UPDATE:Â 2:25 p.m Officials say a student was killed during a shooting outside a Texas Southern University student housing complex, and that two people have been detained for questioning. University President John Rudley says the student was a freshman at the school. The student’s name, age and gender haven’t been released. Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) â Ben Carson’s call for those caught in mass shootings to rush the attacker is drawing criticism from public safety experts and little support Wednesday from his presidential rivals. Speaking days after an Oregon community college shooting left 10 dead, the Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon offered advice to potential victims […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online posts that he struggled with autism, but she didn’t seem to know he was potentially violent. The online writings by Laurel Harper, who is […]
Hillary Clinton has been a proponent of gun control for years. She backed off of some of her tough talk and would-be legislation, but as far back as 2000 she has advocated for proposals like a national gun registry and keeping guns from criminals. But less than a week after the massacre at an […]
An Oakland-based artist was shot and killed this week while creating a mural advocating peace, Inside Bay Area reports. Antonio Ramos, 27, was painting the…
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) â The latest on a deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon (all times local): 6:02 a.m. Authorities investigating a deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college say they have found a number of firearms at the gunman’s apartment. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told television stations in Eugene, Oregon, […]
A block of shootings in Chicago left six people dead and eight others injured earlier this week, including an 11-month-old baby and a 2-year-old boy,…
An 11-year-old boy, who was left home alone with his young sister, shot and killed a 16-year-old intruder during a St. Louis home invasion.
The wife of MLB's St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt is planning to pay for the funeral of a 9-year-old girl shot dead in Ferguson
At least 37 people were injured — including a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy — and three killed in Chicago shootings spanning from Friday…
On the shooting, Governor Bobby Jindal said: "âThis is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States."
A weekend of violence hit the Windy City, as three people were shot near the University of Chicago campus. Thirty other individuals were also involved in separate…
