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Gunmen Open Fire on
US Consulate in Mexico

No injuries reported in the pre-dawn attack in which grenade failed to explode

Oct 13, 08 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a US consulate in Mexico before dawn yesterday and one threw a grenade at the building that failed to explode, reports AP. Nobody was injured in the incident—which occurred in the northern city of Monterrey—and no suspects are yet in custody. Two grenades... More »

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More Than 2 Dozen Killed
in Mexican Drug Violence

Body of newspaper editor found as violence continues

Oct 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs battling over drug routes to the US show no signs of easing up on the mayhem, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a spasm of violence over the last 2 days, gunmen raked patrons of a bar in Chihuahua and killed 11; a newspaper publisher was shot to... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • Tijuana • drug cartel • gunman

 Finnish Cops Questioned 
 Shooter Yesterday 

YouTube videos show Saari firing at range

Sep 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finnish police yesterday arrested—and subsequently released—the 20-year-old they say killed 11 people, including himself, during a school shooting spree this morning, reports the Daily Telegraph. Authorities acted after finding a YouTube video of Matti Juhani Saari firing a handgun at a shooting range, and this posted message: "... More »

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YouTube • school shooting • Finland • Finland school massacre • gunman • shooting • gun violence • Matti Juhani Saari

 9 Dead In Finland 
 School Shooting 

Gunman shot himself after opening fire at vocational college

Sep 23, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A shooting spree at a vocational college in Finland has left nine people dead and several others wounded, reports the BBC. The gunman, who is believed to be a 20-year-old student, entered the college wearing a ski mask and carrying an automatic weapon. Police say he finally turned the gun... More »

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college • school shooting • Finland • Finland school massacre • gunman

 Turkey Nabs Consulate Attacker 

Police find getaway car, then catch fugitive, agency reports

Jul 10, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with yesterday's attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, a Turkish news agency reports. The private Dogan news agency says the man, who fled the scene amid the chaos, has been caught after his getaway car was found earlier today. There... More »

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Turkey • terrorist • arrest • Istanbul • gunman • terrorist attack • US Consulate

Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

Army kicked gunman Kazmierczak out over mental health history

Jul 10, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in... More »

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suicide • school shooting • prescription drugs • bipolar disorder • OCD • gunman • Northern Illinois University • shooters • Steven Kazmierczak

 8 Shot in Harlem Rampage 

Teens in hospital after gunman seeks revenge

May 27, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least seven young people are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooter went on a rampage in Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. Cops believe the gunman was taking revenge after being jumped at a basketball tournament earlier in the day. The victims, all but one... More »

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New York City • revenge • Harlem • shooting rampage • gunman • shooting • gunshot wounds

Thug Attack
Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

Organized crime cited; 2nd shooting in 2 days to target rancher

May 5, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at least seven. Both attacks were on the head of a local cattlemens' organization; both carried signs of organized crime in... More »

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Mexico • organized crime • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • ranch • gunman • shooting

 Va. Police Hunt Highway Snipers 

Three people wounded after gunmen hit 6 cars on I-64

Mar 27, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Virginia are on the hunt for gunmen who fired at cars on I-64 near Charlottesville and left two people injured, ABC News reports. Police say the suspects, at least two of them traveling together in one car, hit six vehicles on the interstate after midnight last night. None... More »

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Virginia • gunman • Charlottesville, Va. • highway shootings • Interstate 64

Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

Gunman had ties to Hamas; family members detained

Mar 9, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli police have arrested eight people in Thursday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem seminary, including the father, two brothers, and two cousins of the gunman, who was killed by an off-duty soldier during the attack. The gunman was apparently following orders of Hamas leaders in Syria and Hezbollah, Palestinian sources... More »

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Hamas • Hezbollah • gunman • yeshiva • Ala Abu Dehein • Merkaz Harav yeshiva • Jewish seminary • AK-47

