WINFIELD, Kan.—Three sheriff’s deputies were wounded by gunfire, and a suspect was killed during a shootout in central Kansas on Thursday, law enforcement authorities said. Cowley County Sheriff David Falletti said the deputies were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle on U.S. 77 north of Winfield. When they made contact with a vehicle,…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Gunfire at a Cedar Rapids nightclub left two people dead and 10 wounded early Sunday, authorities said. Police said in a news release that the shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. at the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge, and that officers who were patrolling downtown were able to respond quickly. The police didn’t say…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—A shooting inside a crowded Cedar Rapids nightclub left a man and a woman dead and 10 people wounded early Sunday, authorities said. Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said investigators believe two men fired more than a dozen shots inside the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He said…

ABUJA, Nigeria—Gunmen attacked a train near Nigeria’s capital on Monday night with explosives and gunfire, killing an unspecified number of the nearly 1,000 passengers on board, authorities and survivors told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The attackers used explosives to first blow up the rail track before opening fire on the train near Abuja in…

DALLAS—Ten people were shot at a spring break party in Dallas and several others were injured as they tried to escape the gunfire, police said. One person was in critical condition following the shooting late Saturday at The Space Dallas, a party venue. Nine other shooting victims were taken to hospitals in stable condition and…

GULFPORT, Miss.—A fourth person has died after several people pulled out weapons and fired more than 50 bullets at a New Year’s Eve party in Mississippi. Nathaniel Harris, 52, died Sunday from multiple gunshot wounds, Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer told WLOX-TV. Three others were wounded but survived. Dozens of people were thought to be…

BESSEMER, Ala.—A former University of Alabama track star and Olympian was killed in a shootout with another man, authorities say. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified Emmit King and Willie Albert Wells as the two men who died after exchanging gunfire in Bessemer on Sunday, AL.com reported. King, 62, was a sprinter and…

By Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas Chicago Tribune CHICAGO—A 21-year-old man who was riding a city bus through Chicago’s Park Manor neighborhood late Sunday was in critical condition after he was shot in the chest by another man who tried to rob him, leading to an exchange of gunfire on the bus, according to police. Officials said both…

VAN NUYS, Calif.—A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bailiff accidentally fired a gun inside a packed Van Nuys courtroom and potentially injured a colleague, the department confirmed on Sept. 27. The Aug. 16 gunfire was first reported Saturday by Court Watch Los Angeles, a volunteer court observation organization aimed at increasing transparency in the court…

Montreal police say gunfire last month outside an area hospital that was initially thought to have targeted officers was actually stray bullets. The shooting took place at about 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 24 in the parking lot of the McGill University Health Centre in the city’s west−end, and two bullet holes and a projectile were…