The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/mass-shootings/)
Brenton Tarrant, the suspect in the shooting deaths of 51 worshipers at two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and terrorism charges in a surprise deal with prosecutors.
Anthony Ferrill, a Milwaukee electrician identified as the man who fatally shot five co-workers at one of the nation’s largest breweries, enjoyed building guns with mail-order parts.
A soldier with a grudge gunned down 29 people and wounded 58 in Thailand’s worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall. Officials said the soldier was angry over a financial dispute.
Patrick Crusius, the man accused of killing 22 people during a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso last summer has been charged with nearly 100 federal crimes. Crusius already is charged with capital murder in state court.
Wolfgang Halbig was charged with the unlawful possession of personal identification. For many years, Halbig has spread false claims that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was an elaborate government hoax.
Two mass shootings at Texas churches within a little over two years have prompted churchgoers to enroll in an $800-per-person training program where they practice combat moves, learn how to apprehend suspects and shoot firearms. The program only works with “Judeo-Christian” organizations, said the founder.
One woman was killed and at least 15 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a Kansas City, Mo., nightclub. The suspected shooter was killed by a security guard for the bar, which was the scene of a drive-by shooting about one week earlier.
It was another court victory for a Sandy Hook school family suing Jones for his promotion of conspiracy theories about the 2012 shooting,
Amid violent weekends in Chicago and Baltimore, the 20 people shot in two incidents drew little national attention. Baltimore now is closing in on a homicide total that would be a record high for recent years.
Many news outlets have chosen to devote less coverage to perpetrators and more to victims and to the laws and policies that have not prevented shootings, says the Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics.