Tag: shooting

Preventing Police Misconduct Requires Practical Action, Not Ideological Reform

Commentary The horrific death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis has ignited yet another media firestorm and public outcry for systemic change in policing. News outlets and social media platforms couldn’t wait to associate the tragedy with white supremacy, internalized racism, and systemic failures in law enforcement. As in the cases of other high-profile police…


Police Search for Gunmen Who Shot 6 Children, 1 Woman at Philadelphia Schoolyard

Police in Philadelphia are searching for three gunmen who opened fire on seven people, including six children, in a schoolyard on Thursday. The Philadelphia Police Department said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times that the shooting happened just before 6 p.m. near the intersection of 31st and Norris streets, in close proximity to the James…


3 Dead After Shooting, Stabbing Inside Albuquerque Home

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Authorities in Albuquerque discovered three people had died after an off-duty state parks law enforcement officer spotted a person lying in the street and police followed a trail of blood inside a home where two people had been shot, police said Thursday. The person found in the middle of the roadway appeared to have…


TV Station Identifies Reporter Killed in Florida Shooting Spree

A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl, Florida police and witnesses said. Orange County Sheriff John Mina characterized the shootings Wednesday as…


Shooting Spate Leaves 3 Dead, Including Child and Journalist in Orlando

Police arrested a 19-year-old suspect on Wednesday linked to a spate of fatal shootings that left a TV reporter and young child dead near the crime scene of a woman who was fatally shot earlier that day in Orlando, Florida. Orange County Sheriff John Mina told reporters on Wednesday evening that a Spectrum News 13…


Five Injured, Rushed to Hospital After Shooting in Colorado Springs

Five people were rushed to hospital with injuries due to a shooting on the east side of Colorado Springs late on Tuesday, according to local reports. The shooting followed a confrontation behind an Alta Convenience store, near the intersection of Palmer Park Boulevard and Potter Drive, according to reports. The incident took place just after…


3 Killed, Including Baby, in Chicago Highway Shooting

CHICAGO—Three people were killed, including an infant, and three more were hurt after a shooting on a Chicago interstate highway, officials said Monday. The shooting occurred Sunday at around 10:30 p.m. on the I-57 expressway near 111th Street in the South Side, Illinois State Police trooper Josh Robinson said. One-year-old A-mara Hall was among those…


3 Teenage Girls and Gunman Dead in Texas Shooting

GALENA PARK, Texas—Authorities say three teenage girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot by man who also sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who later escaped then fatally shot himself. No names have been released. The killings occurred at the home of the gunman’s girlfriend in the Houston suburb of Galena Park at about…


Temple University Police Officer Shot Dead Near Philadelphia Campus

A police officer of Temple University was killed after he was shot in the head while responding to a robbery near the Philadelphia campus on Saturday night, according to officials. The university said the officer was trying to arrest a suspect linked to the robbery of a convenience store near the campus, at 1700 W….


Trial Ordered in Shooting That Killed 1 Officer, Wounded 2nd

Pittsburgh — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of one police officer and the wounding of another in western Pennsylvania earlier this month. Johnathan Jermia Morris, 31, of McKeesport is charged in Allegheny County with criminal homicide, attempted homicide and assault of a law enforcement officer and firearms crimes…