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  • Protesters riot, burn cars & properties- officer-involved shooting in Milwaukee, WI

    08/14/2016 5:09:24 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 60 replies
    Rt.com ^ | 8/14/2016
    Protesters riot, burn cars & properties after fatal officer-involved shooting in Milwaukee, WI Published time: 14 Aug, 2016 02:39 Riots and clashes with police have been reported in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which began after a man was shot dead by an officer during a chase on foot on Saturday. Police say the victim was armed with a handgun. READ MORE: Unrest in Milwaukee after officer-involved shooting leaves one dead LIVE UPDATES Scores of angry African American protesters gathered near the scene of the police shooting at Sherman Boulevard. What at first seemed like a Black Lives Matter-style gathering soon got out...
  • BREAKING: VIOLENT STANDOFF Between Milwaukee Police And Rioters After Officer-Involved Shooting

    08/13/2016 9:00:23 PM PDT · by Mozilla · 180 replies
    !00% Fed Up ^ | 8/13/16 | 100% Fed Up
    A chaotic scene unfolded tonight after a police officer shot and killed an armed suspect in the north side of the city of Milwaukee. Police were in riot gear and as they left in their patrol cars, rioters smashed their windows and attacked the cars. A journalist was attacked too. A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase on the city’s north side. More than 100 people gathered near the scene at N. 44th St. and W. Auer...
  • Gunshots at Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh, NC): 'It was chaos'

    08/13/2016 2:08:00 PM PDT · by Dubh_Ghlase · 24 replies
    www.wral.com ^ | 08/13/2016 | wral.com
    RALEIGH, N.C. — Shoppers in Raleigh described chaos Saturday afternoon after at least one gunshot rang out in the crowded Crabtree Valley Mall. Hours after the report of the shots, police had yet to identify a shooter, find anyone with gunshot wounds or make any arrests. Elisabeth Hammond was in the food court when she heard shots nearby. "I'm a country girl, I know what gunfire sounds like," she said. "I felt it in my chest."... Read more at http://www.wral.com/police-gunshots-fired-in-crabtree-valley-mall-no-suspects-in-custody/15926525/#kxwj7F52Zp5zGktm.99
  • Convicted road rager killed in apparent road-rage shooting

    08/10/2016 11:42:12 AM PDT · by Donglalinger · 57 replies
    Fox 13 Tampa ^ | August 10 2016 | FOX 13 News staff
    PLANT CITY (FOX 13) - A driver with a history of road rage violence was shot and killed this morning in what deputies say was an apparent road rage altercation. The exchange happened on Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard at Forbes Road in the Plant City area around 6:30 a.m. Investigators said that two drivers, 40-year-old Gary Durham and 42-year-old Robert Padgett, were involved in a confrontation. According to deputies, Padgett pulled out a gun and fatally shot Durham.
  • Two officers shot near Fort Smith, Arkansas

    08/10/2016 6:57:04 AM PDT · by PghBaldy · 30 replies
    WREG News 3 ^ | August 10 | George Brown
    SEBASTIAN COUNTY, Ark. — Two law enforcement officers have been shot near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Their conditions are not known at this time.
  • Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee

    08/09/2016 6:17:47 AM PDT · by RayofHope · 49 replies
    WPTV West Palm Beach ^ | 8/09/2016 | Tory Dunnan
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando. She was supposed to be talking jobs, but started the speech off paying tribute to those affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting. "I know how many people, families, loved ones, and friends are still grieving, and we will be with you as you rebuild your lives."
  • REPORTER SHOOTS GUN FOR FIRST TIME, CHANGES HIS LIFE!! - *PARODY*

    08/07/2016 3:40:47 AM PDT · by Jed Eckert · 11 replies
    Youtube ^ | Jun 20, 2016 | Jeffery Trahan
    Of course this is a parody of the classic liberal reporter that claimed to have PTSD after shooting an AR-15 for the first time. Our video shows what most likely happened... ENJOY! Share with your friends! ©2016 Youtube Link
  • Shooting: American teenager Thrasher wins first gold of Games RIO DE JANEIRO | BY MARY MILLIKEN

