Tag: shootings

Shootings Send Black Friday Shoppers Scurrying in North Carolina, Washington State

Shootings erupted at retail outlets crowded with post-Thanksgiving holiday shoppers in North Carolina and Washington state on Friday, sending bystanders at both locations scurrying for cover and injuring a total of seven people, police said. At a shopping mall in Durham, North Carolina, a late-afternoon shootout between “two groups who knew each other” left three…


Police: 4 Killed in Shootings, Arsons in Washington State

KENNEWICK, Wash.—Authorities believe one gunman killed three people and wounded another during a spree of shootings and arsons in eastern Washington on Wednesday. A suspect was believed to have been found dead later after police fired on a vehicle. KEPR reports that police were called about several fires and a shooting shortly before 4 a.m….


Police: 3 Albuquerque Officers Shot Responding to Robbery

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Three Albuquerque police officers were shot and another was injured while responding to a robbery Thursday, leaving law enforcement officials and elected leaders frustrated as New Mexico’s largest city continues to grapple with a record-setting year of deadly violence. Authorities said one of the officers was hit at the base of the neck, just…


NYC: 1,163 Shot so Far This Year, Two-Decade Record

Rudy Giuliani was still the mayor the last time New York City saw so many people shot. By mid-August, 1,163 were shot in the Big Apple. That’s the most recorded by this time of the year since 2000, according to NYPD data. The wave of violence started in May last year coinciding with the mass…


Santa Ana to Consider Reallocating Police Funds Towards “Sensitivity Training”

The Santa Ana City Council will be considering reallocating over $1.1 million from the police department’s budget to instead support youth-based services, de-escalation training, sensitivity training, and more.  If approved, the funding will come from the Santa Ana Police Department’s Metropolitan Division FY 2021-2022 expenditures of $6,697,510 in an effort to lower it to FY…


9 Murders in Chicago Over the Weekend, Nobody in Custody

Nine people were killed in Chicago over the weekend, including a 7-year-old girl, with no one in custody for any of the murders. The girl and her 6-year-old sister were struck by gunshots in the city’s Belmont Central neighborhood on Sunday afternoon while they were being placed in the back seat of a vehicle by…


Shootings in Philadelphia Leave 1 Dead, 12 Wounded

Shootings across Philadelphia on Monday has left one person dead and a dozen more injured, police said. The series of shootings started in the late afternoon when four people were struck by gunfire in two separate incidents that happened between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., police said, according to ABC 6. A 25-year-old woman was…


Weekend Violence in Chicago Leaves at Least 11 Dead, 45 Injured

Dozens of separate shooting incidents that happened across Chicago have left at least 11 people dead and 45 others injured, authorities said. Police in Chicago said the shootings took place between July 16 at 6 p.m. and July 18 at 11:59 p.m. During this time frame, officers responded to 44 different scenes totaling 56 victims,…


Two Killed, Four Injured in Weekend Shootings in Baltimore, Police Say

By Christine Condon From The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE—Two men died and four others were injured in separate shootings over the weekend, Baltimore Police said. A 45-year-old man died after a shooting in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood Sunday morning, police said. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the 800 block of West Lexington St….


40 Shot, 11 Killed in Chicago Weekend Violence

Forty people were shot across 33 shootings in Chicago over the weekend, according to police reports. Eleven people were killed, according to the Chicago Police Department. The shootings took place between Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 11:59 p.m. The spate of violence started at 6:21 p.m. on July 9, when a 39-year-old male…