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Eight people were killed and at least six more were injured — including four police officers — when a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, authorities said.
Oct 27 Known anti-semites, racists and others who harbor extreme anti-social views have little or no trouble obtaining weapons to carry out their warped vendettas. Really almost anyone can be a target. Are more armed guards the best solution?
“Eight people were killed and at least six more were injured — including four police officers — when a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, authorities said.
“When asked about whether the nation’s gun laws should be changed, Trump said the synagogue should have had armed security there.”
“You want protection, and they didn’t have any protection, they had a maniac walk in,” Trump said. “The results could have been much better.”
More info: https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-responding-active-shooter-pittsburgh-synagogue/story?id=58790381
2 police officers shot dead in Mississippi, suspect in custody
Sept 28 When you have a gun, why not use it for fun and if the police show up why not shoot them.
Officers James White, 35, and Zack Moak, 31, were killed while responding to a call about 5 a.m. for shots fired in the small city of Brookhaven, south of the state capital of Jackson, authorities said.
Upon the officers’ arrival at the scene, there was an exchange of gunfire between them and one or more suspects, Brookhaven police said in a news conference.
For More: https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-officers-shot-dead-mississippi-suspect-custody/story?id=58171358
Man 79 Shoots Meter Reader
Sept 15 If you are old, confused, anxious, paranoid or senile, you are considered a responsible gun owner and you still have every right to accumulate your own personal arsenal of high powered weapons to prevent the invasion of your property by a meter reader.
Man Accused of Shooting City of San Diego Employee Had Stockpile of Weapons, Explosives: City
The man charged with attempted murder in the shooting of San Diego public utility worker had a stockpile of weapons that included explosives and about 75,000 rounds of ammunition, the city attorney’s office said Friday.
A search warrant was served at 79-year-old Nathan Brogan’s University Heights home on September 7. Inside, San Diego police found an AR-15 with a 200-round drum magazine, and 34 other rifles and 21 handguns of various makes and calibers, the city attorney’s office said.
Explosives, including a smoke grenade and 4.5 pounds of loose black powder were also found.
full story at https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Weapons-Explosives-Found-at-Home-of-Man-Charged-With-Shooting-City-Worker-493320441.html
Explosives, including a smoke grenade and 4.5 pounds of loose black powder were found
Shootings In Bakersfield, California Leave 6 Dead,
Sept 12 Apparently started out as a basic domestic dispute with two targets. However with a gun, anybody with a gripe about anything can kill not only people who the gunman blames for who knows what but as many innocents for good measure before the police catch up. Update a 50 caliber pistol was used probably to make sure his shots are definitely lethal.
Sept 12 (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman shot and killed five people in a series of shootings on Wednesday in Southern California before taking his own life, police said.
The man killed his wife and a man at a trucking company in Bakersfield, California, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said.
He then killed another man nearby the company and two men later at a residence. He commandeered a vehicle before he killed himself when he was confronted by a sheriff’s deputy, Youngblood said.
Shooting at McDonald’s leaves 1 dead, 4 wounded
Sept 9: Is nothing sacred anymore in America…Walmart, McDonalds, Las Vegas all of Americas favorite places to go are shooting ranges…not to mention workplaces, apartment buildings, roadways, government buildings, schools and churches
Auburn Police say in a statement that officers responded to the restaurant on West Magnolia Ave. just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday and found a 20-year-old man from Tuskegee dead from gunshot wounds.
Police say four other people, including an Auburn University student, were injured. The injured included a 16-year-old victim from Opelika, Ala., who was flown to Piedmont Columbus Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. Three additional people injured — ages 17, 19, and 21 — were transported to East Alabama Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Cincinnati shooting: ‘He could’ve killed over 100 people’
Sept 6: Cincinnati Shooting leaves 4 dead including the shooter. The gunman enjoys the favorite trendy suicide ritual. Buy a gun and lots of ammunition and shoot until you are dead. Fortunately the legally and recently purchased gun jammed.
Investigators believe that Perez legally purchased the 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which was recovered on the scene, Isaac said. Perez had multiple magazines and around 200 rounds of ammunition, Isaac said.
Full Story: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2018/09/06/active-shooter-multiple-people-shot-downtown-cincinnati-dispatch-says/1210202002/
Gun battle in Aurora Colorado leaves 2 dead, officer injured.
Sept 1: Teens hanging out on Friday night…classic American ritual of youth. But these youth were packing guns. Just like Dodge City in the 19th century.
