The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on rapid-fire bump stocks, an attachment to a semi-automatic rifle that allows a rate of fire comparable to a machine gun. Mel Bridges has more.
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The man accused of killing Callie Brunett and one of her two daughters that he kidnapped from their Loranger home confessed to reporters on Friday. Brooke Thorington has more
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U.S. Representative Garret Graves says he will not seek re-election to Congress. This is after his district was re-drawn to a majority-minority district. Sean Richardson has more.
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Daniel Callihan the man accused of killing Callie Brunett of Loranger and her three-year-old daughter tells reporters he did it. In Mississippi, Friday afternoon before his transport back to Rankin County Jail he confessed and blamed his medication for his actions.
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Lexapro is a medication used to treat anxiety and depression. Callihan said he’s diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and he believes it was the side effects of the drug for his actions.
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Lexapro is a medication used to treat anxiety and depression. Callihan said he’s diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and he believes it was the side effects of the drug for his actions.
Region 8 is a reference to Mental Health Services in Mississippi.
Friday evening Callihan also told reporters he hasn’t been able to talk to an attorney yet.
When asked if he regrets what he did, Callihan said “I would kill me.”
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Victoria Cox has also been arrested as an accomplice to Callihan and she is facing capital murder and sexual battery charges.
Callihan is facing, capital murder, sexual battery, and armed robbery charges in Mississippi and first-degree murder in Louisiana.
Callie Brunett was found murdered in her Loranger home and her 3-year-old daughter Erin was found deceased in a wooded area in Jackson, Mississippi.
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The Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on rapid-fire bump stocks, saying bump stocks did not fit the definition of machine guns. A bump stock is a device that can be attached to a semiautomatic firearm in place of a conventional gunstock, enabling it to fire bullets more rapidly comparable to a machine gun. However, Loyola New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino (see-oh-lean-oh) says a gun can be classified as a machine gun…
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The Court ruled 6 to 3, along party lines, that the ATF had overstepped its boundaries when it banned bump stocks in 2018. The ruling also says that bump stocks shouldn’t be classified as machine guns since they don’t make the weapon fully automatic. In fact, Ciolino says…
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Though this ruling undoes a ban that came after a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, in which a man killed 60 and injured hundreds more using semi-automatic rifles equipped with bump stocks, Ciolino says it has more to do with regulation than with guns.
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The ruling leaves the door open for Congress to ban bump stocks through legislation.
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The FBI is now the lead agency investigating the murder of Callie Brunett and her three-year-old daughter Erin of Loranger. That’s because the suspect Daniel Callihan took Ein and her sister Jalie across the state line to Mississippi. Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards says they are working with the FBI and when asked if he believes Callihan could face the death penalty…
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Edwards says since investigators have spoken with Callahan, he believes they have a much stronger case against him As far as his motive in the crime…
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From the time the TPSO requested Louisiana State Police issue an Amber Alert until it went live, was three hours. LSP stated that the request was missing information and therefore could not be issued. Edwards says he doesn’t want to get into a tit-for-tat with law enforcement partners…
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The FBI is asking for help with the case and you can find a link to submit any information, photos, or video on our website at LouisianaRadioNetwork.com
https://tips.fbi.gov/digitalmedia/1fb7f671b923038
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U.S. Representative Garret Graves says he will not seek re-election to Congress. Last month Graves said he would seek re-election, but didn’t know if he would campaign in his current district or seek to unseat fellow Republican Rep. Julia Letlow. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat isn’t surprised.
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Graves’ current 6th District was modified for the upcoming race and will stretch from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. This change makes the district a majority-Black district.
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Pinsonat says Graves is still politically popular, but just not viable for a congressional seat. Pinsonat doesn’t think Graves is riding off into the sunset just yet.
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The Saints are on break until training camp after mandatory minicamp last week. Players and fans got their first looks at new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak’s new offense under quarterback Derek Carr. Carr raved about his excitement to have Kubiak in New Orleans and says he demands perfection…
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Carr says although quick, the three days in the Louisiana heat were tough. This offseason marks the second in a row Carr will have to learn a new offensive system. Carr says the coaching staff threw a lot of new material at the players, but these Saints are up for the challenge…
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Carr has put in a lot of work this offseason behind closed doors to make sure the Saints improve from their nine wins a season ago. He says it’s easy to get excited and set high expectations now, but he and his team can’t get complacent…
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New Orleans will kickoff training camp July 24 at UC Irvine.
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