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Idaho churchgoers have witnessed a miracle. Less than 24 hours after praying with Ted Cruz, pastor Tim Remington was shot six times in the skull, shoulder, hip, and lung. Nevertheless, he is projected to make a surprising recovery. A manhunt is underway for shooting suspect Kyle Andrew Odom.Roger Crigger, a friend of the Remington family, could barely contain his excitement about the miraculous recovery. He posted on Facebook late Sunday evening: Shot six times and not ONE vital hit. One of the bullets TRIED to enter the brain but stopped at the skull, one of the bullets busted his hip,...

The man suspected of shooting a prominent Idaho evangelical pastor was arrested Tuesday outside the White House hours after claiming his victim was a Martian. Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days after the attack on Tim Remington outside Altar Church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after Sunday services.

An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday. The bullets didn't hit Finicum and didn't contribute to his death, but now all five unnamed agents, part of an elite national unit, are under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Inspector General Michael Horowitz is leading the independent inquiry. The remarkable disclosure came as a team of local investigators released findings that two state troopers shot Finicum three times in the back during the chaotic scene at a police...

NEW YORK – A New York City police officer was shot Tuesday night and two suspects were taken into custody, a police spokesman said. New York Police Department Sgt. Carlos Nieves said on Twitter the shooting happened in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. He said two suspects were taken into custody and police were looking for a third person. Police provided no further details on the officer's condition or the circumstances of the shooting. A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said the officer was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens...

Bail was set at $1 million Friday for a man in a wheelchair who has been charged in the fatal shooting of another man inside a gym at a high-rise apartment building on the Near West Side. Reggie Daniel, 48, faces first-degree murder charges in the killing of Darrin Joss, 45, while he worked out on an elliptical machine about 7:05 p.m. Wednesday in the eighth-floor gym of the high-rise in the 500 block of West Kinzie Street. Daniel surrendered to police early Thursday.

The man accused of opening fire at a Kansas business and two other locations, killing three people and wounding 14, has been identified as Cedric Larry Ford, 38, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation

MASON COUNTY, Wash. - The Mason County Sheriff's Office confirms one child was taken from a home where police are in negotiations with a man who claims he shot his family. Authorities report the man called 911 at 9:37 a.m. Friday, saying he shot his wife and children and was holding a gun to his head. There are unconfirmed reports that one child escaped. KIRO 7 Chopper video showed someone being led to an ambulance, but we do not know who this person is at this time. The sheriff's office says the child who was was taken from the outside...

HESSTON, Kan. A workplace shooting in Hesston, about 35 miles north of Wichita, has left four to seven people dead and injured as many as 20, according to Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton. The sheriff said the number of people injured could be as high as 30. “This is just a horrible incident here,” he said. “Itâ€TMs going to be a lot of sad people before this is all over.” The shooting at Excel Industries was reported shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, a Harvey County dispatcher said. Walton later confirmed that a suspect, an employee at the turf care products...

DEVELOPING: At least two people were killed and up to four others injured in a shooting at a Kansas workplace on Thursday. The shooting took place at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., KSN-TV in Wichita reported. Victor Ramirez, an employee at the company, told KAKE-TV that at least five people were shot.

HESSTON, Kan. - Hesston police confirm a shooting at Excel Industries in the 200 block of South Ridge Road in Hesston. Dispatchers say two people were killed and multiple others are hurt. The shooting was reported a little after 5 p.m. Thursday. At about 5:50 p.m., a spokesman with Via Christi in Wichita confirmed at least one patient from Excel Industries was taken to St. Francis hospital in Wichita. Hesston College is placed on lockdown. We are continuing to look into a separate shooting reported at 12th and Meridian in Newton where one person was shot and whether that incident...

Martin Wirth, an Occupy Denver activist who had run for State Senate on the Green Party ticket in 2014, allegedly shot three Colorado Sheriff deputies on Wednesday, killing one.

A 14-year-old girl wounded in a deadly shooting spree in Michigan this weekend was initially pronounced brain dead at the hospital before she squeezed her mother's hand and was rushed to surgery, her family told authorities. She is now in critical condition and "fighting for her life," her family said. The teen, who was shot in a Kalamazoo Cracker Barrel parking lot Saturday, was pronounced brain dead shortly after arriving at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told ABC News today. Her family told the lieutenant that an hour or two later, the hospital was in the...

CNN)Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday. "This is just the most awful thing I can think of," Getting said at a press conference held to announce the arrest of Dalton, 45, and to reassure the community that there is no longer a threat.

Six people were killed and two others wounded in a series of random shootings in Michigan Saturday evening, police said. A 14-year-old girl was shot and very seriously injured. Authorities earlier said that she'd died. Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was taken into custody early Sunday and was being questioned over shootings at three different locations in Kalamazoo County, police said.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the suspect in a deadly shooting spree in Kalamazoo as 45-year-old Jason Dalton. Police, and the Kalamazoo Crime Lab are searching a house ...

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Police are responding to shots fired at OP Avenue and 6th Street in Texas Township, near the Cracker Barrel. There is police involvement at the scene, Kalamazoo County undersheriff says. Unclear is cops or possible suspect opened fire. ----- TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) Police in Kalamazoo County are searching for a suspect who is randomly shooting people, at least six have been killed........

Originally from Associated Press, so link only..Six people are dead and three injured.

A woman was taken to the hospital after she was shot several times in Kalamazoo on Saturday. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Deputies are investigating after a woman is shot multiple times around 6 p.m. at the Meadows Townhomes off of G Ave. The woman was taken to the hospital and her condition is unknown, but witnesses said she was shot three times. Police do not have anyone in custody and police said that a suspect was involved in a crash shortly after leaving the area. Deputies are still investigating and believe the suspect vehicle is a light colored SUV. Police said...

COLUMBIA. S.C. – Authorities are responding to an active shooter situation reported at a mall in Coumbia, S.C. WIS reported that Richland County deputies responded to a report of shots fired at Columbiana Center Mall in Harbison sometime before 7 p.m. Saturday.

“State Rep. Jeff Barker has introduced a bill that would temporarily delay the release of the name of the officer who shot [LaVoy] Finicum,” KOIN 6 News reported Sunday. “House Bill 4087 already unanimously passed the Oregon House Judiciary Committee.” The bill, which will allow law enforcement to petition a judge for a 90-day stay on releasing the name of an officer, was introduced after the Oregon State Police said it had “received death threats from all over the U.S.” Barker, a Democrat, said he took the action after being convinced by OSP Superintendent Rich Evans that ‘there is a...