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Murder by a fellow classmate at Tenn. school
A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.
The shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. at the Central High School cafeteria, Chief Deputy Bill Roehl said, and the suspected shooter was taken into custody minutes later on a nearby street. The suspect and victim knew each other, Knox County School System Superintendent Bill McIntyre said.
"This wasn't a shooting that was a random act," Roehl said. "It was an individual directing his aggression toward another individual, not the school or the students inside the school."
The cafeteria was a popular place to gather before classes started at 8:30 a.m., students said. When the shooting happened, students in the cafeteria began crying and scrambling to leave, while others tried to get in the room, thinking they had missed a fight, witnesses said.
Authorities haven't released the names of the victim, who died at University of Tennessee Medical Center, or the suspect. No other students were injured.
The school, which has about 1,400 students, was placed on lockdown after the shooting. Classes were dismissed and students were bused to a nearby church so they could be picked up by their parents. A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, as other teenagers watched in hor... more -
Georgian reporter shot on Live TV
She was shot in the arm. I don't understand what's being said, but wow. This is pretty intense. Not graphic, just crazy.
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Gunman kills four, then himself in Kentucky factory shooting
Five people are dead after a shooting at a Henderson plastics factory in Kentucky.
It is alleged that the shooter was a worker at the factory and went on a killing spree after an argument with a supervisor
More to follow. Five people are dead after a shooting at a Henderson plastics factory in Kentucky. ... more -
Two shot dead at beverage bottling factory.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Two people were shot and killed Friday morning during an apparent robbery at a soda bottling plant north of Charlotte, authorities said.
Concord deputy police chief Guy Smith said authorities were using a helicopter and police dogs to hunt for the shooter, who was seen running away from the Sun-drop Bottling Co. carrying a box. He remained at large late Friday afternoon.
"We have 25 to 30 investigators who are following every lead," Smith said. "When someone is carrying a box from the scene, you want to talk to them."
Smith said the shooter walked into the plant's office around 10 a.m. during what they believe was a robbery. He identified the victims as Donna Barnhardt, 59, and Darrell Noles, 44.
Two employees working at the facility who did not hear the gunfire later found the bodies and called 911, he said.
Smith said Barnhardt had worked at the company for 18 years.
"She liked her job. She was just one of these people who was happy-go-lucky," said Charles Messina, whose brother-in-law is married to Barnhardt's daughter. "She was just bubbly all the time ... It's just amazing that something so senseless could happen."
Family members said Noles was not an employee at the plant, but was visiting the office to apply for a part-time job.
Smith said police don't know the shooter's identity or if there was a relationship between the shooter and the victims.
The Rev. Donnie Tomlin of the Wil-Mar Park Baptist Church in Concord said his family is trying to come to terms with Noles' death. Noles was his wife's uncle.
"He was a great guy. Just a good family man. This is so tough for everyone," he said.
Sun-drop Bottling manufactures soft drinks and spring water at the plant about 25 miles north of Charlotte. The company, founded in 1954, has about 30 employees and produces 1,800 to 5,000 cases of soda a day.
Telephone messages left for company president John King at his home were not returned Friday.
Outside the one-story brick bottling plant, workers talked quietly in groups. A few had tears as they hugged their fellow employees. They were reluctant to talk to the media.
Barnhardt, the mother of three, spent most of her spare time doting on her five grandchildren, family members said.
"She loved them," Messina said. "She was supposed to take two of her granddaughters to a dance recital rehearsal after work. What are we going to tell them?"
Family members recalled how much Barnhardt loved the holidays, especially Easter. Every year she would invite family members and friends for an easter egg hunt in her backyard. She gave away hundreds of dollars in presents at the hunt, including hammocks, barbecue grills and $100 gift certificates.
"She loved to watch the adults scramble for eggs with the kids," Messina said. CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Two people were shot and killed Friday morning during an apparent robbery at a soda bottling plant north of Charl... more -
Pregnant Teller Shot In Holdup
A bank teller pregnant with twins was shot in the stomach during a robbery Tuesday morning, but both the teller and the fetuses survived the attack, authorities said.
The gunman came into the Huntington Bank branch around 9:30 a.m., jumped over the counter screaming and shot the teller, Lt. Jeff Duhamell said. He then fired another shot as he was running out of the bank, Duhamell said.
The bullet entered the abdomen of Katherin Shuffield, 30, who is five months pregnant, but missed both fetuses, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said.
"Angry is really what I am. This is just brazen," said Ballard.
Shuffield was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, police spokesman Sgt. Paul Thompson said. A bank teller pregnant with twins was shot in the stomach during a robbery Tuesday morning, but both the teller and the fetuses surviv... more -
Bloody Weekend In Chicago
Nine people were killed in 36 shootings over the weekend in Chicago, reflecting what some community leaders say is a deadly breakdown in discipline among gang members after a crackdown over the past few years put many of their leaders behind bars.
The shootings included drive-by attacks and one case in which someone shot up a plumbing supply store with an AK-47. At least 14 of the shootings were gang-related, according to police. As for the rest, the only thing they can say for sure is that three had nothing to do with gangs. Nine people were killed in 36 shootings over the weekend in Chicago, reflecting what some community leaders say is a deadly breakdown ... more -
Police: Teen planned to bomb high school
A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday.
Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police when 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate was delivered to their home in Chesterfield and they discovered the journal, said the town's police chief, Randall Lear.
The teen planned to make several bombs and had all the supplies needed to kill dozens at Chesterfield High School, depending on where the devices were placed and whether they included shrapnel, Lear said. Ammonium nitrate was used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 that killed 168 people. A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary t... more -
man busted for shooting a bear
The bear was euthanized by state environmental police Tuesday morning after David W. Menard, 23, of 10 Oak Drive shot it with a compound bow, according to officials. Menard told police he shot the animal on his property because it charged him, and he feared for the safety of his cats, Patrolman Kevin C. O'Grady said... The bear was euthanized by state environmental police Tuesday morning after David W. Menard, 23, of 10 Oak Drive shot it with a compou... more
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Cops: Man threatens Va. Tech-like attack - Yahoo! News
His alibi sounds a bit fishy...
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Victims families of Virgina Tech tragedy offered $100k settlement
Families of those killed in the Virginia Tech massacre would receive $100,000 each under a settlement the state is proposing to prevent lawsuits, according to a victim's relative who received a copy of the proposal.
Medical and counseling expenses would be provided to the families of the 32 killed and dozens of surviving victims, said the person, who asked Monday to remain anonymous because those involved were told not to discuss the settlement.
Families would also have the opportunity to question the governor and university officials about the shootings, according to the family member. Families of those killed in the Virginia Tech massacre would receive $100,000 each under a settlement the state is proposing to preven... more -
Football star gunned down by gang
It's especially sad since he was attracting scholarship attention from Stanford, Rutgers and other schools. He stayed out of trouble, did well despite his environment and look what happens.
What is there to do to crack down of gangs? The police can't catch them because the neighbors won't speak. What's your view on this. From my view, growing up in this, going to schools in neighborhoods like this, it's hard to say what it takes to keep people out of gangs. There's the underprivileged who become our valedictorians and then there's the underprivileged who join up in these dangerous and violent cliques. For me, I don't get it. What do you think? It's especially sad since he was attracting scholarship attention from Stanford, Rutgers and other schools. He stayed out of trou... more -
UNC student body president killed
CHAPEL HILL — The woman found shot to death early Wednesday morning near the University of North Carolina campus is the UNC student body president, the police said today.
The dead woman was identified Thursday as Eve Carson, 22, a senior from Athens, Ga.
On Wednesday, police responded to a report of gunshots in the area of Davie Circle. Officers found Carson lying in the intersection of Hillcrest Drive and Hillcrest Circle.
The police department has issued an alert for Carson's vehicle that is believed to have been taken during the crime. The vehicle is a blue 2005 Toyota Highlander with Georgia plate AIV-6690. CHAPEL HILL — The woman found shot to death early Wednesday morning near the University of North Carolina campus is the UNC student bo... more -
Second college coed found shot and killed
An Auburn University student was found fatally shot on a highway just before her car was discovered in flames on campus, several miles away.
Auburn police were investigating Tuesday's death of Lauren Burk as a homicide but made no immediate arrests.
"As soon as we know more we might release it, but what information we have now we're holding it close to our chest," police Capt. Tom Stofer said.
