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One dead, five injured in mass shooting

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WASHINGTON, DC – One person was pronounced dead and several others were injured in Washington D.C.’s Carver Langston neighborhood. Two children were among the injured victims. The horrific incident took place on Wednesday evening around 6 PM. Upon investigation, the police department led by Chief Pamela Smith concluded that a group of assailants alighted from a car and abruptly began firing into a densely populated crowd. Multiple gunshot victims were identified by the police at …

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Couple found dead at home in murder-suicide

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TRIANGLE, VA – Authorities have discovered the death of a couple in Triangle, Virginia, on Sunday evening. The Prince William County Police is currently investigating the incident as a murder-suicide case. The police reported that they received a call around 6 p.m. They were asked to look into a death that took place at a residence in the 18300 block of Cabin Road in Triangle. Upon arrival, they found two bodies of people who were …

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Innocent bystander shot in the head, two teen suspects arrested

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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Two teenagers are under arrest following a shooting incident at a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) platform that left a 16-year-old severely injured. The suspects, who are 16 and 17, have been charged as adults by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. The shooting took place around 9:30 p.m. Thursday on the 15th Street Station’s westbound platform in Center City, Philadelphia. Authorities revealed both suspects were previously involved in criminal activities. The 17-year-old, …

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Criminal killed during carjacking spree

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LAS VEGAS, NV – A sequence of violent incidents, including shootings, vehicle thefts, and police pursuits, took place in Southwestern Las Vegas Valley on Wednesday morning. According to authorities, the suspect involved in these chaotic events was found deceased by the end. The initial alarm from law enforcement officers rang around 3:46 a.m., responding to a shooting at Placid and Maulding’s intersection, reported Capt. Joshua Martinez of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. Members of the …

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Chicago shootings leave 3 dead, 11 more injured

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CHICAGO, IL – A spate of shootings has left at least three people dead and 11 others injured across the city over the weekend. The victims’ ages range from 10 to 54, underscoring the alarming prevalence of gun violence in Chicago. The weekend’s first shooting occurred on Friday around 6:40 p.m. when a 54-year-old man was shot in the face on the sidewalk in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. He was targeted by an unknown …

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Labor Day Weekend shootings in Chicago leave 3 dead, 29 injured

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CHICAGO, IL – Labor Day weekend in Chicago was marred by a series of shootings that resulted in three fatalities and 29 injuries, according to local law enforcement. Among the victims was a teenage boy who was critically wounded in a shooting incident on the city’s South Side on Sunday evening. The incident occurred in the Englewood neighborhood, where the teenager was shot in the head near a sidewalk. He was rushed to Comer Children’s …

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Three young boys were killed by a man released with an ankle monitor

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Residents in the small Pennsylvania town of Lebanon are in mourning after a triple shooting left two young boys – 8 and 9 years old – dead and a third victim, 19-year-old Joshua Lugo-Perez also fatally injured. The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Alex Torres-Santos, is now in police custody and facing three counts of homicide and conspiracy to commit criminal homicide. The breakdown of events, as shared by Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf, is …

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Second Jewish Person Shot in Los Angeles In As Many Days

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Two Orthodox Jewish men have been shot leaving their synagogue, or Shul, in Pico-Shul, a heavily populated Jewish area in Los Angeles, for the second day in a row. The first shooting happened the previous day, less than a block away from the second. On Thursday morning, a suspect, initially identified as a White male, fired several rounds from inside a vehicle, hitting the victim in the arm before fleeing the scene. The victim was …

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Three shootings in Philadelphia kill two, injure one

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Three shootings occurred in Philadelphia over the past few days, leaving two dead and one injured. The shootings happened in three different areas of the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday night, authorities responded to a report just before 10:30 p.m. local time in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Police followed a trail of blood to the 1600 block of Dyre Street and found a man, who had been shot, lying on the sidewalk. …

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Nine shootings in 24 hours, New Orleans has the most murder per capita

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There were nine shooting incidents in New Orleans within a 24-hour period at the end of 2022. These incidents occurred amid a larger trend of over 700 shooting cases in the US over the past year, resulting in more than 700 deaths and 2,500 injuries. The first shooting was reported at 11:30 a.m. on December 28, 2022. The homeowner shot the intruder, who was taken to the hospital and died. The second shooting happened early …

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