    08/06/2016 10:52:25 PM PDT · by Rabin · 46 replies
    reuters ^ | Sat Aug 6, 2016 | MARY MILLIKEN
    Unflappable American teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday, holding her nerve against two Chinese Olympic champions to clinch the women's 10m air rifle event. The 19-year-old U.S. college champion bumpped out China's Du Li, gold in Athens in 2004,. and Yi Siling, also of China. Competing in her first Olympics, Thrasher, as the first champion of the 2016 Games, said the achievement was beyond her wildest dreams. The youngest of the eight finalists by several years, Thrasher established an early lead after battling with the Russian shooter Daria Vdovina, who...
  • Shot Fired Inside Equestrian Venue At The Olympic Games

    08/06/2016 1:05:58 PM PDT · by LittleSpotBlog · 51 replies
    Chronicle of the Horse ^ | 8/6/16 | Mollie Bailey and Lindsay Berreth
    Rio de Janeiro—Aug. 6 A shot was fired today into the equestrian media center at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. No one was injured. The media center is a large semi-permanent tent fewer than 50 meters from the field of play. The shot was fired around 1:13 p.m. local time, during the lunch break on Day 1 of eventing dressage. Over 100 members of the equestrian media were finishing up lunch and getting ready to return to photograph the competition when a loud bang startled the room. “I looked up because I thought that a light unit had fallen...
  • Nevada State Field Target Match

    08/01/2016 9:29:14 AM PDT · by Axenolith · 9 replies
    N.A.G. ^ | July 28 | AirSmithCA
    2016 Nevada State Airgun Field Target - Grand Prix Match Report
  • Hundreds march in Tupelo after police shooting of black man

    07/30/2016 10:57:49 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 36 replies
    The Memphis Commercial Appeal | July 30, 2016 | The Associated Press
    Link only due to copyright issues: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/suburbs/desoto/hundreds-march-in-tupelo-after-police-shooting-of-black-man-38e0b787-0493-453f-e053-0100007f9887-388750611.html
  • Oakland: Man held in shooting targeting police sergeant

    07/28/2016 5:33:15 PM PDT · by Lonely Bull · 3 replies
    East Bay Times, Bay Area News Group ^ | 07/28/2016 | Harry Harris and George Kelly, Bay Area News Group
    OAKLAND -- A suspect wanted for shooting at an Oakland police sergeant Saturday night as she sat dazed in her patrol SUV after a collision was arrested Thursday morning after a standoff with Stockton police, officials said. The suspect's name was not released by police, who said he made statements that the July 23 shooting may have been inspired by recent anti-police sentiment in areas where there have been police shootings. --SNIP-- "Right now we don't know the why," Holmgren said about a motive. He said that the suspect was possibly inspired by anti-police sentiments, but didn't elaborate.
  • Fort Myers Nightclub Shooting: 2 Dead, at Least 14 Others Reportedly Wounded

    07/25/2016 1:41:41 AM PDT · by Drago · 23 replies
    NBC News ^ | 07/25/2016 | Erin Dean
    At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in a shooting at a Florida nightclub, according to a local report.
  • Video shows man kill 2 soldiers and walk off, Chapin bar owner says

    07/26/2016 11:42:35 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 19 replies
    The State ^ | JULY 26, 2016 | Glen Luke Fannigan
    LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC The two soldiers who were killed at a Lake Murray restaurant Sunday came running toward the sound of gunshots to rescue a woman, the restaurant owner said Tuesday. Justin Brooks, owner of the Frayed Knot Bar & Grill on Dreher Island Road in Chapin, recounted security camera footage of a double homicide he said he has watched over and over Sunday and part of Monday. Staff Sgt. Charles Allen Judge Jr. and Sgt. 1st Class Jonathon Michael Prins died after they rushed to help after a quick but tense standoff with a man that deputies have identified...
  • Travis Co. Sergeant dies after Round Rock shooting (Texas officer killed; backyard)

