Mass shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death for anti-Semitic attack
Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supremacist beliefs online before planning and carrying out the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue.
- by Peter Smith and Michael Rubinkam
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US gunman who killed 23 in racist attack handed 90 consecutive life sentences
He faces a separate trial that could end with him getting the death penalty for carrying out one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.
- by Morgan Lee and Paul Weber
Gunman wearing bulletproof vest opens fire at random, killing four in Philadelphia
The victims were apparently random, with no connection immediately known between them and the shooter.
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USA
Baltimore mass shooting devastates Maryland ahead of Fourth of July
Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded in a mass shooting in the US city of Baltimore.
Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass shooter sentenced to life in prison
The guilty plea comes just seven months after the shooting that killed five people, and spares victim’s families and survivors a long and potentially painful trial.
- by Colleen Slevin and Jesse Bedayn
Texas children given Winnie the Pooh books on how to react to school shooters
The Stay Safe book, given to primary school students in the Dallas area, advises pupils to “run, hide, fight” if a gunman enters their building.
- by Maighna Nanu
‘Psyop’: Elon Musk spreads misleading claims about Texas mall gunman
The billionaire suggested revelations about the shooter’s background could be a psychological operation in which the public is misled about the real details of the shooting.
- by David Klepper
Gunman kills eight, sends hundreds into panic in Texas mall shooting
This latest mass shooting comes amid a shocking surge in gun killings.
- by Jake Bleiberg and Rebecca Boone
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Serbia
Drive-by shooting leaves several dead and injured in Serbia
Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic described the country’s second mass shooting in 48 hours as a “terrorist act”.
- by Antonio Bronic and Aleksandar Vasovic
Why are Americans shooting strangers and neighbours?
Experts blame a cocktail of factors - including a growing sense of danger - for a spate of shootings around homes.
- by Danielle Paquette, John D. Harden and Scott Clement
Texas man kills five neighbours after they complained about noise
A Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbours after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because their baby was sleeping.
- by Juan Lozano