Category: shooting

Walmart Shooting Suspect Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

EL PASO, Texas—A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime and weapons charges in a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. Patrick Crusius, 24, showed little emotion while shackled in an El Paso courtroom just a few miles from the store where he was accused of killing 23 people. Sentencing…


5 Soldiers Killed in Shooting at Philippine Military Camp

MANILA—Five soldiers were killed in a shooting at a military camp in the southern Philippines, including the shooter, the military said on Saturday. A soldier ran amuck after 1 a.m. on Saturday (1700 GMT on Friday), killing four service personnel at an army compound in Cagayan de Oro City, Major Francisco Garello, spokesperson of the…


Alec Baldwin Says Part of Shooting Charge Unconstitutional

Alec Baldwin on Friday asked a judge in New Mexico to dismiss a five-year firearm sentencing enhancement in the charges against him, saying it is unconstitutionally based on a law passed after the shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” “The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version…


Suspect Arrested in Shooting of 2 Maryland Officers

A 24-year-old man was arrested early Friday after he allegedly shot two Maryland police officers, authorities said. The suspect, identified by police as David Linthicum, was caught after fleeing from a vehicle he had stolen from a police officer he shot on Thursday night. Linthicum had allegedly shot an officer the day before when police responded…


Parents at School Where 6-Year-Old Boy Shot Teacher Prepare to Sue

NORFOLK, Va.—The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system over trauma they say the shooting inflicted on their children. The parents of a first-grader said their daughter was in the classroom when the shooting…


3 Men Missing After Canceled Rap Gig Were Fatally Shot

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.—Three men who disappeared after planning to rap at a Detroit party were killed by multiple gunshots, police said Tuesday, five days after their bodies were found in a vacant, rat-infested building. “The investigation also has revealed that this was not a random incident,” state police said on Twitter. “The investigation is continuing…


Florida Mass Shooting Suspect Killed During Police Pursuit

WINTER HAVEN, Fla.—A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida last month was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking, authorities said. The car driven by Alex Greene, 21, eventually crashed into a business in Winter Haven. That’s a short distance from Lakeland, where 11 people were…


Officer Killed, 2nd Wounded in Western Pennsylvania Shootout

MCKEESPORT, Pa.—A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second, and fired at a third before being wounded in a shootout in a western Pennsylvania city on Monday, authorities said. Two officers were dispatched shortly after noon to a domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, about 12 miles (20…


New Details Emerge in Shooting of Off-Duty Cop in Brooklyn

New details have emerged in the shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer in Brooklyn over the weekend. Police are still searching for the suspect who shot and critically wounded the off-duty officer in an attempted robbery on Feb. 3, at around 7 p.m. in East New York, Brooklyn. NYC officials said the officer set up…


Arrest Made in Shooting at San Francisco Synagogue

SAN FRANCISCO—Police have arrested a man suspected of firing a gun loaded with blanks inside a San Francisco synagogue. The man was arrested Friday evening in the Richmond District and booked on suspicion of disturbing a religious assembly, brandishing an imitation firearm and causing another to refrain from engaging in a religious service, police said…