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An innocent 17-year-old girl was shot in Sunday night’s chaos outside Manhattan’s historic Stonewall Inn after the Pride parade — while the 16-year-old who nailed her ended up accidentally shot herself by a pal, cops and sources said. The mayhem erupted around 10:15 p.m. when the 16-year-old, who was with some people, opened fire at another group during a street beef on Sheridan Square, just around the corner from the LGBTQ+ landmarked bar in Greenwich Village, law enforcement sources said. The young shooter struck the 17-year-old girl — a bystander who was not involved in the clash — in the...

Wess Roley has been named as the sniper who lured firefighters to an Idaho mountain by setting a bush fire, then shooting two of them dead. Roley, who also died on Sunday, was identified to the Associated Press by a law enforcement source on Monday morning. No further biographical information including his age, profession or a possible motive has been given. DailyMail.com will update this story with additional information on Roley as it becomes available, with a press conference He slaughtered two firefighters, who haven't been named, and left a third critically-ill after starting a brush fire cops fear was...

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A Chicago Park District lifeguard has been charged in the fatal shooting of one teen and the critical injury of another near Douglass Park's swimming pool. The accused, Charles Leto, 55, faces several charges including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. on Thursday and resulted in the death of Marjay Dotson, 15, and severe injuries to Jeremy Herred, 14, a cousin of Laquan McDonald, a teenager killed by Chicago police in 2014. Leto, a Lake View resident, was reportedly fixing his bike when the teenagers were shot. Initial claims...

Three years ago Patrick Adamiak was an E-6 in the Navy, on his way to finishing a military career. At 28, he had a private business selling popular gun parts and replica, non-firing weapons. Today, he’s nearing his third year in a federal prison, serving a 20-year sentence. His life fell apart when the ATF decided to take an interest in him. They raided his home and found nothing illegal, just gun parts and entirely legal, semiautomatic guns. But these were the Biden/Garland years and guns of any kind, and gun owners, were in their crosshairs. An example had to...

CWBChicago has obtained surveillance footage of a shooting that left one teenager dead and another gravely wounded near the Douglass Park swimming pool on Thursday evening. Marjay Dotson, 15, died from a gunshot wound to his back, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. A 14-year-old boy, identified to the media by family members as Jeremy Herred, has undergone surgery for a gunshot wound to his neck. On Saturday evening, Chicago police announced that murder charges had been filed against 55-year-old Charles Leto of Lakeview. CPD and fire department personnel responded to the park at 1401 South Sacramento at...

The homeless man accused of a shooting spree in Santa Monica has been charged with three counts of attempted murder amid a wave of violence from transients that has Los Angeles residents on edge. David John Hairston II, 31, allegedly ambushed and shot a police officer at a pedestrian mall in the seaside enclave on Wednesday, just days after allegedly shooting two teens who were riding a self-driving taxi, according to prosecutors. Hairston was arrested after a citywide manhunt; he faces various weapons charges on top of the attempted murders, with a maximum sentence of 104 years to life in...

At least one person has been left fighting for their life and five others have been injured after a shooting in France. The horror attack unfolded at around 7pm on Friday evening in Nimes, near Avignon. Six people were rushed to hospital with bullet wounds and one remains in a serious condition. An investigation for attempted murder has been launched by the French authorities, according to The Mirror. As of the early hours of Saturday morning, no arrests had been made - and it is believed that the suspects are still on the run. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and explosions...

Dear Mr. (saxophonist), Thank you for reaching out to me regarding firearm legislation. I appreciate hearing from you on this critical issue. In Colorado, we support the Second Amendment and the right of individuals to hunt and protect their families and homes. At the same time, our state has endured unimaginable tragedies due to gun violence. As a result, Colorado strengthened its background check system and made reforms to make our communities safer. I believe we can enact similar reforms on the federal level while protecting Americans' Second Amendment rights. Congress made progress on this issue when we passed the...

The wife of suspect Vance Boelter spoke out for the first time since two Minnesota state politicians and their spouses were shot, saying she and her family are “absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided” by the violent incident that killed one couple and seriously injured the other. Boelter is accused of killing Melissa Hortman, a member of the Minnesota State House, and her husband, Mark, as well as injuring John Hoffman, a member of the Minnesota State Senate, and his wife in a separate shooting. He is facing state and federal charges including murder, firearms offenses and stalking, and could...

