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Police ID 24-Year-Old Dark Knight Suspect

James Holmes reportedly found near car behind the movie theater

(Newser) - The gas mask-wearing suspect arrested in connection with the hellish Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting is 24-year-old local resident James Holmes, ABC News reports. The Denver Post reports that police have thus far recovered a gas mask, rifle, handgun, and at least one other weapon; they also evacuated an apartment...

Theater Massacre Witnesses Describe Scene of Horror

Many of the victims children

(Newser) - Horrifying details are emerging from the shooting at a Dark Knight Rises premiere that killed 12 and injured 50. Witness accounts describe a terrifying scene, complete with police dragging bodies out of the theater and injured children; KDVR confirms that some of the victims are as young as 12. "...

German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others
German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others
Jul 4, 2012 2:14 PM CDT

German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others

Took hostages as girlfriend was being evicted

(Newser) - A heavily armed man whose girlfriend was being evicted from her apartment today killed four people, including the new owner and a court bailiff who were shot execution style, before turning a shotgun on himself, German authorities said. A commando team stormed the apartment in the southern German city of...

Gun Dealer Linked to Mass Shootings Shuts Down

Cops probing reports from scores of stiffed customers

(Newser) - The online dealer who sold a handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and supplied equipment to two other mass shooters has shut down—not from a change of heart about his line of work, but because of scores of complaints from customers, reports AP . Eric Thompson's Wisconsin-based business,...

Hero Saved Cafe Patrons in Seattle Massacre

He hurled barstools after Ian Stawicki opened fire

(Newser) - A hero saved three lives by hurling barstools at a deadly gunman when he opened fire in a Seattle cafe , police say. "I just threw the frigging stool at him, legs first," the man told police, saying that after his brother died in the World Trade Center attack,...

Neo-Nazi Militia Leader Kills 4 in Phoenix

JT Ready believed to have killed 3 adults, toddler before suicide

(Newser) - The white supremacist founder of an Arizona border militia is believed to shot and killed three adults and a toddler before committing suicide. The body of JT Ready, head of the US Border Guard group, was found at a home in suburban Phoenix along with those of his girlfriend, her...

Tulsa Shooting Suspect Was Friendly With Victim: Wife

Jake England had visited with William Allen, wife says

(Newser) - William Allen was friendly with Jake England , occasionally chatting with him when they ran into each other—but now England, along with Alvin Watts, is accused of killing Allen during last week's Tulsa shooting spree . Allen's widow tells the Tulsa World that Allen and England met at the...

Cops Bust 2 in Okla. Shootings
 Cops Bust 2 in Okla. Shootings 
Apr 8, 2012 9:34 AM CDT

Cops Bust 2 in Okla. Shootings

Police say shootings weren't racially motivated

(Newser) - Police backed by a helicopter arrested two white men early today and said they would face murder charges in the recent shootings that terrorized Tulsa's black community and left three people dead and two critically wounded. A police spokesman said Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, were arrested...

French Gunman Sent Video to Al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera: We Won't Air French Gunman's Video
UPDATED
Mar 27, 2012 7:30 AM CDT

Al-Jazeera: We Won't Air French Gunman's Video

USB stick contains footage of killings, Koran readings

(Newser) - Mohamed Merah's video of his killing spree will not see the light of day, at least not by way of al-Jazeera. The network announced that the video neither provided any fresh info nor met al-Jazeera's code of ethics for broadcast. It revealed that Merah's face was never...

French Suspect Says He&#39;ll Surrender
French Suspect Surrounded, Planned New Hit Today
UPDATED
Mar 21, 2012 10:59 AM CDT

French Suspect Surrounded, Planned New Hit Today

24-year-old identified as Mohammad Merah

(Newser) - Conflicting reports out of Toulouse: Though USA Today reported earlier, by way of French TV , that a 24-year-old Muslim man suspected in a series of shootings had been arrested after a raid on an apartment, reports are now saying the building remains surrounded. CNN and Reuters report that some 300...

France Puts Toulouse on Top Terror Alert

Sarkozy says riot police will secure region until 'this criminal' is caught

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says authorities are raising the terrorism alert to its highest level across a swath of southern France where a gunman opened fire on a Jewish school before fleeing. Sarkozy said today's attack in Toulouse , which killed three children and a rabbi, was the worst-ever school...

Breivik Indicted on Terror Charges

Confessed Norway killer could be committed

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik was formally indicted on terror charges today, more than seven months after admitting to killing 77 people in two Norwegian terror attacks July 22. The 33-year-old was charged under Norway's anti-terror law for violent acts meant to disrupt the government or spread fear, the AP reports....

Anders Breivik: I Want a Medal for Shootings

Says victims were ' committing cultural destruction of Norwegian culture'

(Newser) - A smirking Anders Behring Breivik appeared in court in Oslo today and demanded a medal for the shooting rampage that killed 77 people. Breivik called the people he'd killed at the Labor Party youth camp "traitors" and demanded to be released, the AP reports. The attacks "were...

Salon Shooter Sat on Beach Before Massacre

'I know what I did,' he told arresting officer

(Newser) - Newly released police and court documents provide details on the salon shooting spree in Seal Beach, California, last month that left nine people dead and another seriously wounded. "I know what I did," suspect Scott DeKraai, 42, told the officer who pulled him over shortly after the massacre....

IHOP Massacre: Victim, Shooter Profiles Emerge

National Guard members praised for their service

(Newser) - Eduardo Sencion, the 32-year-old suspected gunman who killed four people in a senseless shooting at a Carson City IHOP , had a history of mental illness but no criminal record, according to a profile by AP . Sencion fought with police in 2000 when he was taken into protective custody for a...

Frankfurt Suspect Admits Killing 2 US Airmen on Bus

Arid Uka says he was influenced by extremist propaganda as trial begins

(Newser) - A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed today to killing two US airmen at the Frankfurt airport in March , saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online. Arid Uka is charged with two counts of murder for the slaying of...

One Month Later, Norway Honors Fallen

Memorial service marks end of mourning period

(Newser) - A month after the terror attacks that left Norway reeling, the nation is honoring the 77 people who died at the hands of Anders Behring Breivik in a national memorial service that marks the end of the mourning period. Survivors, victims' families, celebrities, and a host of public officials converge...

Norway Survivors Return to Utoya

Under heavy guard, 1,000 expected to grieve 69 lost

(Newser) - Less than a week after Anders Behring Breivik reconstructed the scene of his massacre on Utoya island for police, survivors and victims' families came to grieve those lost in the flurry of bullets. Up to 1,000 people were expected this weekend, accompanied by some 400 psychologists, police, and public...

'Remorseless' Breivik Reconstructs Slaughter

Self-confessed killer recounts 69 Utoya killings over 8 hours

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik has returned to the scene of the crime, only this time in a bulletproof vest, on a security leash, and under heavy guard. Norwegian police brought Breivik to Utoya Island, where he spent eight hours walking them through a blow-by-blow narrative of his shooting spree there that...

Cops May Seek New Charge, Longer Sentence for Breivik

A conviction of crimes against humanity could mean 30 years

(Newser) - You were likely shocked to read that Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted to killing 76 people in two Norway terror attacks, faces a maximum of 21 years in prison —but Norwegian police are considering a new charge that could increase that amount. The current terror-related charges Breivik faces come...

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