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Governor's Staffer Shot in Pre-Parade Violence in NYC

Carey Gabay, lawyer on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's staff, shot in head this morning

(Newser) - It's a festival celebrating Caribbean culture that New York City residents look forward to all year, but the early hours before today's West Indian Day Parade were rocked by violence during pre-celebrations—and a staffer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo was one of the victims. Cuomo says Carey Gabay,...

11-Year-Old Kills Teen, 16, Under Murky Circumstances

Neighbors say it was cold-blooded murder; police are calling it a home invasion

(Newser) - An 11-year-old boy fatally shot a 16-year-old in the head in North St. Louis County yesterday in what police say was a home invasion, though neighbors believe it was cold-blooded murder. According to police, the teen entered an unlocked home after two prior attempts to break in and was shot...

Man Tries to Prove Gun Won't Fire; It Does

While pointed at his head

(Newser) - A 23-year-old Phoenix man is in critical condition after shooting himself in the head while trying to show that a handgun could not be fired while he had the safety mechanism engaged. The Navajo County Sheriff's Office said Christen Reece fired his handgun yesterday while shooting with six other...

Fed Up With Burglars, Man Buys Gun, Uses It That Night

Criminals appear most interested in senior citizen Harvey Lembo's meds

(Newser) - Earlier this week, Harvey Lembo decided enough was enough. After five burglaries in his Maine home in six years—most recently last month when $1,000 and medications were stolen—the retired lobsterman bought what he describes as a 7mm Russian-made revolver on Monday. Hours later, he used it, reports...

Teen's Selfie With Gun Was His Last Mistake

Houston 19-year-old leaves 2 young daughters

(Newser) - Deleon Smith, a 19-year-old father of two young girls, was supposed to start community college in Houston today. Instead, he's in the news as the latest person to die because of a spectacularly ill-advised selfie. Police say the teenager and his cousin apparently found a gun yesterday, and Smith...

Someone Is Shooting at Cars on Arizona Freeway

Four vehicles hit on 8-mile stretch of I-10; one minor injury

(Newser) - "You should be concerned," a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said during a press conference yesterday. "It has not ended in tragedy, but it could." The AP reports four vehicles have been struck by bullets while traveling along an 8-mile stretch of Interstate...

Manhunt Underway After Officer Fatally Shot Near Chicago

Police searching for 3 suspects

(Newser) - A police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the Chicago suburb of Fox Lake this morning, and a manhunt is currently underway for the shooter, CBS Chicago reports. Details of the shooting are scant, but sources say the officer was shot after deploying pepper spray. The...

Gunman 'Unloaded Entire Weapon' Into Texas Deputy

Prosecutor says 15 bullets were fired

(Newser) - In the aftermath of a Texas sheriff's deputy's "execution-style" murder on Friday night, police explained that Darren Goforth was killed by a gunman who fired at him multiple times from behind a gas station. Suspected gunman Shannon Miles was today in court for the first time, and...

Texas Deputy Killed in Gas Station 'Ambush'

Darren Goforth shot while pumping gas, in uniform

(Newser) - A gunman ambushed a Texas sheriff's deputy at a gas station in what the Harris County Sheriff says "appears to be an unprovoked, execution-style killing," reports CNN . Deputy Darren Goforth was killed last night, in uniform, as he was pumping gas into his vehicle near Houston. "...

Husband Shares Virginia Shooting Survivor's Story

'Then he shot three times at my wife'

(Newser) - The survivor of the shooting that left two journalists dead Wednesday in Virginia evaded multiple bullets before curling into a ball and being shot in the back, her husband tells ABC News today. Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber of commerce, came out of a medically induced coma...

What Was Inside the On-Air Gunman's Rental Car

Vester Flanagan had six magazines of ammunition with him, police say

(Newser) - After his death, police searched the rental car Vester Flanagan used to flee after allegedly shooting two journalists to death during a live broadcast. What they found, per NBC News and reporter Tom Winter :
  • A Glock pistol and six magazines of ammunition
  • A to-do list
  • 17 stamped letters
  • A briefcase
...

Virginia TV Shooting: Is This the New Normal?

WDBJ observes moment of silence as killing's social-media presence resonates

(Newser) - Roanoke station WDBJ-TV observed a moment of silence at 6:45am today to mark the moment that reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot to death on live TV yesterday, reports AP . Their deaths, and the way killer Vester Flanagan went about them, continue to resonate:
  • New normal?
...

Cameraman Filmed Gunman's Nasty 2013 Firing

Station bosses told Flanagan to get help

(Newser) - The Virginia gunman who killed two former colleagues during a live news broadcast yesterday morning had a long and troubling history of clashing with co-workers during his broadcasting career. At WDBJ in Roanoke, where he worked with victims Adam Ward and Alison Parker, Vester Lee Flanagan was ordered to get...

Mr. Robot Finale Delayed Over Today's TV Shootings

Episode featured similar scene, network says

(Newser) - USA's Mr. Robot, a critically-acclaimed TV series about a hacker and an anarchist (and featuring Christian Slater in the title role), was supposed to air its season finale tonight—but in light of this morning's on-air journalist killings , the finale is being delayed one week, Mashable reports. "...

On-Air Shooting Suspect Left 23-Page 'Suicide Note'

Vester Flanagan says Charleston massacre pushed him over edge

(Newser) - The suspect in this morning's on-air killings had apparently been trying to pitch a story to ABC News over the past few weeks, the network reports . This morning, he faxed a manifesto to ABC after the shooting (a fax the network shared with authorities ), and later called to...

Cameraman Captured Image of His Killer
 Suspect in On-Air 
 Murders Has Died 
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Aug 26, 2015 1:26 PM CDT

Suspect in On-Air Murders Has Died

Vester Lee Flanagan lived for 2 hours after shooting himself on I-66 in Virginia

(Newser) - The man suspected of fatally shooting a cameraman and a reporter during a live broadcast this morning has died after shooting himself, reports WDBJ-TV . Vester Lee Flanagan was pronounced dead at 1:26pm today in a hospital, Virginia state police confirm, per the AP . He had been traveling on I-66...

Fiancee of Cameraman Killed On-Air Saw Him Die

Reporter, photographer both leave behind grieving partners

(Newser) - Alison Parker and Adam Ward, gunned down on live TV this morning , leave behind two mourning partners—both of whom work at the same station where Parker was a reporter and Ward a cameraman, Virginia's WDBJ7. "We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very...

TV Reporter, Videographer Shot to Death on Air

Police seeking shooter in Virginia

(Newser) - A live news report in Virginia turned to horror this morning when a gunman shot to death a female reporter and a male videographer, reports CBS News . Killed were Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, of the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, WDBJ-TV . Parker was conducting an interview at Bridgewater...

Accused Killer of Social Worker Had 'Hit List'

Jody Herring allegedly planned more killings than the 4 she's been charged with

(Newser) - The Vermont woman charged with killing a social worker after losing custody of her 9-year-old daughter had a "hit list" that included her mother, stepfather, and possibly brother, according to documents made public yesterday. The Burlington Free Press reports Jody Herring's ex-boyfriend told police he saw the hit...

US Military Personnel Stop Shooter on Train

3 people are injured in apparent terrorist attack in France

(Newser) - Off-duty US military personnel subdued a gunman aboard a high-speed French train, stopping what some are calling a terrorist attack that could have been much worse, CBS News reports. Current reports are conflicting about whether two or three American servicemen—rumored but unconfirmed to be Marines—were involved in the...

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