Tag: gunman

Police Update After at Least 4 Shot Dead in Central Israel

Police officers managed to shoot dead a gunman who killed at least four people in a central Israeli city on Tuesday, “preventing a much more serious attack,” a police spokesperson said. The officers had been “at routine work, they encountered the terrorist (and) managed to neutralize him,” said the spokesperson, Eli Levy. The attack by…


Florida Bus Driver Hailed as Hero When Gunman Opens Fire

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A bus driver is being called a hero for barreling into the parking lot of the Fort Lauderdale police headquarters after a gunman opened fire on the bus, killing two passengers. The shooting broke out just after 2:30 p.m. Thursday as the Broward County Transit bus was traveling down a busy road near…


Man Suspected of Stalking, Killing Homeless People Arrested

WASHINGTON—A man suspected of stalking and shooting homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington was arrested early Tuesday. Police said at least two people were killed and three others wounded in the attacks. The suspect, Gerald Brevard was arrested in Washington on murder, assault, and other charges after news of…


Gunman Who Killed 3 Daughters in Church Was in US Illegally

SACRAMENTO, California—The gunman who killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising his visit with the children, and himself in a Northern California church this week was in the United States illegally, immigration officials said Friday. David Mora, 39, was armed with what is often called a “ghost gun,” an unregistered, homemade semiautomatic rifle-style…


Police Used Shields to Rescue Baby During Phoenix Standoff

PHOENIX—SWAT officers used ballistic shields as they rescued a baby girl during a standoff with a gunman who earlier shot and wounded five patrol officers, including four while they moved to take the baby to safety, Phoenix police said. Initial accounts of the incident Friday that left the gunman and a woman believed to be…


Gunman Killed Four, Then Himself in Texas

CORSICANA, Texas—A gunman in Texas killed four members of his own family, including a child, before fatally shooting himself as officers approached, police said Saturday. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson told the Corsicana Daily Sun that one shooting was reported overnight in Corsicana, about 50 miles south of Dallas, and the second was discovered by…


Death Penalty Trial for Florida School Gunman Cruz Delayed Until April

A judge on Wednesday delayed until April proceedings to determine the sentencing of the gunman who has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018. Jurors during the phase that had earlier been scheduled to start later this month will hear testimony from scores of witnesses to help them…


Judge: Jurors Can See School Shooter’s Instagram Photos

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school four years ago had no expectation of privacy when he posted disturbing photographs to a public Instagram account before his rampage and prosecutors can use them in his upcoming penalty trial, a judge ruled at a hearing Monday. Nikolas Cruz wanted others to…


4 Wounded in Germany University Shooting; Gunman Dead

BERLIN—A lone gunman opened fire during a lecture at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday and wounded four people, some of them seriously, police said. Police said that the perpetrator was dead, but didn’t give details of how that happened. They had earlier asked people on Twitter to avoid the Neuenheimer Feld area, home…


Body Cam Footage Released in 2018 California Bar Massacre

LOS ANGELES—Video from cameras worn by deputies who responded to a mass shooting at a Southern California bar in 2018 and recordings of calls for help released Tuesday captured the chaos, horror and confusion of the massacre that left a dozen people dead. Terrified patrons hiding from a gunman still stalking victims reported the shooting…