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  • France shooting: Urgent manhunt for three gunmen after explosions and shots heard in Nimes - at least six injured with one person fighting for their life

    06/27/2025 6:01:59 PM PDT · by metmom · 22 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | June 27, 2025 | OLIVIA CHRISTIE
    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...
  • Teen gangbanger charged in deadly NYC shooting of 14-year-old pal killed during gun mishap

    06/27/2025 12:56:07 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 06/26/2025 | Larry Celona and Caitlin McCormack
    A 15-year-old boy was arrested for the death of his friend and fellow gangbanger after the suspect’s gun went off while he was flashing it inside a Queens apartment Wednesday afternoon, police and sources said. Jamuri Mezar, 14, was shot and killed in his Jamaica home at the Norman Towers during what law enforcement sources described as an accidental discharge. The older teen brought a stolen 9mm gun to Mezar’s home and was showing it off when it fired, striking Mezar in the head, the sources said. Mezar was pronounced dead on scene, police said. His pal bolted from the...
  • Shooting reported at a church in Wayne, Michigan — multiple victims reported

    06/22/2025 9:48:01 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 16 replies
    Shooting reported at a church in Wayne, Michigan — multiple victims reported
  • At least 1 injured, suspected shooter killed after shooting at church in Wayne, sources say

    06/22/2025 9:52:33 AM PDT · by CFW · 36 replies
    Fox17news ^ | 6/22/25 | Kellen Voss
    WAYNE, Mich. (WXYZ) — At least one person was injured in a shooting at a Wayne church on Sunday morning, police and sources tell 7 News Detroit. The suspected shooter was reportedly killed by a security guard. We're told the shooting happened around 11:15 a.m. at Crosspoint Community Church, shortly after the 10:45 a.m. Sunday service started. A police source tells us that the armed suspect was on his way to the church when another person tried to stop him with their truck. He reportedly opened fire at the truck, and that's when a security guard got involved. Wayne Police...
  • One dead, multiple injured in mass shooting during Juneteenth celebration at South Carolina VFW facility

    06/22/2025 6:06:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 37 replies
    Nypost ^ | 06/22/2025 | Shane Galvin
    One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a mass shooting during a Juneteenth celebration at a VFW in South Carolina Saturday night, according to officials. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office led a massive police response at the Veterans of Foreign Wars facility, outside of Greenville, where bullets flew Saturday before 11 p.m., WSPA reported. The VFW 1790 was hosting a Juneteenth celebration at the time of the shooting, Anderson County Sheriff’s deputies told the outlet.
  • Man killed after trespassing at nuclear site in Nevada

    01/28/2019 10:52:58 PM PST · by Cementjungle · 47 replies
    <p>MERCURY, Nev. (AP) — Authorities shot and killed a man who entered a secured federal site north of Las Vegas where the government used to test nuclear bombs.</p> <p>A spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration says the man failed to stop at the security gate on Monday at the Nevada National Security Site. Darwin Morgan says the man drove for about 8 miles before he parked, got out of his car and approached security officials.</p>
  • 'Innocent bystander' shot dead by 'peacekeepers' during 'No Kings' protest in Salt Lake City

    06/16/2025 12:43:57 PM PDT · by TBP · 25 replies
    NBC ^ | June 15, 2025 | Rebecca Cohen
    An "innocent bystander" at the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Salt Lake City was shot and killed Saturday, police said. Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, of Utah, died in a hospital, Salt Lake City police said in an update. Detectives believe Ah Loo was at the demonstration as a bystander and "was not the intended target of the gunfire." Police have arrested Arturo Gamboa, 24. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on a murder charge. It was not immediately clear whether Gamboa was still in jail Sunday and whether he has an attorney.
  • 5 shot, 3 fatally at "WestFest" carnival in Salt Lake City suburb. One of those killed was an infant, police say.

