Important Takeaways:
- North Carolina university shooting victim is identified as academic advisor who worked with Wuhan-educated gunman on his physics PhD course – as suspect is charged with first-degree murder
- UNC grad student Tailei Qi has been charged for first degree murder over Monday’s shooting at the campus
- His academic advisor Zijie Yan was shot dead in the shooting
- Qi and Yan wrote several academic papers together over the last years
- The shooting sent the UNC-Chapel Hill campus into lockdown.
- During a press conference on Monday evening, investigators said that they had not yet discovered a motive behind the shooting.
- But a series of concerning social media posts have been unearthed, in which Qi complained about his UNC colleagues and slammed bullies at the school.
- The graduate student previously studied at Wuhan University in 2015, and was studying at the Department of Applied Physical Sciences.
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- Ryan Palmeter seen on video entering Jacksonville Dollar General to start mass shooting that killed three people in racially-motivated attack
- Ryan Palmeter, 21, has been identified as the white gunman who shot dead three black people at a Florida Dollar General store on Saturday
- He used an assault rifle covered in Nazi swastikas in the assault on Saturday before turning the gun on himself, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
- The shooter lived in Clay County with his parents and sent a manifesto which detailed his racial hatred to them, the police and media
- Palmeter, who lived in Clay County with his parents, fatally shot himself before he was caught.
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Important Takeaways:
- A retired Ventura police officers has been identified as the gunman who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies after a mass shooting that left three victims dead and six others wounded at a bar in Trabuco Canyon.
- The Orange County district attorney’s office on Thursday confirmed to ABC News that the shooter was John Snowling.
- Among the surviving victims was Snowling’s ex-wife, who was shot in the facial area.
- The mass shooting happened Wednesday evening at Cook’s Corner, a well-known and popular biker bar and grill on Santiago Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon.
- Five people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, and a sixth person was hospitalized with a non-gunshot injury
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Important Takeaways:
- An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities said.
- Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when the shooting happened at 6:15 a.m., the FBI said in a statement.
- Robertson was armed at the time of the shooting, according to two law enforcement sources
- Robertson posted online Monday that he had heard Biden was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and begin “cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle”
- Neighbors described Robertson as a frail, elderly man — his online profile put his age as 74 — who walked with the aid of a hand-carved stick.
- “The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!” authorities say Robertson wrote in a September 2022 Facebook post
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- The Florida City and Miami-Dade police departments are actively investigating the shooting
- A Florida suspect opened fire in a Florida City Walmart, hitting two people and killing one.
- The shooting took place at around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
- WSVN reported that two people were shot: one person was reportedly hit in the foot, while another was injured in the abdomen. A third customer had a panic attack from the incident, requiring medical attention.
- The victim who was shot in the abdomen was transported to the hospital via air rescue, but soon passed away. The other victim with non-life-threatening injuries was a customer that got hit by a stray bullet, authorities say. The victim who died was reportedly involved.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Baltimore investigators searching for suspects in block party mass shooting that killed 2 and injured 28 others
- Investigators in Baltimore are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting that launched a beloved annual neighborhood block party into chaos early Sunday, killing two people and injuring 28 others, most of whom were teens, officials said.
- The gunfire erupted overnight in the south Baltimore neighborhood of Brooklyn, where community members were enjoying a yearly celebration dubbed Brooklyn Day, Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN.
- Investigators are scouring the sprawling crime scene – which spans several blocks – for evidence and are poring over hours of surveillance footage, the police commissioner said. Officials have also urged community members to come forward with any relevant information or video footage that may assist in the investigation.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Violence spirals out of control, sending dozens to the hospital over holiday weekend
- Shootings across the country over the holiday weekend killed multiple people and sent at least 70 to the hospital.
- A shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in the Chicago suburb of Willowbrook, Ill., left one person dead and 20 people injured early Sunday morning, officials said.
- Also in the Midwest, police said 10 juveniles were shot and one is dead after a shooting in downtown St. Louis early Sunday morning.
- Near a music festival at a Washington State campground on Saturday evening, at least two people are dead and three others were wounded in a shooting
- In California, eight people between the ages of 16-24 were wounded by gunfire at a house party early Saturday, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said, according to NBC News. Officials said everyone is expected to recover.
- Also in California, the San Diego Police Department said one person died and another was injured when a shooting erupted at a Juneteenth concert in a park Saturday evening, according to the local ABC affiliate.
- In Georgia, at least five people were injured in a shooting outside of a nightclub in DeKalb County early Sunday morning, police said. It is unclear whether anyone was taken into custody and officials have not said what led to the incident
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Kentucky police end bank shooting within minutes, ‘absolutely’ saved lives: timeline
- City leaders said officers arrived within three minutes and put an end to the carnage.
- At least one other officer suffered a minor injury, and the attacker was also killed, according to police.
- A gunman stormed into an Old National Bank location in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, killing four and wounding eight
- Andy Beshear also spoke, revealing that he knew at least two people shot in the attack.
- “This is awful,” Beshear said at a press conference. “I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t either. And one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Shooting outside community college in Louisville leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspects at large
- Multiple suspects are believed to be on the loose in Louisville, Kentucky, after a shooting outside a community college left one dead and another wounded on Monday, authorities said.
- Russel Miller of the Louisville Police Department told reporters.
- The incident was unrelated to the shooting that occurred hours earlier at an Old National Bank location in the city
- The suspects were initially on foot before running to a car and driving off following the shooting, according to police.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Colorado Police Arrest Transgender Person Who Allegedly Planned to Shoot Up Schools
- A 19-year-old transgender person who allegedly planned to shoot up schools in and around Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested March 31.
- Police came in contact with Whitworth after his sister called to say he was “behaving violently and had made references to school shootings
- The Gazette reported that police found Whitworth drunk in bed in a room piled high with trash. The charges against him include two counts of “attempted first-degree murder.”
- The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office’s Eric Ross told the Gazette that “Whitworth is in the process of transitioning to female.
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