Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Student kills one and injures three in stabbing at French high school
A student killed a girl and wounded three other pupils in a stabbing spree on Thursday at a private school in France that prompted demands for tighter security in schools after a series of attacks. The youth – whose identity has not been revealed but who had expressed an admiration for Adolf Hitler – was…
Read MoreGunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court. Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in the massacre near the…
Read MoreKnife-wielding suspect in domestic-related stabbing shot dead by police near National Harbor
A suspect in a domestic-related stabbing was fatally shot by police at National Harbor in Maryland on Sunday. At 8:20 a.m. Prince George’s County police officers in Oxon Hill, Maryland, responded to a stabbing call in the 8300 block of Indian Head Highway. It was there that officers discovered a man and a woman with…
Read MoreSuspected arsonist found dead after fatal apartment fire in southern Seoul
A man suspected of starting a fatal fire in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak District, southern Seoul, was found dead on Monday, according to fire authorities. The fire broke out around 8:17 a.m. on Monday at a 21-story apartment complex, killing the suspected arsonist and injuring several others, according to local authorities. Emergency services responded to calls reporting…
Read MoreFlorida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two men and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. Authorities have…
Read MorePennsylvania man accused of planning high school shooting around this month’s Columbine anniversary
Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a high school later this month, one day after the anniversary of the Columbine massacre. Braeden Phillips is accused of conspiring with another individual “to commit murder(s) by planning a coordinated school shooting on April 21, 2025, at the State…
Read More3 dead and 3 wounded in mass shooting in Virginia
Three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in northeastern Virginia on Tuesday evening, and one or more shooters was on the loose, authorities said. At about 5:30 p.m., 911 calls came in about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, just outside Fredericksburg and about 65 miles…
Read MoreRacist comments from METRO bus stabbing suspect prompt HPD hate crime investigation, police say
A man with an extensive criminal and mental health history is now accused of stabbing a METRO bus rider based on her racial identity. Edward Scott, 66, is being held in the Harris County Jail on a half-million-dollar bond. He is accused of stabbing a woman multiple times in the back while both were on…
Read MoreMan who killed 10 in Buffalo mass shooting wants death penalty trial relocated to NYC
A white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket is requesting to move his death penalty trial to New York City to be judged by a racially diverse jury, according to his attorney’s court filing. Payton Gendron’s attorneys filed the request Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western…
Read More6 people injured in ‘senseless’ DC stabbing, suspect in custody: Police
Six people were injured after a man who was in an “altered mental state” from an unknown substance began stabbing people in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood, police said. The suspect, who also stabbed himself in the incident, is in custody, police said. The incident was reported around 3:22 p.m. on Thursday in the area of…
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