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Shooting Survivor Shielded by Friend Learns of 'Miracle' Miss

Bullet fragment lodged in Weston Halsne's neck, just avoiding a major artery

(Newser) - Doctors have found a bullet fragment lodged in the neck of a 10-year-old Minneapolis boy days after he reported that his life was saved when his friend shielded him during last week's shooting. Weston Halsne, a fifth grader at Annunciation Catholic School, was at Mass on Wednesday when...

Senator Slams RFK Jr. Over Shooting Comments

Health secretary suggests antidepressants to blame, and Tina Smith angrily replies

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comments after this week's deadly shooting in Minneapolis have sparked a fierce backlash from Minnesota's senior senator. After the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, the health secretary said he is investigating whether antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs might help explain violence...

Girl Shot in Minneapolis Rushed to ICU Where Mom Was at Work

Sophia Forchas, 12, remains in critical condition after deadly shooting at Annunciation Church

(Newser) - The mom of one of the young victims from Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis' Annunciation Church and school that left two children dead and 18 injured was at work in the intensive care unit when her badly wounded daughter was rushed in, reports People . According to a fundraiser...

Shooter Stood Outside Church, Fired at Kids Through Windows

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says an 8- and 10-year-old were killed

(Newser) - Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara has provided additional details about the deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning, specifying that the two children who were killed were ages 8 and 10 and were sitting in a pew when they were struck. Another 17 people were injured, all...

At Least 2 Kids Dead in Minneapolis School Shooting

Gunman dead; Tim Walz condemns 'horrific act of violence' at Catholic school during morning Mass

(Newser) - A shooting occurred Wednesday during a morning Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, claiming the lives of at least two children and leaving the gunman dead, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the attack "horrific." KNSI reports that there are at least 20 shooting...

Company Says Its Drones Can Stop School Shooters

Campus Guardian Angel says its operation can be launched against an attack within 5 seconds

(Newser) - In Ukraine, drones have transformed warfare. A Texas-based company says the unmanned aircraft could also radically alter the response to school shootings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a trial of the Campus Guardian Angel system in three school districts, Newsweek reports. The company maintains that the drones, stored in...

Jim Acosta Catches Very Real Flak Over AI Interview

Ex-CNN correspondent faces backlash after chat with AI version of Parkland shooting victim

(Newser) - Former CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta has ignited debate after conducting an interview with an AI-generated avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the 2018 Parkland school shooting. In the video, Acosta speaks to a digital version of Joaquin—animated from a real photo and powered by generative...

Cheer Squad's TikTok Skit Leads to Probation

This continues a trend of children arrested over social media posts, particularly in Tennessee

(Newser) - Sixteen middle school cheerleaders in rural East Tennessee found themselves in legal trouble after filming a 45-second TikTok reenactment of a school shooting while waiting for practice to start. The clip, posted online in September, featured the girls pretending to be shot and killed, with one issuing a mock...

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...

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...

Police: Boy's Mother Gave Him Ammunition for School Attack

Both face terrorism charges after grandmother finds weapons stash

(Newser) - A San Antonio woman faces terrorism charges after police said an investigation found she supplied her son with ammunition and tactical gear for an attack he was planning on his middle school. Ashley Pardo, 33, was arrested Monday, ABC News reports. Her son made an appearance Tuesday in juvenile court,...

Father of Female School Shooter Is Charged

Police say father gave his teen daughter gun used in attack

(Newser) - The father of a Wisconsin teen who carried out a deadly school shooting is now facing felony charges, the latest in a series of prosecutions targeting parents in the aftermath of gun violence, the AP reports. Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed a 14-year-old student as well as a teacher at...

Florida State Shooting Suspect Did Not Know His Victims

The 2 men killed were food service workers

(Newser) - Police say the Florida State student accused of killing two people and injuring six others during a shooting spree on campus didn't know his victims. The BBC reports Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell said in a video statement: "At this point, there does not appear to be any...

Trump on Latest Mass Shooting: 'The Gun Doesn't Do the Shooting'

President promises to protect 2nd amendment rights

(Newser) - In the wake of the the latest US mass shooting, which left two dead and at least six injured on the campus of Florida State University Thursday , President Trump made a vow to protect the Second Amendment. Asked by a reporter in the Oval Office if he wanted to make...

Warrant: Dallas School Shooter Got in Through Unsecured Door

2 of 4 hospitalized students have been released

(Newser) - An armed 17-year-old student slipped into a Dallas high school through an unsecured door on Tuesday, setting off a chain of events that ended with four classmates injured, according to an arrest warrant released Wednesday. Per the warrant, surveillance footage captured an unidentified student open the door at Wilmer-Hutchins...

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Dallas School Shooting Suspect Arrested

Shooting comes almost a year to the day after previous shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School

(Newser) - The alleged shooter accused of injuring four teens at a Dallas high school Tuesday was arrested hours after the shooting. Tracy Haynes, 17, faces a charge of aggravated assault mass shooting, the Dallas News reports. Haynes' aunt says her nephew turned himself in.

Final Report: Nashville Shooter Planned Attack for Years

No manifesto was found, but shooter documented plans in notebooks

(Newser) - Metro Nashville Police on Wednesday announced they have closed their investigation into the March 2023 shooting at Covenant School in Nashville and released a 48-page report that outlined their findings. Per the report, police found shooter Audrey Hale meticulously planned the attack for years and hoped the violence would gain...

7 Years Later, the 'Room 1214' Text Thread Binds Them

Former Parkland teacher Ivy Schamis still supports her class after school shooting

(Newser) - It's been seven years since two of her students were fatally shot in Room 1214 of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. "I was the only adult in there," former teacher Ivy Schamis tells Emily Baumgaertner Nunn of the New York Times . "That's...

Cops: Girls Planned 'Mass Casualty Attack' on Texas High School

FBI informed local law enforcement of credible threat from girls, ages 15 and 16

(Newser) - Two girls, ages 15 and 16, are accused of plotting a "mass casualty attack" on a high school in Texas, authorities say. The girls allegedly planned to use guns and pipe bombs in an attack on Memorial High School in the Houston suburb of Hedwig Village, KPRC 2 reports....

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