Tag: shooting

Girl, 17, Killed in California Party Shooting That Wounds 5

CHICO, Calif.—A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, police Chief Billy Aldridge said. All the…


1 Dead, at Least 6 Injured at Mississippi Party Shooting

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.—One person is dead and at least six other people were shot during a Cinco de Mayo party at a Mississippi restaurant late Friday night, police said. Ocean Springs Police Capt. Ryan LeMaire, in a news release, confirmed that seven people were shot at The Scratch Kitchen on Government Street. The surviving victims…


Atlanta Shooting Suspect Has Been Charged With Murder

ATLANTA—The suspect in a shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, Fulton County Jail records show. Deion Patterson waived his first court appearance Thursday, a day after police say he opened fire in the waiting room…


San Francisco Prosecutors Will Not Pursue Charges Against Walgreens Security Guard in Fatal Shooting

The San Francisco District Attorney has announced that murder charges will not be filed against a Walgreens security guard in a fatal shooting that happened at a downtown San Francisco Walgreens. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Twitter on the evening of May 1: “The killing of Banko Brown was a tragedy & my heart…


Police Kill Man Suspected of Shooting Florida Mother, 3 Children

LAKE WALES, Fla.—After an hourslong standoff at a motel, police in central Florida fatally shot a man suspected of killing a 40-year-old woman and her three children, authorities said Wednesday. Al Joseph Stenson, 38, quickly became a suspect Tuesday night after police were called to an apartment complex in Lake Wales, where the bodies of…


Suspect in Killing of 5 People in Texas Was Illegal Immigrant Deported Multiple Times: Sheriff

The suspect who shot and killed five people in Texas—including an 8-year-old child—had been deported from the United States multiple times, according to San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. Capers told Breitbart that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had deported the suspect—Mexican national Francisco Oropeza—three times, most recently in 2016. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas…


Suspect in Killing of 5 People in Texas Was Illegal Immigrant Deported Multiple Times

The suspect who shot and killed five people in Cleveland, Texas—including an 8-year-old child—is an illegal immigrant who had been deported from the United States multiple times, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). An ICE spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the suspect in the slaying—Mexican national Francisco Oropeza—was arrested and deported four…


2 Killed, 4 Wounded in Mississippi Shooting; Man Arrested

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.—Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Cameron Everest Brand of Pass Christian is charged with murder and aggravated assault, jail records show. Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz said…


Texas Shooting Suspect Who Gunned Down 5 Neighbors Is Still on the Run

A male gunman is still at large after allegedly shooting and killing five people, including a child, in Texas late last week that started with a noise complaint, officials said. The suspect, identified as 38-year old Francisco Oropeza, was allegedly asked to stop firing a rifle in his yard because a baby was trying to…


3 Killed, 1 Wounded in Philadelphia Shooting; 2 in Custody

PHILADELPHIA—Two teenagers have been charged with firearms and related offenses following the slaying of three people and the wounding of a fourth person at a northeast Philadelphia home, authorities said. Lt. John Stanford told reporters that officers called to the residence in the Lawncrest neighborhood shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday found one person shot on…