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CNN)Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday. "This is just the most awful thing I can think of," Getting said at a press conference held to announce the arrest of Dalton, 45, and to reassure the community that there is no longer a threat.

Six people were killed and two others wounded in a series of random shootings in Michigan Saturday evening, police said. A 14-year-old girl was shot and very seriously injured. Authorities earlier said that she'd died. Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was taken into custody early Sunday and was being questioned over shootings at three different locations in Kalamazoo County, police said.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the suspect in a deadly shooting spree in Kalamazoo as 45-year-old Jason Dalton. Police, and the Kalamazoo Crime Lab are searching a house ...

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Police are responding to shots fired at OP Avenue and 6th Street in Texas Township, near the Cracker Barrel. There is police involvement at the scene, Kalamazoo County undersheriff says. Unclear is cops or possible suspect opened fire. ----- TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) Police in Kalamazoo County are searching for a suspect who is randomly shooting people, at least six have been killed........

Originally from Associated Press, so link only..Six people are dead and three injured.

A woman was taken to the hospital after she was shot several times in Kalamazoo on Saturday. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Deputies are investigating after a woman is shot multiple times around 6 p.m. at the Meadows Townhomes off of G Ave. The woman was taken to the hospital and her condition is unknown, but witnesses said she was shot three times. Police do not have anyone in custody and police said that a suspect was involved in a crash shortly after leaving the area. Deputies are still investigating and believe the suspect vehicle is a light colored SUV. Police said...

COLUMBIA. S.C. – Authorities are responding to an active shooter situation reported at a mall in Coumbia, S.C. WIS reported that Richland County deputies responded to a report of shots fired at Columbiana Center Mall in Harbison sometime before 7 p.m. Saturday.

“State Rep. Jeff Barker has introduced a bill that would temporarily delay the release of the name of the officer who shot [LaVoy] Finicum,” KOIN 6 News reported Sunday. “House Bill 4087 already unanimously passed the Oregon House Judiciary Committee.” The bill, which will allow law enforcement to petition a judge for a 90-day stay on releasing the name of an officer, was introduced after the Oregon State Police said it had “received death threats from all over the U.S.” Barker, a Democrat, said he took the action after being convinced by OSP Superintendent Rich Evans that ‘there is a...

PHOENIX - A double shooting at a Glendale high school prompted a major emergency response Friday. Here's what we know: Two 15-year-old female students shot and killed just before 8 a.m. near the main building School is on lockdown Police are not searching for the shooter Parents asked to wait at Walmart at 75th and Glendale avenues Students have been allowed to contact parents Crisis Response Network is available at 1-800-203-2273 (CARES) Two female teens were shot at Independence High School, according to police, and officers are not currently looking for an active shooter. The teens' conditions are unknown. Police...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell was convicted Thursday of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability. The courtroom audience gasped and Officer Peter Liang, who had broken into tears as he testified about the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, buried his head in his hands as the verdict came after 17 hours of jury deliberations. The manslaughter charge carries up to 15 years in prison. Liang's sentencing is set for April 14.

“This is the area, this is Miami Gardens, Carol City. You’re gonna expect that. They shoot,” said Chris Hall, also a student.

Stephen Curry put together one of his finest performances Wednesday night, scoring 51 points on 68% shooting while going 11-for-16 from 3-point range, as the Warriors beat the Wizards 134-121. Even more impressive is that Curry accomplished this feat relatively quickly — he played just 36 minutes and dumped in 25 points in the first quarter alone. The climax of his game-opening explosion came on a broken play off an inbounds that Curry turned into another dazzling highlight. After a Draymond Green layup, the Wizards inbounded the ball quickly to try to push the pace. As they got the ball...

Help! I'm doing research on improving our security at work. I'm trying to find an article posted here a couple of years ago. Someone put a lot of effort in to find out the difference in victim count when people waited for police to show up and end a mass shooting vs people on site taking action to end a shooting. I remember there being fewer victims when people didn't wait for the police. Thanks in advance!

DENVER (CBS4) - Police rushed to the Denver Coliseum on Saturday afternoon on reports of multiple shootings and a stabbing. Officers tweeted that there were several people shot.

After a wild scene in Brookline, Massachusetts, ended Wednesday with three men shot and stabbed at two different locations and two men on the run, police located the stolen getaway car and arrested two of the three men being treated at the hospital. Antonio Brown Jr., 27, of Lincoln Way in Cambridge, and Khari A. Wilcox, 18, of Abbot St., in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, are charged with armed home invasion, armed assault in a dwelling, armed assault with intent to rob/murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to a friend in the area there was or is a shooting at rangeview high school in aurora co. Heard off police scanner. Located in aurora colorado. NOTHING yet on local channels.

Let's see: a guy in a Muslim tunic, who after being arrested tells police he has pledged allegiance to ISIS, and who has made trips to the Middle East, shoots 11 times at a Philly policeman, wounding him. What could be the shooter's motive? If you're Rachel Maddow, the answer is "murky" and "unclear." So said Maddow on her MSNBC show last night. View the video here.

A fight and shooting early Saturday in the lobby of a hotel near McCormick Place claimed the life of a 25-year-old man. Courtney Taylor of the 6800 block of South Paulina Avenue was shot multiple times and was dead at the scene. Taylor had been among several people fighting in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. around 2:20 a.m., authorities said.

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Unified Police Department announced Sunday afternoon that an officer shot Sunday morning during a police chase was killed in the line of duty. According to officials, police responded to the scene of a car crash just before 10 a.m. Sunday morning. When police arrived, one male and one female suspect ran from police officers, who then pursued them on foot. Police say the male suspect, identified as Corey Lee Henderson, shot officer Doug Barney in the head during the chase. Barney was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead. Sheriff Jim Winder announced the...