Police say two people have died after being shot in a Denver suburb at the start of a gun battle that also injured a police officer and a person suspected of that shooting.
Aurora police said Saturday that the men who died and the officer were shot Friday evening near the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Police said officers were investigating a reported fight when they heard gunshots. They found several people, including a juvenile, had been hurt.
For more information https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/die-colorado-shooting-left-police-officer-injured-57551920
Jacksonville Mall Shooting at Game Tournament
August 26: Disgruntled players at computer games can bring out the worst in losers, which is why more guards and screening equipment might have helped at the mall in this case. Eventually every place we go will need ample guards and rigourous screening unless another course of action reduces these instances.
Two killed, 11 injured in mass shooting at Madden NFL esports tourney; suspect dead
The sole suspect of the Jacksonville shooting, David Katz of Baltimore, Maryland allegedly opened fire at a Madden Championship video game tournament held at the GLHF Game Bar on Aug. 26 before taking his own life. Find out what we know about him so far.
1. Katz allegedly only used a handgun. While Katz allegedly committed his rampage, victims were sent fleeing for shelter. Authorities urged them to stay calm as a SWAT team did a sweep of the area to look for potential accomplices.
2. Katz was a disgruntled gamer. The suspect allegedly started shooting at others in the gaming tournament sometime after he lost a match.
1. Katz allegedly only used a handgun. While Katz allegedly committed his rampage, victims were sent fleeing for shelter. Authorities urged them to stay calm as a SWAT team did a sweep of the area to look for potential accomplices.
2. Katz was a disgruntled gamer. The suspect allegedly started shooting at others in the gaming tournament sometime after he lost a match.
Friday Night Football Shootings
August 24: Friday Night High School Football. Combined natural inflamed emotions from sports rivalries, a large crowd of students and guns. Should there be more metal detectors and armed guards at these events?
2 dead, 3 injured in shootings outside high school football games in 3 states
The most violent of the incidents came in Jacksonville, Florida, where one person was killed and two others were injured outside Raines High School, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting occurred near the main gate to the stadium as attendees were leaving the game, according to Jacksonnville ABC affiliate WJXX.
Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Diana Greene was at the game and spoke to reporters after the game. Raines High School and Lee High School, who played Friday night, are both part of Duval County Public Schools.
“For it to end in violence like this is unfortunate, and quite frankly, we should all be saying ‘unacceptable,'” Greene said. “Our security procedures for football games were in place, the incident, unfortunately, happened after the game was over.”
Michael Edwards, director of the Duval County School Police Department, said there were 50 officers at the game.
Is Walmart the New OK Corral?
August 26: Another shootout at the local Walmart. No one was hurt, but there was certainly plenty of opportunity as folks seem to come to Walmart quite frequently with guns. Is it time to arm clerks and managers so they can stop shoplifters in progress? Or will this just forewarn petty criminals that petty crime takes a lot of firepower to pull off these days?
Body cam video shows alleged shoplifter shooting at police in Walmart parking lot
Police body cam video captured footage of an alleged shoplifter opening fire on two officers in the parking lot of a Walmart in New Mexico, according to a report.
The video appeared to show Charles Edward Purvis, 23, taking shots at the officers after allegedly shoplifting from the retail store in Albuquerque…
The complete story at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-cam-video-shows-alleged-shoplifter-shooting-police/story?id=57410159
Woman Hater Expresses Himself by Shooting Woman Drivers
August 27: Those who are enthusiastic 2nd Amendment supporters frequently point out that the vast majority of gun owners are responsible. But the bills that Congress works to pass are often designed to avoid any responsibility for irresponsible gun owners. How do we protect ourselves from irresponsible gun owners?
Texas Man Accused Of Shooting Female Drivers Out Of Hatred For Women
Senseless Cold-Blooded Shooting In Nashville
August 17: This is the all too common “under the radar” type of gun violence seen on a very frequent basis. Tennessee is a state with loose gun laws. Would tighter gun laws reduce these deadly incidents? Or should we encourage anyone out late at night or clubbing, particularly in dangerous neighborhoods, to go armed?
The latest shooting happened early Friday in the parking lot of a club on Gallatin Avenue. Four people, including Bartley Teal and Jaime Sarrantonio, had just left Cobra Nashville about 3 a.m. when two armed men approached them and announced a robbery, police said.
Teal told the suspects he didn’t have anything to give, authorities said. That’s when at least one of the gunmen shot Teal — who was celebrating his 33rd birthday, police said.