    07/25/2016 8:48:02 AM PDT · by Whenifhow · 13 replies
    kxan.com ^ | July 25 2016 | Claire Ricke
    Police are searching for two burglary suspects after Sgt. Craig “Hutch” Hutchinson was killed in a shooting at his house early Monday morning. The sergeant was shot at his home on Oak Meadow Drive in the Cimmaron neighborhood, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Sheriff Greg Hamilton said Hutchinson radioed the department around 1:22 a.m. when he saw suspects running around his backyard. By 1:32 a.m. when officers arrived at Hutchinson’s house he was found on the ground in the backyard near a creek. He was transported to a Round Rock Hospital where he was pronounced dead. “Our...
  • Fort Myers nightclub shooting: 2 dead, at least 13 injured

    07/25/2016 2:00:37 AM PDT · by Enchante · 82 replies
    CNN ^ | July 25, 2016 | Christine Sever
    Two people are dead and at least 13 others injured during a shooting at a Fort Myers, Florida, nightclub, according to Captain Jim Mulligan with the Fort Myers Police. Developing story - more to come
  • Gunman opens fire in packed nightclub with multiple victims reported and at least one dead (Ohio)

    07/24/2016 6:03:09 PM PDT · by Whenifhow · 60 replies
    dailystar ^ | July 24 2016 | Henry Holloway
    Cops were dispatched to the Doubles bar and nightclub in Hamilton, Ohio, US, to reports of an active shooter. [ ] The situation is developing but there is already one confirmed death and multiple injuries. Police Chief Craig Bucheit said detectives are still trying to determine the number of victims. Officers are unsure of number of shooters and the motive. [ ] Witness Tolu Adeseha said he was inside the bar when he heard at least 15 shots go on for what "felt like hours" and said he saw multiple people with guns. [ ] “You had people trying to...
  • Police arrest Afghan friend of Munich gunman over possible role in shooting

    07/24/2016 5:09:44 PM PDT · by BlackVeil · 15 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 25 July 2016 | Staff
    The 16-year-old Afghan youth has been arrested for possibly having failed to report the plans of the gunman, according to a police statement issued on Sunday. ...
  • Boom he's killing the kids' Gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' executed children in Munich McDonald's

    07/22/2016 2:23:52 PM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 106 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | July 22,2016 | By Anthony Joseph and Patrick Lion and Alan Hall
    'Boom boom boom - he's killing the kids': Gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' executed children in Munich McDonald's before rampaging through shopping mall leaving NINE dead then fleeing A number of people have been killed and another 10 people are injured after gunmen went on a shooting rampage Police operation is ongoing in Munich, with the force warning people to stay in their homes and avoid public spaces Terrified shoppers were seen running for their lives from the Olympia Shopping Centre after hearing gunshots Witnesses said that the shopping centre gunman screamed 'I'm German' and 'Allahu Akbar' before shooting Gunman reportedly...
  • Munich shopping centre shooting: 'Three gunmen on the run' say police as multiple deaths(T)

    07/22/2016 11:24:35 AM PDT · by rktman · 131 replies
    telegraph.co.uk ^ | 7/22/2016 | Harriet Alexander
    Munich police are hunting for three gunmen who they believe have carried out attacks at three locations in the city. On Twitter, the local forces said shootings had taken place at Hanauer Straße, then the Riesstraße, and also at the Olympia shopping center. Lynn Stein, who works inside the Olympia centre, told CNN a woman told her "masked gunmen dressed in black" had been seen running through the centre. The interior ministry confirming at least three killed. Germany's Muencher Abendzeitung reported that the death toll was higher, with up to 15 people killed in the incident at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum...