Relatives sue CNN after suicide

Relatives of a mother who committed suicide after CNN’s Nancy Grace aggressively questioned her about the disappearance of her son sued the network and the talk-show host Tuesday, accusing Grace of pushing the woman over the edge.

Melinda Duckett shot herself to death on Sept. 8, a day after Grace’s show on CNN Headline News aired a segment in which Grace interrogated Duckett about her whereabouts on the August day that 2-year-old Trenton Duckett was reported missing.

Investigators have since named Melinda Duckett as the prime suspect in his disappearance.

Atlanta

Woman, 92, killed after injuring cops

A 92-year-old woman was shot to death Tuesday after she fired at three narcotics officers trying to serve a warrant at her house, officials said.

Neighbors and relatives said it must have been a case of mistaken identity.

Police said the woman, whose name was not released, was the only person home at the time and had lived there for about 17 years.

As the plainclothes Atlanta police officers approached the house about 7 p.m., a woman inside started shooting, striking each of them, said Officer Joe Cobb, a police spokesman. One was hit in the arm, another in a thigh and the third in a shoulder.

Fresno, Calif.

Marine suspected in son’s killing

A young Marine who was called back from Iraq to be with his ailing wife just before she died of childbirth complications was arrested on suspicion of murdering his newborn son.

Authorities did not disclose a motive for the slaying, but the Marine, 20-year-old Robert Quiroz, told a TV station in September that he felt overwhelmed as a single parent of two and struggled to accept his son.

Quiroz was jailed on Monday. Investigators said his son died of beating injuries, but they would not elaborate.