This is just awful; two beautiful girls killed in a 24 hour period, way before there time to leave us! Rest in Peace. An Auburn University student was found fatally shot on a highway just before her car was discovered in flames on campus, several miles... more -
Six killed, including children, in Memphis violence
Six people were killed, 2 of them children, and another 3 children were wounded in violence in Memphis, Tennessee last night.
"...firefighters responded to a 911 call at a home at 6:11 p.m. Monday when the bodies and wounded children were found."
The 4 adults had been shot, and the 2 children were stabbed. At least one of the injured children was also stabbed. The 3 children are still in the hospital, one each in extremely critical, critical and stable condition.
World, what is up? Six people were killed, 2 of them children, and another 3 children were wounded in violence in Memphis, Tennessee last night. ... more -
League star targeted in shooting
Wow ... Sydney is turning into the hood, and it's local sporting stars are at the centre of it. What's going on? I hope we're not turning into America down here. Wow ... Sydney is turning into the hood, and it's local sporting stars are at the centre of it. What's going on? I hope we&#... more
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Rapper Juvenile's daughter killed in Ga.
17 year-old is being charged in the murder in the fatal shootings of HIS mother and two little girls one of which was rapper Juvenile's 4-year-old daughter.
It's not really all that more important that it was Juvenile's daughter being killed. Though it's probably what put the story in the headlines.
What is more important, what is up with kids killing kids, killing their families, killing defenseless little girls, killing period? What is the state of the world, how horrible has it gotten, that this feels like the new trend. Teenagers, kids, picking up guns and shooting people. 17 year-old is being charged in the murder in the fatal shootings of HIS mother and two little girls one of which was rapper Juvenile&... more -
NIU and VA Tech killers shop at the same online gun dealer
It turns out that the shooters in both the recent NIU school tragedy and last year's VA Tech shooting stocked their arsenals from the same online gun dealer, TGSCOM, Inc. The owner of the business is feeling totally shocked and creeped out by the coincidence, as you would.
"Thompson said he has no way of knowing whether Kazmierczak found out about his Web site from the publicity it got after the Virginia Tech shootings, but the thought crossed his mind. Web traffic increased after that shooting, along with phone calls and threats, he said."
Freaky coincidence? Or something we should be more concerned with? It turns out that the shooters in both the recent NIU school tragedy and last year's VA Tech shooting stocked their arsenals from... more -
Girlfriend of NIU shooter speaks out
The girlfriend of the gunman who killed five people and then himself at Northern Illinois University last Thursday told CNN that there was "no indication he was planning something."
"He wasn't erratic. He wasn't delusional. He was Steve; he was normal," Jessica Baty tearfully said in an exclusive interview Sunday.
Baty, 28, had been dating and living with Steven Kazmierczak for two years.
"He was a worrier," she said. He once told her he had "obsessive-compulsive tendencies" and that his parents committed him as a teen to a group home because he was "unruly" and used to cut himself. The girlfriend of the gunman who killed five people and then himself at Northern Illinois University last Thursday told CNN that there... more -
Arrests after restaurant shooting
Two men have been arrested by police after a number of shots were fired at a city centre restaurant in Birmingham.
The incident apparently happened in a private room containing 10 to 15 people at Cafe Lazeez in the upmarket Mailbox shopping centre on Friday, police said.
No-one was hurt in the shooting, which police said was not random. Witnesses spoke of customers fleeing the scene.
The men, aged 25 and 40, were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Two men have been arrested by police after a number of shots were fired at a city centre restaurant in Birmingham. ... more -
Mass murderers and women: What we're still not getting about Virginia Tech
A thought-provoking piece written last year on violence against women and our society's inability to take it as seriously as it should be. Sad that this is still extremely relevant given the recent glut of shootings in the U.S.
Some scary stats pulled from this piece:
According to the Stalking Resource Center, one million women are stalked in the U.S. every year. In two-thirds of the cases where a female victim asks for a police protective order, that order is violated.
One third of female murder victims are killed by an intimate partner (as opposed to about 3 percent of male victims). Of these, 76 percent had been stalked by the partner in the year prior to their murder. Murder ranks second (after accidents) as the leading cause of death among young women.
Ladies, take note, take heart, be safe! A thought-provoking piece written last year on violence against women and our society's inability to take it as seriously as it s... more
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