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France Captures Newspaper, TV Shooting Suspect

He was accomplice to 1994 anarchist killings

(Newser) - After a two-day nationwide manhunt, French police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a newspaper assistant photographer and three other attacks. The country's interior minister identified the suspect as Abdelhakim Dekhar, convicted in 1998 as an accomplice to an anarchist couple in a high-profile 1994 robbery and...

Man on Run After Shooting Up Paris Bank, Newspaper

He's suspected of a Friday news channel shooting as well

(Newser) - A manhunt is under way in Paris for a man believed to have opened fire at a newspaper office and a bank branch before hijacking a car. A man with a shaved head burst into the offices of left-wing newspaper Liberation this morning and opened fire, hitting a photographer's...

LAX Suspect Was Dropped Off by Friend

Paul Ciancia says he acted alone

(Newser) - Alleged LAX gunman Paul Ciancia told investigators he had acted alone after being dropped off by a friend in a black Hyundai, a police official tells the AP ; that friend, officials believe, didn't know what Ciancia had planned. The accused shooter is currently under heavy sedation—and 24-hour armed...

Girl, 8, Shot Dead at Sleepover
 Girl, 8, Shot Dead at Sleepover 
Jul 19, 2013 9:23 AM CDT

Girl, 8, Shot Dead at Sleepover

Gunman on the loose with no clue as to motive

(Newser) - A young girl is dead after an innocent sleepover turned into a nightmare in Oakland on Wednesday night. Alaysha Carradine, 8, was shot and killed at a friend's apartment when a gunman rang the doorbell then proceeded to fire through the door, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Alaysha's...

James Holmes' Lawyers: He Was Aurora Gunman

But he was suffering from a 'psychotic episode'

(Newser) - For the first time, James Holmes' lawyers have acknowledged that he was the gunman in the Aurora theater massacre. But he "suffers from a severe mental illness and was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he committed the acts that resulted in the tragic loss of life...

Good Samaritan Killed Defending Texas Woman

Jesus Solis intervenes, is shot twice

(Newser) - When Jesus Solis saw three men forcing a woman to dance with them at a Texas sports bar around 2am yesterday, he was quick to come to the woman's defense. It was a move that ultimately proved deadly. The owner of Vara's Sports Bar in Houston says Solis,...

Santa Monica Shooter Left Apology Note

John Zawahri shows remorse for killing father, brother, but no anger

(Newser) - Santa Monica shooter John Zawahri showed no signs of anger in a three-page, handwritten farewell note found on his body, said authorities at a news conference last night. What it contained: an apology for killing his father and brother, a farewell to friends, and an expression of hope that his...

Houston Gunman Planned Bigger Attack: Report

Carnell Moore apparently changed his mind

(Newser) - The gunman who was killed—possibly by his own hand —at a Houston airport yesterday left a number of chilling posts on Facebook the day before, prompting CBS News to suggest he was planning a mass shooting. But a note he was carrying, discovered after he was shot, said...

Gunman Dead in Shooting at Houston Airport

He may have killed himself while being confronted by security

(Newser) - A man who fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston's largest airport was killed today after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sent people in the terminal scrambling, police said. It's unclear whether the unidentified man fatally shot himself or was...

Wisconsin Campus Shut Down Over Report of Gunman

Carroll University closed for rest of the day

(Newser) - Carroll University in Wisconsin briefly went into lockdown mode today after a man was spotted with a gun near its tennis courts, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. The suspect was described as a man in a brown jacket and black hat in his 50s. The lockdown began at 11:15am and...

Couple's 911 Call During Dorner Capture Released

Call made while still tied up in Big Bear condo

(Newser) - Audio of the 911 call made by a couple while tied up and held captive by former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner during his rampage across Southern California has been released by San Bernardino County. You can listen to the full audio at KPCC . Karen and Jim Reynolds came to check...

NY Shooting Suspect Dead in Police Shootout

Kurt Myers had been holed up in abandoned building, surrounded

(Newser) - Kurt Myers, the suspect in an upstate New York shooting spree , has been killed in a shootout with police, the AP reports. Cops surrounded Myers, 64, in an abandoned building yesterday afternoon, and had traded fire with him. This morning, police entered the building and Myers shot a police dog....

San Diego Cops Shoot Gunman in Movie Theater

Tom Billodeaux had left suicide note, confronted ex-girlfriend

(Newser) - San Diego police shot and injured a 20-year-old domestic violence suspect yesterday in a movie theater, reports the Union Tribune . Tom Billodeaux is expected to recover from wounds to his arm and chest, and will face charges. Billodeaux had earlier left a suicide note, and confronted an ex-girlfriend with a...

Shooter Fires Gun Outside Mall, Sparks Mass Panic

Newport Beach police arrest 42-year-old security guard

(Newser) - Police in Newport Beach, Calif., arrested a man yesterday for allegedly firing off about 50 rounds outside a shopping mall and causing mass panic, the Orange County Register reports. Police say Marcos Gurrola, a 42-year-old licensed security guard, shot his handgun in the air outside Macy's at Fashion Island...

Gunman Kills 3, Self at Florida Hair Salon

Police investigating

(Newser) - A gunman shot and killed three people at a Florida hair salon today, the Orlando Sentinel reports. After leaving Las Dominicanas M & M Hair Salon, the shooter apparently shot himself at another location; WESH reports that he too is dead and one other person was taken to the hospital....

Czech President Is Shot—With a Pellet Gun

Vaclav Klaus recoiled when Communist sympathizer opened fire

(Newser) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus was opening a bridge in the northern town of Chrastava Friday when a man shot him at close range—with a pellet gun. The president recoiled a little but seemed unhurt, Radio Prague reports. The real damage may be to his security detail, whose chief bodyguard,...

Police: 'Suicide Gunman' Had Violent Record

Jodon Romero, 33, killed himself live on Fox News

(Newser) - The gunman whose suicide was broadcast live on Fox News yesterday had just stolen a car and led Phoenix police on a 90-minute chase, the Arizona Republic reports. Police today identified him as Jodon Romero, 33, a violent, convicted criminal who was wanted for parole violation on a weapons charge....

Texas Shooter Was Crazy as Hell: Stepdad

Thomas Caffall called 'ticking time bomb,' gun fanatic

(Newser) - The gunman who killed two people near the Texas A&M campus before he was fatally shot by police yesterday was a gun fanatic who was battling mental illness. Thomas Caffall's stepdad called the gunman a "ticking time bomb." He was "crazy as hell," Richard...

17 Hurt in Ala. Bar Shooting
 17 Hurt in Ala. Bar Shooting 
Jul 17, 2012 7:00 AM CDT

17 Hurt in Ala. Bar Shooting

Gunman still at large in Tuscaloosa

(Newser) - A gunman was still at large early today after a shooting in Alabama that wounded at least 17 people. Standing outside the Copper Top bar, the shooter began firing inside around 1am, says a witness. "We were all just shooting pool and hanging out," he tells the Tuscaloosa ...

Gunman Takes 4 Hostages in Toulouse
 Toulouse Gunman in Custody 
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Jun 20, 2012 10:28 AM CDT

Toulouse Gunman in Custody

All 4 hostages believed to be safe

(Newser) - A self-proclaimed al-Qaeda member has been detained after taking several people hostage in a Toulouse bank today, the BBC reports. The gunman fired a shot after first demanding money; he later released two of his four hostages. French media reported he was in custody after more gunfire was heard; the...

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