Posts tagged with "shooting"

Multiple victims at California bowling alley shooting Americas

Multiple victims at California bowling alley shooting

January 5th, 2019 Shots were fired at a bowling alley in Torrance, California, on Saturday and there have been multiple victims, police and local media said. The incident took place at the Gable House Bowl, a bowling alley and arcade that also offers laser tag, a local ABC affiliate reported. "Reports of shots fired with multiple victims down. T P...
One shot dead in Vienna, 'not terrorism-related' (Update) Europe

One shot dead in Vienna, 'not terrorism-related' (Update)

December 21st, 2018 One person was killed and another injured in a shooting outside a popular schnitzel restaurant in central Vienna on Friday but police said the incident was not terrorism-related. A manhunt was underway across the historic centre of the Austrian capital after the shooting in an alleyway that houses Figlmueller, a restaurant popular...
12 killed in California bar shooting - police (Update 3) Americas

12 killed in California bar shooting - police (Update 3)

November 8th, 2018 A US Marine Corps veteran opened fire on a crowd of mostly college students and young adults dancing at a crowded country and western bar in a suburb of Los Angeles late on Wednesday, killing 12 people including a sheriff's deputy. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean named the suspect, who was also killed, as Ian Long, aged 28. Dean...
Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen's murder Americas

Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen's murder

August 30th, 2018 A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in US policing. The same jury that convicted Roy Oliver, 38, of murder on Tuesday in the death of Jordan Edwards, 15,...
Two police, two others killed in Canada shooting (Update 3) Americas

Two police, two others killed in Canada shooting (Update 3)

August 10th, 2018 Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday. Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, said in a post on Twitter that the incident was under...
Shot policeman returns home Cyprus

Shot policeman returns home

July 6th, 2018 The police officer who was been critically injured in May in Ypsonas, Limassol, after being shot while on duty returned to Cyprus on Friday following treatment at a hospital in Israel. Giorgos Georgiou, 37, arrived on Friday afternoon at Larnaca airport where he was welcomed by his family, the Limassol police chief and his colleague,...
Suspect charged with 5 murders in US newsroom shooting (Update) Americas

Suspect charged with 5 murders in US newsroom shooting (Update)

June 29th, 2018 A Maryland man was charged with multiple counts of murder on Friday, a day after police say he rampaged through a newsroom in Annapolis with a shotgun and killed five people in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in US history. Jarrod Ramos, 38, from Laurel, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Annapolis, faces five counts of...
Five dead in US newsroom shooting (Update 2) World

Five dead in US newsroom shooting (Update 2)

June 29th, 2018 A man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least five people in one of the deadliest attacks recorded on a U.S. media outlet, authorities said. The suspect fired through a glass door, looked for victims and then sprayed the newsroom of the...
Remand for second man in Paphos shooting incident Crime

Remand for second man in Paphos shooting incident

June 13th, 2018 A 27-year-old man was remanded for three days on Wednesday in connection with a shooting incident in Paphos. He is suspected of trespassing into a 45-year-old man’s property in Yiolou, Paphos to try and steal his dogs while having his face covered, carrying a gun. The older man shot at him twice, calling police himself to tell...
Months after Parkland shooting, Trump to embrace NRA Americas

Months after Parkland shooting, Trump to embrace NRA

May 4th, 2018 President Donald Trump, who briefly pledged to "fight" the National Rifle Association after a February mass shooting at a Florida high school, is expected to throw his full weight behind the powerful gun rights group on Friday at an event in Dallas. In addressing the gun lobbying group's annual convention, the Republican president...
Shooters to descend on Larnaca for championship Cyprus

Shooters to descend on Larnaca for championship

April 19th, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Hotels in Larnaca are expected to fill with marksmen before the European Compak shooting championship which starts on May 3 in the town, the municipality announced at a press conference. So far, deputy head of the Cyprus shooting sport federation Tsiovanis Savvides said, 600 marksmen from 30 countries are...
Migrants march in Florence after Italian kills street vendor Europe

Migrants march in Florence after Italian kills street vendor

March 6th, 2018 African immigrants marched through the streets of central Florence late on Monday chanting "no more racism" after an Italian man shot dead a Senegalese street vendor earlier in the day. Police said Roberto Pirrone had fired six pistol shots at close range, killing Idy Dienec as he sold leather bags, umbrellas and trinkets on a bridge...
Trump pushes for broad bill on guns after school shooting Americas

