US Shooting

US President Joe Biden termed the school shooting at Nashville which claimed the lives of six people as sick and said that the US has to do more about gun violence

Two people were shot at a Gurudwara in Sacramento County, California on Sunday, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said

Two people were killed and six others were injured on Saturday (local time) after a shooting at a house party in Douglas County, Georgia where more than 100 teenagers gathered, CNN reported

Police in El Paso, Texas, say one person was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday in a shopping mall. One person has been taken into custody, El Paso police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Gomez said. No immediate information was given about that person. "It's too early to speculate on motive," Gomez said. The three who were wounded were hospitalized, Gomez said. Their conditions were not known. Gomez said police believe the scene is secure and that officers are sweeping through the whole mall to verify that. Authorities have set up a reunification centre at a nearby high school. Wednesday's shooting happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack in 2019.

On the eve of the funeral for Tyre Nichols, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, his family was sharing remembrances and expressing grief. Nichols' older brother, Jamal Dupree, lamented he was not there to save his brother from the attack he suffered at the fists and feet of the five officers, who have been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. "I've been fighting my whole life and the one fight I needed to be here for, I wasn't here," said Dupree, adding that violence was against his brother's nature. "My brother was the most peaceful person I've ever met in life," he said. "If my brother was here today and he had to say something, he'd tell us to do this peacefully." The family gathered on Tuesday evening with the Rev. Al Sharpton at the historic Mason Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated to speak abou

A high school student was killed and four others were injured when a person opened fire over the weekend at a hookah lounge in Austin, Texas, authorities said Monday. Brayden Bolyard, 17, died at the scene of the shooting at the lounge Saturday night, Austin police said in a news release. Police said that the four other people who were shot were taken to hospitals. Police said in the news release that they have identified a person of interest in the shooting and that the shooter had prior history with one of the victims. The suspect left the scene after the shooting, police said. The school district in Jarrell, which is about 40 miles north of Austin, said in a statement Monday that the district was profoundly saddened by the loss of one of our students. He was a gifted student and athlete who made a lasting impression on our district, the Jarrell Independent School District said in the statement. The district said that counselors would be providing support to students and staff.

Three people were killed inside a vehicle on the street and four were wounded outside in an upscale neighbourhood near Beverly Hills

A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late on Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead. The store in Chesapeake is now safe, Officer Leo Kosinski said in the early hours of Wednesday. The shooting came three days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado late on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 17. Earlier in the year, the country was shaken by the deaths of 21 when a gunman stormed an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Tuesday's shooting also brought back memories of another at a Walmart in 2019, when a gunman police say was targeting Mexicans opened fire at a store in El Paso and killed 22 people. Earlier, Kosinski said he couldn't say how the gunman died but that he didn't believe police fired shots. The shooting had apparently stopped when police arrived at the store in Chesapeake, which is Virginia's second-largest city and lies next to the seasid

Multiple people were killed and injured in a shooting incident reported from the US state of Virginia, officials said adding the shooter is believed to be dead too

A suspect was in custody and was being treated for injuries after the attack at Club Q, Colorado Springs police Lieutenant Pamela Castro told a news conference

Authorities have arrested two of the three suspects they were searching for after two people were found dead and a police officer was shot on a tribal reservation in north-eastern Washington. The Colville Tribal Police Department said it responded to a report of a shooting on Thursday in Keller, west of Spokane. Officers found two people dead, and an officer who came across a vehicle described as having left the scene was shot in the arm. He was doing well after being transported for medical care, the department said in a news release. Police identified two of the suspects as Curry Pinkham and Zachary Holt. The third suspect, another man, had not been identified. It was not immediately clear which of the three suspects had been arrested. Tribal police searched for them overnight with help from 10 other agencies, including the FBI, Border Patrol, Washington State Patrol and police and sheriff's deputies. The department said on Facebook Friday that two suspects had been ...

Nine people were injured early Friday during a shooting at a fraternity house outside of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorities said. While seven people were taken to the hospital, none of the injuries appear life-threatening, according to Baton Rouge police. Southern University, which is in the midst of celebrating its Homecoming Week, confirmed the shooting that occurred near campus. While this unfortunate incident happened off campus at a non-University sponsored event, the University strongly condemns any act of violence, the university tweeted. Police were called around 1:50 a.m. to the scene, The Advocate reported. Authorities did not say what led to the shooting or if they had made an arrest. The investigation is ongoing. Southern University has its homecoming game on Saturday with various events leading up to it this week. Officials at the university say that they are working to ensure a safe Homecoming weekend and that any changes to security protocol

Police in the US state of North Carolina have identified five victims of a shooting incident in Raleigh city, as a suspect is in custody with life-threatening injuries

US President Joe Biden on Friday expressed his anguish over the recent gun violence in Raleigh, North Carolina that left five people dead and two wounded

The suspect in the shooting incident in Raleigh city, in the US state of North Carolina, that resulted in the killing of five people has been arrested in Georgia by police officials

An active shooter is on the loose in a residential area of Raleigh in the US state of North Carolina, police said on Thursday

A US court has asked Infowars founder and "conspiracy theorist" Alex Jones to pay families of Sandy Hook shooting victims and a first responder nearly $1 billion, media reports said

One person was killed and six people were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning at a downtown nightclub in the US state of Florida, police officials said.The police said that they are investigating a shooting that occurred at a downtown nightclub in Tampa."Just before 3 am on October 9, officers responded to the report of shots fired near the LIT Cigar & Martini Lounge at 908 N Franklin St. Officers arrived to find one adult male victim deceased on scene from an apparent gunshot wound," Tampa Police said in a statement posted on Twitter."Six additional gunshot victims, four adult males and two adult females, were transported to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries," the statement added.The police said a preliminary investigation suggests that a verbal altercation occurred between two large parties inside the lounge.The parties were escorted outside, where the altercation escalated when at least one suspect went to a vehicle to retrieve a gun and fired ...

Three people were wounded during a shooting at Whitmer High School in the US state of Ohio, during their game against Central Catholic High School, police officials said

At least 18 people were killed and three others injured in a deadly shooting incident in southwest Mexico, media reports said, in what appears to be an instance linked to organised crime