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by Chandan Khanna, with Michael Mathes in Washington Agence France Presse A gunman killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said — the latest mass shooting to convulse the United States as Texas families bury their dead after a school massacre nearly 10 days earlier. The suspect, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun during his attack on the Saint Francis hospital campus, died by suicide, […]
WASHINGTON, UNited States (AFP) — Firearms have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides such as the killing of 19 children in a Texas school rampage. Overall, 4,368 children and adolescents up to the age of 19 died from firearms in 2020, a rate of 5.4 per 100,000 a dashboard by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Gunfire erupted in a busy entertainment district in the Texas city of Austin early Saturday, injuring 14 people, according to authorities who were still searching for a suspect. Police said they responded to multiple shots fired just before 1:30 am in bustling downtown Austin, where a large crowd began to disperse. “Our officers responded very quickly,” Austin’s interim police chief Joseph Chacon told a news conference. “They were able to […]
by Jason CONNOLLY with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles Agence France Presse BOULDER, United States (AFP) — A gunman killed multiple people including a police officer at a grocery store in Colorado on Monday, police said, in the latest shooting to hit the western state — scene of two of the most infamous US mass murders. One “person of interest” is injured and in custody, police commander Kerry Yamaguchi told reporters, following the incident […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Twenty people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a packed Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. Here are of some of the other deadliest recent mass shootings in the United States: Vegas concert: 58 killed A 64-year-old retired accountant shoots down from his hotel room at a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert on October 1, 2017, killing 58 people and wounding around 550 before […]
The 28-year-old US Marine Corps combat veteran who opened fire in a crowded country music bar in California, killing 12 people including a police officer, had long served in the Marine Corps from August 2008 to March 2013, according to the Pentagon. The assailant, identified as Ian David Long, a troubled former machine gunner who served a tour in Afghanistan, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He attained the rank of corporal and saw […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an 18-year old Filipino-American student was among those killed in a mass shooting at a country music bar filled with college students in Los, Angeles, California. The DFA has expressed condolences to the family of 18-year-old Alaina Punzalan Housley, a freshman English student at Pepperdine University. Alaina is the niece of American actress and TV host Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband journalist Adam […]
THOUSAND OAKS, California (Eagle News) — A gunman opened fire at the Borderline Bar and Grill late Wednesday night killing at least 12 people, including Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus. Witnesses said that the gunman entered the bar and grill and threw several smoke grenades before he started shooting into the crowd that was composed of mainly college students. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean described the scene during a press conference. “It’s a horrific […]
BAKERSFIELD, United States (AFP) — A man who killed five people, including his wife, in California before taking his own life had been in the midst of a contentious divorce, authorities said Thursday. “It appears that the suspect targeted each of his victims,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a news conference in Bakersfield, where Wednesday’s deadly rampage took place. He said the shooter, identified as Javier Casarez, 54, was in divorce proceedings and his […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipino immigrant who was planning a mass shooting at an Islamic Center was arrested in Florida on Monday, Jacksonville authorities said. According to local media reports, Bernandino Gawala Bolatete was apprehended after he tried to buy a gun silencer from an officer who had gone undercover. He was charged for possessing a silencer that was not registered to him. The operation was set up after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office received a […]
by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Four people were killed and nearly a dozen were wounded, including several children, when a gunman went on a rampage Tuesday at multiple locations, including a school in rural northern California. Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters that the assailant was killed by police following the mass shooting, which began around 8:00 am (1600 GMT) at a home in Rancho Tehama […]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. Here’s what we know so far about the attack. – What happened – Around 11:20 am (1720 GMT), the gunman fired outside at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a rural […]
