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A new study of mass shootings that looked at data in the decade between 2009 and 2018 found there were a total of 194 mass shootings. Disturbingly, researchers also found a high number of children among the victims.
The motive was unclear for the latest mass casualty shooting at an outdoor Fresno party.
A criminologist’s count found that the number of planned shooting attacks that have been stopped in the U.S. since 2000 far exceed the 92 “completed” ones.
A new mass shooting database and accompanying analysis questions traditional security measures to guard against attacks, while the FBI found that ideological attackers send clear signals. But a third report, on one recent mass shooting, reached a dead end in explaining what went wrong.
Communities where income inequality is increasing are more likely to experience mass shootings, according to a study published in the upcoming December issue of the BMC Public Health Journal.
A suit by relatives of a victim in the El Paso mass shooting claims the website 8chan encouraged the shooter’s white nationalism and violence. Its tech-support provider called it a “cesspool of hate.”
Jarrod Ramos, accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., admitted that he committed the offenses, setting the stage for a jury trial starting Wednesday on whether Ramos was so mentally ill at the time that he should not be held legally responsible.
In a memo to federal law enforcement agencies and the 94 U.S. Attorneys, Attorney General William Barr called for a December summit to confront the continuing threat of mass shootings, as part of a federal law enforcement campaign to “refine our ability” to identify attackers before they strike.
The Florida Senate voted 25-15 to remove suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, whose department faced condemnation for its handling of last year’s Parkland school shooting. Israel had been suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Tree of Life leaders now envision a rebuilt space that includes places for worship; memorial, education and social events; classrooms and exhibitions. The mission is to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination.