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Cops: High School Custodian Admits Planning Mass Shooting

Khristopher Clay turned himself in at Oregon police station

(Newser) - A high school custodian in Oregon thwarted his own plan to carry out a mass shooting at his workplace and other locations, police say. The Medford Police Department says 24-year-old Khristopher Clay went to a police station on July 20 and confessed that he was having "homicidal thoughts" and...

Forever Purge Shooting Suspect Blames Voices

Joseph Jimenez says he was diagnosed with schizophrenia 8 months ago

(Newser) - The suspect accused of fatally shooting two people watching the Forever Purge at a Southern California movie theater offered wrenching details on the crime in an interview with the Riverside Press-Enterprise . "I wish I didn't do it," said Joseph Jimenez, who referred to the victims, teens Rylee...

3 Killed, 1 Hurt in Rural SC Shooting

'Person of interest' Jeffrey Powell is armed and dangerous, deputies say

(Newser) - Three people were killed and one other person was hurt in a shooting Monday in rural South Carolina, and deputies released the name and picture of a man they want to interview. The shooting happened around 3pm at a Greenwood County home just off US Highway 25 about 8 miles...

4 Arrested in Denver Over Weapons in Hotel Room

16 long guns and 1K rounds of ammo found in 8th-floor room

(Newser) - Hotel housekeepers have seen it all. One in Denver definitely has—an unnamed hotel employee saw 16 long guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in room near Coors Field Friday night, Denver7 reports. The room on the Maven Hotel’s eighth-floor had a balcony overlooking the downtown...

2 Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting at Fireworks Gathering

Police don't know yet whether incident near Cincinnati park was random or targeted

(Newser) - Two people died and three others were wounded in a shooting in downtown Cincinnati on the Fourth of July, police said. Gunfire broke out Sunday night in the area of Smale Riverfront Park, Lt. Col. Lisa Davis told reporters at a news conference. One person died at the scene, and...

Report: Thousand Oaks Shooter Hated College Kids

Ventura County Sheriff's Office releases extensive report

(Newser) - The gunman who shot up a Southern California bar and grill in 2018 , leaving a dozen people dead, hated college students, police say. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office released an extensive report on the shooting at Thousand Oaks' Borderline Bar & Grill Wednesday revealing a possible motive of Ian...

Shootings in Colorado, St. Louis Leave 6 Dead

Officer was among those killed in suburban Denver

(Newser) - Two Monday shootings with multiple casualties are making headlines, one that left three dead—including a police officer—in suburban Denver, and another that left three dead and four injured in St. Louis. Details:
  • Arvada, Colorado: The shooting took place in the shopping district of Olde Town Arvada Monday afternoon,
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Victim Dies Day After Austin Mass Shooting

25-year-old was a tourist in the area

(Newser) - One of the 14 people injured in a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, early Saturday died on Sunday. Douglas John Kantor, 25, "suffered from the time of the injury until time of death, it was the most gruesome thing I could think to wish on someone," his brother...

13 Hurt in Shooting in Busy Austin Entertainment Hub

Meanwhile, a shooting in Savannah, Ga., has left one dead, 8 injured

(Newser) - A shooting in a busy entertainment district in downtown Austin, Texas, injured 13 people early Saturday, and police said the suspected shooter wasn't in custody. Two of the injured people were in critical condition, but as of a news conference at 4am local time, no one had died, interim...

Miami Area Sees Another Mass Shooting

3 dead, at least 5 injured leaving graduation party

(Newser) - Three people are dead and at least five others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party, the latest in a string of such violence in the Miami area, police said Sunday. One of those killed was a female state corrections officer, Miami-Dade police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez...

Father of Miami Mass Shooting Victim Interrupts Press Conference

As $130K in rewards is offered for still-at-large suspects

(Newser) - An "ongoing rivalry" between two groups may have been behind the mass shooting that left two dead and 21 injured early Sunday, and $130,000 in rewards are now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the as-yet-unidentified gunmen. The three suspects waited outside a...

Cops Say Man Planned Mass Shooting at Walmart

'Radical ideology paraphernalia' found at home of Texas man Coleman Blevins

(Newser) - Police say they moved quickly after intercepting a message from a Texas man that indicated he was preparing to proceed with a mass shooting. The Kerr County Sheriff's Office says Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, was arrested Friday on a warrant for "a Terroristic Threat to Create Public Fear...

Mass Shooting Leaves 2 Dead in South Florida

At least 20 injured

(Newser) - Two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall in South Florida, police said. The gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah, police told news outlets. The banquet hall had been...

San Jose Shooter Was Super Prepared

25,000 rounds of ammo found

(Newser) - As it becomes clearer just how extensively the San Jose shooter prepared for his deadly rampage, authorities have revealed some of what they found in his Bay Area home. Per the BBC , Samuel Cassidy had 12 firearms, over 20 cans of gasoline, and some 25,000 rounds of ammo, and...

Officials on San Jose Shooting: 'This Was a Planned Event'

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office says guns, 22K rounds of ammo found at suspect's home

(Newser) - Authorities still haven't pinned down a motive for why Samuel Cassidy shot up a rail yar d in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, killing nine, but after a search of his residence, they say it's evident the 57-year-old suspect, who also took his own life during the shooting,...

Gunman Told One Person: 'I'm Not Going to Shoot You'

Sheriff says shooter in San Jose appeared to target some of his victims

(Newser) - A California sheriff says a gunman who killed nine people in a rail yard massacre fired 39 shots and appeared to target some of the victims. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told the AP on Thursday that the shooter told at least one person: “I’m not going...

Hero Emerges as San Jose Shooting Claims Another Life

9th victim died in the hospital Wednesday evening

(Newser) - Wednesday's mass shooting in San Jose, Calif.—the 232nd in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive —has claimed another life. Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who was initially taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in critical condition, died Wednesday evening, bringing the total...

8 Victims of San Jose VTA Shooting Identified

Many were longtime employees of Valley Transportation Authority

(Newser) - The eight victims of Wednesday morning's mass shooting at a San Jose, California, rail yard have been identified by the Santa Clara County coroner's office Wednesday night. Many of them were longtime employees of Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa...

San Jose Mass Shooter Identified
San Jose
Mass Shooter
Identified
May 26, 2021 5:45 PM CDT

San Jose Mass Shooter Identified

Sam Cassidy killed coworkers at Valley Transportation Authority

(Newser) - The Valley Transportation Authority employee who killed eight people at a San Jose rail yard before taking his own life Wednesday morning has been identified by multiple sources as 57-year-old Sam Cassidy. Sources tell NBC that Cassidy was a substation maintainer. Records show he made more than $114,000 in...

Cops: Gunman Is Down After San Jose Mass Shooting
9 Dead in San Jose
Rail Yard Mass Shooting
UPDATED
May 26, 2021 1:25 PM CDT

9 Dead in San Jose Rail Yard Mass Shooting

'The whole crew is gone, the whole shift is gone'

(Newser) - "Shooter is down," the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office tweeted Wednesday morning after reports of a mass shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Russell Davis later confirmed that a gunman killed eight people at the Valley...

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