Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Prague gunman reportedly confessed to murdering a father and baby in suicide note
The gunman who killed 14 people at a university in Prague before killing himself, reportedly left a suicide note confessing to the murder of a father and his baby six days earlier, Czech media have reported. A note found at the home of David Kozak, 24, was said to have contained the admission he shot…
Read MoreMan arrested in stabbing at Grand Central Terminal charged with hate crimes
A New York City man has been charged with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes following the Christmas Day stabbing of two teenage tourists from Paraguay at an eatery inside Grand Central Terminal, authorities said. Witnesses said Esteban Esono-Asue, 36, also known as Steven Hutcherson, made derogatory comments about white people shortly before the…
Read MoreSlovakia arrest over threat to copy Prague attack
Police in Slovakia say they have arrested a man who had threatened to carry out a massacre similar to Thursday’s mass shooting in Prague. They say a 64-year-old was held in the northern city of Zilina after he called emergency services claiming he intended to do “what happened in Prague”. He now faces prosecution for…
Read MoreGunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting
A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said. The gunman…
Read More13-year-old charged after allegedly planning a mass shooting at an Ohio synagogue, according to court docs
A 13-year-old in Ohio is facing criminal charges after allegedly crafting “a detailed plan” for a mass shooting at a synagogue in September, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The teen, whom authorities have not publicly identified, posted “a detailed plan to complete a mass shooting” at Temple Israel in Canton, according to the…
Read MoreAlleged Texas mass shooter had warrants, family violence history yet he wasn’t in police custody
The man accused of killing six people in a violent spree across Texas last week had repeated encounters with police over the years, including a mental health crisis just three months before the shootings. In August, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in East Bexar County. According to a retelling of the incident by…
Read MoreHighland Park massacre suspect to represent himself in trial now set for February
The Highland Park massacre suspect will represent himself in his criminal trial, which a judge on Monday set for February, a year sooner than lawyers were preparing for. Robert Crimo III asked a Lake County judge to allow him to proceed without the aid of his assistant public defenders and invoked his right to a…
Read MoreOxford High School shooter sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole
Two years after the massacre, teenager Ethan Crumbley was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering four Oxford High School students and injuring seven other people in a rampage he carried out with a gun that his parents had bought him as an early Christmas present. In handing down…
Read MoreUNLV gunman wrote about Zodiac killer, vanished Malaysia Airlines flight, conspiracy theories
One day after a mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, left three people and the gunman dead, a picture emerged of a quiet, lonesome academic with obsessive tendencies who was upset by being rejected for a position at the university, according to law enforcement sources, neighbors and the man’s personal website. Las…
Read MoreVegas Shooter Who Killed 3 Was A Professor Who Recently Applied For A Job At Unlv, Ap Source Says
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police. The gunman in Wednesday’s shooting was a professor who had unsuccessfully sought a job at the school,…
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