Category: gunfire

Child Killed in Gunfire Outside High School Football Game

SHARON HILL, Pa.—Authorities say a child was killed when gunfire erupted outside a high school football game near Philadelphia. Officials said the gunfire erupted shortly before 9 p.m. Friday near the main gate to the football field at Academy Park High School in Sharon hill shortly after the conclusion of the game between Pennsbury and…


5 Die, Including Deputy, in Shootings at California Home

LOS ANGELES—A California sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot this weekend when his SWAT team tried to rescue people held hostage inside a San Joaquin Valley home by a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle and a handgun, authorities said Monday. Four other people were also killed in the shootout, including the gunman—who had been previously…


1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Shooting Outside Detroit Banquet Hall

DETROIT—A suspect has been identified in a drive-by shooting that left a man dead and five other people wounded outside an unlicensed banquet hall early Tuesday in Detroit, the city’s interim police chief said. Chief James White told reporters that an arrest likely would be made Tuesday in connection with the shooting that occurred about…


Teen Killed, 11 Hurt in Ohio Holiday Party Gunfire

Body camera video of a mass shooting in Toledo show two officers running toward the sound of gunfire as they yell at people to “stay down” and “find cover” while dozens of rounds are being fired. Seventeen-year-old Stephon Johnson was killed early Monday during a block party in a central Toledo neighborhood and 11 people…


Police: 4 Dead, 4 Hurt in Shooting on Chicago’s South Side

CHICAGO—An argument in a house on Chicago’s South Side early Tuesday erupted into gunfire, leaving four women dead and four other people injured, police said. The shooting happened at 5:42 a.m. in the city’s Englewood neighborhood, police said, and no arrests were immediately made. Police had few details about the victims, but it appeared that…


LA County Fire Station Shooting Kills 1 Firefighter

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple media outlets reported. Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims shortly before 11 a.m. at Fire Station 81, about 45 miles north of Los Angeles, according to a statement from the county…