    06/16/2025 10:12:12 AM PDT · by CFW · 38 replies
    CBS ^ | 6/16/25 | Brian Dakss
    Crime 5 shot, 3 fatally at "WestFest" carnival in Salt Lake City suburb. One of those killed was an infant, police say. By Updated on: June 16, 2025 / 7:40 AM EDT / CBS News Five people were shot — three of them fatally, including an infant — at an annual carnival outside Salt Lake City Sunday night, authorities said. West Valley City, Utah, police said officers at the WestFest noticed two groups of people having a "verbal altercation" and, as they moved in to break it up, "a 16-year-old male from one of the groups pulled out a gun...
  • 3 people shot at homes of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota

    06/14/2025 6:13:25 AM PDT · by CFW · 122 replies
    BNONews ^ | 6/14/25 | staff
    Updated: Minnesota Senator John Hoffman (D) and State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) have been shot at their homes. Condition unknown ------- At least 3 people have been shot at the homes of Democratic lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin in Minnesota, prompting a shelter-in-place in the area, according to law enforcement sources. The suspect is dressed like a police officer and is still at large. The first shooting happened just after 2 a.m. on Saturday at the Champlin home of State Senator John Hoffman, a Democrat who has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2013. Two people – a man...
  • Shooting reported at CIA headquarters in Virginia

    05/22/2025 6:50:25 AM PDT · by McGruff · 14 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 22, 2025 | Jack Date and Luke Barr
    A non-fatal shooting was reported outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, Thursday morning, the Fairfax Police Department said. The incident happened around 4:00 a.m., a police spokesperson said. "The main gate is currently closed, employees should seek alternative routes," a CIA spokesperson said. "Additional details will be made available as appropriate." Fairfax police said officers are in the area to direct traffic while the CIA conducts their investigation. There are no road closures at this time.
  • Ten dead in Austria school shooting

    06/10/2025 9:37:22 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 37 replies
    BBC ^ | 06 10 2025 | Gabriela Pomeroy
    Ten people have been killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, police have said. The incident took place at Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the north-west of the city. Six females and three males were killed in the attack, according to Interior Minister Gerhard Karner. Police said the 21-year-old gunman took his own life in a school bathroom shortly after. A further 28 people are being treated for their injuries in hospital, according to local media reports. The gunman was an Austrian man and former Dreierschützengasse student who didn't graduate from the school, Karner told a news...
  • Rochester (upstate NY) man charged with manslaughter in roommate's shooting death

    06/09/2025 9:54:37 AM PDT · by AbolishCSEU · 2 replies
    13wham.com ^ | 6/5/25 | WHAM
    Rochester, N.Y. — A man is in custody, accused of shooting and killing his roommate on the city's north side. Police said Jordan Figueroa-Olivo, 23, shot Delwin Aponte-Charbonier, 19, Saturday afternoon inside the victim's home on Ward Street. Aponte-Charbonier died that evening at Rochester General Hospital. BACKGROUND: 19-year-old critically injured in Rochester shooting Figueroa-Olivo has been charged with manslaughter after he turned himself in to police Thursday afternoon. Police said they recovered a handgun, three loaded high-capacity magazines and additional physical evidence from the scene. Figueroa-Olivo, who also lived at the location, was not legally permitted to possess the handgun,...
  • Dem Heavyweights, Including Laurene Powell Jobs, Bankroll 'Black Liberation' Activist Who Called Jewish Museum Shooting 'Morally Righteous'

    06/04/2025 10:08:10 AM PDT · by Twotone · 11 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 3, 2025 | Chuck Ross
    Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs, Google founder Eric Schmidt, and the George Soros-backed Tides Foundation are among the Democratic heavyweights bankrolling the anti-Israel charity of activist Kamau Franklin, who called Elias Rodriguez’s alleged assassination of two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., a "morally righteous" act. Franklin runs Community Movement Builders, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that promotes "liberation" ideology for black Americans, Palestinians, and other groups. The organization embraces radical rhetoric in support of those causes, referring to police as "pigs" and calling the state of Israel "the result of a war crime." Last week, Franklin signed an open letter defending Rodriguez’s...
  • ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss killed in Texas shooting after argument with neighbor

