Grief unites US school shooting victims
Dec 16, 2012
US school shooting: Students were all shot multiple times, officials say
Dec 16, 2012
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Dec 15, 2012
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Dec 15, 2012
Panel recommends rebuilding US school massacre site
Associated Press | Saturday May 11, 2013
Newtown parents Steven Uhde and Peter Barresi didn't want the town to abandon the elementary school property where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December and build a new school elsewhere, saying that would be like letting the gunm...
Pakistan to play football match for Malala Fund
Agence France-Presse | Monday April 29, 2013
The 15-year-old, from Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, came to international attention in October last year after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for the right of girls to go to school.
MIT building surrounded after gunfire, police officer shot dead in Boston
Agence France-Presse | Friday April 19, 2013
A gunman shot dead a police officer on the campus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology near the US city of Boston late Thursday, authorities said.
Serbian gunman who shot 13 people dies: hospital
Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 11, 2013
A Serbian gunman who shot dead 13 people before shooting himself in the head earlier this week died from his injuries on Thursday, a hospital source said.
Man charged with harassing families of Aurora theatre shooting victims
Reuters | Thursday April 11, 2013
An Oregon man with a history of mental distress was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of harassing family members of some of the 12 people slain by a gunman who opened fire on moviegoers inside a Colorado, theater last summer, police said.
Gunman in US held 4 hostage demanding cable TV be restored
Reuters | Thursday April 11, 2013
A gunman who held four Georgia firefighters hostage on Wednesday, demanding his utilities and cell phone service be restored, was killed after an exchange of gunfire with authorities who moved in to free the captives, police said.
Gunman kills 13 relatives and neighbours in Serb village
Reuters | Tuesday April 9, 2013
A gunman shot dead 13 people, including his mother and son, in an early-morning rampage through a small Serbian village southwest of the capital Belgrade on Tuesday, authorities said.
Colorado gunman had homicidal thoughts weeks before shooting, says his psychiatrist
Reuters | Friday April 5, 2013
A University of Colorado psychiatrist who once treated accused theater gunman James Holmes described him to a campus police officer as having had "homicidal thoughts" five weeks before he allegedly killed 12 moviegoers, newly unsealed court records s...
'Batman' shooting suspect's trial in August
Agence France Presse | Wednesday March 13, 2013
A US judge entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and set an August date for him to stand trial over the horrific massacre.
Three dead, including shooter, in Swiss factory shooting
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 27, 2013
Two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire in a Swiss factory on Wednesday, police said, adding the gunman also died.
One student dead after South Carolina university shooting
Reuters | Wednesday February 27, 2013
A 19-year-old student died following a shooting on Tuesday at a residence hall of a South Carolina university near the resort area of Myrtle Beach, and authorities were searching for a gunman, university officials said.
No gunman found in MIT campus, say police
Associated Press | Saturday February 23, 2013
Police in Massachusetts say a call reporting a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus was unfounded and that there is no threat to public safety.
MIT on lockdown after reports of armed gunman on campus
Associated Press | Saturday February 23, 2013
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says a man carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor was spotted in a campus building, and the school is on lockdown.
At least four dead in California shooting spree
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 20, 2013
A gunman killed three people in California on Tuesday, including at least one execution-style, in a series of shootings and carjackings before taking his own life, police said.
Fate of fugitive Los Angeles ex-cop unclear as manhunt reaches fiery climax
Reuters | Wednesday February 13, 2013
A gunman thought to be an ex-cop who led California authorities on a six-day manhunt barricaded himself inside a mountain cabin northeast of Los Angeles on Tuesday and traded gunfire with lawmen, killing one before the cabin burned to the ground.