Shootings
GA Jury Returns $70M Verdict in Kroger Shooting Case
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A jury in DeKalb County, Ga., said the grocer was responsible for not providing security in a high-crime area where a man was shot between 11 and 14 times by a robber.
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Philly Had 244 ‘Everyday Mass Shootings’ in 11 Years
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While massacres like the one at the Parkland, Fl., high school get much attention, a study found that in Philadelphia, there were 244 instances in 11 years of three or more gunshot patients rushed to a single hospital at once.
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Florida Rap Artist Arrested Over Threat to ‘Shoot’ Up Campus
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Christopher Maurice McCallum, 27, aka Jun Jun, was charged with two second-degree felony counts of intimidation by written threat, after posting a rap on Facebook that authorities claimed was a specific threat to do harm.
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Mass Shooting False Alarms Sometimes Cause Panic, Injury
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In the era of mass shootings, Americans are more susceptible to mass panic over what turn out to be false alarms. Some have sparked stampedes and major police responses, causing trauma and injuries.
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U.S. Public Mass Shooting Toll: 1,148 Victims Since 1996
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Those who were killed came from nearly every imaginable race, religion and socioeconomic background, says the Washington Post, which is maintaining a database. Their ages range from the unborn to the elderly; 189 were children and teenagers.
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Experts Teaching Hands-on Mass Shooting Responses
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Courses offered by private companies go beyond the “run, hide, fight” approach that the federal government has recommended since the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut. The active-survival classes commonly teach how to build barricades, break through windows, create distractions and care for the wounded.
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U.S. Gun Deaths Drop for First Time in Five Years
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At least 14,611 people in the U.S. were killed by guns last year, excluding most suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit that tracks shootings. That’s a nearly 7 percent drop compared to last year, and the first decline recorded by GVA in its five-year history.
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Parolee Arrested in CA Bowling Alley Killings
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Reginald Wallace, 47, who was released from prison in 2017 after serving 17 years for assault with a deadly weapon, was charged with killing three people at a Torrance, Ca., bowling alley and bar.
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Many Panic Over False Shooting Reports
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‘Mass hysteria’ at a Florida mall in late December sent eight people to hospitals over an incorrect report that there had been a shooting. The clattering of chairs in a fast-food restaurant was mistaken for gunshots.
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Police Hunt Suspects in Fatal CA Bowling Alley Shooting
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Witnesses said the shooting stemmed from a fight between two large groups of people. One witness said the brawl blocked the entrance of Gable House Bowl and devolved into “complete chaos.”