Members phkrause Posted September 5, 2024 Author Members Posted September 5, 2024 A 14-year-old student fatally shot 4 people in a rampage at a Georgia high school, officials say WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-high-school-lockdown-3969d34cf6a7adc787facf21c469ef4d? School shooting leaves 4 dead Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting this morning at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Ga. Nine people were hospitalized. The suspect is a 14-year-old student who will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said at a late-afternoon briefing aired live by CNN. Barrow County (Ga.) Sheriff Jud Smith said at the briefing that a school resource officer engaged the armed suspect: "He gave up, got on the ground and was taken into custody. … We don't know of any targets at this point." The school is in Atlanta's outer exurbs. Students inside the school texted their families to say "I love you" as they barricaded themselves inside their classrooms amid the sound of gunshots. "What you see behind us is an evil thing," the sheriff said as he stood in front of the school during a press conference. President Biden said in a statement: "What should have been a joyous back-to-school season ... has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart." Get the latest ... Read Biden's statement. Teen charged with killing 4 at Georgia high school had been focus of earlier tips about threats More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta, killing four people and wounding nine, officials said. Read more. Recent developments: The teen has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee High School students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and instructors Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference. Armed with an assault-style rifle, the teen turned the gun on students in a hallway at the school when classmates refused to open the door for him to return to his algebra classroom, classmate Lyela Sayarath said. Two school resource officers encountered the shooter within minutes of a report of shots fired, Hosey said. The teen immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. The teen had been interviewed after the FBI received anonymous tips in May 2023 about online threats to commit an unspecified school shooting, the agency said in a statement. The FBI referred the case to the sheriff’s department in Jackson County and the sheriff’s office interviewed the then-13-year-old and his father, who said there were hunting guns in the house but the teen did not have unsupervised access to them. The teen also denied making any online threats. Authorities were still looking into how the teen obtained the gun used in the shooting and got it into the school. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ A list of mass killings in the United States this year Teen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie says he is very sorry Opening statements are scheduled in the trial of a man who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 6, 2024 Author Members Posted September 6, 2024 Georgia school shooting The community of Winder, Georgia, is grieving the deaths of two 14-year-old students and two teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday. Nine others were wounded and hospitalized, all of whom are expected to survive. The suspected gunman is in custody and was identified as a 14-year-old student at the school, which is about an hour outside of Atlanta. There is no known connection between the shooter and the victims, authorities said, adding an investigation is underway to determine his motive. The teenager will be charged with murder and will be tried as an adult. The shooting is at least the 45th school shooting in 2024 and the deadliest this year, according to a CNN analysis. What we know so far about the victims of the Apalachee school shooting in Georgia WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old Georgia high school student has been charged as an adult with using an assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers in the hallway outside his algebra classroom, according to authorities. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-d5b510b7f855d235256d984ccd381571? Suspect of Georgia school shooting is expected in court a day after his father is charged The 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting four people at a Georgia high school was expected to make his first court appearance Friday, a day after his father was also arrested for allowing his son to possess a weapon. Read more. Recent developments: The teen’s father, Colin Gray, 54, was charged Thursday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said. “His charges are directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said. It’s the latest example of prosecutors holding parents responsible for their children’s actions in school shootings. Father and son have been charged in the deaths of students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, according to Hosey. Nine other people were injured, seven of them shot. The teen denied threatening to carry out a school shooting when authorities interviewed him last year about a menacing post on social media, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Conflicting evidence on the post’s origin left investigators unable to arrest anyone, the report said. