Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charges
A Dallas man pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime charges arising out of a fatal shooting at a car repair shop. Anthony Paz Torres, 38, pleaded guilty to five federal hate crime counts for killing one individual and attempting to kill four others during a shooting at Omar’s Wheels and Tires in Dallas, Texas,…
Read MoreProcedural glitch clears French suspects in plot to attack Morocco World Cup fans
Shortly after 10pm on December 14, moments after France defeated Morocco en route to the World Cup final in Qatar, a flood of football fans hit the streets of Paris, converging on the Champs-Elysées, the French capital’s traditional rallying point for jubilant supporters. Most were draped in the French tricolour, though a sizeable contingent –…
Read MoreBrooklyn Homes mass shooting: 173-page report details Baltimore’s response to block party violence
The 173-page report detailing Baltimore City’s response to the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting, the largest in the city’s history, reveals acts of heroism by officers who saved lives. That includes newly-released police body-worn camera video. But it also documents failures to properly respond to the large, unpermitted event until it was too late, including warnings…
Read MoreHaiti gang opens fire on protesters in capital, killing seven
A gang in Haiti has shot and killed at least seven people who were marching in a big protest organised by a church leader. Hundreds of parishioners, some armed with machetes, marched through a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in a bid to rid the area of gang members. The gang is said to have…
Read MoreSuspect in California bar shooting that left 3 dead was targeting his wife, sources say
A gunman who opened fire at a beloved California bar popular with bikers, leaving three people dead, is a former law enforcement officer who targeted his wife, authorities said Thursday. The shooter was identified as John Snowling, who retired as a sergeant from the Ventura Police Department in 2014, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. Snowling…
Read MoreKey TN Senate Republican proposes tougher penalties for threats of mass violence
As debate on gun confiscation has swirled across the state, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Ferrell Haile, R-Gallatin, has worked through the summer to identify a proposal that could help prevent mass violence that Covenant families and the National Rifle Association can agree on. “We’ve threaded a needle,” Haile said in an interview. “It’s taken three…
Read MoreSouth Koreans shocked after back-to-back stabbing rampages
An apparently random stabbing attack in a commuter town near Seoul, the second such rampage in South Korea in less than two weeks, has sparked fear in a country that has long been considered safe with a low murder rate and strict firearm curbs. A man rammed his car into passers-by then got out and…
Read MoreMan accused of trying to run over people at Rancho Cordova park turned himself in
A man is in custody after threatening a group of Muslim families with South Asian heritage at a Rancho Cordova park. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office identified 33-year-old Robert Avery, from Orangevale, as the suspect. They said he drove through Heron Landing Park trying to run people over while families were holding a celebration. The…
Read MoreMan rams car onto sidewalk in South Korea and stabs people; at least 14 hurt
A man rammed a car onto a sidewalk Thursday in South Korea, then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people at a shopping mall. Authorities said at least 14 people were wounded in the country’s second mass stabbing in a month. At least five people were hurt by the car, and nine others…
Read MorePittsburgh jury condemns Tree of Life synagogue killer to death
A federal jury on Wednesday voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the U.S. District Court in…
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