Tag Archives: mass shootings

The Indianapolis Star reports: Brandon Scott Hole’s mother told law enforcement that he might try to commit “suicide by cop” in March 2020, according to FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan. Authorities seized a shotgun from his home and the FBI interviewed him in April 2020, Keenan said. “The suspect was placed on an immediate detention mental health …

The Associated Press reports: Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and searched the suspected gunman’s home Friday looking for a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S., as family members of the eight victims spent agonizing hours awaiting word on their loved ones. The shooter was identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, two law …

The New York Times reports: Eight people were killed and at least seven others were injured in a shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis late Thursday, and the gunman was believed to have killed himself, the police said. Officer Genae Cook of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told reporters Friday morning that at least five other people had been …

Knoxville’s ABC News affiliate reports: Police say multiple shooting victims, including an officer, are reported at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school. A tweet Monday afternoon by the city’s police department stated “multiple agencies are on the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet.” A Knoxville Police Department officer is among the “multiple gunshot victims.” The clips below are live. Multiple …

Politico reports: Biden will direct the administration to begin the process of requiring buyers of so-called ghost guns — homemade or makeshift firearms that lack serial numbers — to undergo background checks, according to three people who have spoken to the White House about the plans. He is expected to be joined at the event by Attorney General Merrick Garland. …

The New York Daily News reports: NRA leader Wayne LaPierre says he faced an unprecedented “security threat” in the wake of bloody rampages at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut and a Parkland, Fla., high school — and had to seek refuge aboard his Hollywood producer pal’s 108-foot yacht. In a chutzpah-rich deposition, the politically powerful gun-rights advocate said the fancy …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Four people, including a child, were killed Wednesday evening and a fifth person was injured in a mass shooting at an Orange office complex. It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks, coming after incidents at three Atlanta spas that killed eight people, including six Asian women, and at a …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Two weeks after eight people where gunned down in three Atlanta-area spas, the Georgia Senate on Monday approved legislation to loosen the state’s gun laws. “This is a Second Amendment protection bill that further recognizes Georgia’s commitment to protect its citizens and their Second Amendment rights,” said state Sen. Bo Hatchett, a Cornelia Republican. House Bill …

The Denver Post reports: The Eagles Nest Armory in Arvada confirmed Thursday night that it sold the Boulder mass-shooting suspect a gun and that he passed the required background check, leading the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to clear him to buy the weapon. The purchase by Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, from the shop at 12371 W. 64th Ave. — …

USA Today reports: Two-thirds of Americans back tougher gun laws, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, but Republican support has fallen significantly as the issue takes on a stronger partisan cast than it did a few years ago. In the poll, taken in the wake of two mass shootings in the span of a week, 65% overall say gun laws should …

The Denver Post reports: The suspected gunman, identified Tuesday, surrendered to police after being shot in the leg. The 21-year-old from Arvada wore a tactical vest and carried a handgun and a long gun — a Ruger AR-556 — that he had purchased six days earlier, according to his arrest warrant affidavit, which was released Tuesday. He did not answer …

USA Today reports: President Joe Biden called on Congress to “immediately pass” legislation that would close loopholes in gun background checks and ban the purchase of assault weapons in his first remarks Tuesday after a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, killed 10 people. “I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take …

From a statement issued by Barack Obama: It is long past time for those with the power to fight this epidemic of gun violence to do so. It will take time to root out the disaffection, racism and misogyny that fuels so many of these senseless acts of violence. But we can make it harder for those with hate in …

The Daily Beast reports: Ali Aliwi Alissa, the suspect’s 34-year-old brother, told The Daily Beast that authorities searched his house all night after the shooting. Alissa said his brother was “very anti-social” and paranoid, adding that, in high school, he would describe “being chased, someone is behind him, someone is looking for him.” “When he was having lunch with my …

The Metro reports: A gunman who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket on Monday afternoon has been identified by authorities as Ahmad Al Issa, 21. He was named by Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold during a press conference on Tuesday morning and charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. The suspect opened fire at the crowded King Scoopers grocery …

CNN reports: Law enforcement officials will hold a news conference this morning in Boulder, Colorado, at 8:30 a.m. MT (10:30 a.m. ET). Ten people, including a Boulder police officer, were killed Monday when a gunman attacked a King Soopers grocery store in Colorado. A suspect, who had been injured, was taken into custody, the authorities said. Videos showed a handcuffed …

ABC News reports: At least 10 people, including a police officer, were killed in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday afternoon when a gunman opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store, police said. The slain officer has been identified by police as 51-year-old Eric Talley. He had been a member of the Boulder Police Department since 2010. Boulder Police Chief Maris …

Denver’s CBS News affiliate reports: Boulder Police rushed to an active shooter call at a King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive near South Broadway. The call came in at around 2:30 p.m. One man without a shirt on was walked out of the store in handcuffs about an hour after the first call. It appears his right leg was covered …

From Crabapple First Baptist Church: We are thankful for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that offers forgiveness and new life to all who truly repent of their sins and place their faith in Christ alone for salvation. We are thankful for the grace and mercy of the Lord that gives us strength to endure in times of …

The Washington Post reports: The first spa targeted in the Atlanta-area killings this week was in an area very familiar to Robert Aaron Long. It is located within a mile of an evangelical treatment facility where Long, charged in the shootings, spent time as a patient for what he described as “sex addiction,” according to a former roommate. The evangelical …