Police Consider Criminal Charges in Zoo Gorilla Death

Police in Cincinnati, Ohio, are investigating possible criminal charges in the shooting death of an endangered male gorilla at the local zoo after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the huge ape's pen, putting himself in grave danger. The incident was caught on a cellphone camera and has caused outrage among animal lovers around the world. Police say they are still gathering information that will be passed over to county prosecutors. A spokeswoman at the U.S. Department of...

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