Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Texas neighbors said they tried to sound the alarm about Houston church shooter for months
Years before a shooter opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, residents in the small neighborhood said they had run-ins with the suspect, who frightened them. Six women who live in the neighborhood in Conroe, a north Houston suburb, said the woman, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, targeted them, harassed them, threatened them, displayed firearms…
Read MoreShooting At Greek Shipping Company Kills Four, Including Owner And Suspected Gunman
Three people were fatally shot Monday in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life as police special forces prepared to confront him, authorities said. The shooting occurred in the shipping company office in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the capital. The alleged gunman, an unidentified company…
Read MoreWoman who opened fire at megachurch killed by police
A female shooter opened fire on Sunday afternoon at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations. She was fatally shot by off-duty officers. No one else at the church died. The woman, between the ages of 30 and 35, entered the church at 1:53 p.m. wearing a…
Read MoreJury finds Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s school shooting
A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting deaths of four students at Oxford High School in November 2021. Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting, one for each victim: Madisyn Baldwin,…
Read MoreTeenager found guilty of Isle of Wight Festival terror plot
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack after researching the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target. The teenager from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was planning to attack people he believed had insulted Islam. He also shared terrorist publications with…
Read MoreSouth Korean court convicts 23-year-old man in car-and-stabbing attack that killed 2
A South Korean judge convicted a man of murder Thursday for an unprovoked car-and-stabbing rampage that killed two people and injured 12 others in a city near Seoul last year. Prosecutors had sought a death penalty for 23-year-old Choi Won-jong, who was arrested in August after he rammed his car into pedestrians in a bustling…
Read MoreNorthridge Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charge and Admits to Threatening Mass Shooting of Synagogues
A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of stalking and admitted to engaging in a 14-month campaign in which he threatened a victim and threatened to shoot synagogues and “exterminate” Jewish people and Asian Americans. Andre Morrow Lackner, 35, of Northridge, pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. According to…
Read MoreStudent, father arrested, RPGs found after threat to Rancho Bernardo High School
A high school student and his father were arrested after police served a search warrant in response to the teen threatening to shoot up Rancho Bernardo High School. San Diego Police confirmed to NBC 7 that the Rancho Bernardo High School campus is safe and has been swept for any explosive devices. Police received several…
Read MoreNYC brothers were stockpiling arsenal of bombs, ghost guns with hit list: Indictment
Two New York City brothers were accused Monday of stockpiling an arsenal of explosive devices and ghost guns in their family’s home, where authorities say they also found anarchist propaganda and a hit list that mentioned but didn’t name cops, judges, politicians and celebrities. Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted on 130 counts of an…
Read More2 critically injured, 4 others hurt in series of stabbings, hit-and-run crashes, Prince George’s Co. police say
A woman is in custody after being considered a person of interest in a series of stabbings and hit-and-run crashes that left at least six people injured, some of them critically, on Thursday evening, according to police in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The series of violent crimes, that appear to be random, took place Thursday…
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