Shootings
Salvador Ramos threatened rapes, school shootings on Yubo app in weeks leading up to the massacre, users say
CNN — Salvador Ramos told girls he would rape them, showed off a rifle he bought, and threatened to shoot up schools in livestreams on the social media app Yubo, according to several users who witnessed the threats in recent weeks. But those users – all teens – told CNN that they didn’t take him …
“We Cannot Sanitize These Killings”: News Media Considers Breaking Grimly Routine Coverage of Mass Shootings
The Texas Tribune’s staff has felt determined to aggressively cover this week’s horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said editor in chief Sewell Chan, even as they are “exhausted that we have to cover this at all, exhausted that we have to cover this again, and resigned to taking part in what sometimes seems like …
Miami Beach commissioners approve midnight spring break curfew after 2 shootings leave 5 injured
The curfew will start at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday and expire Monday morning at 6 a.m., starting at midnight each night. The boundaries of the midnight curfew are 23rd Street to the north, South Point Park to the south, the ocean to the east and the bay to the west, City Manager Alina Hudak told …
1 dead, 4 injured in San Diego shootings; suspect arrested
A man was arrested after two overnight shootings in downtown San Diego left one person dead and four others injured, authorities said early Friday. Officers responded to a report of gunfire in the 500 block of J Street about 10:30 p.m. PT Thursday, San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown told reporters during a press conference. …
North Carolina man shot by grandfather during break-in dies
LONG VIEW, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who was shot by his grandfather after breaking into his home has died, police said. Long View police said in a news release that Jessie DeWayne Gibson, 34, died Tuesday night at a Charlotte hospital. His grandfather, George William Gibson Sr., 76, is hospitalized because of …
Atlanta shootings are ‘breaking point’ for Asian American women at San Diego State – The Daily Aztec
Eight people were gunned down in Atlanta at three spas about a week ago. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent. Much of the immediate media coverage focused on the suspect’s motivations rather than the victims and those in the Asian American community, even after he was charged with eight counts of murder …
In wake of shootings, Senate renews efforts to overhaul U.S. gun laws
WASHINGTON — On the heels of two mass shootings that have shocked the country, the Senate is, once again, weighing an overhaul of the nation’s gun laws — with a murky path ahead. Despite President Joe Biden’s pleas on Tuesday, two House-approved bills to close gaps in the background checks system don’t currently have the …
Atlanta spa shootings: Live updates
The killings began just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, authorities said, when surveillance video showed a man in a navy and red hoodie walking into Young’s Asian Massage, a spa on a busy commercial strip about 40 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Four victims were shot inside the parlor along Highway 92, Cherokee County Sheriff’s …
Atlanta spa shootings: Eight dead in 3 shootings; 1 suspect in custody
Two of the shootings were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta and the other was in Cherokee County to the northwest of the city. Officials in each jurisdiction said there were no immediate indications of motive and it is unclear whether the shootings were related. A suspect in the Cherokee …
In record-breaking year for homicides, Louisville activist says more women are becoming victims | Crime Reports
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Homicides are at an all-time high in Louisville, and a local activist says more women are becoming victims than in previous years. “There has clearly been no other year like this, as far as females being impacted by reckless gunplay,” said Christopher 2X, an anti-violence activist who runs the Game Changers …
