Tag: shooting

South Carolina 3-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Mom in Front of Grandmother

A woman in South Carolina has died after she was accidentally shot with an unsecured firearm by her 3-year-old daughter on Wednesday, officials said. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media that law enforcement officers responded to the shooting at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday where they found the victim, identified as Cora…


Gunman Shoots 3 at Texas Fair Before Being Shot by Deputies

AMARILLO, Texas—A gunman shot three people, including two first responders, at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in Texas before he was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies, authorities said. Just before 11 p.m. Monday, a man opened fire on Potter County deputies working off-duty at the fair in Amarillo, Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas said….


12-Year-Old Boy Charged in Shooting at California School

OAKLAND, Calif.—A 12-year-old boy who police say wounded a fellow student last month at an Oakland school after accidentally firing a gun he brought to campus has been charged in the case, authorities said. The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Tuesday the boy was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors…


Police Say 3 People—Not 4—Killed in Memphis Rampage

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Police in Tennessee have revised the number of people killed in a man’s shooting rampage from four to three after a different suspect was identified in the slaying of a teenager during the tense ordeal in Memphis. In a Facebook post, Memphis police said the killing of a 17-year-old girl, Corteria McKinnie, was not…


Officials Name 2 Parents, 3 Children Who Died in Shooting

ELK MILLS, Md.—Two parents and their three children were found fatally shot at a Maryland home, authorities said Saturday. Autopsies confirmed that all five family members died from gunshot wounds, the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. An unnamed man had called 911 on Friday morning from the Elk Mills home to…


Man Charged With Murder in Minnesota Shooting That Killed 3

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A Minneapolis man has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in a weekend shooting that left three people dead and two wounded, according to a criminal complaint made public Friday. Authorities say 41-year-old Antonio Dupree Wright walked into a St. Paul duplex through the back door…


Police: Kentucky Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed in Shooting

LEXINGTON, Ky.—A gunfire exchange between a suspect who died and a police officer who was wounded led to an hourslong standoff at a central Kentucky hotel, officials said Friday. Two officers responded late Thursday to a call from the Extended Stay America in Lexington on a report of trespassing and delayed assault, a statement from…


Sheriff: 3 Children Among Victims Shot to Death in Maryland

ELKTON, Md.—Two adults and three children were found shot to death Friday at a Maryland house after a man called 911 from the home to report a shooting, authorities said. Cecil County Sheriff Scott Adams said a man, a woman, and three children—in the 5th, 7th, and 8th grade—were found Friday morning in a large…


Suspect in Memphis Shooting Rampage Granted Public Defender

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee man accused of killing four people and wounding three others in a livestreamed shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and led to a city-wide manhunt was granted a public defender during Friday morning court appearance and will remain jailed on a first-degree murder charge. Ezekiel Kelly, 19, told a judge he could not…


Police: Man Arrested in Minnesota Shooting That Left 3 Dead

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A man has been arrested in a weekend shooting in Minnesota’s capital city that left three people dead and two others wounded, officials say. Police and the FBI arrested the 41-year-old Minneapolis man in Chicago on Wednesday in the shooting in St. Paul, authorities said. Officers on Sunday found Angelica Gonzales, 33, Cory…