Category Archives: Gun-violence

Northeast Nigeria attack by extremists kills 52 people | News , International | THE DAILY STAR

Who is in charge here?

Suspected Islamist extremists used homemade explosives and heavy guns to attack a village in Nigeria’s northeast, killing 52 people and razing more than 300 homes, security officials and witnesses said Monday.

It was among the highest death tolls in attacks increasing in frequency and ferocity as militants defy an 8-month-old military state of emergency to halt the Islamic uprising.

The attackers planted se

via Northeast Nigeria attack by extremists kills 52 people | News , International | THE DAILY STAR.

BART officer accidentally kills fellow officer – Wire Nation/World – The Sacramento Bee

A shame and sad – A Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer accidentally shot and killed a fellow officer Tuesday, authorities said.

The officers were conducting a probation search at a home in the East Bay city of Dublin when the shooting occurred just after 1 p.m., BART officials said.

The officer who was shot was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.

via BART officer accidentally kills fellow officer – Wire Nation/World – The Sacramento Bee.

6 Palestinian villagers injured as armed settlers attack Beit Ummar | Maan News Agency

Six Palestinians, including a child, were injured in clashes that broke out after a group of Israeli settlers tried to raid Beit Ummar village near Hebron on Friday afternoon.

Spokesman for the local popular resistance committee Mohammad Awad Ayyad said that Israeli forces attacked a funeral procession in the village as dozens of settlers, some armed, gathered near the graveyard.

Settlers also attacked a restaurant in the area, smashed its windows and forced workers to close it down at gun point, Ayyad said.

He added that villagers arrived at the scene and scuffled with settlers, before Israeli forces intervened and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the Palestinian villagers.

Five people were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by the Israeli forces, and a child was injured after the rear windshield of his mother\’s car was shattered by a stun grenade.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that around \”200 Israeli civilians\” had gathered in Beit Ummar but that \”nothing out of the ordinary was happening,\” at that time, adding that later some Palestinians \”hurled rocks.\”

via 6 Palestinian villagers injured as armed settlers attack Beit Ummar | Maan News Agency.

Living In a Gun Lobby Dystopia – NYTimes.com

The gun lobby says Americans would be safer if more “good guys” carried loaded guns in public places, and extols the benefits of an armed citizenry.

On Monday, the nation got a terrifying glimpse of how dangerous that vision really is — when a minor argument escalated into lethal violence at a movie theater in a Tampa suburb.

In this tragic episode, an irascible patron at a matinee showing of “Lone Survivor” shot a fellow audience-member because he was texting.

Without the presence of a gun, the two men might have shouted and thrown punches before theater employees arrived to stop the altercation. No one would have died.

As it is, a 43-year old father, Chad Oulson, paid for his texting with his life and his wife, Nicole Oulson, suffered a non-fatal wound — all because the retired police officer who admitted to the shooting, Curtis Reeves, couldn’t control his temper. On Tuesday, Mr. Reeves was charged with second-degree murder.

Most gun owners are not violent. Most gun owners are not criminals. But this latest shooting is a reminder that a “bad guy” with a gun is sometimes a “good guy” in a pique.

via Living In a Gun Lobby Dystopia – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: January 14, 2014 – NYTimes.com

A 70-year-old man who accidentally shot a 10-year-old in the face while playing “quick draw” with his .22 caliber handgun in Wichita, Kan., early Sunday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday night. The man had been charged with aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated child endangerment and had been released from jail earlier that day.

via The Gun Report: January 14, 2014 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: January 14, 2014 – NYTimes.com

A 13-year-old girl was found shot and wounded on an enclosed porch on the north side of Rochester, N.Y., Monday evening. A group of men was standing in the driveway of a home when a silver minivan pulled up and someone in the van fired several shots at them. Investigators don’t believe the teen was the intended target.

—WHEC

Spenser Terry Garrison, 16, and his girlfriend, Malia K. Porter, 15, were found shot to death in a vehicle near the Little River Bridge in Goldsboro, N.C., Monday afternoon. The victims shot themselves.

via The Gun Report: January 14, 2014 – NYTimes.com.

Anger over text messages ends with shooting death in Wesley Chapel – Tampa Bay Business Journal

A dispute between moviegoers over text messaging led to the murder of one man and the shooting of a woman.

The incident, which has attracted national headlines, occurred before the 1:20 p.m. showing of \”Lone Survivor\” at the Cobb CineBistro at Grove 16 in Wesley Chapel on Monday. The victim of the shooting was on his cell phone and texting which led to a dispute with another moviegoer. That moviegoer, Curtis Reeves, then shot the man and his wife, My Fox Tampa Bay said.

One of the shooting victims, Chad Oulson, 43, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Oulson\’s wife, Nicole, was struck in the hand by the same bullet but her injuries are not considered life threatening, My Fox Tampa Bay said. Other audience members reported that Chad Oulson said he was texting his 3-year-old daughter.

The alleged shooter is a 71-year-old retired Tampa police officer, My Fox Tampa Bay said. He was a captain on the police force and a former director of security for Busch Gardens. The Tampa Police Department issued a statement saying that Reeves was instrumental in establishing the department\’s first Tactical Response Team and had retired in 1993.

via Anger over text messages ends with shooting death in Wesley Chapel – Tampa Bay Business Journal.

The Gun Report: January 10, 2014 – NYTimes.com

Adam Bostic, 31, and Betty Thomas, 28, were found bound and shot to death in a home in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, early Thursday. Two girls in the house, aged 3 and 6, weren’t injured. Detectives are seeking Brandon Thomas, 29. Later that morning, Jessica Revelee, 24, was found shot to death in the middle of the street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The victim had a criminal record that included charges of solicitation, drugs and theft. Officers are searching for three armed suspects.

via The Gun Report: January 10, 2014 – NYTimes.com.