Marine Corps reservist, identified as suspect in killings of Arizona deputy, New Hampshire couple
A New Hampshire couple found dead in a car near a northern Arizona resort town and a sheriff’s deputy killed days later in Phoenix were shot by the same gunman – a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, investigators say. Ballistics experts confirmed the rifle casings at the two crime scenes came from the assault rifle used [...]
The Haditha killings
The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha massacre) refers to the incident in which 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed by a group of United States Marines on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar. At least 19 of those killed [...]
4 dead after standoff in Hocking County, Ohio
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office says a man shot and killed his wife’s two sisters and his son before turning the gun on himself. Deputies were called to a house about 5 miles north of Logan at about 5:30 p.m. Monday for a possible hostage situation. They stormed the house at [...]
Gunman kills his wife, her twin, mother-in-law… and his ex before turning gun on himself
A gunman is believed to have gone on a shooting rampage that led to the murders of his wife, her twin sister, his mother-in-law and his ex-wife.Kenneth Myers, who was rumbled by police having allegedly gunned down the four women in Wagener, about 40 miles east of Augusta, Georgia, turned the gun on himself after [...]
‘I don’t really worry what people say’: Wife whose affair with brother-in-law drove him to gun down family speaks out for first time
To the close-knit community of Effingham County, Georgia, childhood sweethearts Carey and Robin Heidt had the perfect lives – successful careers, a doting family and three blond-haired children. But Robin was keeping a secret from her husband – one that would eventually claim his life. The mother-of-three was having an affair with her husband’s older [...]
‘Flames were coming out his gun’: Terror as teen armed with two AK-47s turns suburban street into a ‘war zone’
An 18-year-old turned a suburban street into a ‘war zone’ when he fired two AK-47 rifles at a house to avenge a neighbour, it was claimed. David Alyn Penney went on a rampage in St Cloud, near Orlando, Florida, firing at houses before trying to kill himself. Police believe the shooting spree was sparked by [...]
One cop dead, 5 hurt in Utah drug raid shootout
The suspect in the shooting of six Utah police officers remains under guard at an Ogden hospital awaiting likely charges, a jail official said Friday. One of the police officers died in the shootout that left five others from a narcotics strike force wounded Wednesday. They were serving a search warrant at a house in [...]
Anders Behring Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian terrorist, and the confessed perpetrator of the 22 July 2011 attacks in Norway. This was the bombing of government buildings in Oslo that resulted in eight deaths, and the mass shooting at a camp of the Workers’ Youth League (AUF) of the Labour Party on the island of Utøya [...]
Mt Rainer Shooter found dead face down
An armed Iraq War veteran suspected of killing a Mount Rainier National Park ranger managed to evade snowshoe-wearing SWAT teams and dogs on his trail for nearly a day. He couldn’t, however, escape chest-deep snow. A plane searching the remote wilderness for Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, on Monday discovered his body lying face down on [...]
Virginia Tech Shooter, Described As ‘Friendly’
Police say Ross Truett Ashley, 22, stole a car at gunpoint Wednesday from his landlord’s office in what would be a precursor to the events a day later: On Thursday, police say he killed the police officer, then turned the gun on himself in a parking lot on the campus. Read more: HuffingtonPost