John Henry Spooner, a 76-year-old Milwaukee Wisconsin man, was convicted on Wednesday of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor whom he suspected had broken into his home and stole his weapons. The trial now enters a second phase in which the defense will seek toprove that he was mentally ill at the time of the shooting.
There is new evidence in the murder investigation involving New England Patriot player Aaron Hernandez,. A search of Hernandez's leased apartment has recovered ammunition from the same caliber gun used to kill the tight end's friend Odin Lloyd, court documents revealed.
The state of Texas executed its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. Kimberly McCarthy was put to death Wednesday evening for the murder of her 71-year-old neighbor. McCarthy was also the first woman executed in the U.S. in nearly three years. The 57-year-old McCarthy was executed for the 1997 robbery, beating and stabbing death of retired psychology professor Dorothy Booth.
One person was injured at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, a Milwaukee casino at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday as a man opened fire on his girlfriend, the Milwaukee Sentinel reported. A 27-year-old man allegedly fired a handgun, wounding the 23-year-old woman, sending gamblers to flee.
