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Alabama mass shooting victims may have been targeted in murder-for-hire plot, police say

Four people were killed and 17 were wounded when gunfire erupted on a busy Birmingham street.
Police cars with lights flashing on the street
Police cars with lights flashing on the street

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The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first presidential election

It’s a monumental moment that has given some survivors hope for change, nearly 12 years after 26 first graders and educators were killed in the shooting.
Kamala Harris sits in a room with six Sandy Hook survivors
Kamala Harris sits in a room with six Sandy Hook survivors

Body found near Kentucky highway identified as shooting spree suspect

Officials said a body they believed to be that of suspected gunman Joseph A. Couch was found Wednesday near the site of the Sept. 7 shooting.
Manhunt underway for suspect in Kentucky mass shooting near highway
Manhunt underway for suspect in Kentucky mass shooting near highway

Kentucky couple followed circling vultures to body believed to be that of highway shooting suspect

Fred and Sheila McCoy have been told they'll score a $25,000 reward for locating the body believed to be that of Joseph A. Couch.
kentucky shooter manhunt, body discovered fred mccoy interview
kentucky shooter manhunt, body discovered fred mccoy interview

'Coward!': Families face officers in Uvalde school shooting for first time

Families attended a court hearing for Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, charged in connection with the failure to confront a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
Bouquets of flowers are set in front of the Robb Elementary school brick signage
Bouquets of flowers are set in front of the Robb Elementary school brick signage

Video shows suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt being arrested

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested shortly after the Secret Service opened fire on an armed man hear the former president's golf course.
Ryan Routh is apprehended by police in Florida on Sept. 15, 2024.
Ryan Routh is apprehended by police in Florida on Sept. 15, 2024.

4 shot at Brooklyn train station when officers open fire at knife-wielding man

A 49-year-old bystander was hospitalized in critical condition following the shooting that began when police officers confronted a man trying to evade the fare, authorities said.
The police department confirmed multiple bystanders were shot, along with a suspect and responding officer.
The police department confirmed multiple bystanders were shot, along with a suspect and responding officer.

Border Patrol response to Uvalde school shooting marred by lack of clear command, reports says

The review by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Professional Responsibility is the first to specifically scrutinize the actions of the 188 Border Patrol agents.
Uvalde, Texas Marks One Year Anniversary Of Deadly School Shooting
Uvalde, Texas Marks One Year Anniversary Of Deadly School Shooting

Manhunt intensifies for Kentucky highway shooting suspect who evaded police

Authorities say Joseph A. Couch wounded five people, shooting randomly from a cliffside onto drivers along Interstate 75, before he fled into the woods.
Traffic stopped during an active shooting on a highway
Traffic stopped during an active shooting on a highway

Georgia school shooting suspect's dad asks for protection due to threats in jail

Colin Gray, whose son is charged with the slayings of 4 people at Apalachee High School, asked a judge to be separated from other inmates behind bars.
Colin Gray
Colin Gray

Video released of 2023 interview with father and teen charged in Georgia school shooting

They were interviewed after threats about a school shooting were posted online. The teen denied making them. He has since been charged with killing 4 people at Apalachee High School.
colin gray father of colt gray alleged apalachee high school shooter
colin gray father of colt gray alleged apalachee high school shooter

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