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.
Mass Shootings
Nine People Wounded in Largest Shooting in Providence History
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Rhode Island’s capital experiences one of the largest shootings in its history, adding another mass shooting to the year’s growing list of violence.
Mass Shootings
Colorado Springs Shooting Leaves Seven Dead
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The shooting occurred May 9 after a gunman entered a birthday party and began firing inside a mobile home in Colorado Springs before killing himself. It was the latest in a growing tally of mass shootings that continue to erupt around the country.
Guns
Stopping Mass Shootings: What Works, What Doesn’t Work
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There may be no “quick fix” for mass shootings in the U.S. But researchers have identified evidence-based approaches that can reduce their frequency, minimize casualties—and even in some cases prevent them from happening, according to a policy brief from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.