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Texas Shooting Gets Official Designation

And an anti-immigrant screed has been linked to the shooter

(Newser) - A Justice Department official says the federal government is treating the El Paso shooting that killed 20 people as a "domestic terrorist" case, the AP reports. US Attorney John Bash said Sunday in El Paso that the feds are also investigating the attack at a shopping plaza with a...

In El Paso Shooting, a Soldier Saved Lives

Glendon Oakley Jr. started running kids outside when shooting broke out

(Newser) - Twenty people died in a hail of bullets Saturday at an El Paso mall, but officials say that the tragedy might have been worse were it not for the efforts of Glendon Oakley Jr., reports the Army Times . The 22-year-old private stationed at Fort Bliss was at a Foot...

9 Dead in 2nd Mass Shooting in 24 Hours

Unidentified suspect killed in after opening fire in entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio

(Newser) - Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the US in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, reports the AP . Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began in the Oregon District at 1am, but officers nearby were able...

Cops Thought They Killed Garlic Fest Gunman. Coroner Says Otherwise

Santino William Legan took his own life, medical examiner finds

(Newser) - The gunman who killed three young people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California on Sunday wasn't killed by police, as originally reported. That from the Santa Clara County medical examiner, who now says that 19-year-old Santino William Legan killed himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. Legan died...

FBI: Garlic Festival Gunman Was 'Kind of a Loner'

Police now believe Legan acted alone

(Newser) - After days of searching for evidence of a second suspect, police now believe that the gunman who killed three people and wounded a dozen others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday acted alone. Santino William Legan "was not with anybody else. That is sort of supporting the thought...

A Final Wish Granted for Teen Killed at Garlic Fest

Keyla Salazar's family to get puppy

(Newser) - A 13-year-old girl killed in Sunday's mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in northern California may have inadvertently saved a relative. Keyla Salazar was eating ice cream with her mother, stepfather, two younger sisters, and other family members when they realized they were hearing gunshots, not fireworks. Family...

Wrenching Words From Dad of Boy Killed at Garlic Fest
Garlic Fest Singer Says
He Heard Shooter Speak
updated
Jul 29, 2019 3:02 PM CDT

Garlic Fest Singer Says He Heard Shooter Speak

As the father of a murdered 6-year-old shares wrenching words

(Newser) - Six-year-old Stephen Romero has been identified as one of the three people killed by a gunman Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival . His father spoke to NBC Bay Area , and his words are heart-piercing: "There’s nothing I really can do besides try to be with him until I...

Gunman Dead After Mass Shooting at Garlic Festival

3 killed, 15 hurt in Gilroy shooting, authorities say

(Newser) - Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a mass shooting Sunday at one of America's biggest food festivals, authorities say. Witnesses say a white man in his 30s opened fire with an assault rifle around 5:30pm at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in northern California....

He Froze While Vegas Shooter Wreaked Havoc. Now, His Fate

Police officer Cordell Hendrex was fired in March, per Vegas police

(Newser) - A veteran Las Vegas cop who froze in the hallway of a casino-hotel as a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history has been fired from the force, police say. Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on March 20, a...

NZ Mosque Suspect Smirks, Doesn't Speak, During Hearing

Brenton Tarrant's lawyer enters not guilty pleas

(Newser) - The man accused of the New Zealand mosque attacks smirked as his lawyer entered not guilty pleas to terrorism, murder, and attempted murder charges Friday before a judge who set his trial for next May. The courtroom was filled with 80 survivors and family members of the 51 who were...

He Survived a Mass Shooting. The Bullets Are Poisoning Him
He Survived a Mass Shooting.
Now He's Being Poisoned
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 9, 2019 7:31 AM CDT

He Survived a Mass Shooting. Now He's Being Poisoned

Bullet fragments can wreak havoc

(Newser) - Colin Goddard was shot multiple times during the Virginia Tech massacre , but doctors assured him he would eventually be "fine." Twelve years later, the now-33-year-old has discovered that's far from the case, and the reason is an unexpected one: The dozens of bullet fragments left in his...

4 Killed in Rare Australia Mass Shooting

Gunman wore monitoring bracelet during Darwin rampage

(Newser) - Four people are dead after one of the first mass shootings in Australia since strict gun laws were brought in after a 1996 massacre. Authorities say a gunman identified as 45-year-old Ben Hoffmann fatally shot four men and wounded at least one woman during an hour-long rampage across Darwin on...

He Quit His Job, Brushed His Teeth, Killed His Colleagues

Mass shooter's motive is still a mystery

(Newser) - DeWayne Craddock resigned from his job with Virginia Beach's municipal government Friday morning—but not in a way that made anybody suspect he was going to massacre his colleagues hours later. There was "nothing out of the ordinary" in the short email, in which the 40-year-old civil engineer...

Did Silencer Make a Difference in the Va. Beach Shooting?

Gun-control advocates say suppressors, which are legal in Virginia, can give a shooter more time

(Newser) - The shooter who killed 12 people in a government building in Virginia Beach used a silencer. It's the nightmare scenario that gun-control advocates have warned about amid efforts in recent years to ease restrictions on the devices, which they say can help shooters escape detection and inflict more carnage....

People Pray for Unlikely Person at Vigil in Virginia

And we learn more about the shooting victims

(Newser) - Four were engineers who worked to maintain streets and protect wetlands. Three were right-of-way agents who reviewed property lines. The others included an account clerk, a technician, an administrative assistant, and a special projects coordinator. In all, they had served the city of Virginia Beach for more than 150 years,...

Va. Beach Survivor: What Would Possess Someone to Do This?

Victims, gunman identified after 12 died Friday

(Newser) - As Virginia Beach tries to make sense of the country's latest mass shooting, which took 12 lives at a municipal building there Friday and injured at least four , more details are trickling out. Officials at a Saturday morning press conference IDed the gunman, who died after being shot by...

Shootings at City Complex Leaves Multiple People Hurt
Gunman Kills 12
in Virginia Beach
UPDATED
May 31, 2019 6:55 PM CDT

Gunman Kills 12 in Virginia Beach

Police say shooter, described as disgruntled city worker, is also dead

(Newser) - A longtime, disgruntled city employee opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people before police fatally shot him, authorities said. At least five other people were wounded in the afternoon shooting, including a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life, said Virginia Beach...

Tennessee Church Shooter Learns His Fate

Emanuel Samson gets life without parole

(Newser) - A Tennessee jury deliberated less than two hours Tuesday before sentencing the man who shot up a Nashville church in 2017 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Friday, the jury found Emanuel Kidega Samson guilty of murder in the death of Melanie Crow. Samson also injured...

Shooters 'Got Deep Inside School' in Colorado

Police say both suspects were students at Highlands Ranch school

(Newser) - Two students are in custody after opening fire on their classmates at a Denver-area charter school Tuesday, police say. Sheriff Tony Spurlock says the suspects—one adult and one juvenile—were taken into custody within around two minutes of reports of shots being fired at the STEM School Highlands Ranch,...

7 Weeks After Christchurch Massacre, a New Death Toll

51st victim dies after surgery

(Newser) - A Turkish man wounded in the Christchurch mosque shootings seven weeks ago died late Thursday in Christchurch Hospital, raising the death toll to 51, authorities in New Zealand and Turkey confirmed. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday the sad news would be felt across both countries, the AP...

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