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Police in Texas are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a freeway in Houston during the evening rush hour Thursday, killing a driver and his passenger.
Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Bobby Dobbins told reporters that vehicle rear-ended another on Interstate 10 East shortly before 6 p.m. causing the vehicle in front to spin out. Continue reading “Suspect at large after shooting on Texas freeway during rush hour kills 2”
The phrase “leading causes of death” might bring to mind cancer, heart disease, suicide and drug overdose.
But new research published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that young American men are at a surprisingly high risk of being killed by a police officer. Continue reading “Police shootings are a leading cause of death for young American men, new research shows”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who was “full of anger” went on a two-hour stabbing and robbery rampage in Southern California, killing four people and wounding two others, authorities said Wednesday.
The 33-year-old Garden Grove man was taken into custody after he came out of a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, and dropped a knife along with a handgun that he had taken from a guard, police said. Continue reading “4 dead, 2 wounded in Southern California stabbings”
(Bloomberg) — As mass shootings revive the U.S. debate over gun policy, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to go forward with a Second Amendment showdown for the first time in a decade.
The justices in January said they would hear a challenge to New York City rules that sharply limited where licensed handguns could be taken while locked and unloaded. Three city handgun owners said the regulations were the most extreme firearm-transportation restrictions in the country. Continue reading “Supreme Court Weighs Second Amendment Showdown After Mass Shootings”
In remarks delivered from the White House this morning, President Trump condemned racism, bigotry, and white supremacy following the weekend’s horrific mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Continue reading “President Trump Calls for Red Flag Laws in Wake of Mass Shootings”
ARLINGTON — An Arlington police officer took just seconds to fire three shots — one of which fatally struck a woman — after a dog started running toward him Thursday afternoon, body-camera footage shows.
Authorities had been called to perform a welfare check on 30-year-old Margarita “Maggie” Victoria Brooks, who was reported to be passed out in a grassy area near a shopping center she frequented. Continue reading “Body-cam footage shows Arlington officer fatally shooting woman as he fires at dog”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gunman who opened fire on a California food festival killed himself after officers shot him multiple times, officials said Friday, correcting previous police accounts that the officers fired the fatal bullet.
Police gave the update soon after the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said 19-year-old Santino William Legan died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading “California festival gunman killed himself, officials say”
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The use of force by police to subdue Markeith Loyd — the fugitive suspected of shooting an Orlando police officer to death — was justified, according to Phil Archer, state attorney for Brevard and Seminole counties in Florida.
The Jan. 17, 2017 arrest, which was captured on video, showed four police officers punching, kicking and striking Loyd in the face with the muzzle of a rifle as Loyd, wearing a bulletproof vest, was lying in the street. Continue reading “Officers ‘justified’ in beating suspected police shooter, Florida State attorney says”
One person is dead and at least five were injured in central Kentucky after a gas line ruptured and produced a fireball that could be seen around the region early Thursday.
The 30-inch gas line in Lincoln County breached around 150 feet from a mobile home park around 1:40 a.m., said Don Gilliam, the director of Lincoln County Emergency Management. Continue reading “One dead in Kentucky, at least five injured after gas line explosion shoots fireball into sky”
Just on the heels of new reports of a significant build-up of Chinese security forces on Hong Kong’s border, with the White House monitoring what an admin official described as “a congregation of Chinese forces” outside the city, the chief of the Chinese military garrison in Hong Kong has warned that the army stands ready to “protect” Chinese sovereignty. Continue reading ““All Consequences At Your Own Risk”: In Stunning Warning, Chinese Army Says It Will Protect Hong Kong Sovereignty”
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Newly-released security video from May 9, 2018, shows the moment a man shot and killed a customer in a Phoenix Circle K store, before holding nine other customers hostage. The victims then tackled the suspect and were able to escape.
At 9 a.m., security video shows customers entering and leaving the store, including a police officer. Continue reading “Video shows Phoenix gas station hostages attack and subdue gunman”
A 65-year-old woman was tasered after fleeing then kicking out at a police officer who stopped her over a broken light.
Debra Hamil, from Oklahoma, has been charged after body camera footage showed her resisting arrest during the confrontation in the town of Cashion last month. Continue reading “Woman, 65, tasered by police after fleeing then kicking officer who stopped her over broken light”
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said.
Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore said the man, whom he did not name, shot a Southaven police officer, who was protected by a bulletproof vest and suffered minor injuries. The chief said a second Southaven officer shot the suspect, who was then taken for surgery to a hospital in neighboring Memphis, Tennessee. Continue reading “2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi”
New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan
New York is extending the waiting period to buy guns from three days to 30 days to allow more time for background checks under a law approved Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The pro-gun safety law is a response to a rash of shootings across the nation.
The bill originally passed both legislative houses in January. Continue reading “Cuomo approves extending background checks for gun purchases”
Capital One Financial Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, said Monday that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million card customers and applicants, one of the largest ever data breaches of a big bank.
The announcement came the same day the alleged hacker, Paige A. Thompson, was arrested by federal agents in Seattle. Continue reading “Capital One data breach exposes info of 106M customers, applicants; suspect arrested”
Police say someone got out of a car and opened fire on a 68-year-old man who was approaching a synagogue near Miami.
Miami-Dade police detective Alvaro Zabaleta tells news outlets someone got out of a black Chevrolet Impala around 6:30 p.m. Sunday and shot the man multiple times in the legs near the front door of the Young Israel of Greater Miami Temple. The victim was taken to Aventura Hospital where he underwent surgery and is in stable condition. Continue reading “Police: Man hurt in shooting outside synagogue near Miami”
Santino William Legan has been identified as the 19-year-old suspect accused of killing three people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, according to CBS News. The shooting Sunday night on the final day of the annual charity event at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy left three dead, 12 injured and the suspected shooter, Legan, killed by police. Several others were injured in the chaos after shots were fired, but were not shot, authorities said. Continue reading “Gilroy shooter Santino William Legan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A man who was seen “pumping a gun” in a busy tourist area in Arkansas was critically wounded in a shootout with police, authorities said.
Hot Springs police said several people called 911 to report a man walking along Bathhouse Row while carrying a long gun and threatening bystanders on Sunday. Officers responded and exchanged gunfire with the man, and one police officer was struck twice, police said. Continue reading “Officer hurt in shootout in popular tourist area in Arkansas”