Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
NYPD probing reported chemical attack against students during pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia
The New York City Police Department is investigating reports that students were attacked with a chemical spray last week during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, causing several people to seek medical treatment. The spraying student described occurred during a student-led divestment protest at the Ivy League campus Friday afternoon against the ongoing war in…
Read MoreSuspect dead in Texas after 8 people are killed at 3 locations in Joliet, Illinois
Eight people were found shot and killed in three different locations over two days in Joliet, and the suspect in the slayings was also found dead by a suspected suicide 1,200 miles away Monday night, police said. The apparent self-inflicted gunshot death of 23-year-old Romeo Nance in Texas followed a manhunt by multiple law enforcement…
Read MoreCrisfield High student faces charges of threatening mass violence, arson
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Crisfield High School student Wednesday at their home on recommended charges of threatening mass violence and threatening arson. Here’s what we know about the case so far. On Jan. 16, 2024, at about 7:20 a.m., a Crisfield Academy and High School official informed the School Resource Deputy assigned…
Read MoreDOJ review on law enforcement response to Uvalde school shooting to be released Thursday
The US Department of Justice is expected to release its “critical incident” report on the law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on Thursday. Uvalde CISD Superintendent Ashley Chohlis said she was notified by DOJ officials about releasing the report at the district’s school board meeting Monday night. The report comes…
Read MoreClub Q shooter charged with 50 federal hate crimes
The shooter who killed five people and injured 40 at an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes Tuesday. Anderson Aldrich was charged with more than 50 federal hate crime violations stemming from the November 2022 shooting at Club Q. Aldrich, who opened with an AR-15 style rifle, pleaded…
Read MoreUpdate Expected In Case Of Buffalo Supermarket Gunman As Families Await Decision On Death Penalty
Relatives of victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket have been called to federal court Friday for a “substantial update” in the legal case against the gunman, their attorney said. The meeting between Department of Justice representatives and victims of Payton Gendron will take place ahead of a previously scheduled…
Read MoreFBI arrests Florida man accused of threatening ‘mass casualty event’
A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show. Alexander Lightner, 26, of Venice, Florida, allegedly posted comments online that were “intended to convey the message that he was planning to conduct a…
Read MoreEcuador’s escalating gang violence is broadcast live to the nation as masked gunmen storm TV studio
It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when the masked gunmen burst in unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear – all broadcast live First a man with a pistol appeared in the middle of the public TV station’s live…
Read MoreSixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, suspect dead
A sixth-grade student was killed on Thursday morning and five other people wounded when a 17-year-old opened fire at an Iowa school on the first day of classes following the winter break, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a student at Perry High School, officials said at a news briefing.…
Read MoreThree injured in stabbing incident on Tokyo train, woman in custody
Three men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police said. The police received an emergency call at just before 11 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) saying the woman had inflicted injuries with a knife…
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