Tag: shooting

3 Dead in Graduation Shooting at Top Philippines University

MANILA—Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said. Local Quezon City police chief Remus Medina said the shooting appeared to have been an assassination of the former mayor of the southern Lamitan…


1 Dead, 5 Hurt After Multiple Shots Fired in Seattle Suburb

RENTON, Wash.—One person was confirmed dead and five others were treated for gunshot wounds after multiple shots were fired in Renton, Washington, police said. The Renton Police Department said on Twitter that officers were called before 1 a.m. Saturday and found multiple victims, five of whom were treated for injuries. Police confirmed one fatality in…


Police: Gunman Kills 3 at Iowa State Park; Shooter Also Dead

MAQUOKETA, Iowa—Three people were killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa Friday morning and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground before 6:30 a.m., Mike Krapfl, special agent in charge of the Iowa Division of…


Mass Shootings Are a ‘Societal Problem, Not a Gun Problem’: Former FBI Agent

On the heels of another deadly mass shooting, people are looking for the culprit of the problem and searching for solutions. The number of mass shooting incidents reported and verified this year has surpassed 325. Fifteen of these incidents resulted in death. The most recent occurred on the Fourth of July, when Robert Crimo III…


Man in Montana Hits Family With Pickup, Kills 2 With Shotgun

BILLINGS, Mont.—A man drove his pickup truck into a family as they walked in a tourist village bordering Glacier National Park and opened fire with a shotgun, killing one man and mortally wounding a toddler who was in her mother’s arms before the mother’s sister-in-law managed to kill the assailant after he ran out of…


Community Mourns Indiana Mall Shooting Victims, Hails ‘Hero’ Civilian

Victor Gomez, who was gunned down while his wife and three children were unharmed nearby at an Indiana shopping mall, is remembered as a dedicated, hard-working family man and entrepreneur. Gomez’s aunt, Maria Zaragoza, told The Epoch Times that while Gomez’s wife and children were in a women’s restroom, Gomez had been in the men’s…


Black Guns Matter: A Conversation With Maj Toure

With much recent dialogue and partisan positioning about the Second Amendment and gun control, I sat down with Maj Toure, the founder of Black Guns Matter, to discuss the shooting “pandemic,” the source of the problem, what leaders are doing wrong, how to potentially solve it, and how the media reports it. Follow us on Facebook,…


Man Shot Dead While Working at ‘Law & Order’ Film Location

NEW YORK—A New York man working at a filming location for the TV series “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed early Tuesday before filming was scheduled to start for the day. According to police, Johnny Pizarro was found at about 5:15 a.m. on a residential street in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn…


What We Know About the 22-Year-Old Who Stopped a Mass Shooting in Indiana

Authorities revealed that the 22-year-old Indiana man who stopped a mass shooting at an Indiana mall over the weekend is Elisjsha Dicken. The suspect was identified as Jonathan Sapirman, 20, who was killed by Dicken. Sapirman killed three people, identified by local officals as Pedro Pineda, 56; Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda, 37; and Victor Gomez, 30. What…


Denver Police: 5 Bystanders Hurt When Cops Fire at Armed Man

DENVER—Five bystanders were injured when officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at police as bars emptied for the night in a neighborhood known for its nightlife early Sunday morning, police said. Investigators were trying to determine whether the bystanders were hit by police gunfire or by ricocheting bullets or shrapnel,…