http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/shooting/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:18:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285970/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police worked Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium. AP via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285970/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285242/posts CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A mom is in jail because police say her son got his hands on something no toddler should ever touch. Officers have charged 24-year-old Hannah Workman with gross neglect after police say her four-year-old son shot himself in the leg. The gunshot wound is not life-threatening, but the little boy did have to undergo surgery today. According to the criminal complaint, it was Workman's other son, a 2-year-old, who found the gun, which he then gave to his 4-year-old brother. "There was a gun underneath my couch,” Workman said. “My boyfriend put it there. My son... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285242/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:06:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284908/posts GAFFNEY, S.C. -- FOX Carolina has confirmed with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office that the four recent slayings in Gaffney are connected. The Cherokee County Coroner released the name of the fourth victim early Friday morning. Stephen Tyler, 48, was shot and killed at his business -- Tyler Home Center -- on Thursday night. Tyler's 15-year-old daughter was also shot in the head and was transported to an area hospital. There is no word on her condition. The shooting of the Tylers is only the latest incident in a violent spree of shootings. On Saturday, a peach farmer was killed.... WHNS TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284908/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283980/posts Wednesday, July 1 BRATTLEBORO -- The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of David Boglioli. After closing statements by Deputy State's Attorney David Gartenstein and defense attorney Matthew Harnett, the jury must decide whether to find Boglioli guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his neighbor, George Riccitelli, or if he was defending himself from being beaten with an ax handle. If convicted of second-degree murder, Boglioli will face a sentence of 20 years to life in prison. Prior to the closing statements, Harnett called Scott Kriger, a toxicology expert, to the stand. Kriger testified... reformer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283980/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282693/posts Fox 2 has learned that at least four Cody High School students in Detroit have been shot at the corner of W. Warren and Southfield Road. Police say as many as six people may have been been shot. We're told summer school had just let out at nearby Cody High School. A Detroit Public School spokesperson confirms that four of the shooting victims are Cody High School students. We have not yet identified the other victims. Earlier video shows a woman being handcuffed and placed in a police car, then taken away. We do not know at this time if... MyFoxDetroit.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282693/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:26:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279845/posts Freedom isn't free." That's a line most commonly associated with, in order, military veterans and Team America: World Police. And as long as you equate America's foreign interests with "freedom," that statement holds up well (whose freedom, exactly, we've been fighting for post-WWII is another matter entirely, but let's not get bogged down on that right away). As you're no doubt aware, Ed Thomas, one of the finest men in the state (either associated with athletics or otherwise) and a most worthy namesake of Ed Thomas Field, was killed when a very disturbed young man--one who probably shouldn't have been... BlackHeartGoldPants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279845/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279568/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a Metro police officer along Interstate 40 on Thursday afternoon. Police spokesman Don Aaron said Sgt. Mark Chesnut, 44, was hit multiple times during a traffic stop at about 1:30 p.m. Aaron said Chesnut was entering information into his in-car computer when police believe the suspect, who had been pulled over in a Dodge Magnum with Georgia tags, walked up and opened fire near exit 196 in Belleview. WSMV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279568/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279248/posts BERYL, Utah — Authorities say a 5-year-old girl was apparently accidentally shot and killed at her own birthday party in southern Utah. Iron County Sheriff Mark Gower says the girl from Arizona was visiting her grandparents in Beryl this week to celebrate her sixth birthday. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279248/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278375/posts Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas was shot multiple times this morning at the school’s weight room and died a short time later at a hospital, officials have confirmed. Thomas was shot at point blank range, including once in the head, according to the school's business manager Pat Gosch. No one else was injured in the incident. The family of Ed Thomas released a statement through Covenenant Medical Center in Waterloo: "The family of Ed Thomas would like the media to know that Ed passed away shortly after arriving at Covenant Medical Center," the statement read. Sports secretary Sue... Cedar Rapids Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278375/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278504/posts Police have charged a 24-year-old former player in the fatal shooting of a prominent Iowa high school football coach. hostednews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278504/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277594/posts Gunmen shot and killed an American man Tuesday as he left his car in the capital of the West African nation of Mauritania, police and witnesses said. Two men had initially tried to kidnap the man, but he resisted and they shot him when they realized they could not overpower him, a police officer said. The office did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the press. Witness Bilal Ould Mohamed and other neighbors said the man was a U.S. professor teaching at a center specializing in computer science in El Kasr, a lower-class neighborhood... YahooNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277594/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:17:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276170/posts SNIPPET: "Then, at 1 a.m., police said two men opened fire in the parking lot of a Denny's in the 600 block of Hegenberger Road near the Oakland Coliseum. One of the wounded men reportedly went into the restaurant seeking help. He and the second victim were sent to the hospital, where they are listed in stable condition." SF GATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276170/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275647/posts SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man was shot and killed outside a home near Altamonte Springs early Friday morning. Deputies say he was