In new court filing, public defenders for the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado gay club that left 5 people dead say that their client is non-binary and that "they use they/them pronouns." The lawyers refer to their client as Mx. Anderson Aldrich. Among the victims in the attack: 2 bartenders who looked after everybody, a trans woman who was showing off her outfit minutes earlier, a man at the bar for the first time with his girlfriend, and a woman who worked for an org that helps foster children. nytimes.com/article/victim…

NEW: A legal battle is playing out in Alabama over the execution of Alan Eugene Miller.

It begins in 2018, when the state gave death row prisoners a short window in which they could choose to die by a never-before-tried method: oxygen deprivation. nytimes.com/2022/09/23/us/… Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of murdering three men in a workplace rampage, said he opted for that new method because he had become afraid of needles after a bad experience getting blood drawn in prison.

But Alabama said it never got his form. nytimes.com/2022/09/23/us/…

Breaking: Albuquerque mosque president tells @AvaSasani that the authorities told him the suspect in the killings of four Muslim men is Sunni Muslim and targeted the victims because he was angry over his daughter marrying a Shiite Muslim. nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/… Breaking: police say they've arrested Muhammad Syed, 51, and charged him with two of the killings, which they describe as possibly being the result of "an interpersonal conflict."

NEW: The gunman left many warnings that were spotted by young people — but not reported — before his massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, school.

"He finna shoot something up," one wrote after seeing Salvador Ramos post guns on Instagram.

(red = my redactions) nytimes.com/live/2022/05/2… More people who were concerned by his behavior in the weeks and months leading up to the attack: nytimes.com/live/2022/05/2…

Introducing his interview with Kyle Rittenhouse — the first since he was acquitted — @TuckerCarlson says it's "hard to ignore the yawning class divide" between Rittenhouse, 18, who worked as a janitor and cook in high school, and "his many critics in the media." After Kyle Rittenhouse, then 17, fatally shot two people and wounded a third during destructive demonstrations in August 2020, he says his mom "wanted to go into hiding."

But, he says, "I said no, the right thing to do would be to turn myself in — I didn't do anything wrong."

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer whose wife & son were killed in an unsolved murder, was pushed out of his powerful law firm over claims he misappropriated millions of dollars, the day before he called 911 to say he was shot in the head.
nytimes.com/2021/09/06/us/… The tragic Murdaugh murder mystery has brought national attention to rural South Carolina, where the prominent lawyer's family was killed.

The case took a startling turn on Saturday when Alex Murdaugh said he'd been shot in the head on a rural road. nytimes.com/2021/09/06/us/…

NEW: Three months after Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, came home to find his wife and son shot to death, he was himself shot today.

His lawyer says he was shot in the head while changing a tire on the side of a road but is conscious. nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/… As the original double-murder has remained unsolved for months, it has gripped the rural South Carolina Lowcountry.

The shooting today happened when a truck passed by Alex Murdaugh, then turned around and someone inside shot him, his lawyer says. nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/…

NEW: An investigation into the brutal killing of a mom & son is now in its third week with no arrests.

The victims were part of a powerful legal family that led the prosecutor's office in a wide swath of the rural South Carolina low country for 86 years. nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/… The double murder has fueled speculation about whether the Murdaugh family's long and tangled history in the region could be connected to the crime.

Maggie Murdaugh and her 22-year-old son, Paul, were both shot multiple times. nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/…

Good evening from the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota, where I'm reporting on the third night of protests following an officer's killing of #DaunteWright.

A few hundred people are here and about 100 local police and National Guard troops are lined up out front. Police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., have just ordered people to leave in 10 mins, more than an hour before the 10pm curfew.

Both sides have been aggressive. Officers firing chemical spray, flashbangs and paintballs. People throwing water bottles and other things.

It's 15 minutes after curfew and raining outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota, but hundreds of people are here to protest the police killing of #DaunteWright. After some people threw things toward the line of police outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, other protesters yelled for them to stop

NEW: The police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., who shot and killed Daunte Wright meant to fire her Taser, the chief says.

