All posts tagged "Mass Shooting"

Trump's head of the Department of Homeland Security bluntly rebuffed requests from houses of worship for more security in the wake of a shooting.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Fox News that houses of worship should "hire their own security" while speaking about the mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Trump already has a "great team" heading federal law enforcement with him and FBI Director Kash Patel, Mullin insisted, refusing to fund more security for places of worship, according to reporting by The New Republic. ...

A mass shooting was reported at a Minneapolis church, where around 20 people were said to be victims.

According to BNO News, police were responding to "multiple casualties" at the Annunciation Church on Wednesday morning.

Police were called to the church at around 8:30 a.m. A K-8 Catholic school is also located on the property....

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) clapped back when confronted with comments by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in the wake of the Manhattan mass shooting that claimed the lives of an NYPD police officer and four others.

Stefanik has said she intends to run for governor in the future, but was not ready to make an announcement quite yet.

CNN's Manu Raju read Stefanik's social media posts following the tragedy. She aimed at both Hochul and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, calling him "Kathy Hochul’s very own Commie Mamdani" for participating in the 2020 "Defund the Police" campaign....

After a mass shooting at a splash pad in Oakland County over the weekend, metro Detroit faith leaders gathered on Tuesday in Southfield to call for an end to gun violence.

At the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills on Saturday, a gunman opened fire on children and parents, leaving nine people wounded, including two children.

The news conference was held at St. David’s Episcopal Church and the group announced a series of gun buybacks scheduled this summer. The buybacks will feature on-site destruction of donated firearms. ...

CHICAGO — The Park District of Highland Park reached a $80,000 settlement with a former employee who says he experienced post-traumatic stress disorder following a mass shooting he witnessed on the job, according to documents Raw Story exclusively received.

Chris Maliszewski, a former recreation director for the Park District, was terminated from his job in December when he says he was unable to return to work after experiencing a panic attack on the job following an active shooter incident, news Raw Story broke earlier this year.

The panic attack came 10 months after Maliszewski worked the Chicago suburb’s Fourth of July parade in 2022 that turned deadly when a shooter killed seven people and injured at least 48. ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A man who says he experienced post-traumatic stress disorder following a mass shooting he witnessed on the job appears to have settled with his former local government employer, Raw Story exclusively learned.

Four of the five commissioners for the Park District of Highland Park voted Wednesday evening to approve a settlement agreement with an unidentified former employee. One commissioner left the meeting before the vote.

Chris Maliszewski, a former recreation director for the Park District, was terminated from his job in December — news Raw Story broke earlier this year. ...