Tag: shooting

Democratic Officials’ Homes, Offices, Shot up in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The homes or offices of five elected Democratic officials in New Mexico, including the new attorney general, have been hit by gunfire over the past month, and authorities are working to determine if the attacks are connected. Nobody was injured in the shootings, which are being investigated by local and federal authorities, said Albuquerque…


Teen Killed in Shooting Outside Indianapolis Mall Identified

INDIANAPOLIS—The name of a teenager killed in a shooting outside an Indianapolis shopping mall was released Wednesday. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified him as 16-year-old Michael Mason Jr. Mason was killed and a man was wounded in the shooting that occurred Tuesday night outside the Castleton Square Mall on the city’s far northeast side,…


DC Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Wounded Including 8-Year-Old

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A man was killed and three people including an 8-year-old child were wounded in a Tuesday night shooting in Washington, D.C., police said. The Metropolitan Police Department said a man was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting around 6 p.m., WJLA-TV reported. Two other men suffered gunshot wounds. The child who was…


Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shootings Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges

NEW YORK—The man who set off smoke bombs on a crowded New York subway train before shooting 10 people last April pleaded guilty on Tuesday to terrorism and weapons charges. Frank James, 63, appeared in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn and read aloud from a short statement confessing to the attack on a Manhattan-bound N…


Police Fatally Shoot Man in Kansas City Suburb

OLATHE, Kan.—Police in Kansas shot and killed a man who approached them with an “edged weapon” after a New Year’s Eve disturbance, police said. Officers were called to a disturbance Saturday night at a home in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Sgt. Joel Yeldell said in a news release. When officers arrived, a 27-year-old…


1 Dead, 9 Hurt in Alabama Shooting Near New Year’s Eve Party

MOBILE, Ala.—One person was killed and nine hurt in a shooting a few blocks away from where thousands were in the streets for a New Year’s Eve party in downtown Mobile, Alabama, police said. TV news footage showed police officers running and on horseback rushing to the area where the shooting took place about 45…


Three Charged in Fatal Shooting of USPS Mail Carrier

MILWAUKEE—Three people have been charged in federal court in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. Postal Service employee Aundre Cross, federal prosecutors in Milwaukee announced Thursday. Cross, 44, was delivering mail in Milwaukee on Dec. 9 when he was shot and killed. Kevin McCaa, 36, and Charles Ducksworth Jr., 26, are accused of shooting…


3 Charged in Fatal Shooting of USPS Mail Carrier

MILWAUKEE—Three people have been charged in federal court in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. Postal Service employee Aundre Cross, federal prosecutors in Milwaukee announced Thursday. Cross, 44, was delivering mail in Milwaukee on Dec. 9 when he was shot and killed. Kevin McCaa, 36, and Charles Ducksworth Jr., 26, are accused of shooting…


3 Charged in Mall of America Killing Days Before Christmas

MINNEAPOLIS—Three suspects were charged Thursday in connection to the Mall of America shooting on Dec. 23 that killed 19-year-old Johntae Hudson, of St. Paul, inside the mall’s Nordstrom store. Taeshawn Adams Wright, 18, of Minneapolis, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault, and two 17-year-olds were charged with second-degree riot. Two others were arrested…


Man Suspected in Explosion Before Killing Wife, Himself

DENVER—A man who put three failed explosive devices inside a worship hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in suburban Denver before killing his wife and himself there on Christmas morning is suspected of causing an explosion at a union building, police said Wednesday. Shortly before Sunday’s murder-suicide, Enoch Apodaca, 46, entered the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers…