The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. troops engaged the gunman who opened fire on Afghan security forces at the Kabul airport in an incident late Sunday that left one Afghan soldier dead and several Afghans wounded. Navy Capt. William Urban, spokesperson for CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command), said in an Aug. 23 statement that no American…
US Troops Engaged Gunman During Deadly Shooting at Kabul Airport: Pentagon
Plymouth Gunman Received Mental Health Support During Lockdown
Gunman Jake Davison received mental health support during the coronavirus lockdown, it has emerged. The 22-year-old, who shot dead five people during one of the UK’s worst mass shootings, had been in contact with a telephone helpline service in Plymouth run by the Livewell Southwest organisation. The apprentice crane driver shot and killed his 51-year-old…
7 Guilty of Murdering Teenage Law Student in Botched Drive-By Shooting
Seven men have been found guilty of murdering a law student who was mistakenly gunned down in a botched drive-by shooting. Tyre firm boss Feroz Suleman, 40, arranged the execution of a rival businessman in broad daylight but the gunman he hired instead shot dead innocent passer-by Aya Hachem. The 19-year-old was said to be…
Police: 3 Wounded in Workplace Shooting; Gunman Dead
NASHVILLE—A gunman shot and wounded three people at a Tennessee business Tuesday and was later tracked down and fatally shot by police after he refused to drop his weapon, authorities said. The shooting happened at a Smile Direct Club manufacturing facility in Nashville, the state’s capital and largest city. The suspect had left before officers…
EMT Wounded by Gunman in Arizona Shooting Rampage Dies
TUCSON, Ariz.—A 20-year-old Tucson emergency medical technician who was critically wounded by a gunman in a shooting rampage last week has died, his employer said Friday. The death of Jacob Dindinger was announced by American Medical Response in a brief statement. “Our thoughts are with Jacob and his family as we honor his life and…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Army General on Highway From Capital
ABUJA—Gunmen shot dead a Nigerian army general as he was traveling by car on a major road from the capital, Abuja, the army said on Friday, in the first such fatal gun attack on a senior serving military officer. Armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, particularly in the northwest, have become so frequent that many…
Texas Gunman Caught, 1 Officer Killed, 4 Wounded
Authorities captured the suspect late Thursday following an hours-long police standoff where one officer was killed and four others were wounded in a small West Texas city. Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was injured when he was taken into custody around 11:30 p.m. at a home in Levelland, police Chief Albert Garcia told reporters. The suspect was…
Germany Raids Homes of 2 Acquaintances of Vienna Attacker
BERLIN—German investigators on Wednesday raided the homes of two acquaintances of an ISIS terrorist group sympathizer who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in November, prosecutors said. The two men may have known about gunman Kujtim Fejzulai’s plans for the attack and failed to inform authorities, instead erasing material on their cellphones and social…
Police Release Dramatic Body Camera Video of Rail Yard Shooting
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff’s deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body camera footage of the tense encounter. The nearly four-and-a-half minutes of footage is from one deputy who arrived minutes after…
California Rail Yard Gunman Amassed Weapons Cache at Home He Torched
The transit employee who fatally shot nine co-workers at a rail yard in San Jose, California, had amassed a collection of 12 firearms, multiple Molotov cocktails, and 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his home before setting it on fire, the local sheriff said on Friday. But an FBI official said the blaze that incinerated the…
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