Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
25 years after Columbine, survivors say they’re still haunted by the attack
The epicenter of the Columbine High School mass shooting was the library, where Craig Scott was studying for a biology test on April 20, 1999. Scott, then 16, said he had just sat down next to his friend, Matt Kechter, when his life turned upside down. This week marks 25 years since two seniors at…
Read MoreRockville student arrested for threatening to shoot up elementary school in 129-page manifesto
An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested for threatening to commit a school shooting. Alex Ye was arrested Thursday following a joint investigation by the Montgomery County Police Department and the FBI. The investigation began when FBI agents were notified by MCPD about a 129-page “manifesto” written by Ye. In the document, Ye writes…
Read MoreSeveral Gun Bills Inspired By Mass Shooting Are Headed For Final Passage In Maine
A series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history appears to be headed toward final passage as the state Legislature races to wrap up its session this week. The House followed the Senate on Monday in approving the governor’s omnibus gun safety bill that strengthens the state’s yellow flag law,…
Read MoreAustralian Police Probe Why Man Who Stabbed 6 People To Death In A Sydney Mall Targeted Women
Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer’s father blamed his son’s frustration at not having a girlfriend. Police shot and killed the…
Read MoreLawmaker Says Crash Of Semitrailer Into Public Safety Office In Texas Was ‘Intentional’
A suspect is in custody after a commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday injuring multiple people. Three people were airlifted with critical injuries and three others were transported in serious condition after the vehicle, which was stolen, intentionally crashed into the…
Read MoreCornell student pleads guilty to posting violent threats to Jewish students online
A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the fall pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday. Patrick Dai, from the Rochester, New York, suburb of Pittsford, was accused by federal investigators of posting anonymous threats to shoot…
Read MoreWoman accused of shooting drivers on Florida interstate says she was directed by God
A Georgia woman accused of wounding two drivers on a Florida interstate Monday told people God directed her to carry out the shootings “in relation to” the solar eclipse, authorities said. Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, was stopped on Interstate 10 near mile marker 96 on a felony traffic stop after she was suspected of wounding…
Read MorePlanet Fitness evacuated after receiving bomb threat
Police are trying to find whoever called in a number of bomb threats across Jacksonville, Florida, that led to evacuations. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported numerous fake bomb threats on Saturday which targeted at least three Planet Fitness locations. Up to 30 gym members were evacuated. At least 17 Planet Fitness locations have reported hoax bomb…
Read MoreA man was charged with setting a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a fire that broke out at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Burlington, Vt., on Friday, damaging the building but leaving occupants unharmed. Shant Soghomonian, 35, previously of Northridge, Calif., was arrested on Sunday morning, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Vermont said in a news…
Read MoreTexas Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes Following Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop
A Dallas man was sentenced today to 37 years in prison, with credit for time served in state custody, following his guilty plea to hate crime charges arising out of a fatal shooting at a car repair shop. On Sept. 14, 2023, Anthony Paz Torres, 39, pleaded guilty to five federal hate crime counts for…
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