As the L.A. Times reports, there was another school shooting in the United States this week. Early on Thursday morning just as classes were beginning, a student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, opened fire with a handgun while standing in the school’s quad. Two students were killed and three others were wounded. The gunman, apparently a 16-year-old boy whose birthday was Thursday, shot himself but survived and was being treated at a hospital at the time of writing. Keep reading for more news. Wife Swap Civil Verdict. Last week the News Roundup noted that trial had begun in a civil case arising from the scheme by former district attorneys Craig Blitzer and Wallace Bradsher to improperly hire each other’s wives for state jobs. This week the trial concluded, and a jury awarded Debra Halbrook $1.8 million in damages arising from her termination as a legal assistant in Bradsher’s office after she reported the improper arrangement to the SBI. The civil complaint is available here and a WRAL story about the verdict is here. No Charges in Leak. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported last week that a prosecutor with the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, Charles A. Spahos, announced that he would not bring any criminal charges in connection with the leak of body camera footage of the Johnnie Rush beating incident in August of 2017. The Citizen-Times published the leaked footage in February of 2018, and the disturbing video showing Rush being punched in the head, shocked with [...]
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