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(Newser) - The wife of the man charged with killing 8 yesterday worked at the North Carolina nursing home he chose for his murderous rampage, the New York Times reports. Local police said gunman Robert Stewart was likely separated from Wanda Luck, but declined to say if she was in the... More »

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murder • North Carolina • nursing homes • wife • shooting • Carthage • Robert Stewart • Justin Garner • workplace

 4 Kids Killed in 
 Calif. Murder-Suicide 



Apparent murder-suicide hits rich Santa Clara neighborhood

Mar 30, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people, including at least three children and one teenager or young adult, were killed in a shooting last night in an upscale neighborhood in Northern California, the San Jose Mercury News reports. A seventh person is in critical condition. Police don’t think anyone is at large. “... More »

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California • murder-suicide • shooting • filicide

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 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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(Newser) - The man responsible for the deaths of four Oakland police officers over the weekend had an extensive criminal history, the Tribune reports. Lovelle Mixon, 26, spent 5 years in prison for a 2002 assault with a firearm. After he was paroled, he was a suspect in a 2007 murder; though... More »

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California • prison • police • murder • Oakland • shooting • parole violation • felony assault • Lovelle Mixon

(Newser) - Three Oakland police officers were shot to death today and a fourth is on life support after two separate incidents with the same man, the Oakland Tribune reports. The first two officers, both motorcycle cops, were shot and killed about 1:15pm after making a traffic stop. The suspect fled... More »

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(AP) - Four officers were in critical condition tonight and a suspect dead after gunfire at a traffic stop in Oakland led to a massive manhunt that ended in a shootout. Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1pm after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland. He... More »

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New Yorker Felled by
Arrow in Mystery Attack

'They shot me with an arrow,' screamed the woman in bizarre attack

Mar 16, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yonkers woman was shot in the stomach yesterday by an arrow from a mystery assailant, reports the New York Daily News. She was struck as she dropped off churchgoers at a Bronx nursing home. "They shot me with an arrow," she screamed as she clutched the 30-inch... More »

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crime • New York • Arrowhead Ripper • Bronx • attack • assault • shooting • archery • bow and arrow

 Miami Man Kills 4 
 in Murder-Suicide 

Suspect set own house and truck ablaze

Mar 15, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A furious Miami man gunned down four people at a birthday party today, including his estranged wife and daughter, before setting his house and truck ablaze and killing himself, the Miami Herald reports. He also killed his mother-in-law and his daughter’s boyfriend at the party, where he showed up... More »

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crime • Miami • murder-suicide • death • birthday party • killings • shooting • fire

 '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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 German Gunman Was 
 Calm, Ruthless: Witnesses 

Witnesses describe student's rampage

Mar 11, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Kretschmer was calm and silent as he gunned down his former classmates today in southern Germany, witnesses tell the Telegraph. Kretschmer, 17, moved between classrooms dispatching his victims—mainly girls—with a weapon he’d brought from home. The only words survivors heard him say were “Aren’t... More »

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Germany • murder • school shooting • massacre • shooting • automatic weapons • shootout • Tim Kretschmer

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

(Newser) - Fifteen people are dead after a 17-year-old went on a shooting spree at his former school in southern Germany; the gunman died hours later during a shootout in a nearby town. The assailant killed at least 11 people, mostly students, at the school before driving away. He then barricaded himself... More »

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 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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Church Shooter Marked 'Death Day' in Planner

Authorities baffled on motive; Lyme 'doesn't cause' shooting: expert

Mar 10, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man charged with killing an Illinois pastor during a Sunday service appears to have planned the attack, having marked the date “Death Day” in his planner, the AP reports. But authorities are still stymied over a motive behind the attack. Terry Sedlacek was a quiet kid working in... More »

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Illinois • Lyme disease • church shootings • shooting • pastor • Terry Joe Sedlacek • Fred Winters

Crooked Ex-NY Cop Busted in Lover's Murder

Former narcotics officer was to testify against other 'dirty' cops

Mar 10, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A corrupt ex-cop's arrest yesterday in the murder of his girlfriend has dealt a fresh blow to the NYPD's battered image, the New York Daily News reports. Former narcotics officer James Bowens resigned from the force last year after being charged with stealing cash and crack to give to informants.... More »

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NYPD • New York City • police • murder • shooting • corrupt cops

(Newser) - A police officer was killed in Northern Ireland tonight amid renewed tensions with suspected Irish Republican terrorists, the Guardian reports. Responding to a call on a private manor southwest of Belfast, one officer was fatally shot in the head and another injured. The Real IRA, which claimed responsibility for killing... 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

Secret Army Units Stirred Up N. Ireland Violence: Adams

British PM visits site of shooting, calls for 'hunting down' of gunmen

Mar 9, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sinn Fein head Gerry Adams says Northern Ireland’s chief constable “made a huge mistake bringing in undercover British Army units” to Northern Ireland after two UK soldiers were killed at a barracks Saturday, the Daily Telegraph reports. “You don't understand the history if you don't appreciate that... More »

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Northern Ireland • Gordon Brown • Sinn Fein • Gerry Adams • British Army • barracks • Britain • shooting • Real IRA

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

 Pastor Killed in Ill. 
 Church Shooting 

Three others injured, including suspect

Mar 8, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Illinois state police say a man shot a pastor to death and injured others at a church during a service in Maryville. Master Trooper Ralph Timmins says the man walked down the aisle during the early Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, exchanged words with pastor Fred Winters,... More »

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crime • church • Illinois • church shootings • shooting • pastor • knife • guns

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