Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Man arrested over online plot to attack kindergartens with machete
The 29‑year‑old, identified as Marcin G. under Polish privacy laws, shared plans for a machete attack on kindergartens in the western city of Poznań on one of the internet platforms, Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) said in a statement on Wednesday. He also created an online poll asking users to vote on which…
Read More5 dead, 2 injured in ‘targeted’ family shooting in East St. Louis
Seven members of one family were shot Sunday in East St. Louis, and five of them died from their injuries, police said. Illinois State Police Director Brenden Kelly said there were multiple shooting scenes, including 39th and Summit streets, where one person was killed; the Samuel Gompers Homes in the 400 block of North 6th…
Read MoreAt least 2 killed in shooting at Toronto street festival, police say
At least two people were killed and four more wounded after a shootout occurred at a street festival in Toronto, Canada, authorities said. The Toronto Police Service had initially described the incident as an active shooter situation. However, in a news conference late Saturday night, Toronto Police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo clarified that it was…
Read MoreApalachee High School shooting suspect set to change plea, court documents show
Colt Gray, the teen accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers in 2024 at Apalachee High School in Georgia, will appear in court for a “non-negotiated” plea hearing later this month, court documents show. The documents, filed Friday in Barrow County Superior Court in Winder, Georgia, indicate Gray is set to change his…
Read MoreGermany: Police arrest suspect after Bavaria school attack
At least two girls have been seriously injured in a suspected attack at a high school in the Bavarian town of Schongau, police said. The girls were taken to hospital. Police said it was initially unclear whether their injuries were life-threatening. Authorities had earlier said several people were injured at the Welfen-Gymnasium in what appeared…
Read MoreCanada province preparing lawsuit against OpenAI over school shooting
OpenAI had banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, eight months before the 18-year-old transgender woman killed eight people at her home and a school in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge. Canadian families impacted by the February shooting have already filed lawsuits against the US tech giant in a…
Read MoreJudge sets $500k bail for suspect in terror threat investigation, armed standoff
The suspect who threatened a mass shooting and led police on a heavily armed standoff at the Sunset Station Casino parking garage appeared in court Wednesday. Allison Howlett faces several charges including assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, making a threat related to an act of terrorism, grand larceny of a vehicle, grand larceny…
Read More15-year-old sentenced for ‘calculated, predatory’ Tri-City school shooting plot
The student who developed a detailed plan for a mass shooting at Kamiakin High in Kennewick last year received the maximum sentence allowed in juvenile court Monday. Following an emotional hearing, Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Shea-Brown ordered Mason Bently-Ray Ashby, now 15, to be jailed for about five more years, until he turns 21. Because…
Read MoreSuspect arrested in back-to-back blow-dart gun shootings in Cleveland
A man suspected of shooting two people with a blow-dart gun in back-to-back broad daylight attacks this week in the same Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhood, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The 42-year-old suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of felony assault following a two-day manhunt, according to…
Read MoreA member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged in the killings of her parents in Pennsylvania
A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, has been charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy charges in the deaths of…
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