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RICHMOND, Va. — A teenage gunman opened fire as hundreds of people stood outside after a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday evening in Richmond, Virginia, killing two people and wounding five others, the city’s interim police chief said. As merriment turned to terror around Richmond’s Monroe Park, other people were hurt as they tried to escape the gunfire, including a 9-year-old girl who was hit by a car, Richmond Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards told reporters Tuesday night. Police initially detained two people but later said one was not involved. The other – a 19-year-old who investigators think may have...

In the aftermath of the shooting of two Jewish men in a heavily Orthodox Los Angeles neighborhood last week, Mayor Karen Bass told 400 people attending a local town hall on violence against Jews that antisemitism “goes against our humanity.” Speaking to an audience in the YULA Orthodox Boys High School gym that was painted yellow and black, symbolizing the yellow star Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis, Bass condemned the shootings. She also emphasized that she would hire more police officers and would institute programs to place extra cameras and license plate readers in the city, the...

At least two people were killed and six wounded after a series of stabbings in front of a casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, officials with the police department said, according to CNN. “The initial stabbing occurs on the sidewalk area. It appears unprovoked. There is no altercation beforehand,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief James LaRochelle said. “That stabbing occurs quickly, and then the suspect subsequently goes southbound on the sidewalk area and stabs additional victims.” Three of the victims are in critical condition, police Capt. Dori Koren told reporters. “The others appear to be stable but we...

The rollout of the much-anticipated 2021 Ford Bronco Sport has hit a speed bump. Ford announced on Thursday it is recalling 1,666 Bronco Sport models over rear-suspension components that may not be properly attached, just months after delivering the first vehicles in late 2020.

(CNN)A man shot two people during a church service in White Settlement, Texas, on Sunday before two armed parishioners shot and killed him, White Settlement Police Chief J.P. Bevering said. One person who was shot at the West Freeway Church of Christ died and another victim has life-threatening injuries, Bevering said. Bevering praised the two "heroic" churchgoers who returned fire and killed the suspect. He said there is no ongoing threat to the incident. MedStar Mobile Healthcare spokeswoman Macara Trusty said the suspected shooter and a victim died en route to the hospital. Another victim flatlined on the way to...

French counterterrorism prosecutors are taking charge of an investigation into the shooting of a police officer in southern France and a hostage-taking incident at a supermarket in a neighboring town. The Paris prosecutor’s office said counterterrorism investigators are taking over the probe into the ongoing hostage-taking incident Friday in the town of Trebes, but did not provide details. The assailant reportedly claimed connections to the Islamic State terror group. .....

Michigan State Police report at least two individuals were shot and killed Friday morning at Central Michigan University. The city of Mt. Pleasant has locked down all city buildings. The suspect is James Eric Davis, Jr. a 19-year-old armed, black male wearing a blue hoodie and mustard-yellow jeans, reported WILX 10, Fox News, and USA Today. Police are still looking for Davis, Jr. and described the incident as a “family-type domestic issue” and the slain were not students. Central Michigan University police suggested Davis, Jr. left the scene of the shooting on foot initiated a campus “shelter in place.” Shots...

Emirates24/7: Ikea attack suspects identified By AFP Published Tuesday, August 11, 2015 The two suspects in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Sweden that left two dead are Eritrean asylum seekers, one of whom is in critical condition, police said Tuesday. The motive for the midday attack on Monday in the central town of Vasteras was still unknown, deputy prosecutor general Eva Moren told reporters. "The two suspects are both from Eritrea. They have been living at an asylum centre," she said, adding that the pair knew each other. "We know nothing about the motive yet, the...

shots were fired "near or on" a bus carrying U.S. soldiers. An airport spokesman Wednesday's shooting took place in front of Terminal 2 of what is continental Europe's second-biggest hub. He declined to be named in line with policy. News agency DAPD reported two people were killed and two others wounded, citing Frankfurt police. There was no immediate information on their identity or further casualties.

Between forkfuls of angel-hair pasta, Metra engineer Mike Smith calmly told his story Monday, detail by agonizing detail, of the ill-fated Rock Island line train that jumped the tracks under his control. At Nick and Tony's restaurant downtown, Smith talked to reporters for the first time, saying he was sorry that his passengers -- "the most precious cargo" -- suffered and died in the horrific crash. But last month's derailment that killed two women and injured dozens of others was not his fault, he said. "I can say I'm sorry even though I had nothing to do with it," said...