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Man Accused of Killing Neighbors Found Hiding Under Laundry

38-year-old suspect found in nearby town

(Newser) - The man accused of fatally shooting five of his Texas neighbors after he was asked to fire his weapon farther away from their home was caught Tuesday night after a four-day manhunt. Francisco Oropesa (sometimes spelled Oropeza) was found mere miles from the Cleveland, Texas, home where the massacre took...

Texas Shooting: Family Called Cops 5 Times

Wilson Garcia talks about the events that led up to the slayings of his wife, son, 3 others

(Newser) - Wilson Garcia hadn’t even asked his neighbor to stop shooting his gun. People in their rural Texas town are used to people firing their weapons to blow off steam, but it was late Friday, and Garcia had a month-old son who was crying. So, Garcia tells the AP , he...

Texas Governor Slammed for Tweets After Mass Shooting

Gregg Abbott labels victims 'illegal immigrants'; reward for suspected gunman jumps to $80K

(Newser) - On Saturday, Texas authorities had an idea where the suspect in a mass shooting that killed five Friday night might have been hiding out. By Sunday, that inkling had vanished. "We do not know where he is. We do not have any tips on where he may be,"...

Fugitive in Texas Killings 'Could Be Anywhere'

Searchers pick up, lose trail of man sought in shooting deaths of five people

(Newser) - Law enforcement officials searching for the suspect in the fatal shooting of five people in a Texas home were able to track his cellphone until that stopped working Saturday evening. Authorities said they believe Francisco Oropeza, 38, has left the Cleveland, Texas, area, where his neighbors were shot to death...

Gunman On the Run After Texas Mass Shooting

5 are dead after Friday night killings in San Jacinto County, Texas; youngest victim was 8

(Newser) - Five are dead, including an 8-year-old, following a mass shooting late Friday night in a Texas town north of Houston. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office says that four of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while a fifth was taken to a local hospital and died...

Colorado Toughens Gun Laws After Latest Shooting

One raises the age to buy guns from 18 to 21

(Newser) - Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, edging the once-purple state closer to liberal-leaning governments in California and New York just months after a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs , the latest in the state’s long history of notorious massacres, per the AP . The new...

Louisville Bank Shooter&#39;s Parents Have Message for Victims
Bank Shooter's Parents
Can't Make Sense of It
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Apr 27, 2023 12:49 PM CDT

Bank Shooter's Parents Can't Make Sense of It

'We wish we could undo it, but we know we can’t,' says mother of Connor Sturgeon

(Newser) - Connor Sturgeon was suffering from mental health issues , but that fails to explain why he bought an AR-15-style rifle, then opened fire on fellow employees of Louisville's Old National Bank on April 10. "I'm afraid that whatever we come up with as the cause still isn't...

Sources: Bank Attacker Wrote He Wanted to Make a Point

Family tries to keep the gun from being used again

(Newser) - The man who opened fire at a Louisville bank, killing five people and wounding eight, left behind notes saying he wanted to demonstrate how easily a person with a serious mental illness can obtain an assault-style weapon, CNN reports by way of law enforcement sources. One note was found on...

6 People Have Now Been Arrested in Sweet 16 Party Shooting

2 more suspects, ages 15 and 19, arrested

(Newser) - Six people are now behind bars in connection with the shooting that killed four young people and left 32 others injured at a 16th birthday party in Alabama Saturday night. Willie George Brown Jr., 19, was the fifth person charged in the case; he faces charges of reckless murder along...

At Sandy Hook, They Saw the Horrors We Can't Possibly Imagine

The 'New York Times Magazine' speaks to the crime-scene investigators

(Newser) - The horrifying scenes of school shootings are impossible to picture for all but a few people: those tasked with meticulously documenting the scene. In a lengthy piece for the New York Times Magazine , Jay Kirk recounts what Detectives Art Walkley and Karoline Keith and Sgt. Jeff Covello took on when...

