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May 27, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

8 Shot in Harlem Rampage

Teens in hospital after gunman seeks revenge

(Newser) - At least seven young people are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooter went on a rampage in Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. Cops believe the gunman was taking revenge after being jumped at a basketball tournament earlier in the day. The victims, all but one...

Thug Attack
Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

May 5, 2008 5:48 AM CDT

Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

Organized crime cited; 2nd shooting in 2 days to target rancher

(Newser) - Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at least seven. Both attacks were on the head of a local cattlemens' organization; both carried signs of organized crime in...

Va. Police Hunt Highway Snipers

Mar 27, 2008 7:56 PM CDT

Va. Police Hunt Highway Snipers

Three people wounded after gunmen hit 6 cars on I-64

(Newser) - Police in Virginia are on the hunt for gunmen who fired at cars on I-64 near Charlottesville and left two people injured, ABC News reports. Police say the suspects, at least two of them traveling together in one car, hit six vehicles on the interstate after midnight last night. None...

Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

Mar 9, 2008 10:32 AM CDT

Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

Gunman had ties to Hamas; family members detained

(Newser) - Israeli police have arrested eight people in Thursday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem seminary, including the father, two brothers, and two cousins of the gunman, who was killed by an off-duty soldier during the attack. The gunman was apparently following orders of Hamas leaders in Syria and Hezbollah, Palestinian sources...

Game Nudges NIU Toward
Normalcy After Shootings

Feb 27, 2008 2:45 AM CST

Game Nudges NIU Toward Normalcy After Shootings

Basketball team hopes playing helps ease pain of tragic shooting

(Newser) - Western Michigan needed to beat Northern Illinois last night to keep its hopes alive for the Mid-America Conference championship, but the game itself was much more important for the Huskies and their fans, reports the Associated Press. Western Michigan won the contest 56-49, the first athletic event on the NIU...

NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

UPDATED

Feb 15, 2008 10:38 AM CST

NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

Honor student's behavior 'somewhat erratic' before shooting

(Newser) - The gunman who killed five and wounded 15 in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall yesterday was identified this morning as Steven Kazmierczak, an ex-NIU grad student who had won top sociology department honors, the Chicago Tribune reports. "There were no red flags," said the campus police chief....

6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting

Feb 15, 2008 5:29 AM CST

6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting

Details on massacre emerge as victims fight to survive

(Newser) - A sixth victim of the gunman who opened fire in an Illinois college classroom yesterday has died and at least four more remain in critical condition. The assailant, a former grad student at Northern Illinois University, entered through a door to the right of the lecture stage and silently started...

Mall Shooter Took Gun While Briefly Alone

Dec 13, 2007 12:30 PM CST

Mall Shooter Took Gun While Briefly Alone

Assault gun in Omaha slayings came from ex-stepfather's house

(Newser) - The night before the Omaha mall shootings, Robert Hawkins' mother went Christmas shopping for an hour. In that hour alone in his ex-stepfather's house, reports the Omaha World-Herald, the 19-year-old stole the assault rifle he used to randomly kill eight people the next day. At dinner, Hawkins told his mother...

FBI Warned on Colorado Shooter

Dec 12, 2007 12:34 PM CST

FBI Warned on Colorado Shooter

Internet forum alerted feds after anti-Christian postings

(Newser) - The FBI was alerted to Internet postings supposedly written by Colorado church shooter Matthew Murray between his two rampages, the AP reports. The operator of the forum for the Association of Former Pentecostals said a member contacted the FBI the day of the shootings after “nghtmrchild26,” thought to...

6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving
Las Vegas School Bus

Dec 11, 2007 7:12 PM CST

6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving Las Vegas School Bus

1 hurt critically; police suspect at least two gunmen, call in gang unit

(Newser) - Gunfire hit six people as they stepped off a Las Vegas school bus around 2pm today, the AP reports. One adult male was hurt critically and one teenage male seriously after both were shot in the torso, a hospital spokeswoman said. Four others received minor gun shot wounds, and one...

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Dec 10, 2007 8:15 PM CST

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school where he killed 2

(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the...

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Dec 10, 2007 2:44 PM CST

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Lone gunman ID'd as ex-mission worker who sent threatening letters

(Newser) - A former mission worker was the shooter in both of yesterday’s Colorado church shootings, CNN reports. The killer, identified as Matthew Murray, worked with Youth With a Mission in Arvada, where the first shooting occurred. The Rocky Mountain News describes Murray as the 24-year-old son of a local neurosurgeon,...

Link Sought in Church Shootings

Dec 10, 2007 3:15 AM CST

Link Sought in Church Shootings

Another victim dead; police to search suburban house

(Newser) - Investigators believe there may be a link between deadly shooting sprees yesterday at two Colorado religious sites—a megachurch in Colorado Springs and a Christian missionary center outside Denver. A second victim has died from wounds suffered at the New Light Church, where a guard killed the black-clad gunman who...

Gunman Dead in Church Attack

UPDATED

Dec 9, 2007 7:14 PM CST

Gunman Dead in Church Attack

Suspect nabbed in Haggard church incident; no link yet

(Newser) - The gunman who opened fire at a Colorado megachurch today killed one and wounded four before being fatally shot by a security guard, CNN reports. Police Chief Richard Myers called the guard at New Life Church "a courageous security staff member who probably saved many lives today." Some...

4 Shot at Haggard's Colo. Church

Dec 9, 2007 3:15 PM CST

4 Shot at Haggard's Colo. Church

Unclear if related to earlier shooting at missionary center 70 miles away

(Newser) - Gunfire struck Colorado Christians a second time today, hitting at least four people in the parking lot of Ted Haggard's New Life Church this afternoon, the AP reports. It was unclear if the incident, in Colorado Springs, was linked to two earlier shooting deaths at a missionary training center 70...