Tag: shooting

Police: Teen Girl Killed, 2 Wounded in Bronx Shooting

NEW YORK—Three teenage children walking home from school Friday were shot, one fatally, when a gunman started firing during a street corner dispute in the Bronx, police said. The shooting was the latest episode of headline-grabbing violence in New York City amid a rise in violent crime during the COVID-19 pandemic. The girl killed in…


Gun Controllers Twist Sacramento Shooting

Commentary To make sure proper evidence was acquired, police took 18 hours to clear the bodies of all six people killed in the shooting in Sacramento Sunday morning. During that time—while the bodies still were lying on the ground—gun-control proponents were quick to the draw trotting out all their long-disproven reasons for eviscerating Americans’ Second…


At Least 2 Dead in Tel Aviv Shooting Attack: Hospital Official

JERUSALEM—At least two people have died and four were seriously wounded in a shooting in Tel Aviv’s city center on Thursday, the latest of several attacks in which 13 people have been killed over the past month, the sharpest spike in Israel for years. An Israeli hospital official said two people were killed. The Magen…


At Least 2 Dead in Attack at Tel Aviv Bar, Police Say

TEL AVIV—A suspected Arab gunman killed at least two people in an attack at a bar on a main Tel Aviv boulevard on Thursday, police and hospital officials said, the latest in a string of deadly street assaults that have shaken Israel. Mayor Ron Huldai said the shooting, at the start of the weekend in…


Gunman Dead After Firing More Than 100 Rounds, Officer Hurt

ROSEVILLE, Minn.—A gunman fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Minneapolis neighborhood, seriously wounding a police officer before the suspect was shot and later died, police said Wednesday. Officers in Roseville responded to a report of shots fired around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and encountered a chaotic scene as they immediately came under fire, Police…


Police: Sacramento Shooting Was Gunfight Among Gang Rivals, at Least 5 Shooters Involved

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The shooting that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday. Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may have been more. Only two suspects—both brothers wounded by…


Suspect in Sacramento Mass Shooting Released From Prison Just Weeks Before

One of the suspects in the Sacramento weekend mass shooting was released early from prison just weeks before the incident. Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday in connection to the incident that left six dead and a dozen more injured in downtown Sacramento. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and…


Police Make Third Arrest After Sacramento Shooting

Police investigating a mass shooting in Sacramento, California, over the weekend took a third man into custody on Tuesday a but said he was not accused of taking part in the shooting. “In the course of investigating the multiple homicides of April 3, 2022, detectives identified a man who was seen carrying a gun in…


Witness Describes Quebec’s 2012 Election Night Shooting in Civil Trial Testimony

A stagehand who survived the 2012 Quebec election night shooting that killed a colleague testified today at a civil trial over the police response at the event. Guillaume Parisien described how he was called at the last minute to help take down the stage at Montreal’s Metropolis concert hall, arriving not long before the shooting…


Second Suspect Arrested in Connection to Sacramento Mass Shooting

A second suspect was arrested in connection to the Sacramento shooting that left six dead and more injured over the past weekend, officials announced Tuesday. Smiley Martin, 27, the brother of Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested by police, according to the Sacramento Police Department in a Tuesday update. Smiley faces possession of a firearm by a…