Authorities investigating the deadly shooting at a southern California high school this week say the weapon used in the tragedy may be a “ghost gun,” NBC News reports. Two students died and three others were injured as a result of the attack on Thursday morning at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. The shooter …
A 16-year-old California high school student who opened fire on classmates and then shot himself has died of his injuries, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Sgt Jennifer Roth said that Nathaniel Berhow was pronounced dead just after 3:30 p.m, KTLA reported. In the campus quad, Berhow, a junior at Saugus …
A California high school community was reeling Thursday night after a student shot five fellow students and then himself as classes got under way in the morning, his 16th birthday. Three off-duty police officers dropping their children off at school were the first responders, arriving in seconds, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villaneuva said at …
Mexican authorities said Wednesday that a man they had arrested with a possible connection to the killing for nine members of a family near the U.S. border was not connected after all. According to CBS News, the Sonora prosecutor’s office reported on Tuesday that the suspect was found with an arsenal of weapons and two …
A suspect in connection with the deaths of three women and six children was arrested in Mexico near the U.S. border. Authorities also said two hostages have been rescued. According to the Agency for Criminal Investigation, authorities arrested the suspect in Agua Prieta, Mexico, which lies directly across the border from Douglas, Arizona. Two vehicles …
Three people were killed and nine wounded in a mass shooting at a Halloween/birthday party in Long Beach, California, Tuesday night, Long Beach police said. At least one shooter opened fire on the festivities from an alley behind the house in the Rose Park neighborhood shortly before 11 p.m., police said. The Long Beach Fire …
Authorities in Texas have arrested a suspect on capital murder charges in connection with Saturday’s shooting at an off-campus college party that left two people dead and another dozen injured. Brandon Gonzales, 23, was formally charged in the mass shooting that unfolded at The Party Venue, which is located in Greenville. Though 750 people attended …
At least two people are dead and 14 more injured following a mass shooting at a homecoming party for Texas A&M University-Commerce. NBC News reports that gunfire broke out at a party at an off-campus building in Greenville on Saturday night during homecoming weekend. The unidentified shooter reportedly used a semi-automatic weapon, killing two people who …
Nine people were shot, four fatally, at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar early Sunday morning, and police are looking for two suspects caught on surveillance video, KMBC reported Sunday afternoon. Police said their preliminary investigation indicated that the shooting stemmed from an altercation earlier in the evening. According to KMBC, authorities believe that three men …
Earnest Christopher Grant, the El Paso Walmart shooting victim who claimed he was wounded in the back as he threw soda bottles at the shooter to distract him, has defended his story after police claimed surveillance footage contradicted his story. In a statement issued to Crime Online, Rosana Narvaez, the lawyer who’s representing Grant, 50, …
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook Promise released a PSA about knowing the signs of a school shooting.
– The video begins with students talking about the items they need to start off their school year
– Moments later, it becomes clear that a school shooting is unfolding—with students using various items to protect themselves or flee
– The PSA ends with a crying girl texting her mother that she loves her while she hides in a bathroom stall
– The video concludes with the following caption: “It’s back to school time and you know what that means.”
On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department filed its intent to seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania man accused of killing 11 people at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue. CNN reports that Robert Bowers, 46, was indicted with over 60 federal offenses, which, in part, includes hate crime charges after he allegedly opened fire …
