Two mass shootings just 13 hours apart left 20 killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine killed in Dayton, Ohio. Many more were wounded in the two incidents, which have prompted a wave of criticism against Donald Trump's handling of shootings in the US
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Trump tweets as gun violence and white nationalist terrorism stalk America
Domestic terrorism now results in more deaths than the foreign kind but the president shows no sign of toning down his rhetoric
Two menaces have stalked America throughout its history. One is gun violence. The other is white supremacy. In El Paso, Texas, on Saturday they collided.
A 21-year-old gunman with a hatred of Hispanic immigrants killed 20 people in a shopping mall in the eighth deadliest mass shooting in American history. The suspect is believed to have posted online an anti-immigrant screed that praised the killing of 51 people in Christchurch mosques in New Zealand in March.
Continue reading...Ohio shooting: gunman killed nine in less than one minute, says mayor – video
The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, Nan Whaley, has revealed that police got to the scene of the mass shooting in Dayton and killed the gunman in less than one minute. The attacker killed nine people and injured at least 26 in that time. 'Hundreds of people in the Oregon district [of Dayton] could be dead today,' Whaley said. 'The question has to be raised: why does Dayton have to be the 250th mass shooting in America … this year?'
Continue reading...Beto O’Rourke links El Paso shooting to Donald Trump’s ‘racist’ rhetoric – video
The Democratic presidential candidate has accused Donald Trump of stoking racial hatred after a mass shooting in El Paso that left 20 people dead. The population of the Texan border city is 80% Latino and police said a 'manifesto' posted to the online message board 8chan suggested the attack was a hate crime. 'He is a racist. He stokes racism in this country,' said O'Rourke, a former congressman for El Paso. 'And it fundamentally changes the character of the country and leads to violence'
Continue reading...Texas Walmart shooting: 20 dead after gunman opens fire – video report
At least 20 people are dead and 26 wounded after a gunman attacked a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Early reports indicated the attacker used a rifle, while police said a 'manifesto' circulated online indicated the shooting was a hate crime. El Paso's population is 80% Latino
Continue reading...Dayton shooting: police confirm nine dead in second US mass shooting in 24 hours – video
Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the US in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter also died, police have said. Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began in the Oregon district at 1am on Sunday, but that officers nearby were able to 'put an end to it quickly'.
Continue reading...Shoppers flee El Paso mall as gunman kills at least 20 – video
Footage posted to social media shows people being evacuated during a mass shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas. A man armed with a rifle opened fire at the mall's Walmart store as families shopped for the start of the new school year, killing at least 20 and wounding 26 others.
US fast-food workers demand better pay amid growing violence
A bill making its way through the Senate would set the hourly wage at $15 nationwide, to be enacted over six years
Maria Torres followed eight sprinting co-workers into the kitchen’s walk-in fridge, screaming “Gun!” They locked the door against an armed intruder.
“He was threatening everyone with a gun,” the 58-year-old McDonald’s cook said, recalling that morning last December in the Princeton Park section of Chicago. “He came in very erratic. We couldn’t understand what he was saying.”
Continue reading...El Paso shooting at Walmart leaves at least 20 people dead
- Police say 21 year-old white man in custody after shooting at mall complex
- Incident being investigated as a potential hate crime
At least 20 people have been killed after a shooter opened fire at a busy Walmart store packed with families shopping for the new school year in the Texas border city of El Paso, sending panicked shoppers fleeing.
Texas governor Greg Abbott said 20 people had been killed, and more than two dozen more were injured. Mexico’s President Manuel Lopez Obrador said three Mexicans were among the dead and six were among the wounded.
Continue reading...California has strict gun laws. Here’s how the Gilroy gunman evaded them
US lawmakers renew calls for federal gun reform after shooter purchased weapon legally in Nevada
California has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, including a ban on the type of rifle that a shooter used to kill three and wound 15 at the garlic food festival in Gilroy on Sunday.
But the gunman had legally purchased the “assault-type rifle”, in the style of an AK-47, from the neighboring state Nevada on 9 July before carrying it illegally over state lines into California, highlighting what some gun control advocates say is a loophole in the way laws operate, state by state.
