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College Student Busted in Rampage Threat

Mar 12, 2012 1:22 AM CDT

College Student Busted in Rampage Threat

He vowed to kill enough 'to make national news,' say cops

(Newser) - A University of Maryland student has been busted after he threatened on the Internet to go on a shooting rampage at the College Park campus and "kill enough people to make national news," said law enforcement authorities. Alexander Song, 19, of Maryland, also warned people reading his site...

2 Dead in Pittsburgh
Psych Clinic Shooting

Mar 8, 2012 4:42 PM CST

2 Dead in Pittsburgh Psych Clinic Shooting

Another seven are injured at University of Pittsburgh facility

(Newser) - Gunfire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured seven others this afternoon. Police reported one of the dead was the gunman. It was unclear whether the wounded people were patients, employees, or visiting family members at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Police...

13 Hurt in Shooting Outside Tempe Nightclub

Mar 3, 2012 9:23 AM CST

13 Hurt in Shooting Outside Tempe Nightclub

Two are seriously wounded

(Newser) - An altercation outside a nightclub in suburban Phoenix erupted in shooting, leaving 13 people wounded and two in serious condition. Police are looking for two young men as possible suspects. Tempe Sgt. Steve Carbajal said they fled after the shooting, which occurred shortly before midnight in the parking lot of...

Third-Grader Shot
With Classmate's Gun

Feb 23, 2012 12:01 AM CST

Third-Grader Shot With Classmate's Gun

Boy, 9, booked on suspicion of assault

(Newser) - A third-grade girl was shot in the stomach yesterday at her Washington state elementary school when a loaded handgun in the backpack of a classmate apparently discharged accidentally, said officials. The girl was in critical condition last night in a Seattle hospital. The 9-year-old boy who brought the handgun has...

Customs Agent
Shot Dead as
He Opens Fire
on Supervisor

Feb 17, 2012 4:00 AM CST

Customs Agent Shot Dead as He Opens Fire on Supervisor

Supervisor seriously injured in Long Beach shootout

(Newser) - A California immigration official opened fire on his supervisor in a Long Beach federal building, and was shot dead in turn by a fellow agent, sources have told the Los Angeles Times. The supervisor was seriously injured but was in stable condition last night, according to officials. The cause of...

Islamic Extremist Gets Life
for Killing 2 US Airmen

Feb 10, 2012 9:52 AM CST

Islamic Extremist Gets Life for Killing 2 US Airmen

Arid Uka shot at servicemen in Frankfurt last year

(Newser) - An Islamic extremist who killed two US airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year and injured two others was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison today. The state court in Frankfurt convicted 22-year-old Arid Uka of two counts of murder. It also found him guilty...

3 Dead in Florida
Hostage Standoff

Feb 10, 2012 9:03 AM CST

3 Dead in Florida Hostage Standoff

Man appears to have killed 9-year-old son

(Newser) - Police are still sorting out what happened at a Florida RV park last night, after a standoff that left three people dead and two others badly hurt. Police got a call about a shooting at the park just before 6:30pm, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel . When they arrived,...

Cop Suspected
in Sex Crime
Dies in Shootout

Jan 29, 2012 1:38 PM CST

Cop Suspected in Sex Crime Dies in Shootout

California cops suspected him of sexual misconduct with teenager

(Newser) - A California policeman yesterday shot and killed a fellow officer suspected of sexual misconduct, the AP reports. Police in Santa Maria learned of his alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl and confronted him in the wee hours yesterday morning on duty at a DUI checkpoint. The officer resisted arrest and...

Tibetan Shot Dead
in China Protest

Jan 24, 2012 8:40 AM CST

Tibetan Shot Dead in China Protest

31 wounded in second recent shooting

(Newser) - At least one Tibetan protester was killed and at least 31 others were wounded after security forces fired on a demonstration in China yesterday. The most violent incident in ethnic Tibetan China since 2008 came just a week and a half after another shooting in Sichuan province left two protesters...

Arkansas Teen Shoots,
Kills 16-Year-Old Sister

Jan 16, 2012 3:56 PM CST

Arkansas Teen Shoots, Kills 16-Year-Old Sister

Ozarks boy turns himself in to sheriff's office

(Newser) - A teenager in the Arkansas Ozarks turned himself in yesterday saying he had shot his 16-year-old sister, the Southwest Times Record reports. “He came in ... saying he needed to speak with someone because he had killed his sister,” Franklin Sheriff Anthony Boen said of the 15-year-old. Deputies found...

