1. Gunman opens fire in Louisiana theater, three dead
A gunman opened fire inside a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana Thursday evening. Three are reported dead, including the gunman, and seven are reported injured. A witness says she heard about six shots. Read more.
2. Hawks eyeing more than one option for new home court
The Atlanta Hawks are eyeing three different options for a new home court, including the renovation of Philips Arena as one. Mayor Kasim Reed has declined to give any more specifics on the other possible locations. It would be his last major stadium project after he helped the city finance the future $1.4 billion Atlanta Falcons stadium. Read more.
3. MARTA announces new initiative: Wi-Fi on buses
The transit agency announced Thursday that in the next few weeks, Wi-Fi access will be available on 50 buses on various routes. The end goal is to have Wi-Fi on all buses, trains and rail platforms by March 2016. Read more.
4. Feds in gym mat death seize phones, computers of FBI agent and sons
In an ongoing investivation into the 2013 death of a Valdosta teen whose body was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat, federal agents seized computers and cell phones belonging to an FBI agent and his family, including his two sons. The two sons, Brian and Branden Bell had learned they were targets of the investigation last November. Though their alibis have been challenged, they have not yet been contradicted. Read more.
5. Jamie Hood wants to persuade jury to keep him off death row
The jury involved in Hood's case has no doubt that he murdered two people, including Athens-Clarke police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian in 2011. Are Hood's reasons — "illegal" conviction for a 1997 armed robbery that forced him into a life of crime plus the death of his younger brother, who was killed at the hands of a police officer — enough to persuade the jury? Read more.
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