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Suspected Synagogue Shooter: &#39;I&#39;m Going In&#39;
Synagogue Shooting Suspect
Linked Jews to Refugees
the rundown
Oct 27, 2018 3:45 PM CDT

Synagogue Shooting Suspect Linked Jews to Refugees

Robert Bowers had a social media account filled with anti-Semitism

(Newser) - In the wake of a horrific mass shooting Saturday at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh—which left 11 dead and at least six injured—we're learning more about alleged mass shooter Robert Bowers. One apparent key: The 46-year-old's social media account at Gab, a platform that prides...

Suspect Identified After 11 Shot Dead in Synagogue

Robert Bowers allegedly walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue and opened fire

(Newser) - Police have arrested a white 48-year-old male after 11 people were killed and six injured Saturday during a baby-naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the AP and CBS Pittsburgh report. Identified as Robert Bowers, 46, the alleged shooter is said to have entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel...

Witness: Kroger Shooter Said 'Whites Don't Kill Whites'

Gregory Bush tried to access black church before supermarket attack

(Newser) - A white man with a history of violence and mental illness was recorded on surveillance video apparently trying to get inside a predominantly black church in Kentucky before he went to a grocery store and fatally shot two African-Americans, police say. After releasing a photo of the suspect, authorities received...

Grocery Store Shooting Leaves 2 Dead
2 Dead in
Grocery Store Shooting
Oct 24, 2018 4:01 PM CDT

2 Dead in Grocery Store Shooting

At least one suspect is in custody in Kentucky

(Newser) - Two people are dead after a shooting at a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Ky., Wednesday afternoon, LEX 18 reports. Witnesses tell WAVE 3 they heard two bursts of gunfire inside the Kroger in Jeffersontown; then moments later saw two men shooting at each other in the parking...

She Was on the Phone With Mom, Then, &#39;No, No, No!&#39;
She Was on the Phone With
Mom, Then, 'No, No, No!'
the rundown
Oct 23, 2018 2:47 PM CDT

She Was on the Phone With Mom, Then, 'No, No, No!'

Police say University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey was killed by an ex-boyfriend

(Newser) - The University of Utah is mourning the death of a student-athlete who police say was shot to death by an ex-boyfriend—one she had recently filed a police report about. One of the most wrenching details of the case is that 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey had been on the phone with...

2nd Officer Dies After SC Ambush Attack

She had been in the hospital since Oct. 3 shooting

(Newser) - A second South Carolina police officer has died from injuries suffered in an ambush this month that left five others wounded, the AP reports. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone says Deputy Farrah B. Turner died Monday. She had been hospitalized since the attack. Boone said in a statement that Turner...

Suspect Found, Killed 3 Days After He Allegedly Killed Cop

Police found Tafahree Maynard, shot him after he allegedly refused to obey commands

(Newser) - Days after he shot and killed a Georgia police officer, suspect Tafahree Maynard was himself shot and killed by police after a three-day manhunt. Gwinnett County Police Department Officer Antwan Toney was called to investigate a suspicious vehicle Saturday afternoon near a middle school and was fatally shot while approaching...

6 People Shot Outside Florida Laundromat

At least three were listed in critical condition

(Newser) - A shooting outside a Florida laundromat left six people injured on Sunday, three of them critically. Per WPLG , cops in Jacksonville say a gunman drove up to the business not far from where the hometown NFL team, the Jaguars, were playing the Houston Texans, and opened fire around 12:30pm....

He Said He Feared for His Life. Tape Makes It a 'Tough Call'

Legal experts wrangle with whether store co-owner had 'stand your ground' rights in fatal Fla. shooting

(Newser) - The tapes are out from Florida police, and now the world can see more of the story behind the fatal shooting of Christobal Lopez. The 50-year-old was killed Oct. 3 in a Vets Army Navy Surplus Store in Lakeland while there with his father—both transients, police say, per the...

NYPD Hadn't Had This Type of Weekend in 25 Years

Nobody got shot—the first time since at least 1993

(Newser) - It's the city that doesn't sleep—and it just became, for one weekend, the city that doesn't shoot. The NYPD reports that by the time Monday rolled around, the last time someone in New York City limits had been shot was in Brooklyn on Thursday, meaning that...

