Tag: Shooting

Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Shooting massacre leaves at least 50 Catholic parishioners dead in Nigeria

Over 50 Catholic worshippers -including several children- were killed Sunday in a shooting massacre inside and outside a church in southwestern Nigeria. The only ones to survive the attack were the Bishop and the priests, it was reported. The identity and motive of the attackers were not immediately clear.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Tulsa shooter was seeking revenge from surgeon over constant back pain

Wednesday's shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was aimed at Doctor Preston Philips, the physician the attacker blamed for his “ongoing back pain,” it was reported Thursday.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 20:34 UTC
Separate shootings rock US during the weekend

The United States was shaken this past weekend by various shooting sprees nationwide. On Saturday, ten people were killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and three others were injured and on Sunday similar events in California and Texas, have left at least three more people dead.
Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:24 UTC
New York Subway shooting leaves many injured; assailant at large

At least 17 people were injured after an unidentified gunman opened fire in the New York subway Tuesday morning, in what appears to have been the doings of a “lone wolf,” according to local media reports. The perpetrator was not arrested in the next few hours following the incident.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Three die in new case of school shooting in the US

Three pupils at a high school in Oxford in the state of Michigan were killed Tuesday, while six others ended up injured when a 15-year-old student pulled out a gun and started shooting randomly, according to police acting spokesman Michael McCabe.
Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:41 UTC
Despite some shootings, two million took to the streets cheering NBA champions Toronto Raptors

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some two million other fans cheered the NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Monday in a victory celebration that united the nation, but the party was marred by a shooting that seriously wounded two people.
Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:03 UTC
Ten killed in school shooting in Sao Paulo: six children, two teachers and two attackers

Two armed men wearing face masks entered a Brazilian elementary school on Wednesday and shot and killed at least six children who were on their snack breaks, as well as two school officials, before fatally turning their guns on themselves, police said.
Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
A shooting in Los Angeles takes several victims

A shooting with several victims has been recorded this Saturday morning in a bowling alley in the town of Torrance, in the county of Los Angeles (USA), police said.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 10:12 UTC
Gunman kills at least six at Brazilian church, then commits suicide

A gunman later identified as 49-year-old Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire Tuesday against parishioners during midday mass at the Campinas Cathedral (95 km northwest of Sao Paulo), killing at least six of them and wounding several others, it was reported. The assailant eventually took his own life.
Monday, April 30th 2018 - 08:53 UTC
Two supporters of Lula da Silva injured with gunshots in Curitiba

A man was seriously wounded early on Saturday when a gunman opened fire on a vigil in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, where former president Lula da Silva is serving time for corruption, his party said.