Shootings

New York 09/22/20, 02:08

Struggling entrepreneurs used art to express disappointment about the performance of two New York Democrats. Small business owners have rejected the leadership of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The group painted a huge yellow mural onto North 15th Street's stretch between Wythe Avenue and ...

U.S. 08/10/20, 07:19

Chicago became a place of mayhem and destruction early on Monday morning, Aug. 10, as rioters vandalized and looted the city, out of control. Widespread riots marched across the city, including the trashing and looting of the Magnificent Mile. No shops were spared as the looters smashed their way through ...

New York 07/15/20, 17:12

Black community leaders in New York City are calling on the mayor to have the plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit reinstated in the city. The call comes amid a major escalation in the number of people killed by gun violence, which resulted in the death of a 1-year-old girl two days ago.  Brooklyn Borough ...

U.S. 07/07/20, 23:09

The protests for Black Lives Matter continue across America, and so do the senseless shootings of children, with the Fourth of July weekend the “most violent weekend” that the Atlanta Police Chief could remember. Gun violence has rocked the nation, as the CCP Virus isn’t the only plague affecting people. The ...

New York 02/15/20, 05:58

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Armando Clemente Ramos, an MS-13 gang member on Thursday, Feb.13, after he threatened officers in New York City. The NYPD Sergeant’s Benevolent Association (SBA) shared the warning on Twitter after the NYPD’s Chief of Detective's office received an anonymous tip that someone else might ...

U.S. 01/20/20, 12:09

Two people were killed and five people are in critical condition after a suspect fired off multiple shots inside a Texas club Sunday night, Jan. 19, police said. The shooting happened around 8 p.m. during a concert the Ventura nightclub along the San Antonio River Walk, KSAT reported. All of a sudden, ...

U.S. 12/29/19, 09:22

Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital, first responders said. MedStar Mobile Healthcare spokeswoman Macara Trusty told the Associated Press that one person died at the West Freeway Church of Christ ...

U.S. 12/27/19, 21:45

Two people were shot and killed and multiple others were wounded when a group filming a music video was “ambushed” near Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. After holding a media briefing in which he said two people were killed and four wounded, Gonzalez in a tweet revised the total ...

U.S. 12/26/19, 12:30

Four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in an Albuquerque suburb were members of the same family and the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. The victims were identified as Carlos Velasquez, 50; Marilyn Velasquez, 45; Roberto Velasquez, 22; and Adrian Velasquez, 14, police ...

U.S. 12/10/19, 15:54

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. The dead included the two gunmen, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said. The slain officer, Detective Joseph ...

U.S. 12/08/19, 13:22

A suspect has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a Houston police officer who was responding to a domestic violence report, officials said Sunday. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Sgt. Christopher Brewster's death at a news conference late Saturday. Police officials said in a tweet that the ...

U.S. 12/08/19, 13:17

A man who “was looking for an officer to kill” drove into a police parking lot in northwestern Arkansas, approached an officer who was sitting in a patrol car and shot him point-blank in the head, police said Sunday. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was “ambushed and executed" late Saturday outside Fayetteville ...

U.S. 12/06/19, 10:41

An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, the Florida governor said, an attack that left three dead in addition to the assailant. The assault, which left eight others injured, was the second at a U.S. Navy base this ...

U.S. 12/06/19, 10:37

The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a military official said Friday. Gabriel Romero, 22, also faced non-judicial punishment, which is a lower-level administrative process for minor misconduct, said the official, who spoke ...

U.S. 11/23/19, 22:09

An Alabama sheriff was fatally shot Saturday evening in a community near the state’s capital, authorities announced, and an 18-year-old suspect was taken into custody after an hourslong manhunt. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams had been “tragically killed” in the line of duty and that she ...

U.S. 11/23/19, 18:58

An Alabama sheriff was fatally shot Saturday evening in a community near the state’s capital, authorities announced, later saying they were seeking a man considered to be a “serious risk” who may be traveling on foot. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams had been “tragically killed” in ...

U.S. 11/07/19, 16:13

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Thursday that he's retiring after more than three years as the city's top cop, a post he took over during one of the most violent chapters in the city's history and amid public outcry over the release of a video showing an officer shooting ...

U.S. 11/05/19, 10:16

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested Mexico with U.S. assistance should “wage war” on the murderous drug cartel “monsters” in response to the brutal killing of multiple Americans a day earlier. “This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels ...

U.S. 11/04/19, 23:16

Officials confirm 3 women, 6 children die in northern Mexico attack; relatives say victims US citizens. They live in the Mexican border state of Sonora and have been killed in a shooting attack, relatives said Monday. A relative who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals said he had located the ...

U.S. 11/02/19, 22:56

Airbnb's CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California. In a series of tweets, Brian Chesky said Saturday the San Francisco-based company is expanding manual screening of "high risk" reservations ...