Mass Shootings
Parkland Killer Pleads Guilty, May Still Face Death Penalty
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Armed with a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle, Nicolas Cruz, then 19, committed one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.
International Crime
Six Dead in Britain’s Worst Mass Shooting in More Than a Decade
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Jake Davison, a 22-year-old crane operator, turned the gun on himself after opening fire in the UK port city of Plymouth. The motive is unclear, police said.
Mass Shootings
Remington Offers $33 Million to Settle With Sandy Hook Families
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In an effort to avoid further litigation and costs, the Alabama-based gun manufacturer has made an offer to the victims families who hope to prevent another Sandy Hook by exposing the financial risks to supporting assault weapons sales.
Mass Shootings
California Synagogue Shooter Pleads Guilty, Gets Life in Prison
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The shooter cited both anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred and bias as the reasons for both the attack on the synagogue and the burning of a mosque.
Mass Shootings
Capital Gazette Killer is Sane, Court Rules
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Three years after his rampage at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md., which took five lives, Jarrod Ramos has been found mentally competent. The court denial of his insanity plea means he will likely spend his life in prison or a maximum-security psychiatric hospital.
Mass Shootings
Opening Statements Begin in Insanity Case of Capital Gazette Shooter
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The trial will decide if the man who killed five people at the Maryland newspaper in 2018 is legally insane and, therefore, not criminally responsible for his actions.
Mass Shootings
Recent Number of Mass Shootings Worst on Record
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After a year of quiet during the pandemic, a surge of mass shootings broke records
Guns
California Ban on Assault Weapons Overturned by Federal Judge
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The 32-year-old ban on assault weapons was described as a “failed experiment” by the judge. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the decision a direct threat to public safety, describing it as a “disgusting slap” in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence.
Mass Shootings
San Jose Shooter Nursed Anger Towards Workplace for Years
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Customs and Border Protection officials who stopped Samuel Cassidy as he returned from a trip to the Philippines in 2016 found books about terrorism, manifestos and a notebook detailing how he detested the city’s transportation authority, known as the V.T.A.
Mass Shootings
San Jose Shooting Raises Questions of Post-COVID Workplace Anger
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The third workplace-related shooting rampage in less than two months could foreshadow a rise in this type of violence after the nationwide shutdown of businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, criminologists say.