Tag: US shootings

DOJ gathering info on online message board 8chan

(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice is gathering information on an online message board that is linked to mass shootings abroad and which is allegedly being run from the Philippines. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said this was before the DOJ would decide whether looking into 8chan–where the gunman in the El Paso, Texas shootings was supposed to have made a post in reference to the killings—was something the National Bureau of Investigation should do. 8chan was […]

UPDATED: Nine killed in Ohio shooting, shooter dead–police

WASHINGTON, United States–Nine people were killed in a mass shooting early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, police said, adding that the assailant was shot dead by responding officers. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 am in the popular bar and nightlife Oregon district of the city, Police Lieutenant Colonel Matt Carper said. “We had one shooter that we are aware of and multiple victims,” he told reporters. “The shooter is deceased, from gunshot wounds from the […]