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BREAKING: 7 teens, 2 younger children shot at Columbus gas station

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Multiple people, all under the age of 18, were shot and injured Friday evening at a Columbus gas station, police said.


The incident happened at a Shell along Warm Springs Road shortly after 10 p.m. Police said a large group was gathered at the gas station when gunfire rang out.

Nine people were shot and taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, according to police.

The victims included:

Boy, 5
Boy, 12
Girl, 13
Girl, 13
Boy, 13
Boy, 14
Boy, 15
Boy, 15
Boy, 17

Authorities have not said why the group was at the gas station or what exactly may have led to the shooting. No information on a suspect has been released, but police confirmed that an arrest had not been made as of Saturday morning.
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Los Angeles bishop shot dead in Hacienda Heights
A Los Angeles County bishop known as a "peacemaker" was found dead of a gunshot wound in Hacienda Heights on Saturday, a law enforcement source said.

David O'Connell, who served as a priest and bishop in L.A. County for nearly half a century, was found dead in the 1500 block of Janlu Avenue in Hacienda Heights around 1 p.m., according to the source, sheriffs officials and a statement from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.


"It is a shock and I have no words to express my sadness. As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for 45 years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for our blessed mother," Archbishop Jose Gomez said in a statement.

"He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected. He was also a good friend, and I will miss him greatly. I know we all will."

Gomez said only that O'Connell had "passed away unexpectedly."

In a brief statement, the sheriff's department said it was investigating the shooting death of an adult male at 12:57 p.m. on Saturday. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff's department, which offered no details about a possible suspect or motive. A spokeswoman declined to answer questions Saturday night.
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5 children, 1 woman injured in shooting at schoolyard in Philadelphia
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A 2-year-old was among the victims, police said.

ByVictoria Arancio and Stephanie Guerilus
Video byJessie DiMartino
February 23, 2023, 8:41 PM
Six people were shot, five of them children, in a shooting that took place at a schoolyard in Philadelphia Thursday evening, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

Police found multiple shooting victims at a schoolyard of the James G. Blaine School, located in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section, at about 5:52 p.m. Thursday. Authorities then transported six people to area hospitals, five of them children, and one being a 31-year-old woman who was shot twice and is in stable condition.

A 2-year-old girl, 13-year-old boy, 15-year-old boy, and two 16-year-old boys were shot at the schoolyard. All are in stable condition and are seeking treatment at area hospitals, police said.
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2 dead, 6 injured in shooting at suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers
Source: ABC News Via AOL

At least two people were killed and six others were injured when gunfire erupted late Saturday night at a suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers, according to law enforcement officials.

The shooting broke out about 11 p.m. at a home in Douglasville, about 20 miles west of Atlanta, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

"We know that there was a house party where well over a hundred teenagers were attending. A confrontation occurred that resulted in two deaths and six injured from gunshots," the sheriff's office said in a statement Sunday.
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1 dead, 8 hurt in stampede at GloRilla concert in New York
Source: AP

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — False fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, killing one person and injuring eight others, police said.

Police found “no evidence to support a shooting having occurred” inside the concert late Sunday featuring rappers GloRilla and Finesse2tymes at the Main Street Armory, Rochester police Lt. Nicholas Adams said in a statement. A 33-year-old woman died and two people were in critical condition, the department said.

Police officials were expected to brief the media on the stampede Monday morning.

Six additional people were dropped off by private vehicle at hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper reported.
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5 dead in apparent murder-suicide in South Florida
Police: 5 dead in apparent murder-suicide in South Florida

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida were investigating five deaths Friday in what they believe to be a murder-suicide.

Miami-Dade police officers responded to a Miami Lakes home Friday morning after a relative requested a welfare check because she had been unable to contact the occupants, a news release said.

After meeting with the relative, uniformed officers entered the residence through a rear window, authorities said. Inside, they found three females and two males dead from apparent gunshot wounds, officials said. The wounds of one man appeared to be self-inflicted, leading investigators to believe the case was a murder-suicide.
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8 reported dead after 2 suspected smuggling boats crash at Black's Beach in San Diego
Source: LA Times

SAN DIEGO — At least eight people died late Saturday night when two suspected smuggling boats overturned in the ocean off Black’s Beach in the Torrey Pines area in what officials called one of the deadliest maritime events in San Diego history.

Officials were alerted to the incident when a Spanish-speaking woman called 911 around 11:30 p.m. asking for help. She said two boats were near Black’s Beach, one with eight people onboard and a second with eight to 10 people. She told dispatchers the one she was on had made it to shore while the other had capsized and people were in the water.

However, emergency crews found both boats capsized and did not find any survivors, said Lifeguard Chief James Gartland, of the San Diego Fire Department.

A lifeguard dispatcher used GPS coordinates from the woman’s cellphone to pinpoint the location to water off of Black Gold Road, south of Torrey Pines Gliderport, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said.
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4-year-old shot and killed by 3-year-old in Houston, sheriff says
Source: ABC News

A 3-year-old in Houston, Texas, gained access to a firearm and "unintentionally" shot and killed a 4-year-old, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said the preliminary investigation showed that the two children had been inside an apartment on Bammel North Houston Road. with one other person.

"The toddler was pronounced deceased at the scene," he said on Twitter.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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As right on schedule, yet another school shooting at the historic Denver East High School
https://www.9news.com/article/news/loca ... 81a58ddad1
While initial reports are non-life-threatening injuries to two adult faculty, the fact that this incredible school was the site for a young student athlete's shooting (and later death) on a street near the school just a few weeks ago makes this all the more horrendous. Since that young man's death, students have conducted walk-outs and gone to the state legislature for more action on gun control and safety in schools. While most of you know the infamous Colorado school shootings (of which Columbine is only the most known), you may be unaware of how much gun control legislation has actually been successfully passed in its wake (and the aftermath of the Aurora theater shootings). Yet, it is only a drop in the bucket.

Years ago I lived near East High (which dates to 1875 and is architecturally just incredible bordering Denver's City Park) and it was a favorite walking locale for me with my last (still much-missed and beloved) dog. So this is especially hitting home for me.
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