At Vigil, Giffords Recites
'Pledge of Allegiance'

Jan 9, 2012 2:58 AM CST

At Vigil, Giffords Recites 'Pledge of Allegiance'

Stunned crowd moved to tears

(Newser) - Congresswoman Gabby Giffords brought down the house last night with a resounding declaration of the "Pledge of Allegiance" at a candlelight vigil marking the first anniversary of the day she was shot in the head by a gunman. Her voice rang out sure and strong as she led the...

911 Operator to 18-Year-Old: Protect Your Baby

Jan 5, 2012 9:00 AM CST

911 Operator to 18-Year-Old: Protect Your Baby

So Sarah McKinley shoots, kills armed home intruder

(Newser) - When two men started breaking into her Oklahoma mobile home on New Year's Eve, 18-year-old widow and new mom Sarah McKinley blocked the door with a couch, grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun and a pistol, and asked the 911 dispatcher, "Is it OK to shoot him if he comes...

Officer Killed in Utah Shootout

Jan 5, 2012 8:05 AM CST

Officer Killed in Utah Shootout

5 others injured as police were serving warrant on suspect

(Newser) - One police officer was killed and five more officers were injured—some critically—while serving a search warrant on a Utah home last night, KSL reports. Witnesses reported hearing three quick shots, a pause, then much more gunfire. One said he heard what sounded like an AK-47, and says he...

Teenage
Paintballer
Shot Dead
by Farmer

Jan 4, 2012 12:03 AM CST

Teenage Paintballer Shot Dead by Farmer

Indiana shooter thought he was aiming at coyotes: Cops

(Newser) - A teen paintballer was shot dead by an Indiana farmer who thought he was picking off a coyote. Brandon Spangler, 17, was struck as he was unloading paintball gear from a car with his three brothers and dad, whom he was visiting from Michigan for the holidays, police said. A...

Wife Left Suspected
'Santa Claus' Killer This Year

PLUS, MORE DISTURBING DETAILS

Dec 28, 2011 9:02 AM CST

Wife Left Suspected 'Santa Claus' Killer This Year

Texas shooter believed to have made 911 call, say police

(Newser) - Police are piecing together a troubling timeline of the Texas murder-suicide that left seven people dead on Christmas day in a Dallas suburb. The shooter is believed to be Aziz "Bob" Yazdanpanah, whose wife, Fatemeh Rahmati, left him and moved to Grapevine with their two children earlier this year,...

Texas Family Killed by Relative Dressed as Santa

UPDATED

Dec 26, 2011 12:14 PM CST

Texas Family Killed by Relative Dressed as Santa

Seven dead in Texas murder-suicide

(Newser) - A Christmas tragedy gets even worse: The Texas family found dead in the Dallas area yesterday had just opened their Christmas presents when one of their relatives apparently burst in dressed as Santa, shot them all, and then turned the gun on himself, police revealed today. Seven people were killed,...

7 Dead in
Christmas
Shooting

Dec 25, 2011 5:11 PM CST

7 Dead in Christmas Shooting

Apparent shooter was among the victims

(Newser) - Police found seven people dead today in a grisly Dallas-area Christmas shooting, the Dallas Morning News reports. Authorities have not yet identified the bodies of four men and three women in the apartment, but say the shooter is likely among them. Two guns were also found on the scene. "...

Sheriff: Amish Girl's Death Was Freak Accident

Dec 21, 2011 3:21 AM CST

Sheriff: Amish Girl's Death Was Freak Accident

Bullet believed to have been fired by man more than a mile away

(Newser) - The Amish girl who was fatally shot while driving her horse and buggy home from a Christmas party appears to have been killed by a man cleaning his gun more than a mile away. The local sheriff says he has been contacted by an Amish farmer whose son fired his...

Amish Girl Shot Dead in Buggy

UPDATED

Dec 20, 2011 10:28 AM CST

Amish Girl Shot Dead in Buggy

Ohio shooting ruled a homicide

(Newser) - The case of a young Amish girl who was fatally shot while driving her horse and buggy home from a Christmas party has been ruled a homicide. Rachel Yoder, 15, died on Friday, a day after she was found lying on the ground outside her family's Ohio home. Relatives...

Belgium Gunman Had
Woman's Body in His Shack

Dec 14, 2011 7:15 AM CST

Belgium Gunman Had Woman's Body in His Shack

Nordine Amrani was also stockpiling weapons, growing marijuana

(Newser) - The plot thickened today in the case of the grenade and shooting rampage in Liege, Belgium , when police announced that they'd found a woman's body hidden in a shack that alleged gunman Nordine Amrani was using to grow marijuana. The woman is said to be a 45-year-old who...