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Five people were shot in Northeastern Washington, DC, Friday night at 9:00 o’clock after a “dispute between known parties,” according to DC’s Metropolitan Police Department. WUSA9 noted that two of the five victims were transported to hospitals via ambulances, while the others self-transported. The MPD described the shooting victims as “conscious and breathing.”

Fifty-one-year-old Troy Williams has been arrested in connection with allegedly shooting at officers and also shooting a Georgia State Police K-9, WSB-TV reported on Friday. State Troopers pulled Williams over for an “obscured license plate” Wednesday. Williams took off after handing a driver’s license to a trooper and a chase ensued. At some point Williams alleged fired at pursuing officers and then fled into woods on foot. One of Williams’ gunshots allegedly hit K-9 Amor in the leg.

The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack. Brian Thompson, 50, was at the hotel at around 6:46 a.m. when a masked man fired at the CEO and fled eastbound off of 6th Avenue, police sources told The Post. Thomas was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

A police officer was shot and fatally wounded in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Friday morning around 9:30 a.m. CBS News identified the officer as 40-year-old Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, and he was declared deceased at 10:10 a.m. ABC 7 noted that Reddins responded to call about a person with a gun leaving a bank. Shots were fired upon Reddins’ arrival on scene.

One suspect is in custody and a second remains on the loose after a retired Chicago police sergeant was shot multiple times Monday morning. WGN-TV reported the retired sergeant, a 74-year-old man, was exiting his vehicle around 9 a.m. The retired sergeant sustained at least three gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. One suspect in the shooting was apprehended Monday around 1 p.m. the Chicago Sun-Times quoted Ald. Matt Martin (47th) saying police are “continuing to search for the second individual.” The Sun-Times noted that the incident “unfolded as mourners began to gather on the...

A 17-year-old is in custody after eight people were shot, two of them fatally, just after 1 a.m. Friday in Orlando, Florida. FOX 13 reported the incident occurred near an area where “hundreds of people were celebrating Halloween at bars, clubs, and restaurants.” There was the sound of gunfire followed, minutes later, by more gunfire. The 17-year-old was tackled by officers and apprehended. WESH noted that Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith indicated the 17-year-old “has a previous arrest record” and that he was not at the Halloween celebration long before alleged opening fire. Smith said, “He pretty much walked into...

A New York state trooper was shot in the leg during a traffic stop on a Long Island parkway Wednesday night, sources and authorities said. The shooting unfolded around 11:30 p.m. on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 17, according to state police and sources. The trooper had pulled over a black Dodge Charger and during the car stop they were shot by a person in the vehicle, according to sources.

My Wife and I are in your late 80's. This years when planning to get an annual Flu Shot we were asked to get an RSV also. We did get out Flu Shot yesterday but no RSV was available. Was that a SIGN ? Would a FReeper(s) with some knowledge contribute to this discussion?

Two NYPD cops were shot and wounded — including one hit in the chest — during a shootout in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood Sunday afternoon, law enforcement sources said. The sources said two suspects were also shot in the exchange of gunfire but the circumstances are not immediately clear. One of the suspects was a woman who was reportedly struck in the head, the sources said.

Cell phone video shows a pro-Palestinian protester getting shot upon charging across the street, allegedly to tackle a supporter of Israel. The Daily Mail reported the incident occurred Thursday “in the Boston suburb of Newton.” On the video, the pro-Palestinian protester can be seen and heard screaming at the Israel supporters, calling them “sick” and claiming they are supporting “genocide.” The pro-Palestinian protester then charges across the street and a gunshot is heard following a brief scuffle:

A 57-year-old woman was fatally shot in the face in front of her son while trying to defend her husband from a pair of robbers who followed him into their lower Manhattan condo building Monday night. Ying Zhu Liu was found dead inside the eighth-floor hallway of the Two Bridges building located at 44 Market St. just after 11 p.m., police said. Two suspects in black ski masks allegedly followed the victim’s husband into the building and into the elevator, where they attempted to rob him. Liu had buzzed her husband into the building and was waiting in the eighth-floor...

At least 22 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News reported that two people were shot to death during a five hour window of violence in Chicago on Sunday morning. (A total of seven people were shot during the five hour time-frame, with two of them succumbing to their wounds.) By Sunday night, ABC 7 noted the total number of shooting victims for the weekend reached at least 22, with one additional shooting fatality.

A 47-year-old man was fatally shot inside a Brooklyn subway station Wednesday night, according to police. The victim was on the mezzanine level of the Rockaway Avenue station on the C line near the MetroCard machines when he was shot in the head shortly after 11 p.m., police and sources said. The man was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead, cops said. No arrests have been made. Authorities late Wednesday were canvassing for video surveillance in order to identify a suspect.

While off the Japanese island of Chichijima on this day in history on Sept. 2, 1944, then-future President George H.W. Bush was the only survivor after his aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time, Lt. Junior Grade George Bush was a pilot with Torpedo Squadron Fifty-One (VT-51) aboard the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), a light carrier that was deployed in the North Pacific, according to U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Bush’s squadron was conducting a bombing mission when it encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire, according...

A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh in an apartment off campus, authorities said. Welsh, who won an individual national title on the vault for the gymnastics team last year, was allegedly shot multiple times by a 23-year-old man at an apartment about a block from the university’s main campus Friday, police said. Police have not released the name of the suspect, but they said they believe she knew him. The nature of their relationship was not clear. Police said officers arrived just before midnight Friday and found Welsh dead...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Four people were shot on Virginia State University’s campus Wednesday in the early hours. According to the Chesterfield County Police Department, at 12:36 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting outside the university’s Daniel Gymnasium. When officers arrived, they found four people shot. All four were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Police say that no one involved in the shooting was a student, and no officers fired shots during the shooting. Multiple suspects have been identified by police, and charges are pending, though officials have not clarified the number of suspects.

A 6-year-old Michigan boy died after being stapled to a wall and shot with a BB gun — part of “horrific” abuse by his mother and her boyfriend often in front of their other kids, according to authorities. Mom Elaina Rose Jennings, 25, and her boyfriend Daniel John Giacchina, 32, were charged with murder after little Giovanny “Chulo” Jennings was found unconscious with injuries all over his body on July 30, WDIV reported. Investigators soon learned that Giovanny was confined to a pen and left to sleep on a wooden slat in his mom’s bedroom in their mobile home in...

At least 43 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News noted at least 19 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning alone in the Windy City, and two of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds. By Sunday night, shortly after 10 p.m. local time, ABC 7 pointed out the total of number of shooting victims was at least 43. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that a 28-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds died Saturday. He was found by officers “in the 1300 block of South Harding Avenue.” Officers found...

Bullet entered from behind just above the calf and exits forward right side of knee. Smooth folded skin entry wound. Who shot Crooks from behind? I haven't heard it mentioned or explained in any of the analysis. Just an observation.

Two women were fatally shot on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning as a baby sat in the backseat of a car nearby, cops and sources said. The apparently domestic-related incident between a woman and her former daughter-in-law unfolded minutes before 9 a.m. on East 88th Street near York Avenue — just a block from Gracie Mansion, according to police and sources. One woman, the daughter-in-law, was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, sources said. The mother-in-law’s grandson – a 1-year-old boy –...