Tag: mass shooting 

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump consoled victims in Ohio and Texas but also faced protestors demanding gun control

  

  President Donald Trump consoled victims of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Wednesday but faced protesters demanding gun control and denouncing what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and immigration.

• Saturday, June 1st 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Another mass shooting in the US: disgruntled city employee kills twelve in Virginia Beach

  

  A disgruntled city employee opened fire at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday afternoon, killing 12 people and wounding at least several others before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Brenton Tarrant described himself as just an “ordinary white man” born to a working class, low income family

  

  A one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an “ordinary white man” - until he became anything but ordinary.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  New Zealand terrorist planned to continue rampage; PM Ardern pledges to change gun laws

  

  The main suspect in New Zealand's worst peacetime mass shooting intended to continue the rampage before he was caught by police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday. She also vowed to change New Zealand gun laws.