At least five people were killed and 25 injured in a deadly mass shooting Saturday night at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado that has been called a “hate attack.” Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Lt. Pamela Castro said in an early Sunday morning press conference that police received calls …
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More than 30 people were killed, over 20 of whom were children, in a mass shooting and stabbing Thursday at a childcare facility in northeastern Thailand, marking the deadliest tragedy ever committed by a single perpetrator in the country’s history. According to the New York Times, the suspect — who …
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A gunman killed at least 13 people and injured 20 in a mass shooting at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk (about 600 miles east of Moscow) on Monday, Sept. 26. School No. 88 teaches grades one through 11, though there have been conflicting reports so far on …
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I’ll always hate the sound of fireworks. That’s what it sounded like to me — and so many others — when a gunman opened fire on us at the Route 91 Harvest festival. Needless to say, the two hardest days of the year for me are Oct. 1 and July …
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A false report of a mass shooting event sent panic throughout the crowd at a Wiz Khalifa and Logic concert in suburban Indianapolis Friday, causing audience members to flee the venue by climbing over fences and scrambling over seats. According to a statement from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the …
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The Uvalde school board fired police chief Pete Arredondo Wednesday evening, following months of intense scrutiny and multiple investigations into law enforcement’s bungled and haphazard response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School earlier this summer. In a unanimous vote, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s board of trustees …
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A Lollapalooza security guard remains in jail on bond after being arrested for allegedly faking a mass shooting alert to get out of work early, The Chicago Tribune reports. The suspect, 18-year-old Janya B. Williams, is facing a felony charge of making a false terrorism claim. She’s currently being held …
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Highland Park mass shooting suspect Robert “Bobby” Crimo III was indicted on 117 counts stemming from the tragic July 4th shooting, including 21 counts of first degree murder. On Thursday, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office revealed that a grand jury indicted Crimo on all 117 counts, ranging from the …
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A Uvalde police officer requested permission to shoot the armed gunman as he approached Robb Elementary on May 24, but he didn’t receive a response from his supervisor, according to a new damning report from Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center. The shooter went on to kill 19 …
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Ravinia, a popular outdoor summertime venue and North America’s oldest music festival located in Highland Park, is postponing and canceling seven shows in the wake of the mass shooting that killed at least seven people on Monday during a 4th of July parade. “In light of Monday’s tragedy, and out …
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