Category Archives: Gun crime

Maine shooting victims included parents, bowlers and members of the deaf community

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Gunman killed 18 people in attacks at a restaurant and a bowling alley, and details are now emerging of those who died

The mass shooting in Maine left 18 people dead in attacks by a gunman at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston on Wednesday night.

The fatalities included an avid bowler, staff at the alley and at the eatery – one of whom ran at the shooter with a knife to try to stop him – parents, a group from the local deaf community gathering for a games night, and a father and son. The ages of those so far confirmed dead range from 14 to 76, while many others were wounded.

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An avid bowler, a beloved manager: details emerge of Maine shooting victims

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Eighteen people were killed in Wednesday’s shooting, the largest mass shooting of 2023 so far

The mass shooting in Maine left 18 people dead in attacks at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston on Wednesday night.

Law enforcement is still searching for shooting suspect Robert Card, 40, who is considered armed and dangerous. So far this year, the US has witnessed the second-highest number on record of mass killings to this point in a single year. Only 2019 had more mass killings.

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Maine shootings: at least 16 people dead and dozens injured, police say

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Local authorities say agencies are investigating ‘two active shooter events’ as police warn residents to shelter in place

At least 16 people were killed in Wednesday night shootings at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, police say, sending the state’s second-largest city into despair.

It appeared there were incidents at two locations and that the shooter remained at large late into the evening as the city was on lockdown.

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Man arrested over alleged mass shooting plot at Oregon climbing event

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  • Samson Zebturiah Garner being held on $10m bail
  • Police say they found guns and evidence of plot in car

A man has been arrested in Oregon over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a rock climbing event.

Samson Zebturiah Garner, 39, was taken into custody in Deschutes county after local police were informed by detectives in Portland, Oregon, that the suspect was “planning a violent attack during an event” in the area. According to the Bend Bulletin, Garner had told two acquaintances he intended to harm people at a climbing event in the county, most likely the Alpine Club Craggin’ Classic which is taking place this weekend.

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Colorado man accused of killing 10 in 2021 attack ruled competent for trial

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Suspect in Boulder attack was previously deemed to be mentally incompetent to stand trial and suffering from schizophrenia

A Colorado man accused of murdering 10 people in a shooting rampage at a Boulder supermarket in 2021, then diagnosed as schizophrenic and declared mentally unfit for prosecution months later, is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Friday.

Boulder county district judge Ingrid Bakke agreed with state psychiatric experts and prosecutors that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa has made enough progress through treatment to render him capable of understanding the criminal proceedings against him and meaningfully assisting in his own defense.

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Tupac Shakur murder: video released of suspect’s arrest for 1996 murder

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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was arrested in the early morning hours of 29 September without incident by Las Vegas police

Newly released police body camera video shows officers arresting Duane “Keffe D” Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur off the Las Vegas strip.

Davis, 60, was walking near his home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson on 29 September when Las Vegas metropolitan police department officers approached at dawn and called out to him as he was on the other side of the street.

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New York City subway shooter sentenced to life in prison

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Frank James pleaded guilty earlier this year to terrorism charges in April 2022 shooting in Brooklyn

A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush hour, wounding 10 people and sparking a citywide manhunt, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.

Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty earlier this year to terrorism charges in the 12 April 2022 mass shooting aboard a Manhattan-bound train. He received a life sentence on 10 counts and 10 years for an 11th count.

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Man brings loaded handgun to Wisconsin capitol seeking governor

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Man who demanded to see Tony Evers returned at night with an assault rifle after posting bail, police say

A man illegally brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin capitol, demanding to see Governor Tony Evers, and returned at night with an assault rifle after posting bail, police said Thursday.

The man, who was shirtless and had a holstered handgun, approached the governor’s office on the first floor of the capitol around 2pm Wednesday, state department of administration spokesperson Tatyana Warrick said.

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Three doctors shot dead in Brazil in suspected politically motivated attack

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Among the dead is a brother of a lawmaker belonging to the same party as Marielle Franco, Rio politician shot dead in 2018

Three doctors have been killed and another wounded in a beachside shooting in Rio de Janeiro, which Brazilian officials believe may have been a politically motivated attack.

Security camera footage obtained by local newspaper O Globo showed a group of black-clad gunmen emerging from a car and running up to the victims’ table in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood and opening fire.

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Newborn dead, multiple people injured in Holyoke, Massachusetts, shooting

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Gunfire from fight hit several people, including pregnant woman who was hospitalized and delivered baby who died

A shooting claimed the life of a baby that was delivered after its mother was one of several people hit by gunfire during a fight Wednesday on a downtown street in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke, authorities said.

The pregnant woman was shot in the afternoon while seated on a public bus and taken to a hospital in critical condition, the Hampden district attorney’s office said.

