'Dear, sweet' mom of four gunned down in Philly

'Dear, sweet' Kathryn Berry

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- A "dear, sweet," mother-of four was gunned down as she walked her dog near a Philadelphia park.
Kathryn Berry, 42, never had issues with anyone or received any threats, family members told NBC Philadelphia.
"She was a dear, sweet woman," said James Graves, a relative of Berry's. "She was a good heart."
Berry was shot in the forehead and the leg by a man who investigators describe as "heavy set" with a grey and black beard, standing between five-foot-11 and six-feet. He was carrying a silver handgun, they said. 
Berry who was found by her daughter moments after the shooting, later died of her injuries. 

MALCOLM X MURDER WON'T BE REOPENED: JUSTICE DEPT

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MURDER SCENE

MALCOLM X's murder case will not be reinvestigated Justice Department officials have revealed. 

Civil rights advocates had called for the case to be reopened despite three men being found guilty shortly after his 1965 slaying. 

Nation of Islam members, Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson were found guilty of charging the stage or Manhattan's Audobon Ballroom and blasting the civil rights icon 16 times with a sawn off shotgun an handguns. 

FORT HOOD MASSACRE: NIDAL MALIK HASAN IN COURT

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THE CRAZY major who allegedly gunned down 13 soldiers and wounding 30 others in crazy shooting rampage has made his first court appearance.
Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan is accused opened fire at the Fort Hood, TX base, firing indiscriminately at anyone who got in his way, until he was eventually taken down himself.  
At the brief 15 minute arraignment, Hasan, who will face the death penalty if convicted, surprised onlookers by dropping  his lead attorney, a retired Army colonel, John Galligan, who had represented him since the 2009 attack on the U.S. army post.
He told The Associated Press just before the hearing that he decided to step down temporarily but stood ready to "resume an active role."
Hasan, charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, said he wanted to be represented by three military attorneys.

RAPPER NICKI MINAJ GRIEVES AFTER COUSIN SLAIN

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RAPPER Nicki Minaj is heartbroken after her cousin was ruthlessly gunned down after leaving a New York City nightclub.
The Pink Friday star posted a tribute on Twitter along with a picture of aspiring hip hop impresario Nicholas Telemaque who was murdered near his home. She said: "Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite."
According to the New York Daily News cops said Telemaque had been partying in Brooklyn's C-PAC nightclub, but was making his way home when he was blasted several times in the chest.