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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – One person was killed and two others were injured in what police described as an “active shooter situation” Sunday night during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the busy downtown bar district of Jacksonville Beach. Police locked down the area for hours and were searching for what they believe to be multiple shooters. No arrests have been reported. More information is expected to be released during an 8 a.m. update by the Jacksonville Beach Police Department. The shooting, which Jacksonville Beach Police Sgt. Tonya Tator said happened “out in the open,” was first reported around 8 p.m....

The homeless man who fatally shot three relatives and carjacked two vehicles in a crime spree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Saturday has been hit with a slew of charges in both states. Andre Gordon Jr., 26, was charged with murder and other crimes in the Keystone State and he was charged with carjacking and weapons offenses in the Garden State after his violent rampage Saturday. Gordon shot and killed his stepmother Karen Gordon, 52, sister Kera Gordon, 13, and the mother of his two kids, Taylor Daniel, officials said.

Disturbing video of a group of boys shoving a smaller student against lockers before beating him up at a Minneapolis school has surfaced online. Video footage showed the shocking moment a terrified middle schooler is backed up against a wall of lockers by a group of apparent bullies. All of a sudden, two of the much larger boys start pummeling the boy as he ducks down to try to avoid their violent swings. The rest of the group descended on the scared teen, and chaos ensued before the video clip came to an abrupt end. Friday's incident took place at...

The Long Beach Police Department shut down The Pike Outlets following a large disturbance and multiple fights among juveniles on Saturday Just moments after the fight broke out between the two females, there were reports of a shooting involving a juvenile male. Officers found the boy nearby at The Promenade suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

Fears are growing for the health of a schoolgirl left comatose by a bully who smashed her head into concrete - after her grandma said she was 'devastated' and that a statement is 'imminent.' Thompson - whose 15 year-old granddaughter was attacked in Spanish Lake, Missouri, on March 8 - said: 'The family will give a statement very soon. That's all I can say right now.' John O'Sullivan, Director of Communications with St. Louis County Courts, told KSDK it is too soon to determine if the suspect will be tried as an adult.

An 11-year-old Chicago boy died Wednesday as he tried to protect his pregnant mother from her knife-wielding ex-boyfriend who was released from prison a day earlier. Crosetti Brand, 37, is accused of stabbing the boy in the chest and the 33-year-old woman before he was arrested for the heinous killing of Jayden Perkins, according to the Chicago Police Department. Brand had been paroled Tuesday from the Stateville Correctional Center, where he was serving a 16-year sentence for home invasion and aggravated assault.

Lone white boy attacked by multiple black students on Friday March 14. Happened at Eagle Ridge School in Savage , MN which serves grades 6-8.

Fox News' Juan Williams made an interesting claim about the continued existence of racism in the wake of the Charleston, S.C, shootings. "The polls indicate this, that white people think that black people are less intelligent," Williams said on the June 22, 2015, edition of The Five. "They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic. At some point you’ve got to deal with these root issues."

The family of a Missouri 15-year-old girl who was brutally beaten by another teen has spoken out, sharing her picture and saying she has suffered severe brain damage. The victim, identified only as Kaylee, is fighting for life in critical condition - with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage - after her head was repeatedly smashed into the ground during a brawl near Hazelwood East High School on Friday. The family wrote in a GoFundMe: 'In minutes, this family's life shattered when their only daughter was assaulted outside of a North County high school. She was left alone on...

Missouri teen in shocking high school beatdown pictured, ‘fighting hard to stay alive’ after attack: family friend The Missouri teen who was left in critical condition after another teenage girl slammed her head into the ground during a caught-on-camera brawl has been identified as a 15-year-old named Kaylee. The young teen was pictured smiling away from the camera in a photo on a GoFundMe fundraiser shared by a family friend. “Kaylee is fighting hard to stay alive and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle,” the description said of Kaylee’s condition. Kaylee She is currently...

The white Missouri teen who was beaten unconscious near Hazelwood High School last week, identified as “Kaylee” is fighting for her life with severe brain damage.“She has major brain bleeding and swelling and is in critical condition,” the victim’s family said. “Kaylee is fighting hard to stay alive and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle for Kaylee and her family. We will not know the extent of the brain damage that has occurred until she wakes up but the path to recovery will be extremely hard on the family, not only mentally but financially.”...

Missouri’s attorney general wants the teenage girl seen slamming another high schooler’s head into the concrete to be charged as an adult — and hit with homicide charges if the critically injured victim dies. “This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri, or anywhere. I am praying for the victim,” state AG Andrew Bailey wrote of the disturbing video. “The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult. If the victim dies, that offense should rise to a homicide,” he stated of the unidentified 15-year-old whose case is being held in juvenile court. “I...

The Oklahoma City Police Department has confirmed, “Thanks to your tips this person has been identified.” No further information has been released at this time. ORIGINAL STORY OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City Police are searching for a woman after she reportedly got into an altercation at a local restaurant. According to OKCPD, the woman, along with a man, entered a restaurant near Memorial and May where she got into an argument with restaurant staff. She began smashing plates and became verbally aggressive after they told her that their policy does not really promise “endless shrimp” that customers could take...

Graphic video shows a student picking up the girl's head and repeatedly bashing her into the cement after throwing multiple punches. Looks like black on white to me.

On Sunday evening, July 30, at around 8:00, I was in a supermarket near Roosevelt and Canal in Chicago’s South Loop, an upscale shopping, health club and movie hub on the edge of downtown. The area has been regarded as safe and on the upswing since the late 1990s and is even being considered for a new White Sox park or Bears stadium. While entering the store I noticed scores of African American teenagers lining the street. At first, I thought that there was some kind of festival or parade. But there was already a city policeman guarding the entrance....

A Missouri teenager is fighting for her life after her skull was repeatedly smashed into a concrete roadway during an after school fight. Video shows a black teenage girl pummeling the child until her body went lifeless. Fox 2 reports the victim was discovered unconscious in the street near Hazlewood East High School suffering from a “severe head injury.” Watch video of the attack below. The St. Louis television station also reports that a 15-year-old girl has been taken into custody and is facing assault charges. There is no information on the condition of the victim. “That video was crazy....

A female student from Hazelwood East High School in Missouri is in critical condition after appearing to suffer a serious head injury during a fight with a group of students on Friday. Graphic video shows another female student picking up the girl's head and repeatedly bashing her head into the concrete after throwing multiple punches. The victim's body was left motionless on the ground. The girl on the ground then began to have a seizure as other students were seen gathered around and started fighting one another. The victim, who has been identified as a student named Kailee, was transported...

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti is evacuating some of its personnel from the nation's capital as rampant gang violence intensifies. "Heightened gang violence in the neighborhood near U.S. Embassy compounds and near the airport led to the State Department's decision to arrange for the departure of additional embassy personnel," the embassy, based in Port-au-Prince, said in a statement on Sunday. The embassy remains open. The U.S. had previously warned its citizens that they should "depart Haiti as soon as possible by commercial or other privately available transportation options." Earlier this month, armed gangs orchestrated jailbreaks from Haiti's two largest prisons...

A huge brawl broke out at Six Flags Georgia on its opening day, leaving one teenager injured after police shot him. Cobb County Police said officers responded to an "unruly" crowd call at the amusement park around 6:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 2. "Last night a violent mob stormed the Six Flags in Georgia. Chaos erupted involving 500-600 teens that viciously beat and stomped out one another," one person shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "The mob then began to shoot at the police."

In 1993, I wrote an op-ed entitled the coming white underclass.