All posts tagged "Massacres"

CHICAGO — A federal search warrant unsealed Thursday shows agents found “bomb-making materials” in the apartment of Highland Park massacre suspect Robert Crimo III, including a remote initiator, jugs with ammunition and boxes of Tannerite, a commercial component used for exploding targets. The warrant, filed in U.S. District Court just days after the Fourth of July parade attack that killed seven people, stated agents also found electrical components, a timer and electric matches in a bedroom at Crimo’s home. Crimo allegedly told agents the explosive devices were “too heavy to carry to the par......

A massive manhunt continued Monday for the two men accused of killing 10 people and injuring at least 15 others in a stabbing rampage Sunday in Saskatchewan, Canada. “There’s a lot of grief, there’s a lot of anxiety in our province and in our communities this morning,” Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray said in a video address Monday. Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, have been identified as the suspects in the deadly massacre, which began Sunday around 5:40 a.m. local time in the indigenous community of James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon. By the end of the ra......

DETROIT — Oxford Community School officials will claim they are immune from a $100 million lawsuit filed by survivors of the nation's deadliest school shooting since 2018 that left four students dead and seven people wounded, according to a federal court filing Wednesday. The strategy was revealed by school district lawyer Timothy Mullins in a legal response seeking to block the issuance of subpoenas that would give lawyers for two survivors access to surveillance footage and other evidence from the Nov. 30 shooting. The school district should not have to provide any information, the lawyer ar......

ATLANTA — A nation still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic fixed its weary gaze on metro Atlanta after a deadly shooting rampage here claimed eight lives, refocused attention on attacks against Asian Americans and renewed calls for bolstering hate crime and gun control laws. The massacre has galvanized activists who vow to redouble efforts against racism and misogyny and has led police across the region to step up patrols around Asian-owned businesses. The alleged gunman is white. Six of the eight victims were Asian women. Meanwhile, the country is learning more about the innocent people k......

MIAMI — On the surface, Roberto Guillermo Bravo epitomizes the successful American immigrant. Born and raised in Argentina, he graduated from the country's naval academy and served as a lieutenant before coming to the United States to work as a military attaché in the Argentine Embassy. After retiring from the military, Bravo moved with his family to Miami, became a naturalized citizen and started his own business. But at age 78, an alleged atrocity in his past has come back to haunt him, for the second time. Bravo, who lives in a $1 million-plus waterfront home with pool and yacht in North Mi......