Category: shot

19-Year-Old Shot in California Movie Theater Dies

CORONA, Calif.—A young man who had been on life support after being shot inside a Southern California movie theater has died, police and his family said Saturday. Anthony Barajas, 19, was watching “The Forever Purge” at a theater in Corona with Rylee Goodrich, 18, on Monday when they were shot in the head. They were…


Shots Fired Outside Berlin Store, Four Injured, One Arrested

BERLIN—Shots were fired in a violent clash at a store car park in northern Berlin on Friday, leaving four people injured, the Berliner Zeitung reported. One person was subsequently arrested, the newspaper added later. The injured included three men and a woman, local media reported, adding that police had questioned eyewitnesses and cordoned off the…


Police: Indianapolis FedEx Shooter Not Racially Motivated

INDIANAPOLIS—The former employee who shot and killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse in April acted alone and was not racially or ethnically motivated, authorities said Wednesday. Brandon Scott Hole, 19, used the April 15 attack as an act of “suicidal murder” and believed he would “demonstrate his masculinity and capability” while fulfilling a…


Multiple People Shot in Series of Attacks in Tucson, Arizona

TUCSON—A gunman killed one person and wounded four others, including firefighters and paramedics, at the scene of a house fire in Arizona on Sunday before being shot by an officer, authorities said. The 35-year-old suspect, who was critically wounded and remains hospitalized, drove up to the fire and shot at an ambulance crew around 3:45…


4 Youths Among 6 Shot in Chicago Neighborhood

CHICAGO—Three teenagers and a 12-year-old were among six people who were shot outside a party in Chicago and treated at hospitals for their injuries, police said. Someone opened fire from an SUV on a group of people standing on a sidewalk late Saturday, news outlets reported. The injured included a 12-year-old girl who was shot…


Rite Aid Employee Fatally Shot After Confronting Thieves

LOS ANGELES—A Rite Aid employee was fatally shot Thursday while confronting two shoplifters in Los Angeles, according to police and the union that represents workers at the store. Two men were trying to leave the drugstore in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles around 8:45 p.m. with unpaid merchandise when the victim tried to…


2 Baltimore Officers on US Task Force Shot, Suspect Killed

WOODLAWN, Md.—Two Baltimore city police officers were shot and a suspect was killed as a U.S. Marshals’ task force served a warrant outside a mall Tuesday morning, a Baltimore County police spokeswoman said. The police officers were taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center with injuries that aren’t thought to be life-threatening, county police…


Louisiana Officer Fatally Shot, Suspect Hurt and in Custody

DOYLINE, La.—An officer died after being met with gunfire while responding to a disturbance call at a home in a small village in northwestern Louisiana, officials said. William Earl Collins Jr. was fatally shot while responding to the home in Doyline, and died just before 8 p.m. Friday, Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker told a…


3 Officers Stable After Being Shot in Delaware: Police

WILMINGTON, Del.—A large police presence could be seen in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday night after three officers were shot responding to a call, police said. Dozens of police cars, fire trucks, and a SWAT team were on the scene after the shooting at about 10:30 p.m. Police asked people in a 20-block area of northwest…


Three People, Including a 4-Year-Old Girl, Shot in Times Square

WASHINGTON—Three people including a four-year-old girl were shot in New York City’s Times Square after gunfire broke out in a dispute that they were apparently not involved in, the city’s top police official said Saturday. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said a family from Brooklyn had brought the child to Times Square to buy toys. Shea…