Tag: shooting

Suspects in Death of Rookie Officer Charged With First-Degree Murder

Police announced that two suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable Grzegorz “Greg” Pierzchala. Pierzchala was killed while on duty on Oct. 27 near Hagersville, Ontario, after responding to a call about a vehicle in a ditch just after 2:30 p.m. Two suspects, Brandi Crystal…


Two Arrested Over Christmas Eve Pub Shooting Near Liverpool

Two people have been arrested for questioning after a “cold-blooded” Christmas Eve pub shooting in Merseyside resulted in a 26-year-old woman’s death and several others being injured, the police said on Monday. A 30-year-old man from Tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19-year-old woman from Rock Ferry has been…


Authorities Identify Mall of America Shooting Victim

MINNEAPOLIS—Authorities have identified the 19-year-old man who was fatally shot during an altercation at the Mall of America on Friday evening. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday that Johntae Hudson of St. Paul died of multiple gunshot wounds just before 8 p.m. Friday at the mall in Bloomington, Minnesota. Police arrested five teenagers…


Police Launch Manhunt After Fatal Christmas Eve Pub Shooting Near Liverpool

Merseyside Police has launched a murder investigation after a gunman shot a young woman dead and injured a number of others in a pub car park on Christmas Eve. Officers received reports of gunshots at the Lighthouse Inn in Wallasey Village, a coastal village beside Liverpool, England, a few minutes before midnight on Saturday. One young…


5 Arrested After Shooting at Mall of America That Killed 19-Year-Old

Five people have been arrested following a shooting at the Mall of America—the nation’s largest shopping center—that had forced it to go into temporary lockdown and had killed a 19-year-old male, police said on Dec. 24. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges told reporters at an early evening news conference that all five suspects—two 18-year-olds and…


Jury Finds Canadian Rapper Tory Lanez Guilty of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Daystar Peterson, the Canadian rapper known as Tory Lanez, was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury on Friday of shooting fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion in both of her feet after an argument in 2020, prosecutors said. The jury found Lanez, 30, guilty of three felony counts: carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in…


19-Year-Old Dead After Shooting at Mall of America: Police

Police have confirmed that a 19-year-old male teenager has been killed during a shooting at the Mall of America in Minnesota on Friday. The shooting occurred at the mall’s Nordstrom location around 7:50 p.m. local time and lasted about 30 seconds, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges told a late night news conference. He said there…


3 Dead, 3 Wounded in Paris Shooting; Suspect Arrested

PARIS—A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural center in a bustling Paris neighborhood Friday left three people dead and three others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested. The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had recently been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a possible…


New York Subway Shooting Suspect to Plead Guilty to Terrorism Charges

NEW YORK—Frank James, the man accused of a shooting attack on the New York City subway in April 2022, told a court through his public defenders on Wednesday that he intended to plead guilty to federal terrorism charges. James has been charged in an attack on April 12 that injured 23 riders on a Manhattan-bound…


Mall Shooter Told Ex-girlfriend He Would ‘Take Others’ If He Died

GREENWOOD, Ind.—The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her he didn’t expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed himself, he would “take others” with him, a police chief said Wednesday. Jonathan Douglas Sapirman was also fascinated with Nazi Germany, according…