Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Columbine shooting survivor’s 2025 death classified as homicide, partly attributed to wounds from massacre, coroner says
The mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, has now claimed another life, according to a report Wednesday from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. The autopsy released Wednesday in the Colorado county stated that “the manner of death” for Anne Marie Hochhalter — who was found dead in her apartment in Westminster…
Read MoreUK – New law needed for Southport-type attacks, says terror watchdog
A new offence to cover lone individuals planning non-terrorist mass killings should be considered in the wake of the Southport attacks, the UK’s terror watchdog has said. The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, suggested the offence, similar to that of preparing an act of terrorism, should have a maximum sentence of life…
Read MoreToronto bar mass shooting likely random, police say
Nobody was killed but 12 people were injured during a mass shooting in Toronto that police say appears to be random. Three men walked into a bar late Friday evening in the northeast part of the city and began firing weapons, including a rifle, the Toronto Police Service said in a statement. Police have not…
Read MoreFlorida police arrest student after video threat to ‘shoot up’ a high school
Florida police have arrested a high school student after video emerged of a potential gunman threatening to open fire at a school. The Sanford Police Department said it received an anonymous tip on Saturday “regarding a video of an unknown male threatening to shoot up Seminole High School.” “The video pictured the subject with multiple…
Read More17-year-old becomes first person in Harris County charged with terrorism under new Texas law
A Hockley teen has become the first person in Harris County to be charged with terrorism under a new state law. Seventeen-year-old Laith Adil Shehzad is being held on a $10 million bond. According to court documents, Shehzad was plotting to kill people in a mass shooting by using a Glock semi-automatic firearm equipped with…
Read MoreMan accused of making online threats to shoot up prominent Manhattan synagogue held without bail
Luis Ramirez smiled on his way into court for arraignment on charges he threatened to kill Jews, representing himself as “Adolf Hitler reincarnated.” He appeared in court on charges of making terroristic threats and making terroristic threats as a hate crime. Ramirez was arrested last month by Port Authority Police on the New Jersey side…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to murder and attempted murder in shooting at suburban Chicago July 4 parade
An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, a stunning development moments before opening arguments in his trial on charges of murder and attempted murder. Appearing in a Lake County circuit courtroom, Robert E. Crimo…
Read MoreInvestigators will question a driver who allegedly rammed a car into a crowd in Germany, killing 2
Investigators on Tuesday will question a driver who allegedly rammed a car into a crowd in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, killing two people and injuring 11. Andreas Stenger, head of the State Criminal Police Office, told German news agency dpa that police hope the interview with the perpetrator will lead to information about…
Read MoreMannheim car ramming attack suspect a German with history of mental illness, say investigators
The suspected perpetrator in the car ramming attack which has killed at least two people in Mannheim on Monday is a 40-year-old German from Ludwigshafen with previous convictions related to drunk driving and right-wing hate speech. A 40-year-old German from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has been detained in relation to the car ramming attack on…
Read MoreRobert Crimo III pleads guilty in Highland Park parade shooting
Robert Crimo III is pleading guilty in the Highland Park 4th of July Parade shooting. The change in plea comes as opening statements were set to begin in the trial Monday. Robert Crimo III is accused of planning and carrying out the mass shooting during Highland Park’s Fourth of July Parade in 2022, killing seven…
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