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Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, died Friday after being fatally shot. The assassination occurred early into a campaign speech in Nara, according to the Associated Press. World leaders expressed shock over the killing, including current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who called the attack “barbaric.” During a subsequent press conference, Prime Minister Kishida […]
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, was shot on Friday while campaigning, public broadcaster NHK reports. The incident occurred while Abe was making a public speech in Nara. The 67-year-old was rushed to a hospital after being wounded and going into cardiopulmonary arrest, NHK reported the fire department as saying. Police said that the […]
An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after he fatally shot a U.S. Postal Service worker in 2020 because he was upset about not receiving his mail. As the Associated Press reported, 23-year-old Tony Cushingberry entered his guilty plea to the April 27, 2020 killing of 45-year-old USPS mail carrier Angela Summers. He is […]
The U.S. was met with heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting this week when a 21-year-old white male opened fire on a parade in Highland Park, Illinois. In the first half of 2022 alone, the country has seen more than 300 mass shootings. Still, an all-too-familiar response of the powers that be persists, even […]
An Uvalde, Texas police officer who was situated by Robb Elementary School reportedly requested permission to shoot the gunman before he entered the school. Per the Texas Tribune, the officer asked a supervisor for the go-ahead to shoot 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos before the latter got inside the school building. The supervisor did not respond to the request, or responded too […]
Two police officers were shot and injured during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia, NBC News reports. Both officers were taken to a local hospital and are in stable conditions. Video from the shooting shows thousands of people fleeing the scene, which unfolded in the city’s Fairmount Street-Art Museum area. Fireworks can be seen going […]
Robert E. Crimo, the 22-year-old man who is considered a “person of interest” in the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has been arrested, NBC News reports. The shooting took place during a 4th of July parade The video below shows when Crimo surrendered himself over to authorities. After his identity was released, reports soon followed, suggesting Crimo tried his […]
A shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday afternoon left three people dead and four others in critical condition. NBC News reports a 22-year-old Danish man opened fire at a Field’s mall, killing a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, both from Denmark, and a 47-year-old Russian man. Four other people were transported to a local […]
Over 20 people were shot Monday morning during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb located about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whose tweets are embedded below, was present and reports via authorities that five people were killed and 16 were wounded. Local man Miles Zaremski told […]
Dozens of protestors took the streets Thursday demanding justice for Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio police. According to WKYC, the deadly incident took place around a little after midnight Monday, when Akron officers attempted to stop a vehicle for equipment issues and a traffic violation. The police department claims a pursuit […]
