Mass shooting in Indianapolis leaves seven children, aged 12 to 17, with gunshot wounds
Seven children have been wounded in a mass shooting outside a shopping center in the US, police have said. The victims, who are all aged 12 to 17, were hurt outside the Circle Centre Mall in Indianapolis at around 11.30pm on Saturday. Deputy chief Tanya Terry, of the Indianapolis metropolitan police department, said officers who […]
Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade shooting leaves one dead and 21 injured
One person has been killed and 21 others were injured, including eight children, after a shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. The dead victim has been named as mother-of-two and radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan. Local reports say her son Marc is among the wounded. In a statement, the […]
Kansas City Chiefs: Two arrested over Super Bowl parade shooting are children and more than half of victims under 16
Two of the people arrested over a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade are children, according to police, and more than half of the victims are under 16. The barrage of gunfire outside a nearby former train station in Kansas City, Missouri, sent crowds of fans at the rally running for safety […]
Man, 84, to stand trial accused of shooting black teenager Ralph Yarl who knocked on wrong door
An 84-year-old homeowner who is accused of shooting a black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man’s house must stand trial, a Missouri judge has ruled. Andrew Lester, a retired mechanic, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after he shot 17-year-old Ralph Yarl, who had mistakenly knocked on his house to […]
Chicago police investigate White Sox baseball game shooting as two women injured
Two people have been injured in a shooting during a baseball game in Chicago. A 42-year-old woman was wounded in the leg and another woman, 26, received a grazed abdomen at the Guaranteed Rate Field Stadium on Friday evening, police said. Detectives are still in the preliminary stages of their investigation. In a statement, Chicago […]
Man armed with four handguns kills two after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia
A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others by firing into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Virginia, causing hundreds to flee in panic, police said. A 19-year-old man, who is believed to know one of the victims, was arrested in Richmond shortly after the incident outside […]
Chicago shooting: One dead and six injured after attack at memorial
Multiple people were shot, including a woman who died later in hospital, at an event being held in Chicago to remember a man who died four years ago in a car crash. A large group of people had gathered at 1am to mark the man’s fatal crash when there was an altercation and shots rang […]
Three dead and five injured in shooting at US motorcycle rally
Three people have been killed and at least five injured in a shooting at a popular motorcycle rally in a New Mexico resort town. The shooting at around 5pm local time on Saturday involved members of motorcycle gangs attending the 41st annual Red River Memorial Motorcycle rally. It happened between two shops on Red River’s […]
Texas neighbor shooting: $80,000 reward as 200 officers continue manhunt after boy, 8, among five killed
Five people – including an eight-year-old boy – have been killed in a shooting in Texas after they asked a man to stop firing rounds in his garden because they were trying to sleep. Authorities are still searching for the 38-year-old suspect after the shooting in the town of Cleveland, around 45 miles north of […]
Ralph Yarl: 84-year-old white man Andrew Lester pleads not guilty over shooting of black teenager who knocked on wrong door
An 84-year-old white man accused of shooting a black teenager has pleaded not guilty in a US court. Andrew Lester allegedly shot Ralph Yarl after he mistakenly walked up to the man’s house on 115th Street in Kansas City. The 16-year-old was trying to pick up his younger siblings, who were at a property a […]
