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GUNS, GUNS, GUNS, Mass shootings in America

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Re: GUNS, GUNS, GUNS, Mass shootings in America
« Reply #45 on: October 26, 2023, 04:07:30 AM »
Maine shootings suspect found dead just miles from Wednesday’s rampage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/27/maine-shooting-search-investigation-robert-card/


LEWISTON, Maine — The gunman in Wednesday’s mass killing in Maine was found dead late Friday just miles from the scenes of the rampage, ending a massive manhunt that had left authorities scrambling for answers and thousands of residents afraid to leave their homes.

Robert Card, the shooter, is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state police said at a late-night news conference.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), looking visibly relieved, confirmed the death. “I am breathing a sigh of relief tonight, knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone," she told reporters. “But I also know that his death may not bring solace to many.”

“I ask that all Maine people continue to keep those families and all of the people impacted by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers,” Mills added.

Card’s body was found at 7:45 p.m. Friday in Lisbon, a town neighboring Lewiston, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said.

Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist, killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, police said, before disappearing Wednesday night.

The victims included a 14-year-old boy and his father out for a night of bowling; four people from the area’s deaf community who had gathered at the bar to play cornhole; a married couple in their 70s; and two men who witnesses said confronted the shooter at the start of the rampage.

Earlier Friday, law enforcement authorities had deployed divers to search the Androscoggin River and combed through nearby forests as the search for the gunman stretched into a third day and the city of Lewiston began to reckon with unfathomable loss.



Suspect at large in deadliest U.S. mass killing this year
At least 18 dead, 13 injured in attacks at bowling alley and bar in Lewiston


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/lewiston-maine-shooting-live-updates/







At least 16 people have been killed in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, a law enforcement official said, based on initial information gathered by first responders at three locations. Dozens more were injured, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Authorities were trying to locate Robert Card, 40, a “person of interest” who they said should be regarded as armed and dangerous. The death toll, which could rise, is the largest from a mass shooting this year, according to data compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University and analyzed by The Post.

Two businesses have been associated with the “active shooter incident” by Lewiston police: Schemengees Bar & Grille, an arcade-style restaurant on Lincoln Street, and a bowling alley formerly known as Sparetime Recreation, now Just-In-Time Recreation, on Mollison Way.

The Lewiston Police Department named Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest in the shootings, sharing a photo of Card in a post on Facebook and warning that he “should be considered armed and dangerous.”

The department added that he was born April 4, 1983, and that anyone aware of his whereabouts should contact law enforcement.

Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson said law enforcement officers have located the suspect’s vehicle in Lisbon — a town about seven miles southeast of Lewiston — and have surrounded it. The suspect, Samson told The Washington Post, does not appear to be inside the vehicle.


At least 22 killed in Maine shootings

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/lewiston-maine-shootings-active-shooter-10-25-23/index.html


A vehicle of interest was located in Lisbon, Maine, Mike Sauschuck, state commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, said during a news briefing Wednesday night.

Lisbon is about 8 miles southeast of the city of Lewiston, where the shooting unfolded earlier Wednesday.

Residents in Lisbon and Lewiston are being told to shelter in place as the manhunt for a person of interest, Robert Card, continues, he said.

Hundreds of officers continue to search for Card as he remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, Sauschuck said.

Sauschuck noted the shootings began around 6:56 p.m. ET on Wednesday evening and there were multiple locations involved.

The Lewiston Police Department has identified Robert Card as a person of interest in the two shootings in Lewiston.

Card is 40 years old and should be “considered armed and dangerous,” according a Facebook post from the Lewiston Police Department.

Law enforcement officials in Maine describe Card as a certified firearms instructor and a member of the US Army Reserves.

Here's the full statement from Lewiston Police:

"Law Enforcement is attempting to locate Robert Card 4/4/1983, as a person of interest regarding the mass shooting at Schemengees Bar and Sparetime Recreation this evening. CARD should be considered armed and dangerous. Please contact law enforcement if you are aware of his whereabouts."
The New Hampshire State Police is assisting in the search for Card, including the use of its helicopter, state police spokesperson Amber Lagace said.



