Tag: shooting

SAGINAW, Mich.—A 51-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were slain and a dozen others wounded during a shooting at a large street party in Michigan that was promoted on social media. The shooting occurred around midnight Saturday in Saginaw, about 102 miles (164 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, state police said. Police initially said about 200 people were in the area ...

MIFFLINTOWN, Pa.—Officials are expressing shock and sadness at the death of one state trooper and the critical wounding of another hours apart in central Pennsylvania over the weekend. Police in Juniata County said a man engaged troopers at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday near the Lewistown barracks and shot one trooper, who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Authorities ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Two people are dead and a third person is injured after a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer Friday night, but few details were immediately available. The shooting happened after an officer called for help shortly before 9 p.m. near a McDonald’s restaurant in eastern Kansas City. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Andy Bell said the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A shooting sparked by a dispute inside a business left one person dead and four wounded in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, authorities said Sunday. Officers were called to the shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, Louisville Metro Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said in a news release. Two men and two women were found wounded in one location and taken to ...

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.—Two women were wounded by a gunshot during a spring event at a university in southeastern Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities said. Lincoln University security officials said the shooting happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday during “Yardfest,” an annual spring event at the Chester County campus near Oxford that prosecutors said was attended by several thousand people. University ...

Four people including a child are dead after a suspect shot three victims inside a home and then was killed by police after opening fire on officers responding to a domestic violence report early Sunday, police in Florida said. Officers heard gunshots inside the home before the suspect exited and shot at the officers around 2:25 a.m., the Orlando Police ...

Charges have been filed against a man who identifies as a woman after he allegedly planned to carry out mass shooting attacks on multiple schools in Colorado Springs, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced. William Whitworth, 19, was charged on April 6 following an investigation into threats involving the schools in Colorado Springs Academy District 20, officials said. Whitworth, who told police ...

The Lincoln Park neighborhood is cordoned off as police look for a gunman who shot three police officers, in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 8, 2023. (David Swanson/Reuters) Three Los Angeles police officers were shot and wounded on Wednesday evening but were in stable condition while the suspect “was pronounced deceased,” the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said. During a ...

Commentary The horrific death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis has ignited yet another media firestorm and public outcry for systemic change in policing. News outlets and social media platforms couldn’t wait to associate the tragedy with white supremacy, internalized racism, and systemic failures in law enforcement. As in the cases of other high-profile police misconduct in recent years, zealous ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—A farmworker charged with killing seven people last month in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms pleaded not guilty Thursday. Chunli Zhao, 66, is charged with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Prosecutors said that on Jan. 23 he opened fire at the Half Moon Bay mushroom farm where he worked, killing ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A political newcomer who lost his bid for the New Mexico statehouse has been indicted on charges of allegedly orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials. A Bernalillo County grand jury returned a 14-count indictment Monday against Solomon Peña, prosecutors said. The counts include criminal solicitation to commit shooting at a dwelling, shooting at ...

The suspected gunman in the overnight shooting at a convenience store in Yakima, Washington, on Tuesday that killed three people has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after police tracked him down, according to officials. Authorities found the suspect, who they identified as 21-year-old Jarid Haddock, later on Tuesday after he borrowed a woman’s cell phone to make a phone call to ...

Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team train during a live fire exercise prior to deployment to Iraq this fall in Fort Stewart, Ga., on Sept. 5, 2007. (Stephen Morton/Getty Images) FORT STEWART, Ga.—A soldier was fatally shot Monday at an Army tank brigade’s building complex at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia, where authorities arrested ...

LOS ANGELES—The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker while stealing her French bulldogs last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said. The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, a breed that can run into the ...