Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say
An Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans and other minorities at a rap concert in Atlanta in May, looking to incite a race war ahead of the presidential election, federal authorities said. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm…
Read MoreMan charged with selling guns from prison had contact with Buffalo mass shooter
A 24-year-old Texas man was charged on Tuesday with brazenly selling illegal guns and firearm parts while locked up in a Louisiana prison. Prosecutors revealed he communicated with self-professed white supremacist Payton Gendron before the teenager’s 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket. The suspect, Hayden Espinosa of Corpus Cristie, Texas, allegedly sold…
Read MoreRockville student receives indictment for alleged manifesto with school shooting plan
Formal indictments were filed against a Rockville, Maryland student accused in April of writing a manifesto that detailed a potential school shooting as the teen is expected to make another court appearance in late June. Friday was supposed to be a court appearance for Andrea Ye, known as Alex, to set a trial date for…
Read MoreChinese Police Say A Suspect Is In Custody In The Stabbing Of 4 Us College Instructors
Chinese police have detained a suspect in a stabbing attack on four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were teaching at a Chinese university in the northeast city of Jilin, officials said Tuesday. Jilin city police said a 55-year-old man surnamed Cui was walking in a public park on Monday when he bumped into a…
Read MoreAlleged Planned Parenthood shooter can be forced to take anti-psychotic medication, court rules
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a man charged in the killings of three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 can be forced to take anti-psychotic medicine in order to become competent to stand trial. Robert Dear, 66, had previously been diagnosed with delusional disorder. The case has…
Read MoreA Member Of A German Far-Right Party Stabbed And Wounded In Another Attack On A Politician
A member of a German far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim, German news agency dpa reported Wednesday, only days after a knife attack killed one police officer and left five other people injured in the same city. Dpa reported that a candidate with the far-right Alternative for Germany, or…
Read MoreGerman Authorities See Islamic Extremist Motive In Mannheim Knife Attack
German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in which a police officer was fatally injured. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann wrote on the social media platform X late Monday that “there are now clear indications of an Islamist motive” for…
Read MoreSuspect 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…
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