What we know so far
At least 22 people were killed in two mass shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday night, one of the city's councilors told CNN. Another 50 to 60 people were injured, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
An intensive manhunt is underway for a suspect, officials said, and police are asking residents to shelter in place as the situation is ongoing. Lewiston is the state's second-largest city which is about 36 miles north of Portland.
Police identified Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest in the shooting, adding he should be “considered armed and dangerous."
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Re: GUNS, GUNS, GUNS, Mass shootings in America
« Reply #46 on: December 06, 2023, 08:55:55 PM »
UNLV shooting live updates: Suspect is dead after multiple victims reported in rampage

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/unlv-shooting-las-vegas-live-updates-rcna128402





Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Cortez Masto said they are in touch with local law enforcement and is monitoring reports about the active shooting at UNLV.

Both Rosen and Masto encouraged people to stay away from the area and to listen to law enforcement in posts on X.

The suspect involved in UNLV campus shooting has been located and is dead, Las Vegas police said in a post on X.

“There appears to be multiple victims at this time. Please avoid the area and we will have more information soon,” police said on X.

At 11:54 a.m. local time, the university posted an emergency notice online, saying, “University Police responding to report of shots fire in BEH evacuate to a safe area, RUN-HIDE-FIGHT.”

Shortly after, the university also said on X police were responding to “additional report of shots fired in the Student Union,” and advised people to evacuate the area.

A secretary in the university’s medical school told CNN they have been asked to shelter in place.

Beam Hall is the home of the university’s Lee Business School and features food service kitchens and laboratories, computer labs and classrooms, according to its website. It is five stories high.

UNLV is located just a few miles from the site of the 2017 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, which left at least 58 people dead and hundreds more wounded.

The White House said it is monitoring the shooting reported at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) “very closely.” The second gentleman is already scheduled to deliver remarks tonight at the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation’s 11th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence, the White House added.

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« Reply #47 on: December 08, 2023, 12:33:05 AM »
Suspect arrested in Texas fatally shot his parents before killing 4 other people, authorities say

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/us/texas-homicides-shootings-austin-bexar-county/index.html





A 34-year-old Texas man who was arrested after a string of homicides is believed to have first fatally shot his parents before killing four other people in another county, authorities said Wednesday.

The suspect, identified by police as Shane James, was charged in Travis County with multiple counts of capital murder and is expected to remain in custody pending a trial, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday in a statement. James was booked into the Travis County Jail in Austin early Wednesday morning, according to jail records.

“Based on information obtained over the course of these investigations, we strongly believe that one suspect is responsible for all of these incidents,” Austin Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson said.

Murder charges are also expected in the coming days out of nearby Bexar County, where the suspect is believed to have shot his parents in the hours before carrying out the other killings, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a Wednesday news conference. The suspect had mental health problems, had previously been arrested on misdemeanor assault charges and had been discharged from the military after a domestic violence incident, the sheriff said.

The suspect allegedly carried out the homicides at four different locations in Austin Tuesday before he was arrested.

In the morning, he allegedly shot and injured an Austin Independent School District officer. At about noon, he allegedly fatally shot a man and a woman miles away in South Austin, investigators said.

At about 5 p.m., he allegedly shot and wounded a man on a bicycle, authorities said. And that evening, the suspect allegedly shot and injured an Austin police officer who was responding to a call about a burglary at a home, authorities said. Two people were found dead at the home, police said.

That final shooting set off a car chase that ended with the suspect in custody at 7:15 p.m., authorities said.

The relationship, if any, between the suspect and the victims isn’t known, authorities said.

Once in custody, the suspect was connected to a home in San Antonio, about 80 miles southwest of Austin, where the bodies of his parents were found. The timing of those deaths was not clear, but police believe that shooting took place in the hours before the Austin violence unfolded.

Suspect was previously arrested, sheriff says

As police in Austin investigated the suspect following his arrest, they connected him to an address in Bexar County and contacted authorities there, Salazar told reporters Wednesday.

Deputies were sent to check out the home Tuesday night and discovered water leaking from the home so they decided to force their way in, Salazar said. The suspect’s parents were discovered in a small room of the home, the sheriff added.

James is believed to have fatally shot his parents sometime between 10 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Tuesday.

There were several gunshots fired from a “large caliber handgun,” the sheriff said, and asked anyone from the public who may have heard or seen anything that night to contact authorities.

In a previous news conference on Tuesday, Salazar had described the two victims as a “very quiet family.”

James was arrested in January 2022 for three misdemeanor charges of assault and the victims are believed to have been his parents and a sibling, Salazar said. Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said in the news conference that the assault allegations involved “pushing” and “scratching.”

The suspect’s family told the sheriff’s office a few days later he “has mental health issues” and did not belong in jail, Salazar said.

