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 Cops ID Wesleyan Shooter 

Students advised to stay inside as hunt for killer continues

May 6, 09 11:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police have identified the man they believe shot and killed a Wesleyan University student yesterday as Stephen Morgan, the Hartford Courant reports. The 29-year-old, captured by a surveillance camera in the bookstore where the shooting took place, remains at large. Police say Morgan should be considered armed and dangerous and... More »

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Abdel Rahman Shalqam • shooting • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn. • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

 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.

OPINION

Forget the Flu: Guns Cause Far More Deaths

As Americans load up on Tamiflu, shootings draw little notice

Apr 29, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the US and Mexico, a plague much more widespread than swine flu continues to pick off its victims, regardless of age, health, or hometown. "While federal and state authorities are preoccupied with preventing a swine flu pandemic from overwhelming the United States, the epidemic of gun violence rages... More »

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Mexico • gun control • United States • drug cartel • shooting • deaths • gun violence • swine flu

(Newser) - Jiverly Wong’s parents are selling their upstate New York house and moving to Florida, fearing retaliation for their son’s community-center shooting spree, neighbors tell the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. “He was very paranoid,” said one neighbor of Henry Voong, Jiverly Wong’s father. The house where... More »

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shooting • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

(AP) - Authorities were on a nationwide manhunt for a University of Georgia professor suspected in the shooting deaths of three people, including his ex-wife, at a community theater near campus today. Police were searching for 57-year-old George Zinkhan, who has been a marketing professor at the university in Athens since the... More »

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crime • Georgia • Athens • professor • shooting

 Columbine Marks 
 10-Year Milestone 

Colorado comes together to remember victims, support survivors

Apr 20, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Survivors of the Columbine High School massacre will gather today to mark 10 years since two seniors killed 12 classmates and a teacher in a bullet-fueled rampage that shook the country, USA Today reports. The anniversary is an opportunity for the community to come together for the survivors, Principal Frank... More »

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school shooting • Colorado • Columbine school massacre • Eric Harris • Dylan Klebold • shooting

 Gunman Kills 2, Self 
 at Calif. Medical Center 

Pharmacy worker believed to have been fearing layoffs

Apr 17, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A worker at the Long Beach Medical Center shot and killed his boss and another manager before taking his own life yesterday, reports the Los Angeles Times. Witnesses said pharmacy technician Mario Ramirez, 50, showed up for work brandishing a pair of handguns and deliberately sought out his victims. Friends... More »

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California • layoffs • murder-suicide • Long Beach • shooting • mass shootings • Mario Ramirez

 Gunmen Attack  
 Thai Protest Leader 

Supporters say attack that wounded 'yellow shirt' leaders was politically motivated

Apr 17, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(AP) - The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement that shut down Bangkok airports last year was shot and wounded today in an attack that his supporters called politically motivated. Police say at least two men in a pickup truck ambushed Sondhi Limthongkul's car as he was being driven to... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • shooting • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters • Sondhi Limthongkul

UPDATED

 Gunfight Causes 
 First Deaths 
 in Thai Riots 

Marketplace fight led to shooting: minister

Apr 13, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As political street-fighting rages on in Thailand, a gun battle in a residential area of Bangkok has led to the first two deaths, authorities tell the AP. A government spokesman said the encounter was between anti-government protesters and local residents, who were angry over the continuing demonstrations. More than 100... More »

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protests • Bangkok • riots • shooting • political demonstrations • guns • Thai protesters

Shootings Fail
to Ignite Gun Control Efforts

Poll shows support for handgun ban at its lowest level ever

Apr 8, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent spate of mass shooting has done little to inspire gun control efforts despite the fact that almost all the shooters held licenses, the AP reports. Lawmakers—including Democrats—say there is no appetite for a divisive fight over guns when the country is in economic crisis. Recent efforts... More »

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gun control • shooting • mass shootings • guns • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

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

 Suicidal Alabama Dad 
 Kills 4 in Family 

Man kills two others in wife's family ahead of divorce trial

Apr 8, 09 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man shot dead his wife, teenage daughter, and two members of his wife's family before taking his own life in northern Alabama, AP reports. The man's body was found yesterday near his home, which had been burned to the ground. His divorce trial was due to start today and... More »

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divorce • murder • murder-suicide • Alabama • shooting • mass shootings • filicide

Letter From NY Killer Forecast Slayings

Ashamed of his English, writer couldn't accept his 'poor life'

Apr 6, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(AP) - The man who opened fire in an immigrant center, killing 13 people before taking his own life, felt he was persecuted by police, couldn't accept his "poor life" and was intent on killing himself and at least two other people, according to a letter mailed to a television station... More »

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immigrant • shooting • Binghamton, NY

Officials Defend 43-Minute Delay in Binghamton

Victims couldn't have been saved, testy
DA tells journos

Apr 5, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Testy officials in upstate New York today defended police officers' 43-minute delay at the Binghamton shootings crime scene, the AP reports. The fatal wounds of 14 victims on Friday were so severe, "nobody could have been saved if the police walked in the door that first minute," Broome... More »

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police • immigrant • shooting • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

 5 Children Found Slain in Home 

Tacoma police think father killed them,
then himself

Apr 4, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five children ages 7 to 16 were found dead today in their home near Tacoma, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Investigators say they might have been killed by their father, whose body was found at a different location after an apparent suicide. The youngest child was a boy and the... More »

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murder • Washington state • Seattle • father • shooting • filicide

 Pittsburgh Cop Killer 
 Feared 'Obama Gun Ban' 

Troubled youth 'never had bad intentions,' friend says

Apr 4, 09 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 22-year-old man who murdered three police officers in an early morning shootout today was a fun-loving youth who feared the government would take away his gun rights, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. “He was a good kid,” said Edward Perkovic, a lifelong friend of Richard Poplawski, who’s... More »

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police • Pittsburgh • shooting

(Newser) - The gunman burst into Binghamton's American Civic Association community center, and before the receptionists really had time to react, he’d shot them both. He probably believed he’d killed them both, too. But one of them was only playing dead, and she was the one to call 911, MSNBC... More »

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massacre • hero • shooting • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

 NY Gunman Called 
 'Angry Loner' 

Investigators believe killer of 13 may have been recently laid off

Apr 4, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators trying to piece together a motive for the massacre at a Binghamton, New York, immigration center believe gunman Jiverly Voong may have been recently laid off, the Press & Sun-Bulletin reports. The Vietnamese-American, 41, worked at an assembly plant in the town until November, where colleagues described him as... More »

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massacre • shooting • mass shootings • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

 NY Survivor: 
 'I Thought My Life Was Finished' 

Students hid in storage rooms as Binghamton gunman killed 13

Apr 4, 09 2:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Students hid in storage closets when the shooting began at an immigration services center in Binghamton yesterday, a survivor tells CNN. "I heard shootings, very long time, about five minutes, and I was thinking when it will be stopped, but it was continued," she said. "No screaming,... More »

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massacre • shooting • mass shootings • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

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