Mass Shootings

Congress Minutes reports: The Republican Party of Texas voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to censure Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) for a number of positions they said went against the party. The vote was 57-5 with one abstention. The votes at issue? He voted in favor of a bill protecting the right to same-sex and interracial marriage. His support for a …

Peoria’s NPR affiliate reports: Jeffrey Reinking of Morton was sentenced Friday to 18 months in state prison for illegally returning an AR-15 rifle to his son Travis, who was mentally ill. The gun was later used by Travis in a deadly 2018 mass shooting at a Nashville, Tennessee Waffle House that left four people dead and four others wounded. He …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.) is facing a censure vote this weekend from the Texas Republican Party for actions including voting in favor of a bipartisan gun-control package during the last Congress after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which is in his district. The state party’s expected censure would follow a similar move …

Colorado Springs’ Fox affiliate reports: A judge ruled on Thursday that the Club Q mass shooting suspect, accused of killing five people last year, will get a jury trial and is being held without bond. The prosecution focused on Anderson Lee Aldrich’s “aversion to the LGBTQ community” to establish probable cause. On Wednesday, Aldrich’s lawyers presented the picture of a …

The Daily Beast reports: Accused Club Q mass shooter Anderson Aldrich hung out at the popular Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightspot weeks before it was turned into a gruesome mass murder scene, according to numerous court exhibits released Thursday. A slew of new details emerged in Wednesday’s hearing, including that Aldrich visited Club Q several times before the November massacre, that …

The Associated Press reports: The 22-year-old accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in November posted to a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs while gaming online, a police detective testified Wednesday. Among the things Anderson Lee Aldrich posted was an image of a rifle scope trained on a gay …

The Washington Post reports: Six people were killed in a series of shootings in Tate County, Miss., on Friday, according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The suspect has been apprehended, according to the Tate County sheriff’s office. Authorities have not identified the suspect or the victims. The shootings occurred in Arkabutla, a community of about 300 in Tate …

Politico reports: This week has already been marred by a mass shooting at Michigan State University and an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall last night, the latest in what has been a relentless pattern this year. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is hoping, once again, to meet the moment with legislative action beyond platitudes of “thoughts and prayers” that have become …

CNN reports: A man rushed at the Buffalo grocery store mass shooter in court on Wednesday during an emotional sentencing hearing for the anti-Black racist attack last year. The man, wearing a gray sweatshirt, ran at the gunman but was quickly blocked by security in court, and the gunman Payton Gendron was taken out of the courtroom. The incident came …

The Indiana Capital Chronicle reports: The Indiana House on Tuesday passed a bill providing state funding to train teachers who carry guns in classrooms after an emotional debate. School districts can already authorize the arming of teachers, but there isn’t a specific training curriculum — or much money — to go with it. “This is just a standardized [training] format …

CNN reports: Almost three months after Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q was the site of a deadly mass shooting, the venue has announced plans to reopen this year and restore its status as a beloved gathering place for LGBTQ residents. “Our goal and intention has always been to return Club Q as a safe space for the Colorado Springs LGBTQIA+ …

The Washington Post reports: The gunman who targeted two buildings at Michigan State University on Monday night, killing three students and critically wounding five, had been previously arrested for carrying a loaded firearm without a concealed-weapons permit in 2019 but served no prison time. Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, was not affiliated with the university in any way before Monday’s shooting, …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Michigan State University was swarmed with police, ambulances and fear Monday night as an active shooter situation unfolded, with officials reporting three people dead and five others injured. The school sent an alert at 8:31 p.m. telling students to “run, hide, fight” with a report of shots fired on the school’s East Lansing campus. The …

The Associated Press reports: A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart, changing his plea weeks after the U.S. government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty for the hate crimes and firearms violations. Patrick Crusius still faces a potential death sentence …

ABC News reports: Two progressive Democratic House freshmen from Florida and Texas will host parents of two victims of school shootings as their guests for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) will host Brett Cross, whose son Uziyah García was one of the 19 schoolchildren who died at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas …

AlterNet reports: At least three House Republicans this week began wearing pins in the shape of an assault weapon on their clothing. U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY), U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) were all caught on camera with the pins, leading some to express outrage. U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) was among the …

From the Facebook page of the Colorado Springs brewery co-owned by Rich Fierro, one of the heroes in the Club Q mass shooting: First and foremost, we are grateful to all of you who have genuinely supported us! We would like to address the timeline in regards to the orders. The Club Q incident happened the night of Nov.19. We …

The Associated Press reports: A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days. Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation, San Mateo …

The Washington Post reports: Law enforcement officials have identified the gunman who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif., on Saturday night as Huu Can Tran. Police said Tran shot and killed himself following a manhunt. Tran was a 72-year-old man of Asian descent, according to police. He immigrated to the United States from China. …

Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate reports: Armored tanks — and a bomb squad — descended upon the white van in Torrance, Calif. before noon local time, in what became a more than hour-long standoff. Just before 1 p.m. local time, a SWAT team opened the passenger door of the vehicle, and then the side doors. Photos taken of the van showed …