The conditions of his bond were altered and James was later released from jail on March 7. A day after his release, he cut off his ankle monitor, the sheriff said. “Those three charges then became warrants for his arrest,” he added.

In August 2023, deputies received a call from the house for “a mental health episode.” The suspect was upset and would not let authorities inside his bedroom. Deputies eventually left and asked the suspect’s father to call so they could return and arrest James, but they were never called back, the sheriff said.

“It’s always possible that we could have done more,” Salazar said Wednesday, regarding the summer incident, but said deputies were “making every effort to avoid a violent confrontation.”

The suspect was also in the military but was discharged “due to some sort of a domestic violence incident in the military,” Salazar said. The sheriff said his office found about the military discharge on Wednesday.

“It appears, by all accounts, he suffered with mental illness for some years,” the sheriff said. “From what the family members are telling us, he’s had mental health issues for some years based upon some of the history that we’ve seen.”

How the violence in Austin unfolded

In Austin, the first shooting happened around 10:40 a.m., when an Austin Independent School District officer was shot near Northeast Early College High School. The officer was shot in the leg and was stable, Austin Independent School District Police Chief Wayne Sneed said.

The school went on lockdown as another school resource officer assisted the injured officer, Sneed said. It and nearby International High School are closed Wednesday as the investigation continues, district officials said.

A little more than an hour later, Austin Police responded “to multiple calls for help” at a location about 12 miles away from the high school, Austin Police Sgt. Destiny Silva said Tuesday afternoon during a news briefing.

“The callers reported hearing gunshots and stated that there was two possible victims,” Silva said.

“Our officers arrived on scene at approximately 12:04 p.m. and located a male and a female victim with obvious signs of trauma to their body.”

One victim died there and the other was pronounced dead at the hospital, Silva said.

The third incident in Austin occurred around 4:57 p.m., “when Austin 911 received a call at 5701 West Slaughter Lane” about a male cyclist who said he had been shot. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Henderson, the police chief, said.

About two hours later, a police officer responding to a burglary call in southwest Austin was shot in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect. The officer had non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect wasn’t injured, Henderson said.

The suspect fled the burglary scene in a vehicle, Henderson said, and officers pursued him. The suspect crashed the vehicle around 7:14 p.m. and was arrested, the chief said. He had a firearm on him, Henderson said.

During the pursuit, additional officers who responded to the home for the burglary call checked inside the house and found two people dead inside, said Henderson.

After his arrest, the suspect was taken to the Travis County Jail, Henderson said.

Charges related to an outstanding assault and family violence warrant for the suspect are also pending, the chief added.


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« Reply #48 on: February 13, 2024, 12:08:24 AM »
Police kill female shooter at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church; 5-year-old injured

A boy and a 56-year-old man were wounded in the shootout with off-duty officers, police say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/11/shooting-lakewood-church-joel-osteen/





A woman wielding a long gun is dead and the child who was with her is in critical condition after the woman walked into a Texas evangelical megachurch on Sunday afternoon in Houston and opened fire, police said.

Off-duty law enforcement officers confronted the woman shortly after she entered the massive Lakewood Church building just before 2 p.m., when the church was changing between English and Spanish-speaking services, according to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner.

The woman fired several rounds and indicated she had a bomb before officers fired back, killing her and injuring the 5-year-old boy who was with her. Police did not elaborate on the child’s relationship to the woman.

The child was taken to a children’s hospital in critical condition. A 56-year-old man who was attending services suffered a gunshot wound to the hip, city fire officials said.

The shooting set off panic inside the cavernous nondenominational church, which is home to Joel Osteen’s global ministry, welcomes nearly 45,000 worshipers weekly and broadcasts to more than 100 countries. It is the one of the largest megachurches in the nation. Witnesses told reporters that they barricaded themselves inside closets and took cover behind pillars as the shots rang out.

A live stream of the service on YouTube captured the sound of loud bangs coming from behind a speaker in front of the camera giving announcements in Spanish. Law enforcement evacuated businesses in a busy commercial center of Houston amid early reports of a second shooter. However, the situation involved just one shooter, Finner said.

A visibly shaken Osteen said during a news conference Sunday that he did not know why such things happen but was assured that “God is in control.”

While fans of all faiths read and watch Osteen for his general, encouraging words, he is controversial among other Christians who note his near-total silence on topics such as sin and doctrine.

A search warrant executed on Monday identified the shooter as Genesse Moreno, 36, who records show had a criminal record that included assault, fraud and drug charges.