Argument Leads to 4 Deaths at 1-Year-Old's Birthday Party

Cops say shooting left 4 dead, 1 wounded

(Newser) - An argument escalated into a backyard shooting at a toddler's birthday party in South Texas, leaving four men dead and a fifth man wounded, authorities said Sunday. The shooting happened at a child's first birthday party Saturday afternoon in Taft, 12 miles north of Corpus Christi, the Texas...

Black Teen Seeks Directions, Gets Shotgun Blast

Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, says he was 'tired of being a victim'

(Newser) - A Michigan jury just found a man guilty of shooting at a teenager who knocked on his door asking for directions, ABC News reports. Jeffrey Zeigler, a 53-year-old former firefighter, has been convicted of assault with intent to do great bodily harm. It all began in April when Brennan Walker,...

After 25 Years, Charges Filed in Satanic Verses Shooting

Norway makes the move ahead of deadline so investigation can continue

(Newser) - Police in Norway just made a move to keep alive the investigation into a 25-year-old shooting that captured the world's attention, reports Reuters . Back in 1993, the man who published Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in Norway was shot three times outside his home. William Nygaard survived, but...

2 Dead, 2 Wounded in Fla. Shopping Center Shooting

Police say it doesn't appear to be random

(Newser) - Authorities say two people are dead and two more have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in Florida, the AP reports. The Fort Myers News-Press reports that Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno says the Tuesday night shooting at the Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers doesn't...

Masked Gunman Sought in Apparently Random Chicago Slayings

The murders took place over two successive days in the same neighborhood

(Newser) - The Chicago PD is in search of a suspect who they say fatally shot a man Sunday before gunning down another victim the next day in the same neighborhood. Per ABC News , officials are on high alert in the city's Rogers Park area, where 73-year-old Douglass Watts was shot...

She Was Walking Her Daughter's Puppy. Then, a 'Pop'

Miami man accused of shooting Chihuahua to death with sniper rifle

(Newser) - An evening stroll with her 8-year-old daughter's puppy ended in tragedy Saturday for a Florida woman. WPLG and the Sun Sentinel report that a 19-year-old Miami man was arrested Saturday and hit with felony animal-cruelty charges after cops say he trained a sniper rifle on an 8-month-old Chihuahua, then...

Target Shooter's Stray Bullet Hits, Kills Boy Driving By

Teen was fatally struck in the head as his family drove a few hundred yards away

(Newser) - As a Utah family went on a drive to take pictures of autumn leaves on Sunday afternoon, horror: "They heard an explosion in the back seat," a relative tells NBC News . "When my brother-in-law looked back he saw that his son was in his daughter’s lap...

Fatal Fight Between Neighbors on Tape: 'C'mon, Shoot Me!'

Kara Box has cellphone video of confrontation between her late husband, 2 neighbors

(Newser) - Cops say a 37-year-old Texas man was shot dead by two neighbors earlier this month after an argument over a mattress, and now Aaron Howard's common-law wife has video of the confrontation. "People deserve to know what actually happened," Kara Box tells KTXS . See that site or...

Rare Female Shooter: &#39;She Wanted to Pick a Fight&#39;
Female Shooter Was
a Temporary Employee
The rundown
Sep 20, 2018 3:28 PM CDT

Female Shooter Was a Temporary Employee

26-year-old kills 3 and herself, wounds others, at Rite Aid distribution center outside Baltimore

(Newser) - News that a shooting left multiple people dead may sound depressingly familiar, but the one outside Baltimore on Thursday is unique in at least one way: The shooter was female. Police say the 26-year-old woman, who has not been identified, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Harford...

After House Awarded to Ex, Man Tries to Kill Her

'Extremely tense' day in Pa. ends with suspect, his parents dead

(Newser) - The hunt for a Pennsylvania man who cops say shot at his ex-wife, then gunned down his elderly parents on Wednesday is over. Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan told reporters Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal had crashed his minivan into his ex-wife's home earlier that morning, and that...

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