Tag: motive

Police Seek Why 72-Year-Old Gunman Shot Up LA Dance Hall

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—The search for the motive behind the shooting massacre at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance hall led police to a mobile home community as they probed the past of the 72-year-old suspect Monday and his relationship to the club. Meanwhile, the death toll rose to 11 after health officials announced that one of…


Death Toll From California Shooting Rises to 11 as Police Look for Motive

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—An 11th victim died on Monday from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting rampage at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, as investigators searched for a motive behind one of California’s bloodiest shootings. Police identified Huu Can Tran, 72 as the lone suspect in a shooting that unfolded Saturday night in the midst of…


Mass Shooter’s Motive Elusive as Monterey Park Mourns 10 Dead

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—Investigators scrambled on Monday to discover why a 72-year-old man opened fire in a California dance hall popular with older patrons and killed 10 people before fatally turning a gun on himself hours later. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the reasons behind the massacre carried out by Huu Can Tran on…


The Problems of Motives and Research

Commentary We live in an age of suspicion to a degree that I don’t remember from my youth—though I admit that my memory is fallible, and I may be mistaken in this. Perhaps we are no more suspicious of the motives of those with whom we disagree than ever we were, and we always thought…


Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…


9 Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…


Nashville Explosion Update: Possible Human Remains Found, Motive Unknown

Metro Nashville Police said that they found possible human remains at the explosion site and that the motive behind the incident is still unclear. “We have tissue that we believe could be [human] remains and we’ll just have that examined,” Chief of Police John Drake told reporters during a press conference on Friday afternoon. He…


Nashville Explosion: Possible Human Remains Found, Motive Unknown

Metro Nashville Police said that they found possible human remains at the explosion site and that the motive behind the incident is still unclear. “We have tissue that we believe could be [human] remains and we’ll just have that examined,” Chief of Police John Drake told reporters during a press conference on Friday afternoon. He…