Is it random, or is it a pattern of violence?
Friday October 25, 2013
Ridgecrest Gunman Shoots At Traffic and Hostages in Trunk October 25, 2013 In Ridgecrest California, officers were investigating a 5:15 a.m. call to a home where one woman was dead and another man had multiple gunshot wounds when a gunman called up police on an officer's cellphone telling them he wanted to come to the police station and "kill all the officers but they had too many guns." He led police on an hour long chase after he was spotted leaving town, firing a handgun and shotgun at other cars 10 to 12 times and forcing other cars off the road. Officers saw that he had a man and woman as hostages in the trunk when he stopped briefly to show the police who he had put there, and sped off again. Seven officers opened fire when he stopped again and fired at the trunk through his backseat, and he was killed. The police found the two in the truck had gunshot wounds, but are not certain when they were wounded, and were already familiar with the suspect who has not yet been identified
Massive Crashes Both Directions Seattle I-5 October 24, 2013 At 6:45 a.m. the major freeway through Seattle I5 was closed northbound by a 7-10 vehicle pileup near Boeing field for over an hour. The crash was caused by a speeding driver following too close. A critically injured victim had to be extricated from the vehicle and was was unresponsive when he was transported to Harborview. An hour later, another collision at nearly the same location involved 5 vehicles injuring 5 in the southbound lanes. 30 people were evaluated for injuries. Northbound traffice was not restored until 8:40 a.m. The two soundbound lanes were cleared by 8:10 a.m.
Belmont NC CVS Drugstore Hostage Standoff October 25, 2013 A gunman armed with an SKS rifle and several magazines surrendered after releasing three people he held hostage since 1:45 a.m. in a CVS drugstore in North Carolina in an hostage standoff attack disguised as a robbery attempt
5 Hurt When NC Fair Vortex Ride Starts Up October 24, 2013 9:17 p.m. at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, five were injured, two seriously when as they were getting of the Vortex pendulum-swing thrill ride ride when it started up unexpectedly. It was 11 years on the same day when a worker was killed by a ride at that fair. There was a crashing sound and then two people were seen face down, as the ride operator fell to his knees crying. Five passengers were ejected and were all initially unconscious after trying to exit. The victims were ages 14 to 39.
Clayton County Officer Shoots Man Who Tries To Grab His Gun
October 24, 2013 Near Atlanta, GA, a Clayton county officer stopped by the side of the interstate highway to investigate a suspicious man. After questioning, the suspect became combative and tried to grab the officer's gun. The officer beat him to it and shot him.
Millington Tennesee Naval Base Shooting October 24, 2013 At a naval base in Millington, near Memphis Tennessee, the base was put on lockdown after two were shot. One report was a National Guardsman got into a fight with two other soldiers near the base. One reportedly pulled a gun, striking one man in the foot and the second in the leg. Another report was the shooter was a Navy recruiter who had been relieved of duty. A suspect was taken into custody and lockdown ended after 90 minutes
Wednesday October 23, 2013
Child Fires AR-15 Carried On Chino Police Motorcycle At School Wednesday October 23, 2013 A child walked up to a police motorcycle in China California during a anti-drug program at an elementary school. The weapons mount had several fail-safes, including a metal plate blocking the barrel. Nevertheless, the the child found or knew a way to managed to fire it, and fragments when the bullet hit the guard plate struck some students. Rifles have been removed from other police motorcycles while the shooting is investigated.
Police Kill 13 Year Old Who Would Not Drop Replica Rifle October 23, 2013 An eighth-grader who attended Cook Middle School in Santa Rosa was fatally shot in South Santa Rosa by Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday afternoon after failing to comply with deputies' orders to drop what turned out to be a replica AK-47 assault rifle
Vancouver boy 11 bring handgun, knives and ammo to school October 23, 2013 Vancouver, Washington An 11-year-old boy is arrested for investigation of attempted murder after bringing a gun, knives and more than 400 rounds of ammunition to his Vancouver middle school, and he has been expelled. The parents called after they noticed knives were missing. Frontier Middle School notified police that ammo had been discovered at the school. There were no previous indications of problems with the student.
Northwestern Health Sciences University President Jeff Nelson found dead October 22, 2013 The president of Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington Jeff Nelson was found dead of a gunshot wound in his home in Stillwater, MN. He was the former president of Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix, according to his biography.
Henderson Nevada Motorcyclist Killed After Shooting At Police October 22, 2013 In Henderson Nevada, a man drove up in a motorcycle and shot out the windows of a female police officer's car that was at the scene of an accident, and then also shot at another police car that arrived for backup. 3 officers then shot the suspect. The gunman was carrying 3 handguns and police found a rifle on his motorcycle, firepower typical for a mass shooting or a terrorist attack.
Teacher Colleen Ritzer Murdered By Teen in Danvers Massachusetts
Tuesday October 22, 2013 14 year old Philip Chism was reported missing and later as the suspect in the murder of Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer. Ritzer age 24, was reported missing at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday when she did not return home and did not answer her cellphone. Police searched the school and found blood in a second-floor bathroom, and Colleen Ritzer’s body was found in the woods behind the school. The boy was was found by Topsfield police at 12:30 a.m. walking along Route 1. Chism's family had moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee the past summer, and has a 7-year-old girl. One neighbor called Chism "like a nice quiet boy."
Monday October 21, 2013
At least seven people were killed and 16 were injured in Pakistan's Balochistan province when a bomb planted on a railroad track exploded and derailed a train (BBC, Dawn, ET,Reuters, VOA). Asad Gilani, the provincial Home Secretary, told reporters that militants had targeted the Jaffar Express
Student Shoots Teacher, self in Nevada middle school shooting 2 are dead, 2 injured in shooting at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada outside Reno. Several were shot as classes were starting around 7:16 am. Two young boys are currently in critical condition. A 13 year old said a teacher get shot when he confronted what appeared to be a boy walk into the Sparks Middle School, armed with a gun, then he shot himself.
Las Vegas Bally's Cover Charge Shooting Customer got into argument over refund for cover charge, then started shooting. Argument is just cover story for mass shooting man who paid to enter Drai's got into an argument with management when he wanted his cover fee refunded. The argument led the suspect to pull out a gun and shoot a manager at the club. Police said at least three people - one patron and two security guards - tried to get a hold of the gunman. The patron was shot and killed while the two security guards were wounded by gunfire The suspect was taken into custody.
October 21, 20132 A 30-year old woman Naida Asiyalova who had recently converted to Islam blew up a bus in a suicide bombing in Volgograd, southern Russia, killing as many as six. She was from Russia's restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, which has been riven by Islamist-inspired violence for more than a decade. 27 were taken to a hospital. An Islamist insurgency has been especially resilient in Dagestan and fueled separatist wars in the neighboring republic of Chechnya. The Boston marathon bombers were Islamist militants with ethnic ties to Chechnya.
Sunday October 20, 2013
Ohio Pastor Savagely Beaten by Militant Atheist October 20, 2013 At the Bridge Community Church North Hampton Ohio , Rev Normon Hayes was savagely beaten by a self-described militant atheist James Maxie after he asked Maxie's girlfriend if he was being abused. The beating downed him with a punch, and then got on top of him and kept hitting over and over, leavinglong gashes over the man’s eyes and breaking his nose. His Facebook profile makes references to atheism and criticisms of religion.
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday, mostly by slitting their throats, witnesses said.
In Egypt, gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a Copt wedding crowd. Four were killed including an eight-year-old girl and the mother of the groom and a dozen others were injured. Egypt's top Sunni cleric condemned the attack as contrary to religion and morals.
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(CNN) -- At least 37 people, including 26 civilians and some Syrian soldiers, were killed in a car bombing Sunday at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and state media said.
Saturday October 19, 2013
Argentina Train Crashes Buffers Again
Argentina at Buenos Aires Once station. The commuter train failed to stop as it arrived at Once station. It crashed the end buffer and crumpled between the floor and ceiling. It was the same station where 51 people were killed in a similar crash in 2012
Friday October 18, 2013
Eastern Michigan University Football Player Demarius Reed Killed Demarius Reed, a standout football player a college football player at Eastern Michigan University was found shot to death on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, near the college campus. He was a junior and a starting wide receiver. There was a party the previous night, and there was a fight in the parking lot with gunshots heard. Evidently people passed by Reed's crumpled body resting on the landing in a stairwell, assuming he had passed out but his body was not discovered until 7:15 a.m. Police believe he was killed sometime after 3 a.m. and are considering it a homicide, though some believe he may have been robbed before being murdered.
Bombing in Kabul that targeted an international convoy as it left the heavily-fortified Green Village, a residential complex that houses U.S. military contractors, European diplomats, and U.N. employees (BBC, NYT, Reuters). According to Sediq Sediqqi, an Interior Ministry spokesman, a militant detonated a car bomb as two vehicles were leaving the facility, killing a family of a six in a passing vehicle.
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