The suspects then fatally shot Sarrantonio, according to the Nashville Police Department.
“These are just two senseless cold blooded homicides,” Don Aaron, public affairs manager for the (police) department, said at a news conference Friday.
Aug. 6th Armed bystander stops gunman at crowded Titusville park, police say
Will more armed civilians cut down on casualties when an angry miscreant wants to shoot up a party? If so we should encourage more people to carry guns. Or do we want get guns out of the community so angry or troubled people (men) can’t go out on a whim and start shooting and bystanders can only hope someone nearby is armed?
Titusville (Florida) Police are investigating a shooting Saturday at a crowded park that was stopped when an armed bystander shot the suspect, a department spokeswoman said.
A man involved in a fight with another person at Isaac Campbell Park left the scene and returned several minutes later, around 5:20 p.m., with a gun and opened fire on the crowd, police spokeswoman Amy Matthews said.
A bystander, who was licensed to carry a firearm, shot the suspect and waited for authorities to arrive, Matthews said. No other injuries were reported, she said.
The gunman, whose firearm was recovered from the scene, was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, Matthews said.
Full story at this link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-titusville-park-shooting-20180806-story.html
Aug. 6th Philly officer shot in face while helping serve warrant
Police work is dangerous and much of the time they have to deal with miscreants who harbor weapons and won’t hesitate to use them. A routine warrant service ignited a full scale shootout.
Full Story at https://abcnews.go.com/US/scorching-heat-people-sweating-coasts/story?id=57052660&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_hero_headlines_headlines_hed
Aug 5th 11 killed and nearly 70 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
Chicago has strict gun controls, but the state and nearby states do not. As noted in the video (see link below) more than 5500 illegal guns have been taken off the streets of Chicago this year. Enforcement of existing laws does not appear to be enough. Of the wounded who reported an age, the oldest was 62 and the youngest 11, police records show. Complete story at:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/11-killed-70-wounded-chicago-weekend-shootings-57058565?cid=clicksource_4380645_1_hero_headlines_headlines_hed and more at this link
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/chicago-weekend-shootings/index.html
July 30 th A Vietnam vet kills an intruder. Then, cops show up and shoot him dead by mistake
SHOULD POLICE BE DISARMED TO AVOID THESE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES?
In today’s world police are an endangered species and are often deliberately targeted by folks with a definite attitude problem. Similarly armed miscreants whether burglars, car thieves, drug dealers or folks with domestic partner issues carry guns for a reason. Shooting an officer of the law is their first line of defense against being detained or deterred from their nefarious missions. It is not unreasonable to expect armed officers to shoot first and ask questions later when coming upon a gun wielding individual innocent or not in an investigation situation. It is simple precaution in a dangerous environment to avoid being another innocent officer of the law gunned down. Unarmed police would not be reassuring either to folks calling 911 needing help from someone with a gun.
The other option is to take more guns out of the hands of civilians. Complete story at this link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/03/us/man-mistaken-for-intruder-and-shot-by-police-trnd/index.html
July 22, 2018 Woman killed during Trader Joe’s shooting was store manager
A wild chase, gun battle with police and everybody is at risk in this story of tragic consequences as police come in with guns blazing in a crowded urban area.
Gene Atkins, a 28-year-old Los Angeles man, has been identified as the suspect in a wild car chase and gun battle that left one woman dead and sparked panic inside a Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake.
The ordeal began as a family dispute in South Los Angeles involving the still unidentified man, 28, who shot his grandmother at least seven times and injured another woman, according to police.
The gunman dragged the second woman into his grandmother’s Toyota Camry and fled.
Police found the car in Hollywood using transmissions from its anti-theft device, and a chase ensued. The gunman blew out his own rear window while firing at police, officials said. The pursuit ended with the Camry crashing into a light post outside the Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake.
The gunman exchanged fire with police and was struck in his left arm before running inside the store, police said. Complete story at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-trader-joe-shooting-20180722-story.html details in followup story at http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-abcarian-hostage-20180803-story.html
Alleged Carjacker Who Shoots Man In Walmart Parking Lot Killed By Citizen With A Gun
June 18th, 2018 Armed passerby was one of two who pulled guns in this incident. This would suggest more people with guns can stop crime. Or suggests our Walmarts can become shooting galleries. The killed miscreant got a gun from his finance as he was a felon who could not purchase one legally. Complete story at this link. https://www.dailywire.com/news/31955/alleged-carjacker-who-shoots-man-walmart-parking-hank-berrien