Bodycam video shows her fire once after yelling "Taser." Then: "Holy shit, I just shot him."

Mayor says she should be fired.
nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/… Daunte Wright, a Black 20-year-old, was driving with his girlfriend outside of Minneapolis when he was killed.

His mother said he had been given the car he was driving just two weeks ago, and that he called her when he was pulled over.

(w/ @juliebosman)
nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/…

I'm in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, where about 100 people are still protesting in the street after a 20-year-old man was reportedly shot by the police and then died. Hundreds are now angrily confronting Brooklyn Center police, who have declared unlawful assembly. Some people throwing bottles at the line of police.

Roughly 100 people rallying in the middle of a street in downtown Minneapolis right now, waving flags and signs to NWA's "F**k tha Police."

The protest follows the 10th day of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former officer charged with murdering George Floyd. A speaker describes the trauma that the trial has had on young people who witnessed George Floyd's death.

"The little girl said Derek had his knee on his neck," he says, referring to Judeah Reynolds, 10, who saw the arrest and testified last week.

NEW: Critical testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial from the medical examiner who conducted George Floyd's autopsy:
• Police actions were the main causes of Floyd's death
• Floyd's drug use and severe heart disease contributed, but were not direct causes
nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/… "The law enforcement subdual, restraint and the neck compression was just more than Mr. Floyd could take, by virtue of those heart conditions," said Dr. Andrew Baker, the medical examiner.

He added that police actions "tipped him over the edge." nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/…

NEW: I spent months reporting on the death of Antonio Tsialas, a freshman at Cornell who was last seen alive at a frat party before his body was discovered at the bottom of a gorge.

His phone was never found, and exactly what happened remains a mystery.
nytimes.com/2021/03/13/nyr… At the party, freshmen were led by frat brothers through Christmas-themed rooms filled with alcohol and urged to drink.

As many as 100 people may have been at the party, but no one said they saw Antonio leave. Some frat brothers never spoke to the police.
nytimes.com/2021/03/13/nyr…

His lights stayed on during the Texas storm.

Now he owes $16,752. nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/… Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said Ds and Rs must work together to make sure Texans "do not get stuck with skyrocketing energy bills." nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/…

NEW: Judge says he will NOT raise bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18yo. accused of killing two people in Kenosha, who is currently out on $2 million bail.

Prosecutors had requested a $200K increase because Mr. Rittenhouse did not have his current address listed with the court. The judge repeatedly criticized prosecutors for asking for the increase. He ordered that Mr. Rittenhouse share his address with the court clerk and a sheriff, but NOT with prosecutors.

"We don't know where an accused murderer's at," Kenosha DA told judge. "I'm not OK with that."

15 hours of newly-released audio from the Breonna Taylor case reveal chaotic, conflicting accounts from people on either side of her apartment door — the one officers knocked off its hinges in March before killing her.

In today's @nytimes:
nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/… @nytimes Some of the main revelations:

• Officer who FBI says fired fatal shot: "It’s like a surreal thing. If you told me I didn’t do something at that time, I’d believe you. If you told me I did do something, I’d probably believe you, too."

nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/…

NEW: Two very different accounts emerged today from either side of an apartment door in Louisville — the one that police officers knocked off its hinges as they charged into Breonna Taylor's home
nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/… Among 15hrs of grand jury audio:

• Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend said he was "scared to death"
• Police swear they announced; boyfriend says he & Breonna didn't hear
• Jurors were skeptical about some evidence
• NOT included: prosecutor statements/recs
nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/…

I'm now in downtown Portland, where protesters were holding a calm rally at the Justice Center until the police ordered them out of the street over a loudspeaker.

More people poured into the street instead. Then the protesters burned an American flag, drawing more people -- and media -- into the street. #Portland

I'm at a rally in Portland hosted by the right-wing Proud Boys, known for provoking and fighting with protesters.

People are hanging around, blasting music. Lots of Trump flags, some guns.

Someone just shouted "Fuck Antifa" resulting in the following call and response: Here's some more background on the rally and fears of officials in Portland, from me and @ByMikeBaker: nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/…