trying to break into a home on S. Magnolia Avenue when someone inside shot him. Investigators say at approximately 4:00am on Friday, a woman was awakened by a loud, pounding sound coming from the front door of her home. She woke up her husband to let him know what she heard and asked him to go check on what was happening. "Yes someone's just tried to break down my front door," said the caller to the 911... WFTV-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275647/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273747/posts An Anchorage police officer is on administrative leave after wounding a man in a fast-food restaurant parking lot. Police say the officer overheard a disturbance late Monday. When he investigated, he saw a man pointing what appeared to be a rifle in the direction of people in the parking lot. Channel 13, Anchorage, AK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273747/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:30:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272238/posts Seminole County deputy sheriffs believe three people were murdered and a fourth committed suicide inside a home in the upscale Heathrow community near Lake Mary. A cleaning lady entered the home in the 1200 block of Trentwood Court in the gated development and spotted one body, Sheriff's Capt. Dennis Lemma said. She called authorities and when deputies arrived they found the other three bodies, he said. At least one of the victims is a child, he said. Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272238/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:40:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270882/posts Calling all shooters out there. I am right handed, and formerly an expert shot. I was in the Marine Corps, and prior to that I was a competitive shooter with 22. caliber rifles. However, a strange thing happened to me. I was right-eye dominate - now I am left eye dominate. I think this happened when I came down with Bells Palsy -that is paralysis of the 7th crainial nerve. For about 8 weeks I could not blink my right eyelid. After that, my vision went from 20/20 to something much worse. Soon I began to have headaches and my... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270882/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269146/posts Salon’s Joan Walsh, on Wednesday night’s "Hardball," cited "conservatives" like Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin and Bill O’Reilly for "whipping up" a climate that sparks the likes of alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn and "Hardball" host Chris Matthews wondered if access to guns were to blame as he cried, "It’s easier to get your hands on a gun than to get somebody to make you a waffle." The following exchanges were aired on the June 10 edition of "Hardball": CHRIS MATTHEWS: Joan Walsh this is a political action today by a far right extremist. I just wonder what's in... newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269146/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:24:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269062/posts The security guard shot Wednesday at the Holocaust Museum has died of his injuries, the museum confirms. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269062/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269022/posts A gunman opened fire inside the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, wounding a security guard before other officers returned fire, officials said. Police are looking at a man identified as James Von Brunn as the shooter, FOX News has learned -- though D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier would not confirm the identity of the suspect. A man named James Von Brunn operates a white supremacist Web site called Holy Western Empire which carries several anti-Semitic statements. The site says he was a World War II veteran and also served time in federal prison for trying to make a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269022/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:04:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268973/posts 2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum A gunman armed with a shotgun walked into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington today and opened fire on a security guard before being shot and seriously wounded by two other guards, authorities said. 2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum The security guard and the gunman were both transported to George Washington University Hospital with serious injuries, police said. A hospital spokesperson declined to release information on the condition of the two. A third person sustained minor injuries in the shooting, according to police. A law enforcement source identified the... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268973/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:01:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268895/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. - A gunman entered the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and opened fire, according to reports. Fox News and CNN are reporting a man walked into the museum and shot at a security guard. A second security guard returned fire on the gunman. Fox News is reporting a law enforcement official as saying two people have been shot. bartlesvillelive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268895/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268878/posts Just interrupted Rush to say that three people had been shot outside the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. ABC Radio News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268878/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268360/posts WASHINGTON, June 9, 2009 – A soldier wounded last week during an attack at a recruiting office in Little Rock, Ark., that claimed a fellow soldier’s life expressed no bitterness today at his attacker, and said the incident has done nothing to dampen his desire to serve in the Army. Army Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, spoke publicly about the incident for the first time since he was gunned down outside an Army recruiting office June 1. He is recovering from gunshot wounds to his neck, back and buttocks. Army Pvt. William Long, 23, was killed in the attack. He was... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268360/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265565/posts The press paid far more attention to the killing of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller than it did to Army recruiter Pvt. William Andrew Long. The numbers here... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265565/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265480/posts • –––––CONWAY — Pvt. William Andrew “Andy” Long, 23 of Conway, died Monday, June 1, 2009. Andy was born June 26, 1985, in Long Beach, Calif., to Daris and Janet (Roberson) Long. Andy recently finished Army training at Ft. Benning, Ga., and was on his way to Korea. He attended Sunny Gap Baptist Church in Conway. His family says he had an infectious smile, a great sense of humor, and a brilliant mind. He is a hero. Andy is survived by his parents, Daris and Janet Long of Conway; sister Vanessa Rice and husband Robert of Conway and brother Triston... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be needed) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265480/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:16:01 GMT