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Fourteen killed in two separate US mass shootings
Two mass shootings in the United States have claimed the lives of 14 people in the space of a few hours, local police forces have confirmed. Five people were shot dead at a home in […]
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Planned gun attack on America’s largest mall thwarted ‘after teen bought assault rifle’
A planned gun attack on the largest mall in the US was prevented after a teenager was arrested trying to buy an assault rifle, according to officials. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, was detained on Tuesday […]
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Girl, 12, killed after shooting over ‘parking space’ in Baltimore
A 12-year-old girl was killed after a shooting broke out over an apparent dispute over parking, Baltimore police said. According to Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, police responded to reports of gunshots at Leon Day […]
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Luigi Mangione admits killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and pleads guilty to federal charges
Luigi Mangione has admitted to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleading guilty to federal charges of interstate stalking resulting in death. “I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” the 28-year-old admitted in federal […]
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Father who gifted gun to son before he carried out deadly high school shooting jailed for 15 years
A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt […]
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Three dead and several injured in shooting at food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle
Three people have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle on Sunday, the city fire department said. Mayor Katie Wilson said one suspect was […]
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Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting
A father has killed seven of his children and an unrelated child in a mass shooting in Shreveport in the US state of Louisiana that police have described as a “domestic disturbance”. The children were […]
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Three police officers killed in Pennsylvania shooting, with two others critical
Three police officers were killed and two others critically injured in a shooting in the US state of , while following-up on a “domestic-related” investigation, authorities have said. Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris […]
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Police officer among four dead in shooting at New York City office building
A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle has stormed a skyscraper in the heart of New York, killing four people before shooting himself dead. The attacker, 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Las Vegas, walked into an office […]
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US Supreme Court upholds Biden’s ‘ghost guns’ crackdown
The US Supreme Court has upheld a major gun control policy enacted by the Biden administration to regulate so-called ghost guns – largely untraceable firearms that can be assembled at home using kits. The rules […]