Gunman Kills 6 in Washington Rampage

(AP) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go on the shooting spree in south Alabama. "He cleaned his family out," said one official. More»

Death toll at 9 after another body is found in ashes of Calif. home

(NEWSER) - The discovery of another body in the charred wreckage of a California home brings the death toll in the Christmas Eve shooting rampage to nine, ABC News reports. Police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, suspected of shooting his former in-laws while disguised as Santa, had $10,000 in cash and a plane ticket out of the country on him when he committed suicide at his brother’s house yesterday. More»

Man who killed 5, plus himself, in Kentucky had gun in his car

(NEWSER) - The man who shot and killed six people at a Kentucky plastics plant today might have planned his rampage in advance, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. A supervisor had to escort the worker from the premises following an argument with a fellow employee early this morning. The man took a gun from his car, shot the supervisor, and returned to shoot four more, then himself. More»

Scott Dekraai suffered from PTSD following a boating accident

(NEWSER) - Michelle Marie Fournier was scared of her ex-husband, telling friends that he had abused her, threatened to kill her, and once held a gun to her head. “She told me, ‘I can’t believe I got involved in this. He is not right … He’s going to kill me,” one friend tells the LA Times . A friend says Fournier told her Dekraai even threatened to shoot up the salon just weeks before allegedly making good on his threat. People who knew Scott Dekraai say he’d changed ever since a 2007 boating accident, in which his leg was impaled by a cleat as he tried to save the life of a colleague who was trapped by a taut rope. He failed, the colleague died, and he’s suffered from PTSD and chronic pain ever since. More»

Father, son were fighting over custody issues: police

(NEWSER) - A tragic story out of Florida: An 18-year-veteran of the Orlando Police Department shot and killed his 21-year-old son after an argument Saturday night. Police say Tim Davis, Sr., 47, was fighting with Tim Davis, Jr., over custody arrangements regarding Davis Jr.'s child. Davis Sr. admitted to police he shot his son, but said he didn't mean to kill him. More»