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Gunman, 2 Others Dead in Texas Shooting

Police officer and civilian were killed in gunfight

(Newser) - A gunman, a police officer, and a male civilian are dead in a shooting this afternoon near Texas A&M University, reports KHOU . Police say Thomas Cafall, 35, gunned down 41-year-old constable Brian Bachmann while the officer tried to serve an eviction notice at a small house in College Station,...

Calif. Gunman: 'Get in Line, I'm Going to Kill You All'

One L. Goh, 43, identified as suspected shooter at Oikos University

(Newser) - The suspected shooter accused of killing seven people on a Christian college campus in Oakland, one of the worst mass killings in California's history, has been identified as 43-year-old One L. Goh, a naturalized citizen from Korea, the Los Angeles Times reports. Goh was upset after having been dismissed...

5 Hurt in Shooting at Calif. Christian School
 7 Dead in Calif. 
 School Shooting 
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Apr 2, 2012 5:18 PM CDT

7 Dead in Calif. School Shooting

Three injured; suspect has been detained

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California today, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, before being captured in a nearby city, authorities said. The gunfire erupted around midmorning at Oikos University in Oakland, police said. Television footage showed heavily armed officers swarming the building...

Ohio Shooting Hero: I Wish I'd Done More

Frank Hall hailed by Ohio community as hero who likely saved lives

(Newser) - When gunshots rang out Monday morning in Chardon High School's cafeteria, everyone hit the deck—except Frank Hall, a massive 6-foot-2, 300-pound assistant football coach who instead yelled, "Hey!" and charged the shooter. "He did what he usually does," one student tells Reuters , "he...

Ohio Victim's Mom Begged Son: Don't Go, Danny

'He doesn't get to live his life,' says heartsick Dina Parmertor

(Newser) - Ohio mom Dina Parmertor had a "sick feeling" when she heard about the shooting at Chardon High School on the radio early this week. "I was scared," she says, and tried to call her son—but there was no answer, she tells CBS News . "Danny, it'...

Third Boy Dies in School Shooting

Demetrius Hewlin was the 3rd airlifted to Cleveland hospital

(Newser) - A third boy has died in yesterday's shooting at Ohio's Chardon High School . Demetrius Hewlin, a junior at the school, was one of three students airlifted yesterday to Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center, reports the Plain Dealer . Daniel Parmertor, 16, and Russell King Jr., 17, died earlier of...

Police Kill Gunman, 15, at Texas School

No one else injured

(Newser) - Police have shot and killed an armed 15-year-old student at a middle school in Texas. A Brownsville police detective says police received a call around 8am today about a person with a weapon. Police found the gunman, a student at the school, in a hallway and shot him. The school...

Virginia Tech Appeals $55K Shooting Rampage Fine

AG Cuccinelli calls Dept. of Education's findings 'absolutely appalling'

(Newser) - Just shy of one month after it was slapped with $55,000 in federal fines for waiting too long to notify that campus during the 2007 shooting rampage, Virginia Tech has filed an appeal. State AG Kenneth Cuccinelli yesterday called the Department of Education's findings "absolutely appalling,"...

2 Detained in Rio School Shooting

Pair sold the gun to the shooter who killed 12 kids

(Newser) - Two men have confessed to illegally supplying a gun to the man who entered a Rio de Janeiro school, opened fire and killed at least 12 children before taking his own life, a police official said today. Charleston Souza de Lucena, 38, and Isaias de Souza, 48, said that they...

Gunman Kills 12 at Brazil Elementary School

A fire department rep says at least 20 were wounded

(Newser) - Tragedy in Brazil: A former student killed at least 12 people at an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro this morning. Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, 24, brought two loaded 38-caliber revolvers into the school and opened fire before shooting himself, say police. He reportedly left a note outlining his desire...

Teacher Tackles Gunman in Student Attack

2 shot before math instructor leaps on shooter

(Newser) - A gutsy math teacher tackled a gunman as he reloaded his high-powered assault rifle to fire on another student in an attack on a Colorado middle school yesterday. Two teens already lay wounded outside the suburban Denver school when David Benke jumped the shooter. "He was trying to rack...

Ala. Prof's Family, Friends: No Hint of Violence

Even Amy Bishop's students say she seemed normal

(Newser) - An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure and the looming loss of her teaching post, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Everyone from family and friends to Amy Bishop's students at the University...

Professor Charged With Murder in Shooting Spree

Alabama biologist may have been upset over tenure hearing

(Newser) - The 42-year-old biology professor accused of shooting to death three fellow professors at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been charged with capital murder, reports the Huntsville Times . Amy Bishop could face the death penalty if convicted. The husband of one of the victims tells the AP that Bishop...

iPhone App Offers School Shooter Game
iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game
Jul 20, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

iPhone App Offers School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

(Newser) - A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the...

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode
Oprah Cans Columbine Episode
Apr 20, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “...

German Gunman Targeted Girls

(Newser) - German police are still seeking some twisted motive for a suicidal teen gunman who shot dead 14 people at his former high school, but he clearly appears to have targeted girls, reports the Telegraph. Tim Kretschmer, 17, killed nine former schoolmates, eight of them girls, as well as three female...

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