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 NY Gunman 
 Surrenders in 
 School Standoff 

SWAT and local police negotiating with hostage-taker in Pine Plains

Nov 10, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN . More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles... More »

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parents • school • student • gunman • New York state • hostage • principal • police action • SWAT team • parent

 Triple Mugging 
 Rattles Central Park 

One man busted, cohorts on the loose

Nov 9, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An armed mugging of three men in Central Park has rattled New Yorkers who were beginning to get used to feeling safe strolling in Manhattan's famous green space. Two park strollers were accosted before dawn yesterday by a gunman and two cohorts who emptied the men's pockets. When a third... More »

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New York City • crime • Manhattan • Central Park • gunman • mugging

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire tonight at a fitness center near Pittsburgh, leaving five people dead. The shooter is believed to be among the victims, reports the Post-Gazette. About a dozen more people were wounded. Police say the gunman walked to the back door of the LA Fitness Center in Collier,... More »

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Pittsburgh • shooting rampage • gunman • gym

Holocaust Museum Shooter Indicted

Von Brunn faces death penalty on first-degree murder charges in DC

Jul 29, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 89-year-old man who shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month was charged today with first-degree murder, killing in a federal building, and bias-motivated crime, among other accusations, the Washington Post reports. If convicted, James von Brunn faces life in prison, though four of the... More »

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Washington DC • hate crime • Holocaust Museum • gunman • shooters • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

 Wesleyan Locked Down 
 After Student Shot Dead 

Gunman is at large, police say

May 6, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A college student is dead after being shot at a popular hangout near the Middletown, Conn., campus of Wesleyan University, and the gunman remains at large, the Hartford Courant reports. Witnesses say the shooter entered the cafe at 1pm, walked to a woman behind the counter, and fired multiple shots.... More »

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student • gunman • shooting • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn.

 Mumbai Suspect 
 Pleads Not Guilty 

Says he's 21 years old; co-defendants also plead not guilty

May 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(AP) - The only surviving suspected gunman in last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai pleaded not guilty today to all charges against him, including waging war against India and murder. The presiding judge read out all the charges against Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in a Mumbai courtroom; Kasab responded with a plea of... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • plea • gunman • terror attack • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab

(Newser) - The trial of the one surviving Pakistani accused in November’s devastating attack in Mumbai started and stopped today when the judge dismissed the defendant's lawyer, the Times of London reports. Azam Amir Kasab’s court-appointed attorney was not permitted to defend him because she had previously discussed representing... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • judge • lawyer • murder trial • attorney • gunman • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab • dismissal

NY Gunman Fired 98 Shots
in a Minute

Barrage from Wong's 2 handguns killed most of 13 victims instantly

Apr 8, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jiverly Wong unleashed 98 shots within a little more than a minute in his shooting spree last week at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, police said today. The Vietnamese immigrant carried a 9mm Beretta and a .45-caliber handgun, and a bag of full ammunition clips. Nearly all of... More »

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immigrant • gunman • shooting • automatic weapons • guns • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

 Calif. Gunman Kills 1 
 at Christian Retreat 

Shooter targeted wife, according to calls to cops

Apr 8, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least one person was killed and four seriously injured last night when a gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat in southern California, reports the AP. The gunman was believed to be one of the injured. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the carnage, but a phone call... More »

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Christianity • crime • murder • Koreans • gunman • shooting • mass shootings

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 Three Officers Shot 
 Dead in Pittsburgh 

Two others are wounded in standoff; gunman surrenders

Apr 4, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least three police officers in Pittsburgh were shot to death this morning while responding to a domestic call, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. At least one other was wounded. The gunman, in his early 20s, held police at bay for more than 3 hours before surrendering. He was reportedly shot... More »

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(Newser) - At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in the hostage standoff in Binghamton, NY, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports. Police removed two men in handcuffs from the downtown building, but it remains unclear whether the seige at the American Civic Center is over. Police said more than... More »

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UPDATED

 8 Dead in NC 
 Nursing Home Shooting 


Mar 29, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(AP) - A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home early today, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, police said. The local police chief says the shootings happened around 10am at Pinelake Health and Rehab in the town of Carthage. Authorities say the gunman, who's in custody,... More »

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 'Friendly' Alabama 
 Gunman Kept Hit List 

But he compiled a
hit list of people who had slighted him

Mar 11, 09 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael McLendon's story is beginning to emerge in the aftermath of his Alabama shooting spree. The 28-year-old "was just friendly with everyone, and kind of stayed to himself," a former classmate tells the LA Times. "That's why this is such a shock." The gun-obsessed McLendon, however,... More »

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UPDATED

 Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop 


Mar 11, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(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... More »

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crime • murder • Alabama • shooting rampage • gunman • shooting • mass shootings • guns • Michael McLendon

 10 Dead in Alabama Shootings 

Rampaging gunman kills 9 before turning the gun on himself

Mar 10, 09 10:05 PM CDT
(AP) - A gunman went on a shooting spree in two neighboring south Alabama towns today, killing nine people before he shot himself, authorities said. Police are investigating at least four separate shootings in the towns of Samson and Geneva, all believed to have been done by the same man, whose name... More »

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Lawyer: Lyme Disease Afflicted Church Shooter

Man, 27, charged with murder in 'deteriorating' mental state

Mar 9, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 27-year-old man charged today with murder and aggravated battery in yesterday’s Illinois church shooting was suffering mentally and physically from Lyme disease, his attorney tells the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Terry Joe Sedlacek was ordered held without bail, though he’s still in the hospital recovering from self-inflicted... More »

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crime • murder • church • Illinois • gunman • church shootings • shooting • motive • Terry Joe Sedlacek • Fred Winters

Slain Pastor Blocked 1st Shot With a Bible

As confetti flew, Illinois parishioners thought it was a skit

Mar 9, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - What drove the shooting death of a pastor at an Illinois Baptist church service yesterday remains a mystery, as more details emerge, the Chicago Tribune reports. After exchanging words with the gunman who walked toward him, the pastor blocked the first of four rounds of bullets with a Bible, sending... More »

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crime • murder • Illinois • Bible • gunman • church shootings • shooting • motive • pastor • Bill Maher Grid

DC Gunman Arrested, Said He Had Delivery for Obama

Police stop him in
truck outside Capitol

Feb 10, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A 64-year-old Louisiana man who had a rifle in his truck was arrested near the US Capitol today after he drove up to a barricade and announced he had a delivery for President Obama, CNN reports. Police charged Alfred Brock with possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. They... More »

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Student Held in Fatal
Virginia Tech Stabbing

Student alert system launched

Jan 22, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when... More »

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crime • Virginia Tech shooter • Virginia Tech • murder • stabbing • gunman • Virginia Tech massacre

 Bombs Found in 
 Mumbai Train Station 

Reports conflict as to whether the explosives were left by last week's attackers

Dec 3, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Two bombs have been found at a train station initially targeted by the terrorists who attacked Mumbai last week, the BBC reports. The 9lb bombs, found among luggage owned by victims who died in the attack, were diffused.The devices are said to be similar in design to two found... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • India • bomb • Mumbai • gunman • terrorist attack

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