Latest Shootings News
Authorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled...
Mother's warning to Georgia school about suspect raises questions about moments before shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student in class with the boy accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting says information that school officials were warned that the boy was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented. “The school failed them,...
Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting
Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community’s efforts to cope with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from a teacher who was there. Brooke Lewis-Slamkova, who...
After interstate shootings wound 5, searchers comb Kentucky hill country for suspect
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities searched a rugged, hilly area of southeastern Kentucky on Sunday for a man suspected of shooting 12 vehicles and wounding five people on a busy interstate. Joseph A. Couch, 32, was named a suspect in Saturday’s shootings on Interstate 75 after...
AP PHOTOS: Church services help Georgia residents mourn victims of school shootings
Church services with music and testimonials helped many to mourn the four people who died in the school shooting earlier in the week in Winder, Georgia. The shooting Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School in Winder, outside Atlanta, has left the father and son behind bars,...
Atlanta Falcons wear T-shirts honoring school shooting victims before season opener
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before their season opener Sunday, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting. Four people were killed and nine injured last week at the school in...
A reckless driver leads to an officer-involved shooting in Santa Fe and a parade is canceled
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A reckless driver has been arrested after a police-involved shooting Sunday in Santa Fe that canceled the Desfile de la Gente parade, authorities said. Santa Fe police reported the incident occurred near downtown Santa Fe Plaza around 10:30 a.m., hours ahead...
A Colorado State Patrol trooper is shot while parked along a highway and kills gunman
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado State Patrol trooper is recovering after he was shot in the arm during a shootout near Denver that left the gunman dead, authorities said. Cpl. Tye Simcox was in his parked pickup in the center median of U.S. 36 on Saturday afternoon when a passing driver...
Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of emergency, aunt says
The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative said. Annie Brown told the Washington Post...
Authorities search for shooter along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky with up to 7 people hurt
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A manhunt was underway early Sunday as police searched for a gunman in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky near Interstate 75, according to authorities who said seven people were hurt in the shooting and a vehicle accident that accompanied the violence. The...