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ How to talk with kids about school shootings and other traumatic events JD Vance says he laments that school shootings are a ‘fact of life’ and calls for better security Rift between Parkland massacre survivor and some families of the dead erupts in court Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 6, 2024 Author Members Posted September 6, 2024 Father of school shooting suspect arrested The father of the 14-year-old student arrested in connection with a school shooting that killed four people and injured nine others in Georgia was arrested yesterday, Axios' Rebecca Falconer and Sareen Habeshian write. Colin Gray, 54, was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, authorities said. The charges are "directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation director said. Get the latest. Georgia school shooting The father of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested for "knowingly allowing" his son to have a weapon. The teen's father is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children in connection with the shooting that left two students and two teachers dead in Georgia this week. The father of the alleged shooter told investigators he purchased the gun used in the rampage as a holiday present for his son in December 2023. During a search of the suspect's home, authorities also found documents they believe were written by the teen and referenced past school shootings. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 7, 2024 Author Members Posted September 7, 2024 Inside the Georgia high school where a sleepy morning was pierced by gunfire WINDER, Ga. (AP) — It was the middle of second period at Apalachee High School, and the boy who few knew slipped out of his algebra class in J Hall again. That didn’t strike his fellow students as unusual. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-apalachee-school-shooting-2134142ff2ec2b7dc14d1e44c4f8bf74? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 8, 2024 Author Members Posted September 8, 2024 💡 Why the father was charged Colin Gray, father of the 14-year-old charged this week in Georgia's deadliest school shooting, provided a gun to his son "with knowledge that he was threat to himself and others," authorities said in arrest warrants. Gray was interviewed last year when authorities were investigating his son about a menacing social media post, AP reports. The father said the teen "knows the seriousness of weapons and what they can do, and how to use them and not use them," according to a transcript. Nothing more was pursued. Gray, 54, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder in the deaths of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, a rural but fast-growing city in Atlanta's distant exurbs. Gray's son is in custody on four counts of murder. Nine more people were wounded. Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said the charges against the father "are directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon." 🔭 The big picture: Charging parents in school shootings is relatively new — this is the second recent high-profile case. The Georgia charges follow the successful prosecution this year of two parents in a school shooting north of Detroit — the first time parents were held criminally responsible in a U.S. mass school shooting. James and Jennifer Crumbley were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. The Crumbleys, serving 10-year prison terms while appeals are pending, didn't know what their 15-year-old son was planning. But the prosecutor said their son's actions were foreseeable. They'd been summoned to discuss his macabre drawings on a math assignment. The Crumbleys declined to take him home but said they'd seek counseling. With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible? Arrest warrants say Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old charged in the Apalachee High School shooting, provided a gun to his son with the knowledge that he was a threat. Could public outrage lead to more prosecutions of parents or changes in laws elsewhere? Read more. Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of emergency, aunt says The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative said. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-school-shooting-suspect-apalachee-high-92fce6b86f5e2ad23c3337aff1997cab? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 8, 2024 Author Members Posted September 8, 2024 Authorities search for shooter along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky with up to 7 people hurt LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A manhunt was underway early Sunday as police searched for a gunman in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky near Interstate 75, according to authorities who said seven people were hurt in the shooting and a vehicle accident that accompanied the violence. https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-shooting-interstate-75-freeway-08391eb00af983c81a9bc8856201f572? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 9, 2024 Author Members Posted September 9, 2024 Her father listened as she was shot in the head at Taco Bell. What he wants you to know. Megan Keleman was trapped. https://www.newsbreak.com/usa-today-560565/3587675431599-her-father-listened-as-she-was-shot-in-the-head-at-taco-bell-what-he-wants-you-to-know? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 9, 2024 Author Members Posted September 9, 2024 Schools close as search for gunman who wounded 5 people on Kentucky interstate drags into third day LONDON, Ky. (AP) — More than a dozen school districts shut down Monday across a wide swath of southeastern Kentucky as a grueling search stretched into a third day for a gunman who opened fire on an interstate highway and wounded five people over the weekend. https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-interstate-75-shooting-manhunt-12c876f065c5ce9e0265dd1b65e772f6? Kentucky shootings Classes have been canceled in schools across parts of central Kentucky today and residents have been urged to remain on high alert as the deep-woods search for a man suspected of opening fire along I-75 enters its third day. Joseph Couch, 32, has evaded capture since Saturday afternoon, when authorities say he fired an AR-15 from a cliff ledge on the side of the interstate about nine miles north of London, Kentucky, striking 12 cars and wounding five people. Though his motive is still unknown, the attack appeared to be a “random act” of violence, Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo said, according to The Associated Press. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2024 Author Members Posted September 10, 2024 Adult film star Jay Hefner dies at 24 after ‘being shot dead while trying to protect his cousin’ Hefner whose real name is Saiveon Hopkins was killed in Lincoln, Nebraska , on Sunday in what his family has called a “senseless act of gun violence.” https://local.newsbreak.com/lincoln-ne/3589190684564-adult-film-star-jay-hefner-dies-at-24-after-being-shot-dead-while-trying-to-protect-his-cousin? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 11, 2024 Author Members Posted September 11, 2024 A suspect is in custody after a teen is critically hurt in a shooting at a Nebraska high school OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police arrested a suspect about half an hour after a shooting Tuesday that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city. https://apnews.com/article/omaha-northwest-high-school-shooting-63107c9fc35f8cd48c12cbd5636bd8c8? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 20, 2024 Author Members Posted September 20, 2024 Search for suspect in Kentucky highway shooting ends with discovery of body believed to be his FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on an interstate highway, authorities said Wednesday night. The search ended with two private sleuths joining in the dramatic discovery. https://apnews.com/article/interstate-shooting-kentucky-body-found-aaf9f458a2e715b5b3a31fbda8dba25c? A couple found the Kentucky highway shooter’s remains by being bounty hunters for a week, they say LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Days after a shooter attacked an interstate and disappeared, leaving a Kentucky community scared and on guard, Fred and Sheila McCoy decided to lace up their boots for the first time in a long time and spend days in rugged terrain searching until, finally, they found a body. https://apnews.com/article/interstate-shooting-kentucky-couple-finds-body-c176d54b510bbc844203e041a2a5ba4b? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 23, 2024 Author Members Posted September 23, 2024 Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were killed and 17 others injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama. https://apnews.com/article/birmingham-alabama-fatal-shooting-5293c5068e6fec5779d19dd100fc37f5? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 24, 2024 Author Members Posted September 24, 2024 🏁 First look: Biden's big finish Anxious to show he's sprinting to the tape, President Biden this week will announce new policy to combat gun violence, and give a speech on the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Why it matters: Biden wants to use his final four months to notch some final actions — in addition to a president's traditional final-stretch rituals of tying a bow around his accomplishments, and teeing up his legacy. "Every day the President meets with his team, he is pushing to lay it all out on the field for the remainder of the term," Ben LaBolt, White House senior adviser and communications director, writes in a new memo framing Biden's strategy for the next 119½ days. Biden plans to make the case for Biden-Harris policies, travel to swing states and wrap up his foreign-policy agenda. LaBolt writes that at a Cabinet meeting on Friday, Biden gave three directives: Get as much work done as possible. Bring to him directly any hurdles or obstacles they are facing to get things done. Ramp up efforts to communicate to the American people what we are getting done. Go deeper: Full text of LaBolt's memo. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 24, 2024 Author Members Posted September 24, 2024 Birmingham shooting Multiple people opened fire Saturday night in a bustling area of Birmingham, Alabama, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Police described the shooting as a targeted "hit" that caught many bystanders in the barrage of bullets. More than 100 shell casings were recovered from the scene at Five Points South, a busy area known for its restaurants, nightclubs, bars and live music venues near the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus and downtown. With no suspects in custody, the Birmingham Police Department is partnering with the FBI and other agencies to investigate, urging anyone with information to come forward. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 24, 2024 Author Members Posted September 24, 2024 Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. https://apnews.com/article/colorado-supermarket-shooting-ahmad-alissa-71d0750ba3b096dcbe51b390eee5d7db? