Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Suspect in Massachusetts stabbing spree linked to Connecticut death investigation
A 26-year-old man accused in a weekend stabbing spree in Massachusetts that injured six people, including four girls, was ordered to undergo a court-ordered evaluation Tuesday. Jared Ravizza, 26, is accused of attacking four girls at a movie theater in Braintree and stabbing two employees of a McDonald’s at a rest stop in Plymouth. He…
Read MorePolice release video of the suspect vehicle in Jewish girls school shooting, as rally calls for strength, solidarity
Video footage of the suspect vehicle in a weekend shooting at a Jewish girl’s elementary school has been released by police, following a rally where speakers urged for strength and solidarity. Toronto police say two suspects were inside a vehicle when they fired shots at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School just before 5 a.m. on…
Read MoreSwitzerland: Police arrest knife attack suspect
Two passersby were severely wounded and another four slightly wounded in an indiscriminate knife attack in the northern Swiss town of Zofingen, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the city of Basel and the German border, according to local police. “We have several injured,” a police spokesperson told the dpa news agency, adding that…
Read MoreMan accused in Los Angeles Jewish hate crime shooting agrees to plead guilty
The man accused of shooting two Jewish men in Los Angeles last year has agreed to plead guilty to hate crime and firearm charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Jamie Tran is expected to plead guilty as charged to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using a firearm…
Read MoreNew Jersey Marine accused of threats to kill white people, commit mass shooting
A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday. Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, wrote on social media in December 2022, before he joined the Marines last year: “I want to cause mayhem on the white community”…
Read MoreLouisiana parishioners confront teen who entered church with a gun during children’s Mass, police say
A Mass celebrating dozens of children’s first Communion at a church in southern Louisiana was interrupted Saturday when a 16-year-old boy armed with a gun walked in, the church and police said. No one was injured during the incident in Abbeville at the St. Mary Magdalen Church, during which a “suspicious person” opened the back…
Read MoreA Knife Attack At A Chinese Hospital Kills 2 People And Injures 21. The Motive Is Unclear
A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxiong police statement said. The injured were…
Read MoreBackpack near crime scene led police to triple homicide, arson suspect in Aberdeen
A 35-year-old man has been charged in a triple homicide and arson investigation in Aberdeen after a backpack connected him to the crime scene. Michael Swann faces multiple counts of first and second-degree murder, arson, reckless endangerment, and other related charges. Three adults — 54-year-old john Claytor, 45-year-old Melissa Williams and 48-year-old Talaya Wiley —…
Read MoreMan with sword arrested after multiple people stabbed near London tube station
A man has been arrested after driving a car into a home in east London before getting out and attacking members of the public with a sword, according to police. The incident happened at approximately 7 a.m. local time when the Metropolitan Police in London were alerted to a “serious incident” taking place in Hainault,…
Read More25 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…
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