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9 people shot and wounded in D.C., including 2 juveniles, as violence continues to mar July Fourth
Source: AP

Nine people were shot and wounded, including two juveniles, early Wednesday in Washington, D.C., police said.

Shortly before 1 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on Meade Street in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. capital, Assistant Chief Leslie Parsons of the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement on Twitter.

Upon their arrival officers discovered multiple shooting victims, including a 9-year-old and a 17-year-old, Parsons said.

A dark colored SUV seen driving through the neighborhood, stopped and then shot at the victims outside enjoying the July Fourth holiday, Parsons said, calling the shooting targeted.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/9-people-shot- ... 25607.html

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Philadelphia mass shooting suspect told police he did it to clean up the neighborhood, sources say

The man accused of fatally shooting five people in Philadelphia on Monday night told police in sum and substance that he carried out the attack to clean up the neighborhood, two law enforcement sources told CNN.

Authorities are also investigating a since-deleted social media page believed to belong to the accused gunman, 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, that includes a series of posts about guns, the Second Amendment and the “loss of freedoms,” according to a law enforcement source.

The most recent public post on the page was made at 10:49 a.m. ET Monday and showed a video advertisement for a tactical weapons accessories company. The video shows a man in tactical gear, holding what appears to be a military-style rifle.

In May, Carriker shared posts from pro-gun groups supporting former President Donald Trump and the Second Amendment. In June, he shared a mocking video of a speech by President Joe Biden and added his view that Biden was trying to “take our arms.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/us/phila ... index.html

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El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius sentenced 90 consecutive life sentences
Source: NBC News

The Texas man who fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in a targeted attack against people of Mexican descent was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences.

Patrick Crusius, of Allen, agreed in February to the back-to-back life sentences when he pleaded guilty to 90 federal counts, including 45 hate crime charges.

He traveled almost 600 miles from North Texas to El Paso before opening fire on shoppers on Aug. 3, 2019, with a WASR-10 rifle. Minutes before the attack, he posted a hate-filled racist screed online in which he referred to an “invasion” of immigrants to the United States, the Justice Department said.

The department has said Crusius, who admitted to police he was the shooter, is a self-described white nationalist. Sentencing began Wednesday, and for days relatives of those killed spoke to Crusius about their anger and about the damage he did.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/el- ... -rcna92150
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The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief.

Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.

https://apnews.com/article/mass-killing ... 15cd3bc009

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At least four killed in Georgia mass shooting as police hunt ‘active shooter’

Suspected gunman named by authorities as 40-year-old Andre Longmore

At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Georgia‘s Henry County as police continue to hunt for the gunman. Authorities say that three male adults and one female adult were killed in the Saturday morning incident in the town of Hampton, Georgia.

None of the victims have yet been identified and police said they have not determined a motive for the shooting.

“Wherever you are, we will hunt you down in whatever hole you may be hiding in and bring you into custody. Period,” Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett told reporters.

Police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old Andre Longmore, who they had obtained four warrants for and described as armed and dangerous.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 75991.html

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4 dead in Oklahoma triple murder-suicide, including 10-month-old
Source: ABC News

An Oklahoma mother killed her three children, including a 10-month-old, and then shot herself in an apparent triple murder-suicide, authorities said.

The Verdigris Police Department went to investigate a home on Thursday after they noticed fireworks erupting outside, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a press release.

Upon arrival, they discovered 39-year-old Brandy McCaslin armed and barricaded inside the Verdigris home, the bureau said.

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Inside the home they discovered McCaslin shot dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the bodies of her three children — a 10-month-old baby, a six-year-old and an eleven-year-old— all shot dead, according to the bureau.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/4-dead-oklaho ... =101577826

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US surpasses 400 mass shootings so far in 2023: National gun violence website
Source: ABC News

A shooting that erupted in a Houston park over the weekend that left a pregnant woman dead and four other people injured marked the 400th mass shooting in the United States in 2023, according to a national website that tracks firearm deaths and injuries.

The Houston incident was among six mass shootings that occurred on Saturday and early Sunday in cities across the nation, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as a single event with four or more victims either injured or killed.