Game Nudges NIU Toward
Normalcy After Shootings

Basketball team hopes playing helps ease pain of tragic shooting

Feb 27, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Western Michigan needed to beat Northern Illinois last night to keep its hopes alive for the Mid-America Conference championship, but the game itself was much more important for the Huskies and their fans, reports the Associated Press. Western Michigan won the contest 56-49, the first athletic event on the NIU... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • gunman • Northern Illinois University • Western Michigan University • campus shooting • Ricardo Patton • David Kool • Steve Hawkins • Mid-American Conference

UPDATED

NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

Honor student's behavior 'somewhat erratic' before shooting

Feb 15, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The gunman who killed five and wounded 15 in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall yesterday was identified this morning as Steven Kazmierczak, an ex-NIU grad student who had won top sociology department honors, the Chicago Tribune reports. "There were no red flags," said the campus police chief.... More »

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Chicago • University of Chicago • college • school shooting • gunman • Northern Illinois University • gun violence

6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting

Details on massacre emerge as victims fight to survive

Feb 15, 08 5:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A sixth victim of the gunman who opened fire in an Illinois college classroom yesterday has died and at least four more remain in critical condition. The assailant, a former grad student at Northern Illinois University, entered through a door to the right of the lecture stage and silently started... More »

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Mall Shooter Took Gun While Briefly Alone

Assault gun in Omaha slayings came from ex-stepfather's house

Dec 13, 07 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The night before the Omaha mall shootings, Robert Hawkins' mother went Christmas shopping for an hour. In that hour alone in his ex-stepfather's house, reports the Omaha World-Herald, the 19-year-old stole the assault rifle he used to randomly kill eight people the next day. At dinner, Hawkins told his mother... More »

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FBI Warned on Colorado Shooter

Internet forum alerted feds after anti-Christian postings

Dec 12, 07 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI was alerted to Internet postings supposedly written by Colorado church shooter Matthew Murray between his two rampages, the AP reports. The operator of the forum for the Association of Former Pentecostals said a member contacted the FBI the day of the shootings after “nghtmrchild26,” thought to... More »

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Colorado • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • nghtmrchild26 • Association of Former Pentecostals • Rachel Works • Stephanie Works

6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving
Las Vegas School Bus

1 hurt critically; police suspect at least two gunmen, call in gang unit

Dec 11, 07 7:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Gunfire hit six people as they stepped off a Las Vegas school bus around 2pm today, the AP reports. One adult male was hurt critically and one teenage male seriously after both were shot in the torso, a hospital spokeswoman said. Four others received minor gun shot wounds, and one... More »

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Las Vegas • school shooting • hospital • student • gunman • shooting

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school  where he killed 2

Dec 10, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the... More »

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church • Christians • Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • gunman • church shootings

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Lone gunman ID'd as ex-mission worker who sent threatening letters

Dec 10, 07 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A former mission worker was the shooter in both of yesterday’s Colorado church shootings, CNN reports. The killer, identified as Matthew Murray, worked with Youth With a Mission in Arvada, where the first shooting occurred. The Rocky Mountain News describes Murray as the 24-year-old son of a local neurosurgeon,... More »

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crime • Colorado • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • shooting

Link Sought in Church Shootings

Another victim dead; police to search suburban house

Dec 10, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Investigators believe there may be a link between deadly shooting sprees yesterday at two Colorado religious sites—a megachurch in Colorado Springs and a Christian missionary center outside Denver. A second victim has died from wounds suffered at the New Light Church, where a guard killed the black-clad gunman who... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • gunman • church shootings • shooting

UPDATED

Gunman Dead in Church Attack

Suspect nabbed in Haggard church incident; no link yet

Dec 9, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman who opened fire at a Colorado megachurch today killed one and wounded four before being fatally shot by a security guard, CNN reports. Police Chief Richard Myers called the guard at New Life Church "a courageous security staff member who probably saved many lives today." Some... More »

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