Police and fire officials said the woman was wearing a trench coat and carried a backpack when she entered the church. Finner said she sprayed a substance as she entered the west side of the building, which prompted police to run a complete sweep of the downtown building that was once a basketball stadium. A bomb-detecting robot was also deployed as a precaution to inspect the white vehicle they say the woman drove to the church.

Officers from multiple agencies executed a search warrant on a home about 50 miles north of Houston early Monday in connection with the shooting, according to Mike Holley, a spokesman for Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. They searched for evidence connected to aggravated assault, possession of a prohibited weapon and a hoax bomb, Holley said.

Lakewood Church is not holding in-person services on Monday, a staff member said.

Finner asked Houstonians to pray for the child wounded in the attack.

The newly elected Democratic mayor of Houston, John Whitmire, who ran on a law-and-order platform, praised the Houston area agencies for their prompt and collaborative response to the active shooter.

“It’s unfortunate that on a day we want to attend church and watch America’s No. 1 sports event that we find ourselves gathering to respond to this tragedy,” he said.

Houston police and the mayor plan to hold a briefing Monday at 1:30 p.m. Central time.

Lifeway Research, owned by the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, did a survey of Protestant pastors last year. It found that by far the most popular security plans pastors have are an “intentional plan for an active shooter” and armed congregants. Fifty-four percent of the pastors polled said they have a plan involving armed churchgoers. Three years earlier, that number was 45 percent, Lifeway said.





HOUSTON — The person who opened fire Sunday in one of the country’s largest megachurches — using an AR-15 adorned with the word “Palestine” — was subject to an emergency detention order in 2016 due to mental health issues and was caught up in a fraught dispute with her ex-husband and his family, officials said Monday.

Genesse Moreno, 36, pulled up outside Lakewood Church about 2 p.m., walked inside with her 7-year-old son just before the start of a Spanish-language service and started shooting. The gunfire set off a panic in the cavernous building, with two off-duty officers confronting Moreno, who was wearing a trench coat, according to police and a search warrant executed early Monday.

In the ensuing moments, officials said, the boy was shot in the head and critically injured, and a male church employee was shot in the hip. Moreno was pronounced dead at the scene by the fire department.

Local and federal law enforcement officials, speaking at a news conference, said they believe Moreno acted alone. They said that a search of her home in suburban Conroe, Tex., about 50 miles north of Houston, had found “some antisemitic writings” that investigators will be “delving into.”

“We believe there was a familial dispute that has taken place through her ex-husband and her ex-husband’s family, who are Jewish. That may be where some of this stems from,” said Christopher Hassig, commander of the Houston Police Department’s homicide special investigations unit.

Moreno was identified via a driver’s license, said officials, who noted that she had multiple aliases, including “Jeffrey Escalante,” and used male and female pronouns.

She had also brought a .22-caliber rifle to the church but did not fire it, officials said. The car she drove there is being processed for evidence.

At the time of the shooting, Moreno had a backpack, yellow rope and “substances consistent with the manufacture of explosive devices, which appeared to be a detonation cord,” according to police and the warrant. Investigators searched Moreno’s house — in Conroe’s Sterling Place subdivision — for evidence of a bomb hoax, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and/or possession of prohibited weapons, the warrant said.

Moreno purchased the AR-15 rifle in December, and officials were still tracing it and trying to determine how she purchased both guns.

The injured child remained hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, “fighting for his life,” according to Police Chief Troy Finner. The other victim has been released from the hospital.

The chief said it wasn’t clear why the shooter targeted Lakewood or if she had any connection to the church. “I can’t speculate. It could be any place of worship. Bad people or individuals suffering from mental illness we all need to look out for,” he said.

Of the two off-duty officers who immediately responded, Adrian Herrera is employed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Christopher Moreno (no relation to the shooter) by the Houston police force. The latter was working security for the church and wearing a body camera; investigators are now reviewing footage from that as well as from church security cameras.

Finner said Moreno’s relatives were cooperating with the investigation. He said it wasn’t clear who shot the 7-year-old.

Moreno’s social media indicated she worked in real estate. She had been convicted or pleaded guilty in the Houston area to misdemeanor assault, fraud and drug charges, records show.

At the briefing, Finner and the FBI special agent in charge were asked how Moreno was able to obtain guns when records show that a weapon was taken away from her in 2022 and that the FBI had questioned her attempt to purchase a weapon last year. Generally, Texas has few restrictions on gun purchases, with no firearm sales registry, no required waiting period to buy a gun and no red-flag law guarding against mentally ill or violent people having weapons.

