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Tag Archives: #shooting

Church shooting victims face many obstacles in court
U.S. News

Church shooting victims face many obstacles in court

Posted on 11/09/17 by Phoenix Cor

CHICAGO (AP) — Texas church shooting victims and their families could have a hard time successfully suing the government over the Air Force’s failure to submit the gunman’s criminal history to the FBI — a step that would have blocked him from legally buying weapons. Relatives of the more than two dozen churchgoers killed in … Continue reading →

Vegas rebranding shows difficulty of messaging after tragedy
National

Vegas rebranding shows difficulty of messaging after tragedy

Posted on 10/23/17 by korbinthompson

LAS VEGAS (AP) — As volunteers streamed in to donate blood, doctors tended to the wounded and investigators scoured the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Las Vegas tourism officials moved quickly to protect their valuable franchise in a city where branding is everything. “What happens here, stays here,” the official … Continue reading →

Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals
U.S. News

Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals

Posted on 10/05/17 by pettisdancy

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago — and perhaps Boston’s Fenway Park — before setting up his perch in a casino hotel and raining deadly fire on country music fans. Paddock booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago … Continue reading →

Las Vegas victims: ‘You’d need a poet to tell everything’
National

Las Vegas victims: ‘You’d need a poet to tell everything’

Posted on 10/04/17 by danielsmallzblog

Some died with loved ones or friends at their side, others with newfound buddies. All shared in the terror of being caught by a gunman spraying bullets from high above. Authorities say they still don’t know why Stephen Paddock, 64, unleashed hell on some 22,000 people attending a country music festival in Las Vegas on … Continue reading →

At least 50 killed as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
Local / National / U.S. News / Uncategorized

At least 50 killed as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert

Posted on 10/02/17 by chandlersherrod

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in … Continue reading →

The Latest: White House: Trump to speak on Vegas shooting
Featured / Local / National / U.S. News

The Latest: White House: Trump to speak on Vegas shooting

Posted on 10/02/17 by chandlersherrod

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local): 7:11 a.m. The White House says President Donald Trump will speak at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time about the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Trump’s remarks were added to his schedule Monday morning. He tweeted his “warmest condolences and sympathies” earlier … Continue reading →

Man questioned about deadly shootings is freed from jail
National

Man questioned about deadly shootings is freed from jail

Posted on 09/18/17 by danielsmallzblog

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 23-year-old white man whom police call a “person of interest” in the fatal shootings of two black men in Baton Rouge has been released from jail after his arrest on drug charges. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola, a department spokesman, said Monday that Kenneth Gleason “has not been … Continue reading →

Police shoot armed man at Miami airport amid Irma evacuation
Health / National / U.S. News

Police shoot armed man at Miami airport amid Irma evacuation

Posted on 09/08/17 by micaiahjohnson

Police shoot armed man at Miami airport amid Irma evacuation By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Police shot a man who wielded a knife and tried to get into a Miami airport terminal from a runway, prompting the closure of a busy concourse as travelers tried to leave Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma, authorities said. Miami-Dade Police … Continue reading →

Police shoot armed man at Miami airport amid Irma evacuation
Health / Local / Politics

Police shoot armed man at Miami airport amid Irma evacuation

Posted on 09/08/17 by sscrewsblog

Police shot a man who wielded a knife and tried to get into a Miami airport terminal from a runway, prompting the closure of a busy concourse as travelers tried to leave Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma, authorities said. Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said late Thursday that the unidentified suspect entered a restricted area … Continue reading →

Local / Virginia

Officials identify sailor fatally shot at naval air station

Posted on 02/27/17 by johnniemaplesblog

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Navy officials in Virginia are identifying a sailor fatally shot by a Naval Air Station Oceana security officer. News outlets report that the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command said Sunday that Seaman Robert Wright, who’s from Colorado, crashed through a station gate Friday night and went to his squadron’s hangar, … Continue reading →

Virginia

Police: Man shot when he fires at officers in Virginia

Posted on 02/13/17 by johnniemaplesblog

EMPORIA, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and wounded when he charged out of a home in Virginia with a firearm in each hand, shooting at law enforcement officers. Virginia State Police said in a statement Monday that Emporia police went to a home Sunday night looking for a suspect in a … Continue reading →

Police now say 1 suspect in Canada mosque shooting
Canada & the Atlantic / Politics

Police now say 1 suspect in Canada mosque shooting

Posted on 01/30/17 by naiyabrooks

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead in an attack that Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police initially arrested two men but later said just one remains a suspect. More than 50 people were at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre when … Continue reading →

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