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Teen Says Shooting Plot Was 'Joke', Is Found Guilty

Sammie Chavez didn't convince the jury

(Newser) - A teenager who authorities say tried to recruit classmates for a mass shooting and bomb attack at his school in Bartlesville, Okla., has been convicted in a plot to kill students, teachers, and police officers. A jury found 19-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez guilty of planning to cause bodily harm and...

A &#39;Good Guy With a Gun?&#39; No, With a Heart
Woman Who Stopped
Shooter Foils Stereotypes
OPINION
Aug 22, 2013 1:59 PM CDT

Woman Who Stopped Shooter Foils Stereotypes

Antoinette Tuff uses empathy, heart in Atlanta incident

(Newser) - The NRA may tell us that guns are our only defense against mass shooters, but on Tuesday Antoinette Tuff proved that's not true. "In this story, the only thing that stopped a bad guy with a gun was a good woman with a heart," writes Joan Walsh...

Listen to Ga. School Clerk's Heroic 911 Call

She talks down gunman with 'nothing to live for'

(Newser) - The 911 call in which a heroic school clerk successfully talks down a gunman armed with an AK-47 has been released by authorities in Georgia. In the 24-minute call, Antoinette Tuff can be heard telling operators, "He said he don’t care if he dies, he don’t have...

School Shooting Suspect Had 500 Rounds

Michael Brandon Hill previously threatened to kill brother

(Newser) - It could have been a disaster: Police say the 20-year-old arrested at an Atlanta-area school yesterday with an AK-47 had 500 rounds of ammunition with him, reports WSB-TV . Though Michael Brandon Hill fired a few shots at police, nobody was injured before his arrest in a school office. It also...

Elementary School Shooting Suspect an 'Average Guy'

Michael Brandon Hill, 20, named as alleged Georgia gunman

(Newser) - Neighbors of Michael Brandon Hill, the man who allegedly walked into a Georgia elementary school wielding an AK-47 and demanded to speak to a TV station, have familiar things to say about the suspect. Hill is "just an average guy," a man who lives across the street from...

Tough, Chatty Clerk Thwarted Ga. School Gunman

She kept him talking, persuaded him to put gun down

(Newser) - There could have been a bloodbath at an Atlanta-area elementary school yesterday were if not for the efforts of aptly-named school clerk Antoinette Tuff. When a man dressed in black sneaked into the school armed with an AK-47 and took Tuff and several other employees hostage, she kept him talking—...

Alleged Shooter in Custody at Ga. Elementary School

 Kids OK After 
 AK-47 Fired 
 at School 
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Aug 20, 2013 4:12 PM CDT

Kids OK After AK-47 Fired at School

Suspect in custody near Atlanta

(Newser) - Welcome news after reports of shots fired today at a Georgia elementary school: “Shooter apprehended; all kids safe and accounted for,” the interim superintendent tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Police say a 20-year-old suspect is in custody. "He started to fire from inside the school at our officers,...

FBI Trains Cops to Deal With Mass Shooters

Local cops taught to face gunmen head on, alone if necessary

(Newser) - Two hostages stand at the classroom entrance and another lies seriously wounded outside. "Don't come down here, I'm telling you—I'll kill 'em," a man shouts to officers snaking down the corridor with guns drawn. Negotiations fizzle, the officers yell to the hostages to...

Tiny Arkansas Town Arms 20 Teachers

They were each given $1,100 to buy handgun, holster

(Newser) - When school resumes in August, more than 20 teachers and other school employees in Clarksville, Ark., will carry concealed weapons throughout the school day, making use of a little-known Arkansas law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus. Clarksville, a community of 9,200 people, isn't known for...

Each Sandy Hook Victim's Family Will Get $281K

Committee oversees distribution of $7.7M

(Newser) - The committee in charge of distributing Sandy Hook donations has a distribution plan: Each victim's family would get $281,000, totaling 95% of the $7.7 million that will be given out. On top of that, families of kids who survived the classroom attacks would receive $20,000 each,...

Fans of Arming School Staff Have Surprising Opponent

Insurance companies, who say they will deny coverage or jack up premiums

(Newser) - Arming staff with guns may not be the magic bullet some schools had hoped in the battle to prevent future school shootings. That's because many insurers won't even let them try, the New York Times reports. In Kansas, where schools are now allowed to arm employees , EMC, the...

Newtown Massacre Photos Won't Be Made Public

Controversial bill passes easily in Connecticut

(Newser) - The public will not be seeing crime scene images of victims killed during the Newtown school shooting, even if a FOIA request is filed. The Connecticut Senate and House voted overwhelmingly today to block such photos and videos—not just from Newtown but from all homicide cases—from public disclosure...

Newtown Plan: Tear Down School, Rebuild at Same Site

Panel recommends move, but town residents must still vote

(Newser) - A task force of 28 local elected officials voted unanimously last night to tear down Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one on the same property. The plan now goes to the local school board and ultimately will have to be approved by residents of Newtown, Connecticut, at...

Daughter of Sandy Hook Victim Calls Out Sen. Ayotte

Erica Lafferty angry over senator's vote against background checks

(Newser) - Republican Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire has been taking flak for her vote against stronger background checks , especially because she was the only East Coast senator north of Virginia to do so. Today, at her first town hall meeting since that vote, Ayotte got an earful from the daughter of...

Lanza Beaten by Sandy Hook Classmates: Source

Relative tells 'NYDN' Adam was never the same after time at school

(Newser) - The New York Daily News calls it an "exclusive" and the Huffington Post calls it a "possible motive": As a child, Adam Lanza was bullied and even beaten by his fellow students at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a relative of Nancy Lanza tells the Daily News. Nancy Lanza...

School Shooting Suspect May Have Posted Announcement

Neil MacInnis, 18, is charged in Virginia

(Newser) - Police have charged 18-year-old Neil Allan MacInnis of Christiansburg, Virginia, with yesterday's shooting at a community college inside a mall that left two women injured, reports AP . Gawker , though, has the most disturbing angle to the story: A poster named "neil Macinnis" went on the 4chan online message...

Newtown Mom Recalls 'Boy Who Would Never Come Home'

Francine Wheeler fills in for Obama in weekly address, pushes gun laws

(Newser) - Newtown mother Francine Wheeler delivered the president's weekly radio address today to make an emotional plea for tougher gun laws, reports ABC News . Wheeler, who lost her 6-year-old son in the shooting, appeared with her husband, David. The Guardian has the full transcript. Some key spots:
  • ”I’ve
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Newtown Mom to Give Obama's Weekly Address

Francine Wheeler will try to keep up pressure for gun laws

(Newser) - The president's weekly radio address tomorrow will probably get more attention than usual, precisely because it won't be the president delivering it. Instead, the mother of one of the young Newtown victims will fill in, reports USA Today . Francine Wheeler, whose 6-year-old son Ben was killed at Sandy...

2 Women Shot at Virginia Community College

Suspect in custody; school campus is inside mall

(Newser) - A man shot and injured two women at a mall branch of a community college in Virginia today before he was subdued by police, a city official said. The suspect was being interviewed by police as law enforcement continued to clear the New River Valley Mall, said Christiansburg city spokeswoman...

Newtown Upset by Glee School Shooting Episode

Last-minute warnings went out, but some say that wasn't enough

(Newser) - Some in Newtown, Connecticut, weren't happy with last night's episode of Glee, in which a character brings a gun to school, and a shooting occurs. At least two warnings were issued in advance of the episode:
  • In the Newtown Bee , Shannon Hicks wrote that the episode "may
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