Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Teen charged with plotting mass shooting at suburban elementary school
A teen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and weapons charges after he allegedly plotted to carry out a shooting at a suburban elementary school. According to police in suburban Plainfield, deputies were called to a home on Helmar Lane on May 22 at approximately 12:50 p.m. for reports of a “male suicidal…
Read MoreQueensland teenager, 13, charged over alleged plot to attack school
A teenager who police allege was planning an attack on a school has been charged after allegedly threatening people with a knife in Queensland. The 13-year-old boy was arrested at a business on Saltwater Creek Road in Maryborough, about three hours north of Brisbane, about 9am last Thursday. Police allege the boy was armed with…
Read More2 facing charges after online messages allegedly involved plans for school shooting
A Shelby County woman is one of two people facing charges after federal law enforcement say she admitted to exchanging online messages involving plans to commit a violent attack at a school. According to an affidavit, Katherine Joiner from Wilsonville, Alabama and Ethan Bassett from Glen, Mississippi face charges of transmitting threatening communications in interstate…
Read MoreMultiple killed and officer shot in Sandy [OR] after domestic disturbance
Multiple people died after a shooting in Sandy on Sunday, during which an officer was shot multiple times during an exchange of gunfire. Sandy Police Chief Patrick Huskey told reporters Sunday night, May 31, that officers and Clackamas County deputies responded to reports of a domestic dispute and shooting around 4 p.m. Sunday. When they…
Read MorePolice say a man stabbed and wounded 3 people at a Swiss train station before being arrested
A man stabbed and wounded three people at the train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday before being arrested, police said. The attack happened shortly after 8:30 a.m., Zurich regional police said in a statement. They said that the motive of the suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, is under investigation. The three…
Read MoreInvestigators probing San Diego mosque shooting suspects’ possible writings
Investigators looking into the motivations of two men accused of killing three people at a San Diego mosque Monday are trying to authenticate a document posted online that purportedly details their motivations, three senior law enforcement officials said. The 75-page document has sections apparently written by Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17, the suspects…
Read MoreTennessee teen sentenced after planning mass casualty attack at Nashville mosque
Court documents reveal that the Stewart County teen charged with planning to attack a Nashville mosque has been sentenced in federal court. Gunner Fisher, 19, was sentenced on May 6 following an investigation by the FBI in 2024. Fisher will begin his sentence of 24 months in prison in July 2026. He pleaded guilty to…
Read MoreGunman kills eight at Egypt transport hub
A gunman has killed eight people and injured five others in Egypt’s southern Assiut province, before he was shot dead by security forces, authorities said. The shooting took place on Monday in the Abanoub area, where the assailant opened fire from a car at a busy transport hub, Egypt’s interior ministry said. Authorities said initial…
Read MoreMan threatened mass shooting at Walmart if hantavirus outbreak led to lockdown, sheriff says
A 20-year-old Arkansas man was arrested after allegedly making threats of a mass shooting at Walmart if the United States were locked down due to the hantavirus outbreak that started on a cruise ship. Aaron Keith Bynum, 20, was arrested on charges of first-degree terroristic threatening and harassing communications, according to a press release from…
Read MoreSuspect, victim details emerge in deadly San Diego Islamic Center shooting
One of the three victims shot and killed at the Islamic Center in San Diego Monday, a security guard and father of eight young kids, is being hailed by first responders and close friends as a hero. The deadly incident occurred around 11:40 a.m. when two teenage gunmen dressed in camouflage reportedly stormed the mosque…
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