Domestic violence murders remain a serious problem in Maine
Maine s Attorney General released a biennial report on the battle to stop domestic murders, which make up 43% of all murders in Maine. Author: Cindy Williams (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:05 PM EDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 5:28 AM EDT April 29, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey released the 13th Biennial Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel Report on Wednesday.
This edition features a 20-year retrospective on the progress made in preventing domestic abuse homicides and the challenges that remain.
“We have seen families ripped apart by domestic violence,” Frey said.
The report focuses on the 18 domestic homicides in Maine from 2018 through 2019. Together, they account for nearly 43 percent of Maine s total homicides during that period.
Does Indiana have the strongest red flag law in the country?
Critics and supporters are asking whether the Red Flag law could have been applied in a way to prevent the violence at FedEx and whether changes are needed. Author: Bob Segall Updated: 9:25 PM EDT April 22, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana’s “Red Flag law” is the focus of much scrutiny since the deadly shooting at the FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis. Critics and supporters focus on how it works, whether it could have been applied in a way to prevent the violence at FedEx and whether changes are needed.
Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears held a press conference and explained several loopholes and problems he sees with the current law. Local police and the FBI had past interactions with the teenager investigators say is responsible for the shooting, and the Marion County prosecutor’s office had considered using the red flag law to ask a court to limit his access to firearms
Prosecutors Didn t Bother Using Red Flag Gun Law Against FedEx Shooter
Police feared Brandon Hole would get back the gun they had confiscated a year ago, though he ended up buying two semiautomatic rifles.
A prosecutor revealed Monday that Indiana’s “red flag” gun law was never used against Brandon Hole before the teen legally purchased the firearms officials said he used to kill eight people at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis.
City police arranged a mental health evaluation and confiscated a shotgun from the teen a year ago after his mother told law enforcement officials that she feared her son would “attempt suicide by cop.” They didn’t take any other action that would prevent him from buying other weapons, however. Hole, 19, took his own life after the FedEx shootings.