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Palm Beach Publix Shooting Leaves Grandma, Toddler Dead

Suspect then turned the gun on himself

(Newser) - A 55-year-old man walked into a Publix grocery store in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, Thursday and shot dead a woman and her grandson in the produce section, police say. The suspect, Timothy J. Wall, then fatally shot himself, the Palm Beach Post reports. "There is no known motive or...

Slain Firefighter's Colleagues Support Daughter at Graduation

Joslyn Carlon receives her diploma only 2 days after father was killed

(Newser) - The daughter of a California firefighter shot and killed on Tuesday graduated from high school only two days later. Joslyn Carlon walked across the stage to collect her diploma in her cap—and her father’s coat. Instead of her dad cheering when her name was called, 300 of...

Cops: Boy Shot in 'Drive-By,' With Dad Behind the Wheel

Father of 10-year-old charged with child neglect after paintball incident leads to real gun violence

(Newser) - Police say a Florida man agreed to take his son out for a "drive-by" shooting using a paintball marker, which ended with the 10-year-old boy being shot with a real gun. Michael Williams, 26, drove his van as his son leaned out, firing off paintballs into a crowd of...

Mass Shooting Leaves 2 Dead in South Florida

At least 20 injured

(Newser) - Two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall in South Florida, police said. The gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah, police told news outlets. The banquet hall had been...

Officials on San Jose Shooting: 'This Was a Planned Event'

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office says guns, 22K rounds of ammo found at suspect's home

(Newser) - Authorities still haven't pinned down a motive for why Samuel Cassidy shot up a rail yar d in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, killing nine, but after a search of his residence, they say it's evident the 57-year-old suspect, who also took his own life during the shooting,...

Cops: Gunman Is Down After San Jose Mass Shooting
9 Dead in San Jose
Rail Yard Mass Shooting
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May 26, 2021 1:25 PM CDT

9 Dead in San Jose Rail Yard Mass Shooting

'The whole crew is gone, the whole shift is gone'

(Newser) - "Shooter is down," the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office tweeted Wednesday morning after reports of a mass shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Russell Davis later confirmed that a gunman killed eight people at the Valley...

5 Held in Attempted Killing of BLM Activist

Cop says there's no indication Sasha Johnson was targeted

(Newser) - Five males, including three teenagers, have been arrested in the shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist in London. Sasha Johnson of the Taking the Initiative Party, described as Britain's first Black-led political party, has been fighting for her life in a hospital since she was shot in the...

Cops Heard Gunshots. Then, 'an Exceptionally Chaotic Scene'

2 dead, 8 injured after overnight mass shooting in Minneapolis

(Newser) - Two people are dead and at least eight are injured after a mass shooting overnight in downtown Minneapolis, reports ABC News . In a series of tweets, the Minneapolis Police Department noted that five of the victims were adult males, including the two who died, and five were adult females. A...

2 Dead After Shooters Fire 70 Rounds Into Party Bus

Witness describes bullet holes the size of golf balls

(Newser) - Multiple shooters fired an estimated 70 rounds into a party bus carrying a dozen women for a 21st birthday celebration in Oakland, Calif., early Tuesday, leaving two dead and five wounded. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Hughes of Modesto and 19-year-old Alayasia Thurston from Stockton were killed in the shooting, which began on...

'Ongoing Feud' Led to Biggest Shooting in Providence History

9 hurt in shooting in Rhode Island capital

(Newser) - In what police in Providence believe was the biggest shooting incident in the city's 385-year history, several dozen shots were fired and nine people were injured Thursday. Police in the Rhode Island capital says four or five guns were involved as two groups of young men exchanged gunfire, the...

Cops: 2-Year-Old Boy Shoots Both Parents

Luckily, no one was severely injured in Wednesday morning incident in Maine

(Newser) - A Maine toddler who wandered into his parents' room Wednesday morning ended up accidentally shooting them and injuring himself, cops say, but luckily, all three are expected to recover. The 2-year-old boy apparently spotted a gun, which was loaded, on one of the nightstands in the family's home in...

Missouri Hunter Shoots Hiker He Mistook for Turkey

Police say the shooting appears to be an accident

(Newser) - A hunter shot and seriously injured a hiker near St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, with police stating that the hunter mistook the man for a turkey. "It sounds like it was just a really bad accident," a police spokesperson said, with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporting that it...

4-Year-Old Girl Shot in Times Square

Two women were also shot

(Newser) - A shooting in New York City's Times Square left three innocent bystanders wounded, including a 4-year-old girl. Per CNN , shots were heard before 5pm in the tourist hotspot, where witnesses told cops the incident began with a dispute between multiple men, at least one of whom pulled out a...

5 Dead, Including 2 Deputies, in North Carolina Standoff

Police say gunman killed 2 civilians inside home and himself, along with the deputies

(Newser) - Two deputies were killed and three other people, including a suspected gunman, were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina, a sheriff's office said Thursday. The Watauga County Sheriff's Office said Sgt. Chris Ward and K9 Deputy Logan Fox were dispatched to a home in Boone...

Cops Kill Suspect After LA Shooting Rampage

Police say victims included Uber driver, newlywed

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Police Department says a suspect believed to have killed two people and injured a third in a drive-by shooting rampage was shot dead Tuesday morning after an hourslong chase. Police say the suspect, a man in his late 40s or early 50s, injured a driver near the...

Deputies Serve Warrant on Black Man, End Up Killing Him

'Tragic day,' says sheriff in Pasquotank County, NC, after police-involved shooting of Andrew Brown

(Newser) - North Carolina sheriff's deputies showed up Wednesday to execute a search warrant on a Black man, and that man is now dead after a deputy fatally shot him. Per ABC News , Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten says Andrew Brown Jr., believed to be in his early 40s, was killed...

Cops: Man Asked for Transfer 40 Minutes Before Shooting

Gabriel DeWitt Wilson described as 'troubled employee' at Long Island supermarket

(Newser) - The man accused of killing a manager and wounding two other workers at a Long Island supermarket Tuesday is a "troubled employee" who requested a transfer just 40 minutes before he opened fire, police say. Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick says 31-year-old cart collector Gabriel DeWitt Wilson...

Cops: Driver Pumping Gas Killed in Random Shooting

Pennsylvania gunman took his own life, police say

(Newser) - A man opened fire at a convenience store in Pennsylvania early Wednesday, apparently at random, killing a truck driver who was pumping gas and wounding another man before taking his own life, officials said. The man had first shot at a car on a highway several miles away before heading...

Suspect Arrested in Supermarket Shooting

Police say a suspect identified as Gabriel DeWitt Wilson has been apprehended

(Newser) - Police say the suspect in a shooting that killed one and injured two at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday morning had ties to the store. They say it’s unclear whether Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 30, is a current or former employee, CNN reports. More than a hundred people were...

Long Island Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Wounded

Shooter fled West Hempstead supermarket and remains at large

(Newser) - Another shooting with multiple victims is in the news, this time out of Long Island. One person was killed and two others wounded at a supermarket in West Hempstead on Tuesday morning, reports the AP . Police identified the person killed as a 49-year-old employee of the Stop & Shop store....

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