ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The gunman who executed nine people at an Oregon community college before killing himself ranted in writings he left behind about not having a girlfriend and thinking everyone else was crazy, a law enforcement official said Monday. The official also said the mother of 26-year-old gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer has told investigators […]
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — 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, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama said Thursday that thoughts and prayers are no longer enough as Americans respond to another deadly school shooting, and he challenged voters wanting to deal with the problem to vote for elected officials who will do something. Obama addressed the nation from the White House after […]
UPDATE: A government official says the man who opened fire at an Oregon community college was 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer (pictured, below) The official wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and provided the name on condition of anonymity. Mercer killed nine people at Umpqua (UHMP’-kwah) Community College before he died during an exchange of gunfire with […]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Violence again struck the community near the University of California, Santa Barbara, a year after a 22-year-old’s rampage left six students dead. Two university students in their early 20s were shot Monday night after fighting with two men who came to their apartment just a block or two from campus, […]
EATTLE (AP) — The man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a small Seattle college last week had stopped taking his medications because he “wanted to feel the hate,” and he detailed his plans in a handwritten journal for two weeks before the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday. “I just want […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 17-year-old boy charged as an adult in the shooting of two students inside a school gym isn’t responsible for the crime, his attorney said. Charges against Raisheem Rochwell were based on surveillance video and witness information from the shooting Friday afternoon at Delaware Valley Charter High School, police said. One bullet […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say they’ve captured a boy who shot two students at a Philadelphia high school gym. They say the shooting happened at the Delaware Valley Charter School in north Philadelphia on Friday afternoon. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says the shooter “was captured not too far from his home” but the gun hasn’t […]
For IPAD/IPOD users: I’m tired. Tired of getting dispatched on breaking news, rolling up to schools in the middle of the day, sometimes in the middle of the night. Tired of getting there and the place is either on lockdown or has been emptied out. Tired of standing in front of the building wondering how […]
