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NEWS ABOUT: gunfire

gunfire stories: 7 news summaries

 Shot Fired at Dobbs' Home 

Bullet struck siding but didn't penetrate

Oct 29, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gun was fired at CNN commentator Lou Dobbs’ home while his wife and chauffeur talked outside earlier this month, New Jersey state police said today. Dobbs said the shot came after “weeks and weeks” of threatening phone calls—which he had not reported to police because of their... More »

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television • New Jersey • CNN • Lou Dobbs • shooting • shotgun • bullet • gunfire

Gun Collector Fatally Shoots Wife, Cats, Self

'It was an accident,' Staten Island
plumber tells 911

Aug 28, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York man called 911 yesterday and admitted to shooting his wife and cat—and then shot himself in the head minutes before police arrived. "I shot my wife," John Pizon told emergency services. "Yeah, it was an accident. And I shot the cats, too.... More »

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New York • murder • killings • Staten Island • gunfire • domestic accidents

Pa. Trooper Dies After Chase, Shootout

Suspect kidnapped
his own son, was
killed at the scene

Jun 8, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania state trooper who was injured during a police chase and shootout in the Poconos has died, the Express-Times reports. The incident began last night with a custody dispute. When police arrived at a home in Nazareth, Pa., the 31-year-old suspect fled, taking his 9-year-old son with him. The... More »

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Pennsylvania • custody battle • state troopers • gunfire • police chase

 Gun Battle in Vienna 
 Temple Wounds 6 

Shooters stormed into temple with knives, gun

May 24, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mid-afternoon shootout between members of two families at an Indian religious temple in Vienna left nine people seriously injured, Reuters reports. Authorities arrested six men who barged into the Sikh temple with knives and a gun. The men, who number among the wounded, apparently were extremists who opposed the... More »

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Austria • Vienna • Sikh • shooting • shootout • temple • gunfire

(AP) - A Palestinian driver rammed a construction vehicle into a bus and police car on an Israeli highway today, wounding two officers before he was shot dead. It was the third bulldozer attack in Jerusalem in the past eight months. Witnesses described a yellow front-loader speeding along Begin Highway, dragging the... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Palestinians • East Jerusalem • terrorist attack • bulldozer • gunfire

UPDATED

 Mumbai Death Toll Climbs to 80 

Foreigners may be hostage as Indian authorities battle terrorists in coordinated attacks

Nov 26, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A coordinated attack by men armed with machine guns and grenades has killed 80 and injured 250 in Mumbai, the Times of India reports. The violence started at a major rail hub, and included bombings of hotels and near a hospital. Indian officials are calling the attack a “terror... More »

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India • explosion • Mumbai • terrorist attack • gunfire • gunmen • grenade

Georgia Prez Charges Russians Fired on Motorcade

Shots fired as Georgian leader travels with Polish president to refugee camp

Nov 24, 08 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Shots were fired close to a motorcade ferrying Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski  to a refugee camp in Georgia near the border with the breakaway region of South Ossetia, officials said. Saakashvili blamed Russian troops at a border checkpoint for the gunfire, reports Voice of America.... More »

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Russia • Georgia • Lech Kaczynski • Mikheil Saakashvili • motorcade • South Ossetia • Rose Revolution • gunfire

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