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3 dead, 2 hurt in Georgia shooting
ATHENS, Ga. – A University of Georgia professor who police suspect in the fatal shootings of his ex-wife and two men outside a theater near campus Saturday disappeared in his Jeep after dropping his children off with a neighbor, authorities said. A nationwide manhunt was on for 57-year-old George Zinkhan, whom neighbors and others described [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )High school student shot to death while biking to school
FORT BLISS, Texas — A Chapin High School student who would have graduated in June was shot and killed Friday morning, allegedly by a soldier. The bullet felled Ezra Gerald Smith, 18, who was riding his bike to school in a military housing area near Fort Bliss. Army Spc. Gerald Polanco allegedly shot Smith dead [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 dead in California hospital shooting
LONG BEACH, Calif. – A hospital worker shot and killed two employees and then killed himself at a medical center Thursday, sending panicked people fleeing, police and witnesses said. The gunman was identified as Mario Ramirez, 50, of Alhambra, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The victims were Hugo Bustamante, 46, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Four Shot, One Dead at Korean Calif. Retreat Center
TEMECULA, California — A gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat center on Tuesday night, killing one and wounding three others, authorities said. The gunman was believed to be among the injured at the Kkottongnae Retreat Camp, and investigators were unsure what prompted the attack, sheriff’s spokesman Dennis Gutierrez said. “We have some nuns [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Pittsburgh Gunman Kills 3 Police Officers
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said. Police Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isn’t clear, but friends said the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gunman killed 13 people
April 3. Binghamton, New York – A gunman killed 13 people at an immigrant counselling centre where many of his victims were studying to become US citizens. The carnage at the American Civic Association, a language and help centre for immigrants settled in New York state, had all the hallmarks of being premeditated. The gunman [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2 men, 1 woman slain in Compton apartment
COMPTON, California — Homicide detectives Monday were investigating the fatal shootings of two men and a woman in an apartment.Neighbors contacted authorities after hearing gunshots in the apartment about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Butao. All the victims were declared dead at the scene. The apartment is behind several businesses [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Triple shooting in Dorchester, MA claims 3 victims
The gunman who opened fire on a car on a Dorchester street early Sunday, killing three of four passengers inside, may have been smarting after getting spurned by one of his victims who had just left a late-night party, a police source said. The victims, identified by police yesterday as Shacora Gaines and Chantal Palmer, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gunman Kills 8 in Nursing Home
Carthage, North Carolina – North Carolina police are investigating whether the man accused of killing eight people in a nursing home shooting spree may have targeted the home because his estranged wife worked there, according to The Associated Press. At 10 a.m. Sunday morning, while many residents of Carthage, N.C., were sitting quietly in church, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )4 police officers killed in Oakland shootings
Oakland, California – At least three police officers in Oakland, California, were shot and killed Saturday afternoon after a man pulled over for a routine traffic stop opened fire and then battled SWAT officers at a nearby building, police said. A fourth officer — also shot — remained in critical condition, and was pronounced dead [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )1 killed, 3 wounded in Spartanburg shooting
Spartanburg, South Carolina – Police are still looking for suspects in a shooting that killed a teen-ager and wounded three women late Friday night in Spartanburg’s Collins Parks Community, a police spokesman said. Malcolm R. Crawford, 17, of 290 Westover Drive, was pronounced dead at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, according to Randy Bogan of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gun Nut Kills 11
A CRAZED gunman killed 11 people then himself as he went on a shooting spree in two towns at night. Cops in Alabama found the body of the killer’s girlfriend in his burnt out home. Two of the dead found earlier were a cop’s wife and child and others were members of gunman Michael McLendon’s [...]
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