Trump pushes for broad bill on guns after school shooting

March 1st, 2018 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big on legislation he said would help prevent more school shootings. Trump said he wanted to go beyond a narrowly focused bill to improve background checks for...
Two shot dead in Zurich, police see no terror link Europe

Two shot dead in Zurich, police see no terror link

February 23rd, 2018 Two people died in a shooting in Zurich's city centre on Friday that police said did not appear to have any link to terrorism. Police responding to reports of shots fired near the Swiss financial capital's main railway station shortly after 14:30 (1330 GMT) found one person dead and another gravely wounded. The second person later...
Man dies in shooting at Portuguese school - police Europe

Man dies in shooting at Portuguese school - police

January 29th, 2018 A man died after a shooting incident between relatives of two students at a primary school in Portugal's central coastal town of Nazare on Monday, police and local media said. The shooting took place in the school yard during a clash between two family members, according to police commissioner Bruno Soares. The school was...
Shots fired at German-Turkish football player's car in Germany Europe

Shots fired at German-Turkish football player's car in Germany

January 8th, 2018 German prosecutors are investigating shots fired at the car of a German-Turkish football player who was an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, while he was driving near the west German city of Aachen late on Sunday, the prosecutors said on Monday. Deniz Naki, 28 was given a suspended sentence of 18 months by a...
At least 58 dead in US’ largest ever mass shooting (Update 10) Americas

At least 58 dead in US’ largest ever mass shooting (Update 10)

October 2nd, 2017   By Devika Krishna Kumar and Alexandria Sage A 64-year-old man with multiple machine guns rained down gunfire from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel to country music festival on Sunday, slaughtering at least 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history before killing himself. The barrage of bullets...
Australian woman 'didn't have to die' - Minneapolis police chief Americas

Australian woman 'didn't have to die' - Minneapolis police chief

July 21st, 2017 The Minneapolis police chief said on Thursday the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman by a junior police officer violated department training and procedures, and that the victim "didn't have to die." The death of Justine Damond, 40, from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen fired through an open window of a police patrol...
Shooter to represent Cyprus at Deaflympics Cyprus

Shooter to represent Cyprus at Deaflympics

July 13th, 2017 Cyprus will be represented in the Deaflympics, taking place in Turkey this month by shooter Andreas Constantinou. Taking place in Samsun from July 18 to 30, Constantinou will take part in air rifle and air pistol events. The Greek-Cypriot shooting champion, who came third at the Games of The Small States of Europe, will be escorted...
Eight wounded in shooting near French mosque - source Europe

Eight wounded in shooting near French mosque - source

July 3rd, 2017 Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police consider to be a settling of scores rather than a militant attack, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.
France mobilised for election security after attack (Update) Europe

France mobilised for election security after attack (Update)

April 21st, 2017 France said its security forces were fully mobilised for a presidential election at the weekend after the killing of a policeman by an Islamist militant threw a dark shadow over the last day of an unpredictable campaign. With the first round of voting in the two-stage election due to take place on Sunday, centrist Emmanuel Macron...
Islamic State claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed Global terrorism

Islamic State claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed

April 21st, 2017 A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed by the Islamic State militant group. President Francois Hollande said he was convinced the "cowardly killing" on the Champs Elysees boulevard, in which the...
Man dies in police shooting incident in northern England Britain

Man dies in police shooting incident in northern England

January 3rd, 2017 A man has died after being shot by police during an operation in northern England, West Yorkshire Police said on Tuesday, later confirming the incident was not terrorism-linked. Police said the shooting occurred during a "pre-planned policing operation" near the M62 motorway in Huddersfield at about 1800 GMT on Monday. "A police...
Army investigating shooting incident Cyprus

Army investigating shooting incident

December 13th, 2016 The National Guard said on Tuesday a conscript on guard duty at a Larnaca garrison shot himself on the left leg with his rifle, inflicting a superficial injury. The soldier was rushed to hospital, an army statement said. The National Guard has launched an investigation into the incident.
Pensioner shot and killed dog Cyprus

Pensioner shot and killed dog

October 18th, 2016 A 72-year-old man shot and killed a dog on Monday night in a Larnaca district village. A man living at Governor’s Beach told officers at Zygi police station on Monday evening that his five-year-old Staffordshire Terrier had been shot dead with a hunting shotgun at around 6pm. Police were led to the pensioner who admitted to...
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