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Bertha Gisela Gaytán is one of at least 22 mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico since September 2023A candidate running to be mayor in one of Mexico’s most violent cities has been killed on the first day of her campaign, adding to the death toll in what experts say could be the country’s bloodiest elections in history.Bertha Gisela Gaytán was shot in a town just...

Andre Gordon, 26, was found in a house in New Jersey, where he was believed to have barricaded himself after two shootingsThe suspect involved in the fatal shootings of three people outside a Philadelphia-area suburb on Saturday morning has been arrested.According to authorities, 26-year-old Andre Gordon was found near a house in Trenton, New Jersey, where he was believed to have barricaded himself after...

Before Robert Card killed 18 last year, police had opportunity to seize his guns and place him in custody after several incidentsLaw enforcement should have seized a man’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, a report found Friday.An independent commission has been reviewing the events that led up to army reservist Robert Card killing 18...

Groundbreaking verdict holds James Crumbley, father of teen who killed four students, criminally responsible for actions of his childThe father of a school shooter in Michigan has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a case that created headlines across the United States for seeking to find a parent criminally responsible for the actions of their child.James Crumbley, 47, is the father of Ethan...

Experts say most guns smuggled from states with lax firearms laws such as Florida, Arizona and GeorgiaAs Haiti has again plunged into violent chaos, images of gang members bearing high-powered rifles, pump-action shotguns or automatic weapons in the streets of Port-au-Prince have become ubiquitous.But this weaponry is not made in Haiti, a country with no firearms or ammunition manufacturing capabilities. Continue reading...

Shooting on Sunday evening at outdoor gathering in King City left four dead and seven others injured, police sayPolice are offering a $20,000 reward for information on a shooting that took place on Sunday evening when a group of masked men pulled up to an outdoor birthday party in central California and opened fire, killing at least four.Officers responded to a reported shooting at...

Champion quarterback makes hospital visit to Madison and Melia Reyes, who were hit by gunfire in Kansas City mass shootingKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, visited two young sisters who were both shot in the legs during Wednesday’s parade for the reigning Super Bowl champions.The Mahomeses on Thursday paid a call to 10-year-old Madison Reyes and Melia Reyes, age eight,...

Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing herA boy who was shot in the head at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said...

Man, 34, killed at Bronx station in afternoon shooting police say was prompted by argument between two teen groupsAn argument between two groups of teenagers left one person killed and five others injured in a shooting at a New York subway station on Monday, police said.The shooting started after the train’s doors opened on the elevated platform at the Mount Eden Avenue station in...

Two off-duty officers at Joel Osteen’s megachurch shot a woman who fired a rifle and claimed to have a bomb, police saidA woman with a rifle was killed by two off-duty police officers – while a child was critically wounded – on Sunday at a megachurch in Houston, Texas, run by prominent evangelical Christian pastor Joel Osteen, the city’s police chief said.Troy Finner said...

Cardell Hayes faces up to 40 years in prison for the shooting after a traffic altercation that left Will Smith deadA jury found a New Orleans man guilty of manslaughter after he shot and killed former NFL player Will Smith in 2016.Cardell Hayes, 36, could face up to 40 years in prison after the guilty conviction. Hayes’ lawyers tried to argue that he shot...

Romeo Nance, 23, believed to have fatally shot himself after ‘confrontation’ with police, officials say A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people at three locations in the Chicago suburbs fatally shot himself after a “confrontation” with police in Texas, authorities have said.Police in the city of Joliet, Illinois said 23-year-old Romeo Nance had been located by US Marshals near Natalia, Texas on...

Dan Marburger was injured in shooting at Perry high school on 4 January, during which an 11-year-old student was killedAn Iowa high school principal who was wounded in a school shooting has died, the state’s governor said.Dan Marburger was injured during a mass shooting at Perry high school on 4 January. One person, an 11-year-old student, was killed, and six others injured. The suspect,...

Leslie Garrett was arrested by armed response officers after a stun gun was deployed and remains in custodyA man has been charged after shots were fired at three locations in Liverpool on Wednesday night, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.Leslie Garrett, 49, has been charged with one count of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, two of possession of a firearm...

Investigators believe suspect died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, and at least one of the victims is a school administratorPolice said that a 17-year-old suspect killed a sixth grader and wounded five others in a shooting early Thursday at a high school in the small town of Perry, Iowa.The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student at Perry high school, officials said at...

This Christmas most people’s thoughts are with the victims of the Prague gunmanJust one day before the Czech Republic was due to begin its Christmas celebrations, it held a national day of mourning for the victims of the worst mass shooting in its history.Flags flew at half mast and a minute’s silence was held at noon for the 14 people killed by a lone...

Police say gunman owned multiple firearms, as allowed by among the most permissive gun laws in the EUA fatal mass shooting in the cloistered environs of Prague might seem a bolt from the blue. In a city historically renowned for defenestrations but less for violent crime, safety and security are taken for granted much more than in most European capitals.The reaction of Prague’s mayor,...