Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Lawmaker Says Crash Of Semitrailer Into Public Safety Office In Texas Was ‘Intentional’
A suspect is in custody after a commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday injuring multiple people. Three people were airlifted with critical injuries and three others were transported in serious condition after the vehicle, which was stolen, intentionally crashed into the…
Read MoreCornell student pleads guilty to posting violent threats to Jewish students online
A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the fall pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday. Patrick Dai, from the Rochester, New York, suburb of Pittsford, was accused by federal investigators of posting anonymous threats to shoot…
Read MoreWoman accused of shooting drivers on Florida interstate says she was directed by God
A Georgia woman accused of wounding two drivers on a Florida interstate Monday told people God directed her to carry out the shootings “in relation to” the solar eclipse, authorities said. Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, was stopped on Interstate 10 near mile marker 96 on a felony traffic stop after she was suspected of wounding…
Read MorePlanet Fitness evacuated after receiving bomb threat
Police are trying to find whoever called in a number of bomb threats across Jacksonville, Florida, that led to evacuations. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported numerous fake bomb threats on Saturday which targeted at least three Planet Fitness locations. Up to 30 gym members were evacuated. At least 17 Planet Fitness locations have reported hoax bomb…
Read MoreA man was charged with setting a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a fire that broke out at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Burlington, Vt., on Friday, damaging the building but leaving occupants unharmed. Shant Soghomonian, 35, previously of Northridge, Calif., was arrested on Sunday morning, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Vermont said in a news…
Read MoreTexas Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes Following Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop
A Dallas man was sentenced today to 37 years in prison, with credit for time served in state custody, following his guilty plea to hate crime charges arising out of a fatal shooting at a car repair shop. On Sept. 14, 2023, Anthony Paz Torres, 39, pleaded guilty to five federal hate crime counts for…
Read MoreFinnish school shooting motivated by bullying – police
A 12-year-old suspected of shooting dead a boy at his school and seriously wounding two girls was motivated by bullying, Finnish police say. The boy was detained some distance from his school in Vantaa on Tuesday morning an hour after he opened fire on other children. His three victims were also aged 12. The two…
Read MoreProsecutors detail threats made by James Crumbley, ask for 10-15 years for both parents
In jail calls spanning at least seven months, James Crumbley repeatedly threatened Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, calling her expletives and saying he was “on a rampage” and the attorney was “going down,” according to details released Wednesday in the prosecutor’s sentencing memorandum. Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter, refers to McDonald…
Read MoreFinland school shooting: one dead, two wounded, 12-year-old suspect held
One child was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody. At the school, a building had been cordoned off by police. Parents were picking up their children from another school…
Read MoreReddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. Justice Paula Feroleto of the Erie County Supreme Court said 25 plaintiffs could try…
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