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Sweden reports record number of monthly fatal shootings

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September brings 11 deaths as country rocked by wave of violence, much of it suspected to be linked to split within criminal gang

September has become the worst month for shooting deaths in Sweden since records began in 2016, after two people died in separate shootings on Wednesday night, bringing the monthly total to 11.

Another person died on Thursday morning after a bomb blast.

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New Mexico judge blocks suspension of right to carry guns in public

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Setback for Governor Lujan Grisham as judge sides with advocates for gun rights even after recent shootings took lives of children

A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across Albuquerque, New Mexico, the state’s largest metro area, as criticism mounted over the actions taken by the governor and political divides widened.

The ruling Wednesday by US district judge David Urias marks a setback for Michelle Lujan Grisham, the Democratic governor, as she responds to several recent shootings that took the lives of children, including an 11-year-old boy as he left a minor league baseball game in Albuquerque.

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Gun rights group sues New Mexico governor over emergency firearm ban

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Michelle Lujan Grisham announced open and concealed carry restrictions on Friday after the deaths of three children

A pro-gun group is suing the New Mexico governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, in an effort to block a 30-day emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque’s Bernalillo county issued last week after a spate of shootings.

The governor announced open and concealed carry restrictions on Friday in a public health order relating to gun violence after the fatal shootings of an 11-year-old boy on his way home from a minor league baseball game last week, as well as the fatal shooting of a four-year-old girl in her bed in a motor home and a 13-year-old girl in Taos county in August.

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New Mexico officials call for governor’s impeachment after firearms restriction

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Democratic governor’s emergency order restricts carrying firearms for at least 30 days amid spate of gun violence

New Mexico state representatives Stefani Lord and John Block are calling for the impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham after Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque, the state’s largest city.

The governor on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days amid a spate of gun violence.

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Ohio: video released of pregnant Black woman shot dead by police

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Ta’Kiya Young, 21, pronounced dead shortly after Blendon township shooting, in which unborn daughter did not survive

Authorities in Ohio on Friday released police body-camera video showing the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a young Black woman who was pregnant. Young’s family had seen the video, the family’s lawyer said.

The footage showed Young slowly accelerating toward an officer in her path as he yelled for her to stop before firing the single bullet that ended her life.

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A beloved mother, a devoted father, an aspiring streamer: Jacksonville shooting victims identified

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Angela Michelle Carr, Jerrald Gallion and AJ Laguerre Jr were shot fatally when a gunman opened fire in a Dollar General store

AJ Laguerre Jr worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver beloved by her children. Jerrald Gallion relished weekends with his four-year-old daughter.

All three were killed Saturday when a gunman with swastikas painted on his rifle opened fire at the Dollar General where Laguerre worked in Jacksonville. The sheriff said writings left by the killer, a 21-year-old white man, made clear that he was motivated by racism. Each victim was Black.

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Florida shooting: ‘White supremacy has no place in US,’ Biden says after killings

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A white man shot and killed two men and one woman – all three victims were Black – before fatally shooting himself yesterday

Joe Biden declared on Sunday that “white supremacy has no place in America” after three people were killed in a racist shooting in Florida and it emerged that the gunman had been turned away from a historically Black college or university (HBCU) campus moments before opening fire at a discount store.

Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, on Sunday called the gunman in the attack a “hateful lunatic” and said “we will not allow HBCUs to be targeted”.

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Florida shooting: gunman left messages of hate before killing three Black people

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FBI opens civil rights investigation as Jacksonville sheriff names shooter and says suspect had no criminal history

The FBI on Sunday was investigating the shooting that killed three people inside a store in Jacksonville, Florida, the previous day, which officials said was racially motivated, as community leaders expressed horror.

A white man, armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun and wearing a tactical vest and mask, entered the discount Dollar General store just before 2pm on Saturday and shot and killed two men and one woman, before fatally shooting himself. All three victims were Black.

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At least seven injured in shooting at Caribbean parade in Boston

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Gunfire occurred during J’ouvert parade on Saturday morning and several arrests were made, police say

At least seven people have been injured in a shooting during a Caribbean parade in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, police said on Saturday.

The victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and several arrests were made and firearms recovered, according to Boston police Sgt Det John Boyle.

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‘The state is murderous’: Brazilians vow justice for 13-year-old boy shot by police

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Thiago Menezes Flausino, who dreamed of becoming a footballer, was the ninth child to die in a shooting this year in Rio

Those who knew Thiago Menezes Flausino described him as a boy with dreams. These were brutally shattered by several police bullets this week, when the 13-year-old became one of the latest victims of state violence in a Rio de Janeiro favela.

“He dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. He’d passed tryouts for a bigger team and was going to start playing on the day he was killed,” said his aunt Nataly Bezerra Flausino, standing outside the evangelical church where her nephew’s funeral was being held on Tuesday, mere months after his baptism.

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