All posts tagged "Massshooting"

PHILADELPHIA — The victims of the mass shooting in Kingsessing died going about their daily life: walking to get food, checking on a friend, responding to neighbors in need. They were aspiring college athletes and twin brothers; loving sons and fathers. They had plans — one to walk his daughter down the aisle, another to propose to the love of his life. But all of that was cut short when a man with a gun walked through the Southwest Philadelphia community and shot people at random. The shooting spree left five dead and two children, ages 2 and 13, injured in one of the deadliest shootings in P......

ORLANDO, Fla. — Growing up, Joaquin “Guac” Oliver was “always worried about community issues,” recalled his mother, Patricia Oliver. “(He worried) about his friends, about immigration, about social issues,” she said. “... When Joaquin was 12 years old, he was able to write a project about (firearm purchase) background checks, when he just was 12 years old. He was posting on Twitter, he was tweeting about all that happened in Sandy Hook.” In February 2018, Joaquin was one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. His parents, Patricia and her husb......

MIAMI — All five of the suspected gunmen involved in the Hollywood Beach Memorial Day shooting are now behind bars — ending a weeklong hunt for the alleged shooters. Lionel Jean Charles Jr., the last suspect on the lam, was arrested Monday afternoon by Hollywood police. He’s facing one count of attempted murder in the first degree, eight counts of attempted murder in the second degree and one count of carrying a concealed firearm. Ariel Cardahn Paul, the fourth suspected gunman, was located Sunday night, a day after U.S. Marshals and Hollywood detectives found Jordan Burton, who was also on th......

The 18-year-old gunman who shot and killed three people in Farmington, New Mexico, on Monday had struggles with mental health that were recently exacerbated by his parents’ split and his departure from his high school wrestling team, according to friends and family. Three people were killed and six others wounded, including two police officers, when Beau Wilson opened fire in Brookside Park in Farmington — a city 50 miles outside of New Mexico’s four-corners state border with Colorado, Arizona and Utah. Those fatally shot in Monday’s mass shooting were identified as Shirley Voita, 79, Gwendoly......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One teen is dead and five other people were wounded following a house party that was broken up by police near the campus of Chico State University early Saturday morning. Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said a 17-year-old girl was killed and five others were wounded with injuries not considered life-threatening on the 1000 block of Columbus Avenue, less than a mile west of the campus. Chico State spokesman Andrew Staples said none of the victims were Chico State students. He said the university is continuing to monitor the situation. Gayle Hutchinson, Chico State’s presi......

Nine teenagers were wounded in a shooting at a prom after-party in east Texas early Sunday morning. Gunfire erupted shortly after midnight at a home in Jasper, police said. All nine victims suffered injuries not considered life-threatening, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said. No suspects were immediately arrested. “This investigation is ongoing and people of interest are being questioned,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook. The teens were gathered after prom in Jasper, about 115 miles northeast of Houston, according to police. All nine victims were between 15 and 19 years old, police......