Shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana Theater Leaves 2 Victims and Gunman Dead
On July 23, a gunman allegedly opened fire at the Grand Theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing one and injuring six—the gunman is reportedly dead as well.
Tag: Shooting
John Boehner Orders U.S. Capitol Flags Lowered To Honor Chattanooga Shooting Victims
“We will continue to pray for their loved ones and also take action to protect our men and women in uniform who protect all Americans,” Boehner concluded. Boehner’s move comes a day after White House officials declined to explain why the President had not ordered the flag flown at half-staff to honor the fallen.
Peyton Manning Visits Chattanooga Naval Marine Corps Reserve Center
Peyton Manning, who reached quasi-legendary status in the Volunteer State when he starred for the University of Tennessee, validated that status on Saturday night when he visited the Naval Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga to spend time with military personnel and police officers.
4 Marines Killed By Unknown Gunman at 2 Chattanooga Locations; Shooter is Dead
The Chattanooga Times Free Press is reporting that four Marines “were killed in two attacks on military centers in separate parts of Chattanooga.”
Watch: BYU Football Signee Shot Outside of School
Language warning Video has surfaced from D Magazine’s Youtube channel showing 2015 BYU football recruit Charles West being chased and shot at six times while playing basketball just outside of a school in Texas Sunday evening. West, who was arrested back in February
Chicago’s Violent Fourth of July Weekend: 47 Wounded, 10 Dead
As Thursday and Friday kicked off the long Independence Day weekend, it was clear that Chicago was going to have a very violent Fourth. By Sunday night, the toll came in: up to 47 shot and 10 killed, including an 8-year-old boy.
Murderer: I Chose SF Because It Is A ‘Sanctuary City’
Five-time deportee, seven-time convicted felon Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez said in a new interview Sunday with a local ABC News affiliate that he came to San Francisco because he knew the sanctuary city would not hand him over to immigration officials.
Officials Confirm: ‘No Shooter’ at DC Navy Yard
WASHINGTON DC—Law enforcement officials confirmed at a press conference on Thursday morning that no evidence of a shooter has been found at the DC Navy Yard. The Navy Yard remained on lockdown during the press conference.
Son of ‘Barney & Friends’ Creator Going to Prison for Shooting Neighbor
In 1992, the children’s TV series Barney & Friends made its debut on PBS. Now, the man behind the show’s inspiration will spend more than a decade behind bars for shooting his neighbor.
Navy Yard: Police Find No Evidence of Shooter After Called-In Alert
WASHINGTON–The police have given the D.C. Navy Yard the all-clear after putting it on full lockdown as they responded to reports of a shots being fired. The shots were reported in building 197 around 7:30 AM. Employees had been evacuated.
Libyan Patrol Boat Allegedly Opens Fire on Migrants, Killing One
A patrol boat allegedly opened fire on a raft carrying about 130 migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday, killing one and leaving another injured. According to witnesses from the raft, members of the Libyan military patrol were attempting to rob the passengers, but when they resisted, the militia answered with several rounds of gunfire.
Obama To Deliver Eulogy For Slain South Carolina Church Shooting Victim
The president has responded personally to the shooting, saying both he and Michelle Obama knew Pinckney as well as other members of the church.
1 Dead, 9 Wounded in Detroit Block Party Shooting
In only a few hours time on Saturday evening, eleven people were shot in Detroit, one fatally. Ten of those were hit as they attended a block party in the Motor City. An eleventh person was shot in a separate incident only a short time later.
SC Rep: Charleston Killer Was Driven by ‘Hate Speech’ from Fox News
On Friday, a Democrat South Carolina state legislator appeared on CNN insisting that the 21-year-old man who killed nine churchgoers in Charleston last week was driven to his act because he watches Fox News. This is despite the fact that no one seems to know what media habits the killer possessed.
Obama Expresses Desire to Block ’21-Year-Old Kid’ from Buying Handguns
Referring to the church shooting in Charleston, Obama insisted that mass shootings were “unique” to America because of its gun laws, adding such events don’t happen as often in other “advanced countries.”
Woman Calls for Race War at Scene of Church Shooting
During an interview with people gathered outside the Mother Emmanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where Wednesday’s deadly shooting left nine black churchgoers dead, a woman called for a “race war” and discussed black anger.
Charleston Church Killer ‘Almost Didn’t Go Through With It Because Everyone Was So Nice to Him’
Sources tell NBC News that during his confession, Roof said he “almost didn’t go through with it because everyone was so nice to him,” but in the end decided he had to “go through with his mission.”
Obama: South Carolina Killer Had ‘No Trouble Getting Their Hands On a Gun’
An emotional President Obama delivered a personal statement in the White House press briefing this afternoon in reaction to the shooting at a church in South Carolina.
Four People Found Shot to Death in Columbus, Ohio House
The Columbus Dispatch quoted police Sgt. David Sicilian of the homicide squad asserting, “It’s littered with four bodies, and it’s a pretty ugly scene inside. We obviously have a homicidal suspect out here who’s not afraid to kill somebody. We need to quickly find out who that is or the persons responsible for this.”
Four Weeks Later: Waco Police Narrative Unravels
As bikers gear up for a planned peaceful protest on Sunday, while more of the bikers arrested after the deadly May 17th shooting incident outside a Waco Twin Peaks restaurant are released, and more details come out about the men and women detained and the circumstances of their arrest, more troubling unanswered questions remain about Waco police’s account of the incident.
Breitbart Texas Files Request For Unreleased Videos Of Waco Biker Shooting
Breitbart Texas has filed a formal request for the release of video tapes that might shed more light on the questions being raised about the mass arrest of bikers after the shooting incident outside a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17th.
Biker Bar Shooting in San Diego: 4 Shot, Suspect Possibly on Loose
A biker bar shooting in San Diego ended with four people shot, one in custody and an eight-hour SWAT standoff that came up without a suspected second suspect. The incident follows violence between biker gangs in Texas that led to mass arrests and resulted in nine deaths.
Chief Beck in Hot Water over Comments on Homeless Shooting
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck is in hot water with police unions after commenting on the police shooting of an unarmed homeless man in Venice Tuesday evening. Beck said, “Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that. I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
US Army Enlistee Allegedly Shoots and Kills Three, Then Himself
On May 3, Sergio Valencia del Toro allegedly rode his bike to the Trestle Trail Bridge in Menasha, Wisconsin, pulled out two guns, and opened fire, randomly killing three people before taking his own life.
White House: President Obama Briefed On Texas Attack
President Obama is currently monitoring the situation in Texas, after two gunmen opened fire at an event hosted by the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
