Latest Shootings News
At least 15 die in multiple attacks near US-Mexico border
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen aboard a number of vehicles staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, and at least 15 people died in clashes that caused widespread panic, according to local law enforcement. The...
Four shot, including 1-year-old, at Toronto birthday party
TORONTO (AP) — Three children were wounded when gunfire broke out at a child’s outdoor birthday party in western Toronto on Saturday evening. Toronto Police Inspector Kelly Skinner said a 1-year-old boy, a 5-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy were wounded in the...
Anchorage shooting kills 1, wounds 4 others, police say
A shooting near downtown Anchorage early Saturday left a woman dead and four other people wounded, police say. Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 2:45 a.m. and found two women and three men who had been shot. They were taken to a hospital, where one woman...
Sheriff: Alabama man killed after pointing gun at deputies
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — An armed 20-year-old man was fatally shot early Saturday during a standoff with sheriff’s deputies and Alabama state troopers, authorities said. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency troopers identified the slain man as Jeff Melvin of Salem, an...
Man suspected of 3 killings in Oregon town is still at large
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A man sought in the killings of three people after a hit-and-run crash near a casino and a shooting at a marijuana dispensary in a small Oregon city was still at large Saturday. The suspect, who was considered armed and dangerous, was not found...
Triple shooting kills 2 men, wounds 3-year-old
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a triple shooting killed two men and wounded a 3-year-old boy in west Philadelphia over the weekend. Police said the gunfire shortly before 2:30 p.m. Saturday hit two 23-year-old men multiple times. Both were taken to Presbyterian Hospital...
5 wounded in two incidents in Colorado Springs, Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Five people were wounded in two separate shooting incidents in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday night, police say. The first shooting involved a disturbance between two "known groups” at a mall carnival, where three juveniles were...
Editor of paper that endured newsroom shooting says goodbye
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The editor of the Capital Gazette, which won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the face of a massacre in its newsroom, is leaving the Maryland newspaper. Rick Hutzell, who worked at the Annapolis paper for more than...
Colorado governor signs 3 gun bills into law
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Saturday signed three of six gun bills passed in the latest legislative session into law. The Denver Post reported the bills were all announced following a mass shooting at King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, when...
Police: 6 people shot, 2 killed in Baton Rouge shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating after an shooting early Saturday left two people dead and at least four others hurt. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. said it happened in a parking lot around 2 a.m. when an argument began between...
