Shootings
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 …
LIVE UPDATES: Multiple break-ins, robberies, shootings, fires in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Police are currently being called to multiple scenes throughout Peoria Monday morning. Police believe all incidents are connected. 4:32 a.m. – Police are still zigzagging throughout Peoria for multiple reports of break-ins, fires and shootings. The Illinois State Police said there were 150 cars in a line at one point …
Bronx police shootings: Two NYPD officers shot in less than 12 hours
The commissioner called the gunman a “coward.” “For the second time in less than 12 hours, members of the New York City police department have been targeted specifically and shot in attempts to murder the very people who work so hard day and night to keep the people of this city safe,” Shea said. The …
Mass Shootings And Lack Of Health Care Access Lead To High Stress In Latinos : Shots
Mourners hold candles as they gather for a vigil at a memorial outside Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Luke E. Montavon/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke E. Montavon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Mourners hold candles as they gather for a vigil at a memorial outside Cielo Vista Walmart in …
Kansas City bar shooting suspect arrested, 1 still at large
Police have arrested one of the suspects in the Kansas City bar slaughter that left four dead and five injured — with a second still on the loose and deemed “armed and dangerous,” according to cops. Javier Alatorr e, 23, was busted late Sunday just across state lines in Kansas City, Missouri. He was charged …
Wave of fatal shootings near St. Louis claims two more children
Two children died in gun violence near St. Louis on Thursday, bringing the total number of youths fatally shot this year in and near the Missouri city to nearly two dozen. A 3-year-old boy in St. Louis County is thought to have found an unsecured gun and shot himself shortly before noon, officials said. Despite …
Texas shootings that left 5 dead and 21 injured started with a traffic stop
After the shooting during a traffic stop Saturday in Midland, the gunman drove on the streets and highway, spraying bullets on residents and motorists, police said. He then hijacked a postal truck and randomly shot at people as he made his way into Odessa about 20 miles away. There, police killed him in a gun …
Democrats voice frustration over blocked gun-control agenda after Texas shootings: ‘This is f—ed up,’ Beto tweets
Democrats voiced frustration over their blocked gun-control agenda after Saturday’s shootings in West Texas, with one 2020 presidential candidate tweeting the situation was “f—ed up.” “There is no reason we have to accept this as our fortune, as our future,” former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said in a video he tweeted that also includes him using profanity about the shooting. The …
Active shooter killed after several shootings in Odessa
ODESSA, Texas (KWTX) Police in Midland report a gunman was shot and killed at the Cinergy movie theater in Odessa following several shootings in the area. “It has been confirmed that the active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa,” Midland police said on Facebook, “There is no active shooter at this …
Threat of mass shootings give rise to AI-powered cameras
In this July 30, 2019, photo, Sandra Swint, right, campus security associate for Fulton County School District and Paul Hildreth, background, the district’s emergency operations coordinator, work in the emergency operations center at the Fulton County Schools Administration Center in Atlanta. Artificial Intelligence is transforming surveillance cameras from passive sentries into active observers that can …
