1 Dead, 7 Wounded in Downtown Seattle Shooting
Multiple people opened fire outside a McDonald’s in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during the evening commute Wednesday, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said.
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Sarah Palin Suit
A federal court in New York ruled that Sarah Palin is not due a cut of the New York Times’ advertising revenue attributable to its 2017 editorial titled “America’s Lethal Politics,” which linked her to the 2011 shooting of former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona. Palin is suing the newspaper for defamation.
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Florida Court Weighs Security Firm’s Liability in Nightclub Massacre
Victims of the Pulse gay nightclub massacre that claimed 49 lives took to a Florida appellate court Tuesday in hopes of holding security giant G4S liable for giving firearms training to the killer in the years leading up to the attack.
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Judge Rules on Sealed Documents in Newspaper Shooting Case
A judge ruled Tuesday to unseal some documents in the case of a man who has pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper, but she declined to make public many records involving his mental health.
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Colorado School Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
A Colorado man charged in a school shooting that left a classmate dead and injured eight others pleaded not guilty to four dozen criminal charges Thursday.
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Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook Case
A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
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Minister Says Church Gunman Had Demanded Money
The congregation at a Texas church where two people were shot to death had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but declined to give money to him, angering a man who court records show was deemed mentally incompetent for trial in 2012.
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Six Arrested in Football Viewing Party Mass Shooting
A mass shooting that left four dead at a backyard football viewing party in Fresno, California, in November was gang related and several suspects have been arrested, police announced Tuesday.
Read moreFirearms Instructor Took Out Gunman at Texas Church Service
Alarms went off in Jack Wilson’s head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services.
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US Mass Murders Hit New High in 2019
The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members, including his infant daughter. Five months later, 12 people were killed in a workplace shooting in Virginia. Twenty-two more died at a Walmart in El Paso in August.
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Hero Who Saved Classmates From Shooting Honored as Jedi
A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company for the “Star Wars” franchise.
Read moreGunmen Fire on Crowd in Baltimore, Wounding 7
Two shooters opened fire on a crowd outside a hookah lounge in Baltimore early Sunday, wounding seven people, including at least three teenagers, police said.
Read more13 Wounded at Chicago Memorial for Previous Victim
One person has been charged with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said.
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Official: 2 Dead, 2 Hurt in Shooting at Municipal Building
Two people were killed and two wounded Friday morning in a shooting at a government facility in North Carolina, according to city officials, who said they had stabilized the situation.
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Newtown Football Title Eases a Painful Anniversary
Newtown, Connecticut, observed the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community’s high school football team — with a shooting victim’s brother as linebacker — won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thriller.
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Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Tells Judge He’s Competent
Despite four years of quarterly assessments deeming him incompetent to stand trial, the Colorado man accused of killing three people in a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 told a federal judge Friday he is mentally sound.
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Jersey City Attack Being Investigated as Domestic Terrorism
The couple who burst into a kosher market in Jersey City with assault weapons appear to have acted alone even though they had expressed interest in a fringe religious group that often disparages whites and Jews, New Jersey officials said.
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Pentagon Orders Review of International Student Vetting
The Pentagon on Tuesday ordered a broad review of vetting procedures for international students who get training on U.S. military installations and demanded the process be strengthened, in reaction to last week’s deadly shooting at a Pensacola Navy base by a Saudi aviation student.
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Jersey City Mayor Says Gunmen Targeted Kosher Market
The mayor of Jersey City said Wednesday that authorities believe gunmen targeted a kosher market during a furious shooting that killed six people and filled the streets with the sounds of heavy gunfire for hours just across the Hudson River from New York City.
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Saudi Killer Eluded Bar on Foreigners Buying Guns
Generally, foreigners are not allowed to buy guns in the United States. But there are exceptions written into federal law, which may explain how the Saudi flight student who shot three servicemen to death at the Pensacola naval base was able to buy a weapon.
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