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Cops: Gunman Who Killed 3 Mounties Captured

Massive manhunt over in Moncton, Canada

(Newser) - After a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours, police say that the man believed to have shot three Canadian Mounties dead is in custody and that residents of Moncton, New Brunswick, can safely leave their homes. A police spokesman says Justin Bourque, 24, was arrested just after midnight, the...

At Least 4 Shot at Seattle College
 1 Dead in Shooting 
 at Seattle College 
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Jun 5, 2014 7:19 PM CDT

1 Dead in Shooting at Seattle College

3 others injured at Seattle Pacific University; suspect is in custody

(Newser) - One person is dead and three others injured after they were shot on the campus of Seattle Pacific University today. Police say the lone gunman is in custody. On its Twitter feed , the Seattle Police Department says the shooter entered Otto Miller Hall this afternoon and shot four people before...

France Busts Suspect in Jewish Museum Shooting

Man detained in Marseille customs inspection

(Newser) - A man has been arrested in southeast France in the investigation of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead, the Paris prosecutor's office said today. The suspect has been handed to anti-terrorist investigators and could be held at least through Tuesday...

Toddler Shot to Death by Brother, 3

Loaded, unlocked gun found in friend's apartment

(Newser) - Two young brothers were playing in the Arizona apartment of their mother's elderly friend yesterday when they found a gun—and the 3-year-old accidentally shot his 18-month-old brother in the head, killing him. Their mother says she went to find her sons no more than 15 minutes into the...

Man Shoots at 3 Women Who Turned Down Sex

Just hours after the Santa Barbara massacre

(Newser) - The US almost had three more sexual frustration-fueled murders this weekend. At around 1:45am on Saturday—just hours after the Santa Barbara shootings —a Texas man opened fire on three women who refused to have sex with him and his friends, Fox 40 and the Stockton Record report.

Path to Massacre Lined With Lotto Tickets, Coffee Attacks

Shooting was second such attack in Isla Vista

(Newser) - When Elliot Rodger turned 19 in 2011, he decided that if he couldn't find "love, sex, friends, fun, acceptance, (and) a sense of belonging" in two years, then he would have his "Day of Retribution," his manifesto/memoir reveals. His quest for those things didn't go...

Teen Brothers Die in Murder-Suicide —Over Clothes

Third brother couldn't stop fight that escalated out of control

(Newser) - Friends of a grieving Miami family say Stanley Blanc, 16, wanted to wear the clothes of his 14-year-old brother, Stephen, but Stephen didn't want him to—and now both boys are dead in a murder-suicide. Relatives say Stephen pulled a gun and shot his older brother in their home...

Dark Details Emerge in Calif. Massacre

Rodger left 141-page manifesto, ranted about women who shunned him

(Newser) - Elliot Rodger stabbed three men to death in his apartment before going on a shooting rampage that devastated Isla Vista, Calif. Those murders appear in line with a 141-page manifesto, reports the LA Times , in which he wrote, "On the day before the Day of Retribution, I will start...

California Shooter Is Son of Hollywood Director

Peter Rodger's son killed 6, wounded 7 in rampage

(Newser) - Looks like the 22-year-old who went on a shooting rampage in Santa Barbara, Calif., last night was the son of an assistant director on Hunger Games, says the Hollywood Reporter . The lawyer for Peter Rodger, second unit director on the film, told the AP that the family called police a...

Guy Killed After Friend Misses Bulletproof Vest

He asked friends to shoot him, and one did

(Newser) - Who needs enemies when you have friends like these? An 18-year-old woman faces an involuntary manslaughter charge after she allegedly fatally shot her friend in the chest Wednesday ... because he asked her to. Though 25-year-old victim Blake Wardell wore a Kevlar bulletproof vest during the incident, the bullet from the...

Gunmen Hit Kid's Birthday Party, Guests Fire Back

1 Sacramento partygoer killed, 6 hurt

(Newser) - Thirty children and more than 20 adults were attending a 1-year-old's birthday party at a Sacramento park Saturday when a group of gunmen arrived and started shooting. But they fled when some of the party guests answered with their own guns, the Los Angeles Times reports. Even so, an...

Cousin in Disguise Shoots Bride as She Says Her Vows

Banker in India was lovestruck, refused to accept her marriage

(Newser) - In hindsight, the words "Just watch and wait" on his Facebook page may have been a warning. Disguised as a photographer, Anurag Singh, 31, walked into his cousin's wedding in India this week and shot her dead as she was saying her vows, the Daily Mail reports. Several...

Suspect Arrested After Shooting at Ohio VA Center

At least one person injured

(Newser) - A shooter has reportedly been arrested at a Veterans Administration hospital in Dayton, Ohio, after shooting at least one person. One VA worker told reporters that a little after noon a man pulled out a gun in the lobby "and everyone started running," according to WLWT 5 . On...

Man Allegedly Kills 2 Troopers, Says 'Sorry'

Nathanial Kangas shot troopers who came to arrest his dad

(Newser) - As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote Alaska village, authorities said in charges filed yesterday. Nathanial Lee Kangas appeared in a Fairbanks court two days after...

Kansas Toddler Shot Dead by Brother, 4

Police say the children found a 9mm handgun in a nightstand

(Newser) - Three siblings playing in a bedroom in Wichita, Kansas, on Tuesday afternoon came upon a loaded handgun in a nightstand. They didn't pick up the gun, but a toddler still ended up dead after his 4-year-old brother reached in and managed to pull its trigger, reports KAKE . The 19-month-old...

6 Hurt in Georgia FedEx Shooting; Shooter Dead

Man opened fire at Kennesaw warehouse

(Newser) - Six people were rushed to the hospital this morning after a man opened fire at a FedEx warehouse in Kennesaw, Ga. Three of those patients are in critical condition, with two in surgery and one on "advanced life support," a doctor tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . One other patient...

Police: Montana Man Laid Trap, Killed Teen

Victim was German exchange student Diren Dede, 17

(Newser) - A Montana couple frustrated by recent thefts allegedly set a trap for potential burglars—and upon hearing a would-be intruder after midnight on Sunday, the husband fired four shots into the darkness, he says. Now, Markus Kaarma of Missoula has been charged in the death of German exchange student Diren...

Mom's Unborn Baby Killed After Facebook Argument

Woman accused of shooting pregnant neighbor in stomach

(Newser) - An absolutely awful story out of Florida, where a Facebook argument led to a shooting—and the death of an unborn baby. It's not clear what Virginia Denise Wyche, 35, and Makeisha Nicole Brooks, 23, fought about online Tuesday night, but Brooks—who was six months pregnant—went to...

3 US Doctors Killed in Afghan Hospital

Afghan hospital guard also injures US nurse; motive unknown

(Newser) - An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital this morning, killing three American physicians and wounding a US nurse. The shooting at Cure International Hospital in western Kabul was the latest in a string of deadly attacks on foreign civilians this year....

Talking With the KKK Shooter

 Talking With the KKK Shooter 
OPINION
Apr 15, 2014 2:25 PM CDT

Talking With the KKK Shooter

A Jewish reporter recounts an interview 33 years ago

(Newser) - When he heard the name of the suspect in the Overland Park shooting , Robert Satloff writes that he "shuddered." Because Satloff had met and interviewed Glenn Miller (aka Frazier Glenn Cross) 33 years ago, he recounts in today's Washington Post . "Don't bring down no blacks...

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