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Shooting Survivor Testifies Gunman Repeated 'This Is Fun'

Sarah Chen says she heard the attacker while hiding with coworkers in Colorado supermarket

(Newser) - A pharmacist who survived a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket testified Thursday that she heard the gunman say, "This is fun" at least three times during the attack. The chilling detail had not been revealed before, the AP reports. Sarah Chen said she heard the comments while...

Kentucky Manhunt Continues After Highway Shootings

Five seriously hurt on I-75 after nine vehicles were shot near rural city of London, say police

(Newser) - A manhunt continued Sunday morning for a gunman who police say shot multiple people on a stretch of I-75 in rural southeastern Kentucky. Authorities say five people were seriously injured.
  • Nine vehicles: Laurel County sheriff's deputies "found nine vehicles had been shot into both north and south
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Alleged Shooter Tried to Get Into Classroom, Was Stopped by a Student

And more details from the horrific Georgia school shooting

(Newser) - The harrowing—and devastating—details of Wednesday's shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School are starting to come into focus, including the very first moments of the shooting that ended with two students and two teachers dead. A classmate of the alleged shooter tells CNN the suspect left their...

Suspect Charged With Killing 4 on Chicago Train

Rhanni S. Davis was arrested 90 minutes after Labor Day mass shooting

(Newser) - A 30-year-old man accused of carrying out a mass shooting on a Chicago Transit Authority train on Labor Day has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Rhanni S. Davis was arrested around 90 minutes after the shooting on a Blue Line train bound for the Forest Park suburb,...

Chicago Train Victims Were Shot in Their Sleep

'For people to feel unsafe, it's justified,' says Forest Park deputy chief

(Newser) - The four people fatally shot on a Chicago transit train early Monday were sleeping and may have been homeless. Surveillance video shows the victims were asleep in two cars of a Blue Line train that was headed into the Forest Park terminal west of Chicago, the last stop on the...

4 Dead in Mass Shooting on Chicago-Area Train

Police say Forest Park shooting appears to be random act

(Newser) - Four people were fatally shot on a train Monday morning in what the Chicago Transit Authority calls a "heinous and egregious act of violence." Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin said all four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train headed into the Forest Park terminal...

No Charges for Owners of Club Where 49 Were Killed

Orlando Police Department has closed investigation of Pulse owners

(Newser) - The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges. Victims' families and survivors of the killing of 49 patrons at the LGBTQ-friendly club had asked law enforcement to investigate them for criminal culpability. No charges will be filed against...

Some Are Sad to See Site of Church Massacre Torn Down

Sutherland Springs, Texas church had been kept as a memorial to the 26 mass shooting victims

(Newser) - Crews on Monday began to tear down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve the scene of the deadliest church shooting in US history. A judge cleared the...

Gunman Kills Mother, 5 Others in Nursing Home

Croatian man was arrested in nearby cafe

(Newser) - A gunman entered a nursing home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people including his mother, officials said. The dead were mostly in their 80s and 90s, the prime minister said. The national police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately and another...

Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Leaves 3 Dead, 7 Injured

Police say multiple shooters were involved

(Newser) - The nation's latest mass shooting took place Saturday night in Philadelphia. Three people were fatally shot and seven others wounded at a street party in West Philadelphia, reports 6ABC . Police say multiple shooters appear to have been involved. All three fatalities were adult men, ages 23, 28, and 33,...

Chicago's Long Holiday Weekend Was a Brutal One

More than 100 people were shot, and 19 were killed

(Newser) - The four-day holiday weekend was an especially violent one in Chicago:
  • Big numbers: The Chicago Sun-Times counts 105 people shot from Thursday through Sunday, and 19 of those victims were killed. That's up from 73 shootings and 11 fatalities during last year's four-day weekend for the Fourth, per
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Gunman Gets 'Historically Severe' Sentence in Oslo Shooting

Iranian-born Zaniar Matapour gets 30 years after conviction tied to 2022 shooting at LGBTQ fest

(Newser) - An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations , chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular...

Maine Man Who Killed 4, Shot at Cars Pleads Guilty

'I honestly think I deserve more,' Joseph Eaton says after getting life sentence

(Newser) - A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway shooting pleaded guilty to murder and other charges on Monday, and a judge sentenced him to the maximum term of life in prison. Joseph Eaton has never provided an explanation...

Parkland Survivor Now Owns the Name of the Shooter

Gunman Nikolas Cruz can't do any interviews without OK from survivor Anthony Borges, 21

(Newser) - Anthony Borges was the most seriously wounded survivor of the Parkland school shooting, a high school freshman shot five times in the abdomen, lungs, and legs in the 2018 massacre. Now, the 21-year-old has reached a civil settlement with shooter Nikolas Cruz, in which Cruz must obtain permission from Borges...

Surprise Turn in Hearing for Parade Mass Shooting Suspect

Accused Highland Park parade shooter did not accept plea deal as expected

(Newser) - In what CNN calls a "dramatic court hearing" on Wednesday, the man accused of killing seven July 4 paradegoers in Highland Park, Illinois two years ago did an about-face on a plea deal. Robert Crimo III appeared in court with prosecutors, who said he had agreed to change his...

Police: Nurse Was Killed During 'Selfless Act' Amid Shooting

Callie Weems was helping gunshot victim at Arkansas grocery store

(Newser) - Callie Weems, the youngest person killed in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Arkansas on Friday, died a hero, police and family members say. Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar said Sunday that Callie Weems, a 23-year-old nurse, was treating a gunshot victim when she was shot. "...

Death Toll Rises to Four in Grocery Store Shooting

Another four are still hospitalized in Arkansas attack

(Newser) - Police said a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store , sending panicked bystanders scrambling for cover. The person died Saturday evening, Arkansas state police said in a statement, listing 11 civilians and two law enforcement officers shot. The dead were identified...

Columbus, Ohio, Shooting Leaves 10 Injured

One victim was critically hurt, and two were juveniles

(Newser) - Police in Ohio say 10 people were injured, including one seriously, in a shooting in Columbus. The shooting occurred early Sunday in the Short North Arts District, per the AP . All the injured were males—eight adults and two youths who ranged in age from 16 to 27. One of...

3 Dead, 10 Injured in Mass Shooting at Arkansas Store

'The bullets were just flying,' one witness says of gunfire at Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce

(Newser) - A shooter who opened fire on Friday at a grocery store in Arkansas left the store and parked cars riddled with bullet holes as bystanders ducked for cover both indoors and in the parking lot, killing three people and wounding 10 others, authorities said. The wounded included two law enforcement...

Juneteenth Gunfire Wounds 15
15 Shot at Juneteenth Event
Jun 20, 2024 5:45 PM CDT

15 Shot at Juneteenth Event

Oakland police find more than 50 shell casings

(Newser) - Fifteen people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, police said Thursday. The violence broke out Wednesday night during an event at Lake Merritt that was largely peaceful, with as many as 5,000 in attendance, until a sideshow involving "motorbikes and vehicles" took place around 8:15pm...

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