Tag: shooting

Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…


9 Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 26)

FBI agents, fire-fighters, and the sheriff’s department respond to a shooting in Silicon Valley, ATF director nominee David Chipman said he supports banning America’s most popular rifle, and bipartisan scepticism persists in the Senate for the Endless Frontier Act.


At Least 8 Dead After Shooting at California Transit Rail Yard: Officials

The Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office in California said Wednesday that eight people died during a shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority railyard near San Jose. “There are multiple injuries and multiple fatalities in this case,” sheriff’s Deputy Russell Davis told reporters near the crime scene, while confirming the number of victims who died. “The suspect is…


One Killed, 14 Injured In Illegal South Carolina Concert Shooting

One teenager died and 14 people were injured when an unidentified gunman opened fire on an illegal concert in North Charleston, South Carolina, Saturday, an ABC affiliate reported. Law enforcement officials suspect the involvement of multiple gunmen, though no suspects were identified and the motive remains unclear, ABC News 4 reported. An unnamed 14-year-old girl…


Ex-Michigan State Player Keith Appling Wanted in Fatal Shooting

DETROIT—Detroit police named a former Michigan State University basketball star as the suspect in a deadly shooting late Saturday. Keith Appling, 29, was wanted in connection to the shooting death of a 66-year-old man, according to a police news release. The slain man was not immediately identified. Police said Appling and the man got into…


Downtown Minneapolis Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 8 Injured

Ten people were shot, two of them fatally, when gunfire broke out outside a downtown Minneapolis nightclub overnight Saturday, capping an exceptionally violent night across the city. The incident, one of the most casualty-laden shootings in the city’s history, occurred just before 2 a.m. outside Monarch, 322 N. 1st Av., police spokesman John Elder said….


Defense Says Durst Had No Motive, Didn’t Kill Close Friend

LOS ANGELES—In a blunt rejection of what prosecutors told jurors a day earlier, a defense lawyer said Wednesday that multimillionaire Robert Durst had no motive to murder his close friend Susan Berman and had nothing to do with her shooting. “Bob Durst did not kill Susan Berman and he doesn’t know who did,” attorney Dick…


Police: Illinois Officer and Suspect, 24, Die in Shootout

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—A gunman killed one central Illinois police officer and wounded another before he was fatally shot during a shootout at an apartment complex early Wednesday, authorities said. The officers went to the complex in Champaign shortly after 3 a.m. in response to a report about a domestic disturbance and encountered the armed suspect, police…


13-Year-Old Dies Following Chicago’s Most Violent Weekend in 2021

CHICAGO—Eric Crawford, a 13-year-old boy shot in the head and neck near his home, died Tuesday within hours of being pulled off life support at a Chicago hospital. He is one of six children shot during Chicago’s most violent weekend in 2021, according to the Chicago Police Department. Crawford was riding a bike in the…