Lawmaker Shares Sickening Detail of Texas School Shooting

Uvalde gunman wrote 'LOL' in victims' blood

(Newser) - Family members of the children and teachers massacred at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last year gasped and cried Tuesday when a state lawmaker disclosed a grim detail. State Rep. Joe Moody said the 18-year-old gunman used his victims' blood to write a message on a fourth-grade classroom whiteboard,...

Teen Brothers Charged in Alabama Mass Shooting
3rd Suspect Arrested
in Alabama Mass Shooting
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Apr 19, 2023 6:55 PM CDT

3rd Suspect Arrested in Alabama Mass Shooting

Arrest of Wilson Lamar Hill in Dadeville shooting follows arrest of teen brothers

(Newser) - A third suspect was taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the Saturday night mass shooting in Alabama that killed four people and injured 32 others. Police say Auburn resident Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with four counts of reckless murder, AL.com reports....

Gunman Fires Into Crowd at Louisville Park

'Put your weapons down,' mayor says after two more killings

(Newser) - An unidentified suspect fired a gun into a crowd of hundreds in a Kentucky park, leaving two people dead and four wounded Saturday night, police said. There were no suspects in custody immediately after the shooting, which took place around 9 pm in Louisville's Chickasaw Park. "As of...

Louisville Bank Shooter's Brain to Be Examined for CTE

Gunman was on medication, being treated for depression and anxiety

(Newser) - The gunman who killed five people and wounded eight others in a shooting at the Louisville bank where he worked was under treatment for depression and anxiety. A spokesperson for the shooter's family says the shooter, variously reported as 23 or 25 years old, was seeing a psychiatrist and...

Louisville Shooter's Mom Placed 911 Call: 'Oh My Lord'

'I'm so sorry, I'm getting details secondhand,' Connor Sturgeon's mom tells dispatcher

(Newser) - One of the 911 calls placed Monday morning in connection with the shooting spree that killed five at a downtown Louisville bank branch came from the shooter's own mother. On Wednesday, the city released a number of 911 calls, including a more than 2-minute call placed by Connor Sturgeon'...

Cops: College Student Planned 'Mass Casualty Event'

Waylon Kurts of St. Olaf College arrested after tip from school custodian

(Newser) - A student at a private college in Minnesota planned "a mass casualty event" that was prevented by a tip from a school custodian, police say. After the St. Olaf College custodian spotted packages for high-capacity magazines in a garbage can on April 5, a search of a student dorm...

Louisville Mayor: Bank Shooter's Gun Is Headed Back to the Streets

Craig Greenberg says state law requires it to be turned over for police to auction

(Newser) - Under Kentucky state law, authorities cannot destroy the assault-style rifle used to kill five people at a Louisville bank and injure eight others, two of them critically, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday. Weapons confiscated by police must be sent to state police officials to sell at auction, the Guardian...

Police Release Body Cam Video From Louisville Shooting

Video shows officers under fire

(Newser) - Police body camera video released Tuesday shows the chaotic moments when police arrived at the scene of a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, as the shooter they couldn't see from the street rained bullets down on them. The videos, taken from two wounded officers' lapels, offer...

Louisville Shooter Legally Bought Weapon Last Week

Lawmaker says Connor Sturgeon left a note, told somebody he was suicidal

(Newser) - The man who killed five peopl e at a bank in Louisville Monday morning used a rifle that he bought legally just six days earlier, police say. At a press conference Tuesday, Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Connor Sturgeon bought an AR-15-style rifle at a local dealership on April...

At a Virtual Meeting, She Saw the Massacre on Her Screen

Bank manager was attending virtual meeting when shooting took place

(Newser) - Rebecca Buchheit-Sims, a bank manager at Louisville's Old National Bank, was not in the building when a fellow employee opened fire Monday morning, killing five —but she witnessed the massacre through her computer screen because she was attending a virtual meeting at the time. "Shortly after the...

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