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NYC Shooter Took Out a 'Beloved' Lobby Presence

Cornell graduate Julia Hyman, unarmed guard Aland Etienne named as victims

(Newser) - An off-duty police officer was the first victim of the Manhattan mass shooting. A 27-year-old Cornell University graduate was the last. Julia Hyman, an employee of the real estate company which owns and manages 345 Park Avenue, was shot and killed in the Rudin Management offices on the 33rd floor...

Workers Were Not About to Let the Gunman Into Their Office

Photos circulate of barricade erected by Blackstone workers during Park Avenue shooting

(Newser) - As a gunman went on a murderous rampage in a Manhattan high-rise on Monday that left four dead and five others injured before authorities say he took his own life, workers from one financial firm were determined to prevent him from gaining entry to their office space. ABC7 reports on...

Gunned-Down Cop Was 'a True Blue New Yorker'

Didarul Islam 'made the ultimate sacrifice,' died 'a hero' in Manhattan shooting

(Newser) - He was a father of two, with another child on the way. And he was the first to die inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday. Didarul Islam, who'd been a New York City police officer for 3.5 years, was working a corporate security detail at 345 Park...

Manhattan Shooter's Note Reportedly Referenced CTE

Gunman killed 4 in skyscraper that included NFL offices

(Newser) - Police were still trying to piece together what prompted Monday's deadly shooting inside a Manhattan high-rise, but the gunman's suicide note may provide clues. Both CNN and ABC News report that the shooter claimed in the note to have suffered from the brain disease CTE. The skyscraper where...

Gunman Kills 4, Including an Officer, at Manhattan Offices

Police say suspect killed himself in building that houses NFL headquarters

(Newser) - A gunman killed at least four people at a Manhattan office building on Monday evening, the AP reports, one of them an off-duty New York City police officer shot while exchanging fire with the shooter in the lobby, NBC News reports. The suspect then disappeared into the skyscraper, and panicked...

British Territory Sees Its First Mass Shooting

3 dead, 10 wounded in Turks and Caicos

(Newser) - Three young men were killed and 10 others injured at a popular nightspot in the Turks and Caicos Islands in what authorities called the British territory's first mass shooting in recent history. At least four suspects were involved in the shooting early Sunday on the island of Providenciales, but...

Suspect in Grocery Store Mass Shooting Changes Plea

Travis Posey pleads guilty in 2024 Arkansas shooting that killed 4 at the Mad Butcher

(Newser) - An Arkansas man changed his plea to guilty Monday in the shooting at a grocery store last year that killed four people and injured 11 others, including two police officers. Travis Eugene Posey, 45, pleaded guilty to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in...

Mass Shooting Kills a Rising Football Star

Ole Miss' Corey Adams, 18, was considered one of the top defensive linemen recruits

(Newser) - A freshman football player at the University of Mississippi, considered one of the top defensive linemen recruits in the country, has died in a shooting in Tennessee. Corey Adams, 18, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in Cordova, just outside Memphis, following a shooting...

2 Women Dead in Kentucky Church Shooting

Suspect also killed, multiple others wounded

(Newser) - Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed, the AP reports. The suspect carjacked a vehicle after the traffic stop near...

Trooper, Multiple People in Church Shot: Police

Suspect was killed, Kentucky authorities say

(Newser) - A suspect shot and wounded a state trooper Sunday morning in Kentucky and then fled to a church, where multiple people were injured in a second shooting, authorities said. The suspect was killed at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky State Police posted on social media.

55 Shot, 8 Killed Over Long Weekend in Chicago

That makes it the city's least violent Fourth of July weekend in at least 6 years

(Newser) - It was another violent long weekend in Chicago—but not as violent as other Fourth of July weekends in recent years. ABC7 , which has a detailed list of incidents, reports that police say at least 55 people were shot, eight of them fatally, between Thursday morning and midnight Sunday. The...

18 Shot at Rapper's Album Release Party in Chicago

Mello Buckzz's boyfriend, best friend said to be among the 4 dead

(Newser) - Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have been hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago, police said Thursday, per the AP . Four people were in critical condition, per the Chicago Sun-Times . The shooting happened late Wednesday in Chicago's River North neighborhood. Several media outlets said...

Austria to Tighten Gun Laws Within Days of Shooting

'[We] promised that we would not go back to business as usual,' says Christian Stocker

(Newser) - Eight days after a rare school shooting in Austria, the government has introduced a slew of proposed laws aimed at gun control. The measures would raise the minimum age to own certain firearms from 21 to 25, increase the waiting period between purchase and delivery from three days to four...

Austria Gunman's Farewell Letter Did Not Give Motive

Police say bomb attack plans were found at the 21-year-old's home

(Newser) - The 21-year-old man who killed ten people in Austria's worst mass shooting in recent years may have been planning a different kind of attack. Police say they found abandoned plans for a bomb attack and a non-functional homemade bomb at the suspect's home, the BBC reports. The gunman...

After Mass Shooting, Austria's 'Incredibly Difficult' Aftermath

High school in Graz may not have been prepared for rare attack like this, which left 10 dead

(Newser) - A 21-year-old gunman killed nine people at a high school in Austria on Tuesday before taking his own life, authorities say. Six females and three males died and another 12 people were injured as bullets ripped through the building just before 10am local time, per the BBC . Police say the...

At Austrian School, a 'Terrible Tragedy'

Authorities say at least 8 victims are dead after mass shooting in the city of Graz

(Newser) - At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city's mayor said. Police said they were deployed to the school after shots were heard there. Mayor Elke Kahr described the events...

12 Shot at House Party in North Carolina

One person died, and the others are hospitalized

(Newser) - Twelve people were shot early Sunday at a house party in North Carolina, one of whom died, police said. More than 100 people were at the party near Hickory, many of them high school students, WSOC reports. The Catawba County Sheriff's Office said 11 victims are hospitalized: one in...

10 Shot on SC Party Cruise
Teen Arrested in
Party Boat Mass Shooting
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Teen Arrested in Party Boat Mass Shooting

19-year-old will be extradited from Illinois to South Carolina

(Newser) - A 19-year-old has been taken into custody in Illinois and authorities say they plan to charge him in a shooting that injured 11 people after a party boat cruise in South Carolina. The shooting happened Sunday night on a dock in Little River after a fight on the boat during...

Memorial Day Ends With a Deadly Mass Shooting

2 killed, 9 injured in shooting inside Philadelphia's Fairmount Park

(Newser) - Two people died and nine others were injured in a mass shooting at Philadelphia's expansive Fairmount Park on Memorial Day as police ushered out groups celebrating the holiday. Gunshots erupted around 10:30pm local time while many people were still gathered in the poorly-lit park, which covers 2,000...

3 Dead After Shooting at Phoenix-Area Restaurant

Multiple people were injured in Glendale

(Newser) - Three people were killed in a shooting at a restaurant in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale on Sunday night, reports AZFamily . Several others were injured. Police received calls reporting shots around 7:45pm at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, per the AP . The total number of shooting victims was...

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