    06/02/2025 3:54:02 PM PDT · by Ennis85 · 87 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 2nd 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    Actor Jonathan Joss — best known for his voice work on the iconic animated TV comedy “King of Hill” — was shot dead by a neighbor in Texas, according to police. Joss, who voiced “John Redcorn” on the long-running cartoon, got into an argument with the neighbor at his home in San Antonio Sunday night when the neighbor pulled out a gun and shot him several times, police said. The unnamed gunman then fled in a vehicle but was arrested just a block away. He was 59 years old. In addition to his character on “King of the Hill,” Joss,...
  • 'King Of The Hill' Voice Actor Shot to Death In San Antonio ... During Argument With Neighbor

    06/02/2025 10:20:05 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 22 replies
    tmz ^ | 06 02 2025 | Staff
    8:41 AM PT -- San Antonio PD tells TMZ ... Sigfredo Alvarez-Cega was arrested and charged with murder. Bond has been set at $200K. Actor Jonathan Joss -- best known for his work in the animated series "King of the Hill" -- has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas, TMZ has learned. According to the San Antonio Police Dept. and eyewitnesses ... Joss got into a heated argument with his neighbor at a house on the city's south side Sunday night -- leading to a bloody confrontation. Police say the unidentified neighbor whipped out a gun and...
  • Albuquerque business owner faces murder charge for shooting fleeing shoplifter

    05/30/2025 9:31:25 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 61 replies
    krqe ^ | 05/29/2025 | Marilyn Upchurch
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque business owner is facing a murder charge after police said he shot a fleeing shoplifter. According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the owner of Moe’s Smoke Shop shot a shoplifter who was reversing his car away from the store. “A lot of commotion. We went ahead and came to the windows by my work, we looked out, we saw a guy running out, that fled in a white Toyota Camry. Then we saw the owner of the smoke shop also out there,” said an employee at a nearby business who wanted to remain anonymous....
  • Shadowy Left-Wing Network Funded Elias Rodriguez’s Trip to ‘Resistance’ Convention

    05/27/2025 4:42:05 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | 23 May, 2025 | Chuck Ross
    Rodriguez's trip to People’s Congress of Resistance at Howard University sheds light on path to radicalism. A radical left-wing group described as a "conduit" between the Chinese Communist Party and domestic anti-Israel groups raised money for Elias Rodriguez, the 30-year-old Chicago native who allegedly murdered two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., to attend a "resistance" conference in September 2017. There, Rodriguez rubbed shoulders with "comrades" from pro-Hamas groups and other radical organizations, coming away impressed with their "commitment to actually getting things done," according to a video and an online fundraiser unearthed by the Washington Free Beacon. Rodriguez’s attendance at...
  • Suspect in CT mall mass shooting identified as Tajuan Washington, a 19-year-old who was out on $25K bond

    05/28/2025 11:49:49 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | May 28, 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    The gunman suspected of wounding five people at a Connecticut mall is a teenager who was out on bond on separate charges, officials said Wednesday. Tajuan Washington, 19, opened fire after confronting another man he “had a history” of “beef” with at the Brass Mill Center in Waterbury Tuesday afternoon, striking the man and four women he was with, Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski, Jr., said during a news conference. The mayor and police officials said that the shooting, which happened near the shopping center’s main entrance just before 5 p.m., was not a random act of violence. “This was a...
  • Former NBA star Shawn Kemp pleads guilty to Seattle area mall shooting (2023)

    05/28/2025 1:13:10 AM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/27/25 | Chantz Martin
    Shawn Kemp, who spent the majority of his NBA career with the Seattle SuperSonics, entered a guilty plea in the 2023 shooting outside the Tacoma Mall in Washington state. The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office confirmed that Kemp admitted to second-degree assault in the incident. The six-time NBA All-Star initially faced charges for first-degree assault with a firearm. Prosecutors later tacked on a second count of first-degree assault and a charge of drive-by shooting. If he had been convicted on the original charges, the 55-year-old could have been up against a considerably longer prison sentence. Tacoma police received a call...
  • Mass Shooting In South Carolina Leaves 11 Injured

    05/25/2025 9:28:47 PM PDT · by HogsBreath · 57 replies
    https://www.ndtv.com/ ^ | 05/25/2025 | AP
    At least 11 people were taken to hospitals after a shooting Sunday night in a South Carolina beach town, authorities said. Horry County Police did not give the conditions of anyone hurt in the shooting that happened about 9:30 p.m. in Little River.