All posts tagged "Gunman"

The 21-year-old gunman who opened fire at Secret Service agents outside the White House on Saturday was named Nassir Best, according to MS NOW.

The suspect took out a revolver and opened fire at a security checkpoint. He also claimed he was Jesus Christ and had noted mental health issues, according to MS NOW. He was known by the Secret Service, as he had previously been taken into custody, MS NOW reporting added.

Best died at an area hospital after being shot by the Secret Service, and a bystander was also shot, according to a statement by the Secret Service....

A New Mexico man recently pleaded guilty to committing several drive-by shootings, saying he was allegedly paid to do so by a failed Republican candidate in a state legislative election.

According to the Department of Justice, 42-year-old Demetrio Trujillo recently pleaded guilty to five different federal charges including conspiracy, election interference and illegal use of a firearm in the wake of the 2022 election for New Mexico's 14th House District. Trujillo stated that failed Republican state legislative candidate Solomon Peña commissioned him to carry out multiple drive-by shootings at the homes of several Democrats in Albuquerque as a means of intimidating them in the aftermath of the election, which Peña claimed was "rigged" against him despite losing by roughly 50 points.

"Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him," Peña wrote in his last post to X/Twitter. "I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options."...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A gunman shot five people and injured at least 11 others at a shopping mall in a small Dutch town on Saturday before turning his automatic weapon on himself, the town's mayor told reporters.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was "saddened" and "outraged" by a gunman's attack on a bus at Frankfurt airport which killed two US airmen and injured two others.

The US lawmaker shot in the head in an attack killing six in Tucson can now breathe unaided, doctors said Tuesday as the gunman's family broke their silence to say they were "so very sorry."

A US congresswoman was in a medically induced coma Sunday but responding to commands after being shot through the head when a gunman opened fire on a crowd at an Arizona political event.