Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Texas man pleads guilty in mass shooting plots targeting Buc-ee’s, several high schools
A New Braunfels 20-year-old pleaded guilty in a federal court to one count of attempt to receive firearm to use in a plot targeting a popular interstate store and several schools, per federal prosecutors. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cameron Peterson, 20, began planning mass shootings in November 2022. On Jan. 4, 2024, Peterson…
Read MoreAlabama Man Charged With Machine Gun Possession Was At Tuskegee Shooting, Complaint Says
A man charged Thursday in federal court with illegally possessing a machine gun was driving in a crowd at Tuskegee University when gunfire was seen coming from the car in a shooting that left one dead and dozens wounded, according to court documents. Jeremiah Williams, 20, was arrested on Thursday and faces a federal charge…
Read MoreStudents hurt in China primary school crash as nerves fray over recent attacks
A driver in an SUV ploughed into students and pedestrians outside a primary school in southern China on Tuesday, leaving several people injured, state media said, as worries spread over a spate of violent attacks in the country over the past week. CCTV and other state media reported the SUV hit people outside a primary…
Read More2 people killed in New York City stabbing spree at 3 different Manhattan locations
A lone, knife-wielding assailant killed two men and critically wounded a woman during an hourslong stabbing spree Monday morning through the streets of New York City, authorities said. The two slain men — attacked near 444 W. 19th St. at 8:22 a.m. ET and then by 500 E. 30th St. at 10:27 a.m. — were…
Read More3 people shot dead before house set on fire in Los Angeles County
A deadly shooting claimed three lives and a house was set on fire in the Antelope Valley overnight. According to a bulletin released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department early Saturday morning, detectives responded to the 44500 block of North Tabler Avenue in Lancaster at 1:27 a.m. Saturday on calls of a shooting. It…
Read MoreKnife attack at a vocational school in eastern China leaves 8 dead and 17 injured
A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said. The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a smaller city within Wuxi, at around 6:30 p.m. local time, the Yixing…
Read MoreAmsterdam fears another night of unrest as it grapples with antisemitism and violence
Amsterdam police were bracing for yet another night of unrest on Tuesday as the Dutch capital grapples with antisemitic violence that started with attacks against visiting Israeli football fans last week. The Dutch capital was put under emergency measures last Friday, following the clashes that broke out after Thursday night’s soccer match between Israel’s Maccabi…
Read More35 dead as a driver hits a crowd at sports center in a southern Chinese city
A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday. Police had detained a 62-year-old man at the sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai following the ramming late Monday,…
Read MoreVermont man charged with making terroristic threats at a Minnesota college back in court
A U-32 graduate was in a Minnesota courtroom today trying to get rid of felony charges after being accused of planning a mass casualty event. Vermont’s Waylon Kurts is attempting to clear his name on the two charges that remain from his arrest in 2023 as a student at St. Olaf College, including a felony…
Read More1 dead, 16 injured in mass shooting at Tuskegee University; suspect arrested
An arrest has been made after a shooting on the campus of Tuskegee University left one person dead and 16 others injured, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, has been arrested and charged federally with possession of a machine gun. Myrick is being held at the Montgomery County Detention…
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