The agency is working with the ATF general counsel to cut upwards of 50 regulations as the administration drastically reduces the number of inspectors.The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4, according to multiple people with knowledge of the efforts, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not been made public. The initial target was to change 47 regulations, an apparent reference to Donald Trump’s status as the 47th president of...

President Trump is energetically pushing to pass his One Big Beautiful Bill. On June 3, 2025, the White House published 50 Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill.The One Big Beautiful Bill does not do everything that needs to be done. It does not cut spending as much as needed, because the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are extremely thin. However, the One Big Beautiful Bill has many excellent policy changes. The policy decisions become law with the One Big Beautiful Bill, beyond Presidential Executive Orders, so they carry more weight and cannot be reversed by a change...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely wounded, has died. She was 81. News of her death was shared Thursday by several elected officials on her native Long Island and by Jay Jacobs, chair of the New York State Democratic Committee. Details about her death were not immediately available. McCarthy went from political novice to one of the nation’s leading advocates for gun control legislation in the aftermath of the 1993...

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations of the world are essentially the same animal, although known by different names. The European brown bear, the Hokkaido brown bear in Japan, the brown bear in Russia, the grizzly bear and kodiak bears in Alaska, and the grizzly bears in Canada and the lower 48 states are genetically the same bear with minor variations. Brown bears are complex mammals that can learn and adapt. Brown bears quickly learn whether humans are dangerous or not. When brown bears are actively hunted, they learn humans are dangerous predators and learn to avoid humans. When the...

Writer Andy Greenberg at Wired.com has replicated the 3D-printed pistol and silencer used to assassinate UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. The task took him several days and thousands of dollars worth of time, machinery, and parts. Greenberg does a credible job of explaining the process and the lengths he had to go through to do so legally. With personal advice from an acknowledged 3D gun printing expert, a serious budget from Wired, and a licensed silencer manufacturer, Greenberg succeeded in the State of Louisiana. The action took place in Louisiana because much would have been illegal under...

A former West Point hopeful made ominous Facebook posts weeks before he opened fire on a church with an AR-15. Brian Anthony Browning, 31, was shot dead by security guards at CrossPointe Church in Wayne, a suburb of Detroit, on Sunday morning. Exactly four weeks before the shooting, on May 25, Browning posted a screenshot of his Facebook feed making his feelings about the church clear. The image showed a video of CrossPointe's April 13 service above one by popular YouTuber PewDiePie titled 'The Biggest Liar Cheapskate!' 'Sometimes God will very "subtly" show you the signs,' he wrote. Two days...

WASHINGTON — The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns, advancing a longtime priority of the gun industry as Republican leaders in the House and Senate try to win enough votes to pass the bill. The guns provision was first requested in the House by Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican gun store owner who had initially opposed the larger tax package. The House bill would remove silencers — called “suppressors” by the gun industry — from a...

Despite the blistering heat, Chicago had relatively few shootings over the weekend, with three people killed and 23 others injured across the city, according to data from the crime tracking site HeyJackass.com. It’s the lowest shooting toll for the same weekend since 2018, which also had three killed and 23 injured, the site reported. In total, CPD handled 20 shooting incidents over the weekend, involving victims ranging in age from 11 to 63. So far, police have not announced charges in connection with any of the shootings. The department provided the following details about the crimes: Friday, June 20 1:58...

Police have identified the gunman who opened fire outside CrossPointe Community Church on Sunday, during a morning service attended by about 150 people. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, a 31-year-old man on Sunday opened fire outside the CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan. Churchgoers first noticed the gunman driving erratically in the parking lot, and as he exited the vehicle, several parishioners noticed he was wearing a tactical vest and wielding a rifle. Police Chief Ryan Strong, in a press conference, revealed, “A parishioner struck the gunman with his vehicle as the gunman shot the vehicle repeatedly. Strong later...

On June 28, 2025, there will be a gun turn-in (buyback) in Montgomery, Alabama, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. From blackbeltnewsnetwork.com: On June 28 CrimeStoppers will host a gun buyback event at Bryant Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery. Anyone who is interested in surrendering a gun can bring in a rifle or shotgun for $50, a functioning handgun for $100 and an assault style/semi-auto rifle for $200.The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Church is on Norman Bridge Road, #3645. The guns can be turned in anonymously. Guns are to be unloaded with ammunition...