police department.

Smith and Junnier pleaded guilty to state charges of manslaughter, and federal civil rights charges. Smith and Junnier pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and making false statements, which were state charges. Smith additionally pleaded guilty to perjury. Smith admitted that he had planted bags of marijuana in Johnston's house after the shooting.

On February 24, 2009, U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes sentenced former officer Gregg Junnier to six years in prison, Jason Smith to 10 years in prison and Arthur Tesler to five years in prison. Junnier and Tesler had faced recommended 10 years in prison under sentencing guidelines, while Smith faced 12 years and seven months. According to U.S. Attorney David Nahmias, the sentences of Junnier and Smith were reduced after they provided information to assist in the prosecutions of the other ex-officers. Carnes also ordered Smith, Junnier and Tesler to reimburse Johnston's estate the cost of her burial, $8,180.

Changes were made to the police department and to the narcotics unit following Johnston's death. The mayor also announced that APD training procedures would be reviewed and a new regulation would be instituted requiring APD officers to take drug tests.

The officers involved in the shooting testified that they had been under pressure to meet performance requirements of the APD, which led them to lie and falsify evidence, and that they had been inadequately trained. Police Chief Pennington denied the existence of quotas in the APD, but acknowledged the existence of "performance measures because if we don't have them, the officers would come in every day with nothing on their sheets."

Johnston's shooting, along with several others, brought police use of deadly force under increased scrutiny. A week after the shooting, over 200 people held a rally in Johnston's neighborhood to demand answers to questions surrounding the shooting. The shooting was highlighted by civil rights activists as an example of the police department's poor treatment of people living in low-income neighborhoods.

In reference to this case, Gregory Jones, the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta FBI, said, "Few crimes are as reprehensible as those committed by police officers who violate the very laws they have sworn to uphold."

In 2019, the Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park, named in honor of Johnston, was opened in English Avenue, near where Johnston had lived.

Johnston's death inspired John Gordon, a businessman from the Buckhead community of Atlanta to found a nonprofit organization,Friends of English Avenue, which is dedicated to improve the quality of life of the residents through green-space development, public safety initiatives and mentoring programs in service of Johnston's legacy. As of 2019, both crime and the gap between the community and the police has been reduced with the city's initiative to have Atlanta Police officers live rent-free in homes in the area.

Sarah Dozier, Johnston's niece, filed a motion asking a federal judge for sanctions against the city of Atlanta because she said it had withheld documents in a wrongful death lawsuit. Dozier's suit against the city had claimed that the incentives for the police to lie to obtain the warrant involved the quota system, which gives officers quotas for arrests and warrants. According to Dozier's motion, Lawyers for Johnston's family had asked the Atlanta Police Department for documents about the quotas before the trial began; the police chief had denied the existence of the quota system and the department indicated that there were no such documents. Dozier's motion claims that her lawyers obtained the documents another way and that APD officers had verified their authenticity during pretrial testimony. Alex White, the man the officers had used as their informant, also filed a lawsuit against Atlanta and police, claiming officers had held him against his will to pressure him to lie for the cover-up. In August 2010, Johnston's family was awarded $4.9 million in a settlement.

Rev. Markel Hutchins, who according to pleadings filed, "served as the Estate/Family Spokesman; principal strategist and issue manager" during the pendency of the suit against the City of Atlanta, filed a lawsuit against Dozier in August 2011 in order to enforce a $490,000 consulting fee he claims he is owed for his efforts "that made the significant settlement possible." The lawsuit was settled in 2013 for an undisclosed amount with all parties agreeing to secrecy.

Ohio rappers Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featured audio footage from the scene of protests over the shooting in their song "My Street Blues". Shawn Mullins, a singer/songwriter from Atlanta, wrote and dedicated a song to Kathryn Johnston called "The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston" on his album . Atlanta-based rapper Killer Mike referenced the killing in his 2008 song "Pressure", rapping: "If another old lady die in this city/swear to god we'll burn down the fuckin' city". He also cited again the incident alongside the Sean Bell shooting in his 2012 song "Anywhere But Here", rapping: "They raided a house, no drugs were ever found/But a black grandmother laid killed". California rapper Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound mentioned the shooting in their song "No Mo Police Brutality". David Banner, a rapper and producer from Mississippi, discusses the shooting in his song, "So Long." "Ms. Kathryn Johnston was murdered by police / In Northwest Atlanta, but I don't hear it in the streets." The full verse describes more details of the event.

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Kathryn Johnston (June 26, 1914 - November 21, 2006) was an elderly woman from Atlanta, Georgia who was killed by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November 21, 2006, where she had lived for 17 years.

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Columbine victim’s death is ruled a homicide nearly 26 years after school shooting

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Columbine victim’s death is ruled a homicide nearly 26 years after school shooting

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The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14.

Anne Marie Hochhalter died February 16 of sepsis — a reaction to infection — and complications from her paralysis were a “significant contributing factor” in her death, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said in an autopsy report obtained Thursday. She was 43.

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She shot her boyfriend the reason is unknown but her spouse was just found shot dead in the bedroom he was later identified as 68-year-old David Barron, in a bedroom. He had been shot in the torso, according to the sheriff's office. She was charged with a felony murder.

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Female Georgia dentist from wealthy coastal enclave accused of killing boyfriend

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A seemingly well-liked Georgia dentist, practicing in a wealthy coastal enclave, is accused of murdering her boyfriend. Authorities say Suzanne Mericle gunned down David Barron.

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Police officials say that you are most likely to be shot in convenience stores and gas stations in Atlanta because illegal gambling machines attract more crime. In preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the APD is trying to crack down on gang, gun, and drug activity in the city. They arrested 127 gang members and removed 3100 guns from the streets. The new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center will open soon.

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Most likely place to be shot in Atlanta? Convenience store, police chief says

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The police chief spoke to the Atlanta City Council about the places most likely to be hit by violent crime. He told them the most likely place for a shooting to occur is at a convenience store.

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An airport K-9 officer was brought in to check the flight luggage. The search was done when the K-9 noticed that there were drugs inside one of the suitcases. Inside one suitcase, police say 35.8 lbs. of meth and 4.6 lbs. of fentanyl were found.

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A 13-year-old killed a cyclist in Albacurqey on March 16. They did it just for fun.

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13-year-old charged with murder in hit-and-run of bicyclist in Albuquerque that was captured on video

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An 11-year-old, who police say was also involved, is too young to be charged with murder in the death of Scott Dwight Habermehl.

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13 yr old charged w murder for a hit-and-run

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13 yr old charged w murder for a hit-and-run

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13 yr old was driving a car when he hit a bicyclist in Albuquerque on March 17, 2025 because his 15yr old friend whoe was with him too, told him to ¨bump¨ into someone just for fun which led to the death of 68yr old bicyclist