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For the second time, Alvaro Julio Roche Garcia has been found guilty of first-degree murder. He has been convicted of being the gunman in the killing of a grandfather. As Angela Jung reports, it took the jury very little time to come to a decision.

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Charges against a Peterborough, Ont., woman in connection with the death of her mother have been upgraded to first degree murder.

Former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Prosecutors said Davis orchestrated the drive-by shooting and supplied the gun, with his memoir and interviews providing key evidence. The 63-year-old, convicted of first-degree murder in August, said he...

Fear and anger for the family of a 10-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered almost 26 years ago, as her killer is about to get unescorted temporary absences from prison. Shane Ertmoed is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder but he’s being allowed out for 60 days to attend a cooking program....

After nearly three decades, a jury has delivered a verdict in the killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur. Jurors found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder after less than three hours of deliberations.

A 22-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder after a northside house fire killed one person and left two others with serious, permanent burns, Winnipeg police said.

A Brampton man found guilty of discharging a firearm while subject to three separate weapons prohibition orders in a deadly Moss Park shooting has been sentenced to 10 years, nine months in prison. On May 22, Nathan Bell was acquitted of first-degree murder following a six-week jury trial. The jury also found him not guilty...

As Catherine McDonald reports, Global News has learned Justin Longshaw was in jail awaiting trial on other charges when he was arrested for first degree murder.

41-year-old Destinee Villebrun making her first court appearance at Regina provincial court. She’s charged with second-degree murder, along with a 17-year-old male who can’t be named due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Hannah Sangster has more in the video above.

Nick Reiner has been indicted on murder charges in the fatal stabbings of his parents, Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. The indictment alleges he was lying in wait before the Dec. 14 attack and is eligible for the death penalty. Reiner has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and is...

It was day one of the murder trial of the man accused of killng Tori Dunn. 42-year-old Adam Mann is charged with second degree murder in the 2024 killing in Surrey. Dunn’s boyfriedn was first on the stand. Kristen Robinson reports.

Toronto police provided an update Thursday on the 2006 homicide of 21-year-old Patrick Santos. As Megan King reports, a 43-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with first-degree murder.

The RCMP in Nova Scotia have charged a second person with first-degree murder in the death of man who went missing in April. As Brooklyn Campbell reports, the case has residents wondering what happened, and the victim’s family hoping for closure.

A Saint John jury has found a New Brunswick man guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of two boys inside a city apartment in 2025. As Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla reports, the Saint John Police Force is applauding the verdict, and hopes it will help the city heal.

An 80-year-old North York man has been found “Not Criminally Responsible” for first degree murder. The judge found Victorio Adriatico understood that killing the superintendent of his apartment building would be seen as wrong… but that his mental illness left him unable to make a rational choice. Catherine McDonald reports.

The boy, who was only 16 at the time, admits that he was recruited by influential adults connected to the tow truck industry to carry out the murder. Catherine McDonald reports.

Three men were convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of an elderly Abbotsford couple two months ago and Global News has applied for one particularly compelling video, but the judge has refused to release it. As Angela Jung reports, the couple’s children say they’re outraged by the decision. 

As Catherine McDonald reports, Victoria Adriatico’s lawyer argues Adriatico should found not criminally responsible (NCR) due to a mental disorder, but the Crown argues Adriatico should be found criminally responsible.

A man accused of killing his parents in Mississauga more than a week ago has been arrested. Jordan Sangwin, 46, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.