Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Team Approach to Keeping Potential Attackers Off ‘Pathway to Violence’
When a Texas teenager made vague threats on social media in 2022 glorifying the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas—where a young man killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School just months earlier—tips started to come in. A police department investigator in Texas quickly developed a picture of the subject: a 19-year-old man…
Read MoreOhio teen accused of having school hit list pleads guilty to inducing panic
A teenager accused of making a hit list and planning a mass killing at a high school near Cincinnati pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges of inducing panic. Prosecutors dropped a charge against the 14-year-old, leveled in February, of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. He will be sentenced in July. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers…
Read MoreFormer Uvalde school district police chief charged with child endangerment after shooting that killed 21
The former school district police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who oversaw the response to the 2022 elementary school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children, was arrested on a child endangerment charge, an official at the Uvalde jail said Thursday. Pete Arredondo, 52, was taken in by law enforcement officers and is accused of…
Read MoreHighland Park parade shooting suspect refuses to change plea at hearing Wednesday
The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Highland Park in 2022 was expected to change his initial plea of not guilty at a hearing Wednesday. Robert Crimo III is scheduled to face trial in February of 2025 on more than 100 charges, including…
Read MorePlans for mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee office building ‘failed,’ police say
An active shooter threat in Tennessee was neutralized Monday, with police reporting that the person shot and killed themselves before they could execute a potential mass shooting event in a Chattanooga office park. Sgt. Victor Miller, a Chattanooga Police public information officer, said at a press conference that “a shooter was inside the building attempting…
Read MoreFBI Releases 2023 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Report
Today, the FBI is releasing the 2023 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States report to provide an overview of active shooter incidents to help law enforcement, other first responders, and the public better understand the levels of threats associated with active shooter incidents. The focus of the report encourages media, law enforcement, and public…
Read MoreArkansas grocery store shooting was ‘completely random,’ police say
The shooting at an Arkansas grocery store on Friday was “a completely random, senseless act,” Arkansas State Police Col. Mike Hagar said in a press conference Sunday. Police have not determined a motive for the attack at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce that killed four people and wounded 10 others, Hagar said, noting…
Read MoreWest Boca Raton man threatened mass shooting at synagogue, arrest report says
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said a west Boca Raton man made antisemitic threats on social media to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue. Paul Morris, 26, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday on a charge of making written threats to commit a mass shooting…
Read MoreGerman police shot a man allegedly threatening them with a hammer in Euro 2024 host city Hamburg
German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with a pick hammer and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the European Championship soccer tournament. Police officers opened fire after the man, a 39-year-old German, refused to put down the…
Read MoreSuspect dead, 9 wounded including children in shooting at Detroit area water park
An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit on Saturday evening before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities said. Authorities called the incident random gunfire and said they cornered the suspect in a house nearby, where he died after shooting himself. The local sheriff showed…
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