“That’s part of the investigation,” Finner said. “That’s the challenges that we have. That’s what law enforcement talk about all the time. We need to make sure everything is tight. We are not people standing up here against Second Amendment rights, but [against] people who are suffering from mental illness, criminals. We’re looking at that.”

Lakewood Church, the home of Joel Osteen’s global ministry, is a former basketball arena with nearly 45,000 worshipers weekly. The church was not holding in-person services Monday, a staff member said.

Carl Chinn, founder of Faith Based Security Network, a national nonprofit of faith-based groups that shares security information — and includes Lakewood — said Monday that the two men who stopped the shooter were part of the church’s intentional security program.

Intentional programs at faith-based organizations — especially at large churches, such as Lakewood — usually involve members who are in law enforcement, Chinn said. The average member would probably have been informed not to jump up and get involved in an incident, so that multiple people aren’t firing outside a coordinated plan, he noted.


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« Reply #49 on: February 14, 2024, 10:37:14 PM »
1 dead and multiple injured in shooting following Chiefs Super Bowl parade

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting-02-14-24/index.html

The Kansas City shooting marks 48th mass shootings in 2024





Today's shooting in Kansas City is at least the 48th mass shooting in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Zeroing in on Missouri, there have been at least 154 mass shootings in the state since 2013, not including today's shooting, according to a CNN analysis.

Madison Anderes, 24, who attended the Kansas City Super Bowl parade with her brother and mother, had to run for her life after shots rang out.

"At first we thought it was a string of fireworks," Anderes told CNN over the phone. Shortly after, she said a man standing in front of them turned around and yelled: "He's got a gun! He's got a gun!" Then a second round of pops went off, this time significantly louder.

After Anderes got up, she ran with her brother and mother and huddled with about 10 other people by a storefront, she said. She said by that point she witnessed law enforcement enter the scene.

Kansas City's police chief thanked law enforcement officers for running toward danger in their response to a shooting after a Super Bowl rally — while everyone else attending the celebrations ran away.

Two people were detained for further investigation. Officers chased one of those people shortly after they arrived at the scene of the shooting, Graves said.

"We were here for a safe celebration and because of two bad actors — or more — it is why we're standing here today. We will recover as a city," the police chief said.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said he's "as heartbroken as anybody" as well as "incredibly upset, disappointed" about the Kansas Chiefs Super Bowl shooting that took place today.

Lucas added he attended the celebration with his wife and mother.

President Joe Biden has been briefed on a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, at the end of a celebration for the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs, according to the White House.

The White House also said they have been in touch with both state and local leaders and that federal law enforcement is on the scene assisting local law enforcement. 

The Kansas City Fire Department says one person has died and at least 14 people were injured at the end of a celebration for the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs. Police say two armed people were taken into custody.

Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas told reporters in a news conference that he received a call from the White House offering “federal assistance in the investigation.”

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves confirmed that at least one person was killed in a shooting at the end of a celebration after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

Graves said the shooting happened on the west side of Union Station. When officers got there, they took two people into custody and immediately started helping people who were hurt.

Officials don't know exactly how many people were wounded, but it "could be upwards from 10 to 15," Graves said. She also said she did not yet have more information about the condition of victims.

She said she does not believe any of the victims were children.

An investigation into the Kansas Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting is active and "is just beginning," according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.

Law enforcement is working to clear surrounding areas near the incident, she said.

All Kansas City Chiefs players, coaches and staff are safe and accounted for after the shooting at the end of the Super Bowl celebration rally, Mayor Quinton Lucas said during a news conference.

Police Chief Stacey Graves said over 800 law enforcement officers were at the event to keep people safe.

Officials are holding a news conference in Kansas City, Missouri, after a shooting at a Chiefs Super Bowl rally following the victory parade.

At least one person has died and 14 others were injured, according to authorities.

Kansas City police have detained two armed people after a shooting near a rally celebrating the Chief's Super Bowl win.

The police department said these people have been taken in for more investigation.

At least one person has been killed and at least 14 others were injured, according to the Kansas City Fire Department.

One person has died after a shooting at the end of a rally celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl win, according to the Kansas City Fire Department

Fire Department spokesperson Michael Hopkins said that in addition to the fatality, three patients were in critical condition, five were in serious condition and one had non-life-threatening injuries.

