Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
12-year-old boy stabs and injures six children at a school in Portugal
Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police said that the victims were from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja near Lisbon. One boy was seriously injured with a chest…
Read MoreVolusia 11-year-old arrested for making shooting threats; weapons, kill list found
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who he said had a kill list and was making threats at two different schools. Chitwood took to Facebook on Monday to say: “As promised, we just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside…
Read MoreNeighbors say Kentucky highway shooting suspect threatened them with rifle: “I’ll just kill you”
Neighbors of the Kentucky man who allegedly shot five people at random on Interstate 75 over the weekend and is now the subject of a multi-agency manhunt say the suspect, 32-year-old Joseph Couch, had previously pointed his rifle at them, acted erratically and even appeared to walk in circles outdoors while holding a rifle at…
Read MoreAuthorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have been searching a rugged, hilly…
Read MoreFather of Georgia high school shooting suspect arrested
The father of Colt Gray, the teen suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, has been arrested, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday. Colin Gray, 54, is being charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, GBI said. The 14-year-old shooting suspect has…
Read MoreTeen Charged With Killing 4 At Georgia High School Had Been Focus Of Earlier Tips About Threats
More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said. The teen has been…
Read MoreOpening Statements Are Scheduled In The Trial Of A Man Who Killed 10 At A Colorado Supermarket
Opening statements are scheduled Thursday in the trial of a mentally ill man who shot and killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021. Police say Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa targeted people who were moving, both inside and outside the store in the college town of Boulder, killing most of them in just over…
Read MoreShooter Kills 4 And Injures At Least 9 At A High School Outside Atlanta, Officials Say
Four people were killed and at least nine were injured Wednesday in a shooting at a high school outside of Atlanta where students ran to seek safety in the football stadium, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Shots were fired Wednesday morning, and officers swarmed the campus of Apalachee High School as parents raced to…
Read MorePolice investigating 5 consecutive shooting incidents on Washington highway
Police are investigating five separate shootings that occurred Monday night on Interstate 5 in Washington, authorities said. Police have not confirmed if all of the shootings are connected but have confirmed that several people have been injured across all five incidents, according to a statement from the Washington State Patrol. A suspect was arrested, police…
Read MoreTrial Expected To Focus On Shooter’s Competency In 2021 Colorado Supermarket Massacre
A man sitting in his van after fixing a coffee machine inside a supermarket in the college town of Boulder was the first person killed. In just over a minute, nine more people died in a barrage of gunfire inside and outside the store in 2021 as the shooter targeted and pursued people who were…
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