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Supporters Rally for Mangione as Judge Allows 3D-Gun Evidence

5/18/2026

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Mangione Supporters Protest

Supporters of alleged shooter Luigi Mangione camped outside the Manhattan courthouse with hero placards, citing rising healthcare costs.
Courts and police moved forward on high-profile criminal cases in Manhattan, Ireland, Cairns and Brooklyn.
Judge Gregory Carro allowed prosecutors to introduce a 3D-printed pistol but excluded McDonald’s-seized evidence.
John Yalu pleaded guilty to manslaughter for Tal’s death, with a Bislama interpreter in Cairns.

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Stachura Detained

A judge denied bond, keeping Robert Stachura detained, following Ireland’s Court of Appeal decision to overturn Aaron Connolly’s conviction today.
Deputies arrested Robert Stachura a shooting on Amelia Drive in Sumter County, keeping him detained in Sumter County Detention Center.
Stachura faces two counts of attempted murder, a weapons charge, and a firearm-into-occupied-vehicle charge.
One person was injured, taken to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, with condition not released.

Center

Judge Dismisses

District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the murder charge against Luigi Mangione, removing the death-penalty option and scheduling a September trial.
Courts in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland issued new murder rulings and sentences this week.
Nicholas Holloway pleaded guilty for 2020 killing of Robert Quenton McCullough, receiving 25-year sentence.
Joshua Brown was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, charged with murder for 2025 shooting.

Blindspot

Left coverage gave less weight to the wider array of murder rulings reported by the Center, such as the Tennessee, Belfast and Florida cases.
Right coverage gave less weight to the Center’s broader international and domestic murder updates, focusing only on the Sumter County shooting.

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Mangione Supporters Protest

Supporters of alleged shooter Luigi Mangione camped outside the Manhattan courthouse with hero placards, citing rising healthcare costs.
Courts and police moved forward on high-profile criminal cases in Manhattan, Ireland, Cairns and Brooklyn.
Judge Gregory Carro allowed prosecutors to introduce a 3D-printed pistol but excluded McDonald’s-seized evidence.
John Yalu pleaded guilty to manslaughter for Tal’s death, with a Bislama interpreter in Cairns.

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