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Uvalde school shooting victims seek $27 bn, class action in lawsuit

Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit seeking USD 27 billion against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol because authorities waited more than an hour to confront the attacker inside a fourth-grade classroom, according to court documents. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Austin on Tuesday, seeks class action status and damages for survivors of the May 24 shooting who have sustained emotional or psychological damages as a result of the defendants' conduct and omissions on that date. Among those who filed the lawsuit are school staff and representatives of minors who were present at Robb Elementary when a gunman stormed the campus, killing 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Instead of following previous training to stop an active shooter the conduct of the three hundred and ...

Infowars host Alex Jones files for bankruptcy protection in Texas

Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas on Friday as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in bankruptcy court in Houston. His filing lists $1 billion to $10 billion in liabilities. The bankruptcy filing comes as Jones faces court orders to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax. A Connecticut jury in October awarded the families $965 million in compensatory damages, and a judge later tacked on another $473 million in punitive damages. Earlier in the year, a Texas jury awarded the parents of a child killed in the shooting $49 million in damages. Jones has laughed at the awards on his Infowars show, saying he has less than $2 million to his name and won't be able to pay such high amounts. The comments contradicted th

US theorist to pay $50mn over false claims about 2012 school shooting

The penalty should be high enough so it "isn't affordable" to intentionally inflict this type of emotional damage again, the judge said

4 Philadelphia students injured in drive-by shooting near high school

Four students were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting shortly after their Philadelphia high school let out early for the day late Wednesday morning, a city schools spokesperson said. City police said a 15-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder and thigh, a 15-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder, a 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the face and a gunshot wound to the hand, and a 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg. All four were getting hospital treatment and were in stable condition. Police said no arrest has been made and no weapon was recovered. The shooting took place about a block from Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia, where school let out early because of parent-teacher conferences, the district's deputy chief of communications, Monique Braxton, said in a phone interview. Braxton said the district's Office of School Safety told her the students were at a corner store when the shooting occurred. "We don't know who was targeted, if any of the four of

US: Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 bn over Sandy Hook hoax claims

A jury in the US state of Connecticut has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

At least 6 people critically wounded in shooting at school in Oakland

At least six people were wounded in a shooting at a school in Oakland on Wednesday, officials said. The scene of the shooting was no longer active, according to Alameda County Sheriff spokesperson Lt. Ray Kelly. Paramedics had transported six patients to hospitals, all with gunshot wounds, according to Oakland Fire Department spokesperson Michael Hunt. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tweeted that all of the wounded were adults and the shooting happened at Sojourner Truth Independent Study, an alternative K-12 school that is located on the same block as three other schools. Officials didn't say if any of the victims might be students age 18 or older. Three of the wounded were in critical condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland, the other three were taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley and their conditions were not known, officials said. John Sasaki, a spokesperson for Oakland Unified School District, said in a statement that district officials do not have any information beyo

Security guard didn't try to stop Michigan school shooting: Attorney

An armed security officer told investigators she thought an active shooting at a Michigan high school was a drill and that one of the bleeding students simply was wearing really good makeup: attorney

US States rush toward new gun restrictions as Congress remains gridlocked

Move comes as Congress remains gridlocked

A list of some of the deadliest shootings in US schools since 1999

Until the massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead tended to be in the single digits but since then, the number of school shootings have killed 10 or more

One student hurt in 'isolated' shooting at junior high school in Arkansas

One student was injured and an Arkansas school district placed on lockdown Monday morning, authorities said, following a reported shooting at a junior high school. Watson Chapel School District said the situation was contained" and in a Facebook post the district said the student was hurt in an isolated incident." The school is in Pine Bluff, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Little Rock. The Pine Bluff Police Department did not immediately return a call seeking a comment Monday, nor did the Watson Chapel superintendent. Monday was scheduled to be Watson Chapel's first day back for on-site learning in several weeks because of winter weather and subsequent water issues.

US President calls for tougher gun laws on Parkland shooting anniversary

Biden said Americans mourned with the families of Parkland victims, as well as "all those who have lost loved ones to gun violence"

Two killed, at least three injured in Los Angeles high school shooting

The suspect was being treated for injuries that appeared to be self-inflicted, he told a local CBS affiliate.

US school shooting: Attacker injures several people at Maryland school

The Great Mills incident comes about five weeks after a shooting at a Florida high school left 14 students and three adult staff members dead