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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a pair of images of a “person of interest” in the shooting death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. “We are asking for the public’s help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University,” the bureau wrote on X along with the photos, which show a lanky male dressed head to toe in dark clothing. The subject is wearing wraparound sunglasses, a dark-colored hat, and a long-sleeve shirt that appears to have an American flag on *** An imported .30-06-caliber Mauser bolt-action rifle —...

UPDATE: A report from Deseret News stated that the suspect is not yet in custody. The university had previously announced that a suspect was in custody. Utah Valley University spokesperson Scott Trotter confirmed in a statement: “On September 10, 2025, at 12:20 p.m., a single shot rang out in the quad near the food court on the Utah Valley University Orem Campus as Mr. Charlie Kirk began speaking at his planned rally. We can confirm that Mr. Kirk was shot, but we do not know his condition. The suspect is not in custody. Police are still investigating. The campus is...

"Fr. Altier expresses deep sorrow for the recent tragedy in the Twin Cities, where two children were killed and others were wounded. He attributes the violence to the perpetrator’s mental illness, influenced by demonic forces, and criticizes societal acceptance of transgender identities, arguing that it leads to psychological harm and violence. He also blames the media for covering up the connection between transgender individuals and mass shootings. The issue of gender identity must be approached with compassion and understanding, while also upholding the truth of God’s creation of male and female. The current societal acceptance of multiple genders is a...

In the wake of the horrific mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where two young children were gunned down and 17 others wounded during a school Mass, CNN anchor Jake Tapper has sparked outrage by focusing on the “correct” pronouns for the deranged transgender shooter. The depraved male shooter was born Robert Paul Westman but legally changed his name to Robin M. Westman in 2020 and began identifying as “female.” On Wednesday, he opened fire from outside the church windows, targeting helpless children and parishioners inside. Westman, 23, later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities recovered a...

— he aimed his wrath at God by trying to stop people with his bullets from praying to God. Now is a time for us to come together and join hands in prayer, for the children who were killed, their loved ones, and those who survived this horrific shooting.

Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman confessed that he “was tired of being trans” and wished he “never brain-washed” himself in a manifesto posted online before he slaughtered two children and wounded dozens more at a Minneapolis church. In a twisted handwritten journal he shared on YouTube before the massacre — much of which is encrypted in a homespun code of Russian Cyrillic script and English words — Westman groaned about his long hair and his decision to transition. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being...

MINNEAPOLIS — Robin Westman, the person who authorities said opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic school Wednesday morning had the last name of the Abundant Life Christian School shooter written on their gun. A video originally uploaded to YouTube, appears to depict Westman showing off their weapons, which are covered in writing. One of the guns appears to have the name "Rupnow" written on it. The video has since been deleted from YouTube. The CBS News Confirmed team verified the video. Authorities say that two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the shooting. 17 Annunciation Catholic students and...

Robin Westman, a 23-year-old transgender woman formerly named Robert Westman, opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday morning, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others before dying by suicide, according to reports. Personal Connection: Westman targeted the Catholic school where his mother, Mary Grace Westman, had worked until her retirement in 2021, shooting through stained glass windows of the church during the celebratory Mass filled with children around 8:30 a.m. Disturbing Manifesto: Hours before the attack, Westman posted twisted YouTube videos including a 20-minute manifesto written in both English and Cyrillic,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A gunman opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot dozens of rounds through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass at the Annunciation Catholic School. Police believe the gunman then killed himself.

A 36-year-old police officer and three other people were shot and killed, and one other injured, by a crazed gunman who stormed a swanky Midtown skyscraper early Monday evening — before turning the gun on himself, police said. The 27-year-old maniac, identified by sources as Shane Tamura, barged into the 44-story building — which houses Blackstone and the NFL headquarters — armed with a rifle and opened fire at around 6:30 p.m. during the evening rush, cops and law enforcement sources told The Post.snipMeanwhile, two apparent protesters, including one who yelled, “Free Palestine, I’m not the shooter,” were arrested outside...

Sheriff Norris said the homeless suspect had attacked fire crews after they asked him to move his vehicle, which he had been living in. "There was an interaction with the firefighters," Norris said. "It has something to do with his vehicle being parked where it was." ... Norris said authorities believed the suspect used a high-powered rifle to fire rapidly at first responders, with officers initially unsure of the number of assailants involved. A shotgun has been recovered, and several bullets or fragments possibly from a rifle have been found. Officials say more guns may be hidden on the mountain....

The 20-year-old who allegedly opened fire on the Florida State University (FSU) campus had been prescribed medication for “emotional dysregulation”; it is unclear whether he had stopped taking medication at the time of the shooting. CNN reported that he “suffered from emotional dysregulation,” but noted that family members indicated “he had stopped taking some of the prescribed medication.” The Cleveland Clinic says: Emotional dysregulation isa brain-related symptom that means you have trouble managing your feelings and emotions. It’s often a sign of conditions that affect your brain or differences in how your brain developed or works today. It’s usually not...

FSU shooter’s biological mom kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid bitter custody battle decade before deadly rampage The biological mother of accused Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid a bitter custody battle a decade before the deadly shooting, court documents reveal. Eriksen and Phoenix Ikner — who at the time went by his birth name Christian Gunnar Eriksen — both have American and Norwegian citizenship. “Instead of staying in South Florida, the defendant allegedly fled the country with him in violation of their custody agreement,” the affidavit stated. Christopher Ikner only discovered...

In the wake of the deadly shooting at Florida State University on Thursday, a portrait of the alleged gunman -- the son of a local sheriff's deputy -- has emerged. At least two people were killed and six others were injured when shots rang out near the Tallahassee institution's Student Union, officials said during a press conference.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Action News Jax has continuing coverage of an active shooter situation on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee. We have learned that the FBI Jacksonville and the Tallahassee Resident Agency are on scene, as well as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Audrey Hale, 28, left behind 16 notebooks filled with deranged writings detailing self-loathing and racial hate, repeating how she wanted “kill my own race” and “destroy all the white people who are teachers.” “Being white sucks, but being black is so cool. Black people should rule. White people should fall, every white person who lived and died. I hate you all,” wrote Hale, who was white.

Shortened title. Full title: Congressional shooter James Hodgkinson was abusive alcoholic, foster daughter told judge before her overdose death Teenager Cathy Rainbolt told a judge her foster father hit her in the face when she failed to mow the lawn correctly. She got hit in the face when she argued. She got hit and dragged by the hair when she tried to get away. Her foster father was James "Tom" Hodgkinson, who is now infamous after shooting U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two police officers and a staffer on a Virginia ballfield Wednesday. Rainbolt told the judge that Hodgkinson...

A Salisbury man infamously known for a shooting at a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant was identified as the man who was shot and killed by officers during a traffic stop earlier this month in Kannapolis. A Kannapolis Police officer patrolled North Cannon Boulevard around 10 p.m. on Jan. 4 when he recognized a GMC Yukon normally driven by someone he knew had an outstanding warrant for their arrest. The officer pulled over the Yukon and while talking to the driver, recognized the passenger in the front seat as Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, who had an outstanding warrant for felony probation...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Multiple people are dead after the New Orleans Police Department reports a car may have plowed into a group of people on Bourbon Street. It happened around 3:15 a.m. at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville.