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Addressing new commonalities and trends in mass shooting incidents
Julie Parker speaks with Deputy Chief Chris Covelli of the Lake County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office about the media response to the shooting that left 7 dead and 30 wounded
AG Barr staunchly defended the work of LE Monday while also taking aim at some prosecutors
Michael Napolitano suffered injuries including post-traumatic stress disorder after he was shot in his Kevlar helmet during the Pulse shooting
A special task force recommended the idea as one piece of an overall plan designed to keep students safe
Patrick Crusius, 21, emerged with his hands up from a vehicle that was stopped at an intersection shortly after last Saturday’s attack and told officers, “I’m the shooter”
An off-duty firefighter held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived
Authorities say his motive isn’t known but he had been interested in conflicting violent ideologies
Video shows the bouncer holding the front door open and waving in or pulling people inside Ned Peppers bar as the shooter got closer
CBP Tornillo Port Director Donna Sifford was shopping on her day off when a gunman entered the store and began shooting
Video footage showed people rushing out of the busy tourism and entertainment area, with some taking cover behind vehicles
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said there’s “a growing wave of support on both sides of the aisle” for the red-flag plan
Shooter Santino William Legan, 19, appeared to be interested in conflicting ideologies, but authorities still have not determined a motive
Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own firearms
The discounter has long dealt with violent crimes at its stores across the country
Researchers looked at the motivations of disgruntled employee, school, ideologically motivated and rampage mass public shooters in the United States from 1966-2017
Matthew DeSarno, special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Office, said law enforcement was able to work together to “find a solution that protected the public from harm”
Some former classmates said the shooter was suspended in high school for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault
Officers stopped the suspect moments before he entered a bar
Speaking at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump condemned the two attacks
In his manifesto, the El Paso killer left some valuable information for law enforcement to consider about his preparation for the attack
The federal government is also investigating the attack with a view toward bringing federal hate crime charges
The gunman was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting “a heinous and senseless act of violence”
The gunman who opened fire on a California food festival killed himself after officers shot him multiple times
The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was “kind of a loner” and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said
While authorities are still seeking a motive for the killings, the gunman had posted white supremacist views
The shooter cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding about 15 others
The shooting occurred during an annual garlic festival that attracts more than 100,000 people
Man shot multiple people Thursday during a deadly 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles’ sprawling San Fernando Valley
Hundreds of workers in the building were not told about the training class. Nor were police