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 26, 2024 Author Members Posted September 26, 2024 Suspect is detained after an explosion at a California courthouse injures 5 people SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A man set off an explosive device in the lobby of a California courthouse on Wednesday, sending five people to the hospital with minor injuries and prompting the shutdown of the court complex and other city buildings, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/santa-maria-california-courthouse-explosion-santa-barbara-3a9c783569134f3157fc686ea4163726? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 28, 2024 Author Members Posted September 28, 2024 Judge tosses lawsuit against congressman over posts about man not involved in Chiefs' rally shooting KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge this week tossed a lawsuit against a Tennessee congressman who falsely accused a Kansas man of being involved in a deadly shooting at a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory this year. https://local.newsbreak.com/kansas-city-ks/3610419177620-judge-tosses-lawsuit-against-congressman-over-posts-about-man-not-involved-in-chiefs-rally-shooting? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 8, 2024 Author Members Posted October 8, 2024 A retired Houston officer gets 60 years in a couple’s drug raid deaths that revealed corruption HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law enforcement agency and its tactics. https://apnews.com/article/houston-police-corruption-murder-drug-raid-1ee81ed2947a72e43ebf9e6f6435e1f1? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 17, 2024 Author Members Posted October 17, 2024 Former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets at least 28 years in prison for killing journalist LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office two years ago and exposed an intimate relationship with a female coworker. https://apnews.com/article/vegas-journalist-murder-politician-sentence-485cbcbc07ec75c22a61abc22bdf8b14? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 18, 2024 Author Members Posted October 18, 2024 A father and son are both indicted on murder charges in a mass school shooting in Georgia ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury indicted both a father and son on murder charges Thursday in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-mass-shooting-apalachee-high-school-697501c20b548316ba27b2fff3cc6a97? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 20, 2024 Author Members Posted October 20, 2024 3 killed and 8 injured in a mass shooting after a homecoming game in Mississippi Three people were killed and eight others injured by gunfire in Mississippi at a party to celebrate a school’s football victory early Saturday, according to the local sheriff. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/19/us/lexington-mississippi-homecoming-shooting Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 23, 2024 Author Members Posted October 23, 2024 Teen in custody after 5 found dead in shooting at home in Washington state, police say FALL CITY, WASH. (AP) — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. https://apnews.com/article/fall-city-washington-5-killed-house-shooting-95c41498579ce16783746202e48c269b? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 25, 2024 Author Members Posted October 25, 2024 Suspect in shootings at Kamala Harris’ Arizona campaign office had over 120 guns at home, may have planned ‘mass casualty’ event An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office in suburban Phoenix had more than 120 guns and over 250,000 rounds of ammunition in his home, leading law enforcement to believe he may have been planning a mass casualty event. https://local.newsbreak.com/tempe-az/3646388778973-suspect-in-shootings-at-kamala-harris-arizona-campaign-office-had-over-120-guns-at-home-may-have-planned-mass-casualty-event? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 27, 2024 Author Members Posted October 27, 2024 A 15-year-old boy is charged in the shooting deaths of his parents and 3 siblings in Washington state SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and three of his siblings this week east of Seattle tried to pin the slayings on his younger brother, but a sister who survived after playing dead escaped to a neighbor’s house and told police who really carried out the shootings, authorities said in a court document made public Thursday. https://apnews.com/article/fall-city-shooting-washington-f18108f6bfd4771aacd39c8d8a97bbf4? Indianapolis man is convicted in 2021 shooting deaths of 5 people including a pregnant woman INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man was convicted of murder Friday in the shooting deaths of five people, including family members and a pregnant woman who was nearly due to give birth, prosecutors said. https://apnews.com/article/indianapolis-shootings-five-killed-man-convicted-6a9bbc4d569902a077a522ce35b3ac49? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 3, 2024 Author Members Posted November 3, 2024 Shootings kill 2 and wound 7 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando killed two people and wounded seven others early Friday, authorities said. https://apnews.com/article/orlando-florida-fatal-shooting-halloween-5f81ec8d0a31b77abd4cd19d1ab6f8a3? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
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