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Hofstra student killed by police during break-in

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college ...

In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head early ...

FILE--In this photo taken on Dec. 14, 2012, Alissa Parker grieves with her husband, Robbie, as they leave the firehouse staging area after receiving word that their daughter was one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, Conn. The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have been tighter, although she never could have guessed it would be tested by a gunman with a military-style, semi-automatic rifle. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Newtown parents seek more focus on school security

The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have ...

Families arrive at the school after a man committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, Thursday, May, 16, 2013. The shooting took place shortly before noon as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch break, according to two police officials. Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's office said in a statement that a dozen children witnessed the shooting.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." ...

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