Category: mass shooting

GOP Calls for Death Sentence After Mass Shooting; Chicago Mayor Drops Interview Ban on White People | NTD Evening News

New York Republicans are calling for the death sentence to be reinstated in response to the mass shooting that took place in Buffalo on May 14. The Daily Caller News Foundation announced on May 16 that Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has agreed to drop her race-based interview policy. Lightfoot had announced in 2021 that…


Capitol Report (May 16): Bezos accuses White House of misleading on inflation; Tangled Roots of Shooting

The FDA gives an update on the baby formula shortage. What’s their plan for recovery and when can we expect to see those shelves stocked again? After 10 people died in a mass shooting in Buffalo over the weekend, Republicans and Democrats are showing further signs of division. Clinical psychologist and Oregon candidate for Congress…


Lawyers Frustrated With Mass Shooting Inquiry in Nova Scotia as Deadlines Loom

Eighteen months after a public inquiry was established in Nova Scotia to investigate the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, lawyers representing most of the 22 victims say they are troubled about its slow progress and lack of witness testimony. “We’re frustrated with the pace,” said Josh Bryson, a lawyer whose firm represents the…


Police Respond to ‘Mass Shooting’ at Upstate NY Supermarket, Suspect in Custody

Buffalo police were on the scene of a “mass shooting” at a supermarket on Saturday and a suspect was in custody, the Buffalo Police Department said on Twitter. The department said multiple people had been shot, but did not specify how many or the extent of their injuries. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on…


Multiple People Shot at ‘Mass Shooting’ at Upstate NY Supermarket, Suspect in Custody

Buffalo police were on the scene of a “mass shooting” at a supermarket on Saturday and a suspect was in custody, the Buffalo Police Department said on Twitter. The department said multiple people had been shot, but did not specify how many or the extent of their injuries. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on…


At Least 10 Dead in ‘Mass Shooting’ at Upstate NY Supermarket, Suspect in Custody

At least 10 people were killed, 13 people were shot in a “mass shooting” at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday and a suspect was in custody, the Buffalo Police said. Authorities called the shooting at the the Tops Friendly Market a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism.” Buffalo police commissioner Joseph Gramaglia…


Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Gunman’s Estranged Brother Called Him Paranoid and Dark

After the older brother he had met for the first time 10 years earlier killed 22 Nova Scotians in 2020, a Massachusetts man described his sibling to police as paranoid and said he harboured dark thoughts. Jeff Samuelson, who in 1970 was put up for adoption in the United States, told RCMP officers that his…


Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Gunman Drew Police Attention 10 Years Before Killings

A new document shows that the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia had been on the radar of police up to a decade before his two-day rampage in April 2020. The report tabled Tuesday by the public inquiry into the killings says Gabriel Wortman was the subject of police investigations on at…


RCMP Supervisor During NS Mass Shooting Took Extended Leave Amid Second-Guessing

One of the Mounties who oversaw the initial response to the mass shooting in Nova Scotia was off work for at least 16 months afterwards, saying he struggled with questions about his own decisions during the rampage. Staff Sgt. Brian Rehill—a risk manager at the RCMP’s Operational Communications Centre in Truro, N.S.—told investigators with the…


Many Knew of NS Killer’s Replica RCMP Patrol Car but Didn’t Report to Police

A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting, but they didn’t inform police of his activities. The killer meticulously recreated a fully marked RCMP Ford Taurus—complete with a black push bar and Mountie decals—before driving it during the April 18-19, 2020, rampage that resulted…