Tag: shooting

Six Juveniles Charged in Man’s Shooting Death in Kansas

OLATHE, Kan.—A Kansas prosecutor says he wants to try four 14-year-olds as adults in the shooting death of a Missouri man. They are among six teenagers charged in juvenile court with first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Marco Cardino, of Smithville, Missouri. The two other suspects are 13 and cannot be tried as adults…


Police: Chicago Shooting Leaves 2 People Dead, 8 Wounded

CHICAGO—Two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting near a fast food restaurant just blocks from Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district that sent bystanders scattering, authorities said. The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Thursday near a McDonald’s on the city’s Near North Side. One person was taken into custody and a…


Germany: 1 Person Wounded, 1 Detained in School Attack

BERLIN—A school employee was seriously wounded by an assailant wielding a crossbow in an attack Thursday at a high school in the northern German city of Bremerhaven and a suspect was detained, investigators said. Police said they were alerted at 9:15 a.m. to someone having entered the Lloyd High School in the port city and…


5 Shot Near Temple University in Philadelphia

A shooting near Philadelphia’s Temple University wounded five people on Wednesday—two in extremely critical condition. A suspect was caught with the help of university police, a spokesperson for the school told WPVI-TV. The victims were three women, aged 20 and 21, as well as two men, ages 28 and 59, the broadcaster reported. The university…


1 Dead in Shooting After Tennessee High School Graduation

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—One person was killed and another injured in a shooting Wednesday night after a high school graduation at Middle Tennessee State University, according to police. WTVF-TV reports that police confirmed the shooting after the Riverdale High School graduation at Murphy Center, an on-campus arena. The injured victim is hospitalized in critical condition. It was…


Grand Jury Indicts Man in Buffalo Supermarket Shooting

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The man charged with murdering 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assistant district attorney Gary Hackbush said the indictment of Payton Gendron, 18, was handed up Wednesday. Gendron, wearing an orange jail uniform and a mask, was…


Wife Denies Shooting Co-Worker in Beheading Case

CONCORD, N.H.—The wife of a New Hampshire man accused of killing her co-worker after he discovered they were texting—and then forcing her to behead him—denied shooting him Wednesday, saying her husband choked and punched her and eventually put his gun into her mouth that night. “You know that you’re going to die tonight, right?” Britany…


California Senator Advises Firearm-Related Bills in Response to Recent Shootings

Brady, an organization that fights against gun violence, held a meeting with Orange County Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine) May 17 to discuss different California state bills that could deter future gun violence. The event, called the “Spotlight on Crime Guns in California,” was held following a number of shootings across the country over the weekend,…


California Shooting Victim Hailed as ‘Hero’

A shooting in California leaves one dead and five injured—all six Taiwanese—while the shooter is a member of a Beijing-linked group. In a rare protest in one of Beijing’s top universities, hundreds of students gathered to oppose the lockdown and ended up tearing down a fence. How long will China’s virus restrictions last? Beijing might…


Shooting Along Indiana Highway Where SUV Was Stopped Kills 2

PALMYRA, Ind.—Two men were fatally shot after a police officer and two good Samaritans stopped along a southern Indiana highway to help a driver who was stopped in the roadway, police said. The shooting happened Monday night after an officer with the Palmyra Police Department stopped to assist the “apparent stranded motorist” on State Road…