Hopkins said that five additional victims have also sought medical attention for injuries from the event. It is unsure if they are gunshot victims.

One woman said she was standing to the right of the stage where the Chiefs were having a rally to celebrate their Super Bowl victory on Wednesday when a shooting happened.

She told local station KCTV that she didn't know what was going on right away, but she saw police start running into buildings around Union Station. She said another person in the crowd speculated at the time that there was a fire.

She also watched officers swarm a stairwell, where she heard another "pop" sound.

The governors of Missouri and Kansas are safe after a shooting at the victory rally following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade on Wednesday.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his wife were both in attendance when the shooting took place near Union Station, but "they are safe and secure," according to a tweet from the governor’s X account.

“As we wait to learn more, our hearts go out to the victims,” the tweet read.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was also in attendance and confirmed on X that she was evacuated and out of harm’s way.

Throngs of Kansas City Chiefs fans lined the streets of the city’s downtown on Wednesday to join in a raucous celebration with their back-to-back Super Bowl champions. It's the team’s third NFL championship celebration in five years.

But the celebrations soured after police said multiple people were shot near Union Station after a pep rally with the team.

The parade started with Chiefs players crowded on double-decker buses, waving to fans as they rolled through the city. It didn’t take long for some players to leave their rides to walk the parade route, high-fiving fans and some even handing out a few libations to people who had been waiting throughout the morning to cheer on the Chiefs.

A pep rally following the parade featured several players toasting the team’s connection with the city.

The Chiefs have cemented themselves as the NFL’s latest dynasty with this latest championship victory.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who at 28 years of age has already made a claim to the title of the greatest quarterback ever, ran along the parade route with his arms outstretched – a similar pose to the one he made after tossing the winning touchdown in overtime on Sunday.

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« Reply #50 on: March 16, 2024, 08:49:27 PM »
Man kills family members in suburban Philadelphia rampage, police say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/16/falls-township-active-shooter-investigation/





A Pennsylvania man killed the mother of his children, his stepmother and his 13-year-old sister Saturday morning, causing a manhunt in suburban Philadelphia before he barricaded himself in a home in Trenton, N.J., authorities said.

Andre Gordon, 26, allegedly broke into his family members’ homes in Falls Township, Pa., on Saturday morning and attacked them with what police said was an AR-style rifle before fleeing. He carried out a carjacking in a retail parking lot before driving to a home of other family members in Trenton.

The residents of the Trenton home were safely evacuated and were uninjured, while Gordon remained there Saturday afternoon, Trenton Police Detective Lt. Lisette Rios said. Live video from Fox 29 Philadelphia showed SWAT team members helping people down from an upper level of a house.

The rampage prompted a shelter-in-place order for Falls Township, a town of about 34,000 people directly southwest of Trenton in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County. The county’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was shut down, and some stores closed. The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 12:15 p.m.

Before 9 a.m., Gordon allegedly broke into his family’s home in Falls Township, where he killed his stepmother Karen Gordon, 52; and his sister Kera Gordon, 13, Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn said at an afternoon news conference.

Three other people, including one minor, were in the home and hid as Gordon searched for them. They were uninjured, Schorn said.

Gordon then broke into the home of Taylor Daniel, 25, with whom he has two children, Schorn said. He shot and killed her with the children present. He bludgeoned her mother with the assault rifle; she is expected to recover from the injuries, Schorn said.

Gordon arrived in Falls Township, driving a stolen vehicle authorities said he had carjacked in Trenton earlier Saturday. After the killings, he allegedly carjacked a 44-year-old man in a Dollar General parking lot, taking his Honda CR-V. The man was uninjured. The car was found about 2½ hours later, abandoned, in Trenton, authorities said.

Authorities did not offer theories about a motive for the attack. They were investigating whether Gordon had legally come to possess the rifle, Schorn said.

Gordon was homeless, authorities said. Local police had “minor contacts” with Gordon in the past, “but nothing that would indicate anything like this would happen,” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said.

Just before 2 p.m., police remained at the scene at the Trenton home where Gordon was barricaded.

Gun violence against family members and partners is a leading factor in shootings. In more than two-thirds of mass shootings between 2014 and 2019 — which The Washington Post defines as four or more people killed, not including the perpetrator — the shooter killed at least one family member or partner or had a history of domestic violence, Johns Hopkins researchers found. On average, 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner every month, and about two-thirds of women killed by partners are killed with guns, according to the gun-control advocacy group Everytown.


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