Continue reading...Gilroy shooting: four dead after gunman attacks food festival – video report
Four people including the gunman are dead and 15 injured after an attack on the Gilroy garlic festival in California. Police said the man was armed with a rifle and cut through a fence to avoid tight security. Gilroy police chief Scot Smithee said the gunman was shot dead by police but a second suspect was believed to still be at large
Continue reading...California garlic festival shooting: four dead including gunman
Police kill assailant, whose motive remains unclear, amid reports of a possible second suspect
Three people have been killed and at least 15 injured after a gunman opened fire at a food festival in northern California before being shot dead by police.
The gunman used a rifle and gained entry to the Gilroy garlic festival by cutting through a fence to avoid tight security, including metal detectors, police said.
Continue reading...Chaos at California garlic festival as gunman opens fire – video
Video posted to social media shows confusion after a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy garlic festival in northern California. At least three people were killed and 15 injured before the assailant was shot dead by police
Continue reading...Four dead after gunman goes on 12-hour ‘violent spree’ in Los Angeles
Police have arrested suspect who fatally shot his father, brother and two others in the San Fernando Valley
A man fatally shot his father, brother and two others on Thursday during a 12-hour rampage in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, eluding an intense manhunt until plainclothes officers arrested him soon after he gunned down a city bus passenger, authorities said.
Police said they did not know what had motivated the suspect, identified as Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, in the attacks. “It is obviously an individual that went on a violent spree,” Capt William Hayes said. “We knew he was a danger to the community.”
Continue reading...Virginia Beach: three people wounded in shooting remain in critical condition
- Twelve victims and gunman named after ‘horrific crime’
- Warren reframes mass shooting debate after Virginia Beach
Three people who were wounded in the Virginia Beach shooting remained in critical condition on Sunday, two days after a gunman opened fire in a municipal government building, killing 12.
Related: A mass shooting couldn’t happen in Virginia Beach … until it did
Continue reading...Elizabeth Warren reframes mass shooting debate after Virginia Beach
- Warren: everyday gun violence should get same coverage
- Leading Democrats attend convention in San Francisco
A day after the deadliest US mass shooting this year in which 12 people were shot dead at a government building, Elizabeth Warren was asked what she would do to confront an “overwhelming surge” in such events.
The Massachusetts senator said she wanted to reframe the question, then continued: “It’s not just mass shootings.” Every day in America, she said, gun violence occurs “on sidewalks and playgrounds and people’s backyards. It’s happening family by family across the country. And it doesn’t get the same headlines. And that is wrong.”
Continue reading...Virginia Beach shooting: 12 victims and gunman named after ‘horrific crime’
- Eleven killed were city staff members, one was contractor
- Police say additional weapons found at suspect’s home
America was reeling on Saturday after 12 people were shot dead at a government building in Virginia Beach late on Friday afternoon. It was the deadliest mass shooting this year and prompted fresh demands for gun control reform.
Related: Virginia Beach shooting: 12 dead as city mourns 'the most devastating day'
Continue reading...Mass shooting in Virginia Beach leaves at least 12 people dead – video report
A gunman killed 12 people and injured at least four others in Virginia Beach, in the latest deadly mass shooting in the US. Authorities said an employee opened fire and shot indiscriminately in a municipal building on Friday. The gunman died at the scene. Police have identified the suspect but have not yet released his name to the public because they have not yet notified his family.
Continue reading...Virginia Beach shooting: 12 dead as city mourns ‘the most devastating day’
At least four others injured after employee opens fire ‘indiscriminately’ inside municipal building
A gunman killed 12 people and injured at least four others in a Virginia municipal building, in the latest deadly mass shooting to roil the United States.
Authorities said an employee opened fire and shot “indiscriminately” Friday afternoon in a Virginia Beach municipal building that houses several city departments.
Continue reading...‘I don’t understand’: Jacinda Ardern mystified by lack of US gun control
New Zealand prime minister says laws changed after massacres in her country and in Australia
New Zealand’s prime minister has said she cannot understand America’s failure to ban automatic and semi-automatic guns, despite dozens of mass shootings.
Jacinda Ardern told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in unusually blunt language: “Australia experienced a massacre and changed its laws. New Zealand has had its experience and changed its laws. To be honest with you, I don’t understand the United States.”
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