With a little over six months still to go in the year, the number of mass shootings is up 9% from 365 mass shootings that occurred as of this time in 2022 -- a year in which a total of 647 mass shootings unfolded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The Houston shooting happened just after 1 a.m. on Saturday at Margaret Jenkins Park in the southern part of the city as a birthday party was ending, police and witnesses said. Killed in the shooting was a 21-year-old woman, identified by her family as Autumn Vallian. Vallian's mother, Ebony Vallian, told ABC station KTRK in Houston, the shooting occurred as she and her daughter were attempting to leave the party when at least two people engaged in an argument, pulled guns and started shooting.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-surpasses- ... =101588652

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan suicide bomb which killed 54 people

Monday 31 Jul 2023 7:47 pm

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan which killed 54 people.

The bomb went off at an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric on Sunday.

Nearly 200 people were injured in the explosion.

Earlier today hundreds of mourners carried caskets draped in colourful cloths to burial sites.

IS, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement on its Amaq website.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/31/islamic- ... s_news_top

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4 People Shot At Oklahoma High School Football Game Friday
CHOCTAW, Okla. —

Numerous law enforcement officers responded after shots were fired Friday night during Choctaw High School's home football game against Del City High School at Bill Jensen Field.

Mark Rodgers, who was covering the game for The Sports Animal, told KOCO 5 that he heard shots being fired around 10:15 p.m. during the third quarter, stopping the game.

One of the victims was taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released for a wound to their thigh. Marshall also said at least one of the victims was a student.

Information about the other three victims’ conditions is unknown. Police have not released any other details about the victims.


Pandemonium on the field -- see on the video.

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-c ... o/44915991

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Multiple fatalities in shooting at Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida; suspected shooter dead
Source: abc





"This is a tragic moment. My heart is heavy," Councilwoman Ju'Coby Pittman said.

August 26, 2023, 4:53 PM

Several people were killed in a shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, officials said.

The city of Jacksonville confirmed to ABC News there were multiple fatalities, including the suspected shooter, in the shooting, which occurred inside and outside the store.

The incident prompted a heavy police presence on the city's westside.

Edward Water University issued a public safety alert alerting students to the shooting, which occurred near its campus. Students are being kept in their residence halls until the scene is cleared, the alert said.
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"This is a tragic moment. My heart is heavy," Jacksonville Councilwoman Ju'Coby Pittman told ABC Jacksonville affiliate WJXX. "The people in this community, they're hurting -- and they have every right to. This makes no sense. I am very, very angry right now."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jacksonville- ... =102588769

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The CIA released odd stories recently basically showing that its just violence and that terrorism as a word does not exist. It made me realize that it got quite the use after 2001 simply because whatever plans just in Washington DC that had issues back then in the 1990s and 2000 were pushed through using that magic word.

Made me realize the nerdy dudes on here or even in real life are more manly than the people who use that terror word. That includes the new generation of nerdy guys I see around nowadays. Yeah... its that pathetic.

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Molotov cocktails tossed at Cuban Embassy in Washington, minister says
Source: ABC News

September 25, 2023, 4:40 AM

The Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., was "the target of a terrorist attack," when two Molotov cocktails were tossed at the building on Sunday night, according to Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

Embassy staff "suffered no harm" and "details are being worked out," Rodríguez Parrilla said on social media.

"Terrorist attack against the Cuban embassy in the United States. The Cuban Embassy staff have not been injured," the embassy said in a statement.

The Molotov cocktails tossed on Sunday amounted to the second violent attack on the embassy since April 2020, when "an individual shot several rounds against the embassy using an assault rifle," Rodríguez Parrilla said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/mo ... =103457331

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Suicide bombing near Pakistan mosque kills at least 54 people
Source: The Guardian

A suicide bomber has killed at least 54 people who were gathering for a parade near a mosque to mark the birthday of the prophet Muhammad in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.

Local officials said hundreds of people had gathered at a mosque in Mastung for an Eid-e-Milad Un Nabiprocession and were leaving the building when the bomber struck. Muslims hold rallies and distribute free meals to people on the occasion, which is also a public holiday.

Celebration of the prophet’s birthday is accepted by the majority of Muslims in Pakistan, but certain denominations view it as an unwarranted innovation. According to one official, however, a senior police officer killed in the attack may have been the target.
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Hours after the bombing, there was another explosion at a mosque on the premises of a police station in Hangu, a district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. An official told Al Jazeera at least five people had been killed. The mosque’s roof collapsed in the blast, the local broadcaster Geo News reported, adding that about 30 to 40 people were trapped under the rubble.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... tan-mosque

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