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California Firefighters Had Job Dispute Before Fatal Attack

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A Los Angeles County firefighter appeared to have a longstanding job-related dispute with the colleague he shot and killed at their small, rural fire station in what became California’s second deadly workplace shooting in less than a week, authorities said Wednesday. The gunman also wounded a fire captain at the station about 45…


Motive Unclear as Alleged Shooter Kills Firefighter at Station in California

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


Motive Unclear as Alleged Shooter Kills Firefighter at Station in California: Authorities

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


Motive Unclear as Firefighter Kills Colleague at Station

A firefighter allegedly killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days, authorities said. The alleged gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home…


Manhunt in Miami Continues for 3 Shooters

A manhunt continued into Memorial Day for three masked suspects who opened fire early Sunday morning outside a Miami banquet hall, killing two men and wounding 21 others, in a shooting authorities said had spread terror and grief through their communities. That anguish was reinforced Monday by a grieving father who interrupted a news conference…


2 Dead, More Than 20 Injured in Florida Shooting

Two people have died and more than 20 were injured in a shooting outside a billiards club in Hialeah, a town to the north of Miami in Florida, police said early on Sunday. “I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2…


2 Dead, More Than 20 Injured in Florida Banquet Hall Shooting

Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said. Three people got out of a white SUV and shot at revelers gathered at the El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade county, according to…


Suspects’ Volkswagen Identified in Road Rage Shooting That Killed 6-Year-Old Boy; Reward Tops $320K

By Faith E. Pinho From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—Authorities have identified the suspects’ vehicle involved in a road rage incident on the 55 Freeway in Orange last week in which a 6-year-old boy was fatally shot. California Highway Patrol posted a picture on Twitter showing a white Volkswagen Golf SportWagen on the freeway. A…


DA Spitzer Warns Boy’s Killer to Turn Himself In

SANTA ANA—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a stern warning May 27 to a pair of unidentified suspects sought in the road- rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, as the reward posted in the case swelled to $310,000. At a news conference in Orange, the…


LIVE: VTA Holds News Conference on San Jose Shooting Victims

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) holds a news conference about the San Jose shooting victims.