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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Gunshots rattled in a "sleepy" Colorado Springs neighborhood and almost led to a stand-off with police. Colorado Springs Police officers were sent to the 4600 block of Sleepy Hollow Circle North near Oro Blanco drive Tuesday night after neighbors reported a man was shooting a shot gun off his back deck. An automatic notification was sent out to residents in the area instructing them to stay inside and move to lower parts of their homes. Ceasar Archuleta, who lives across the street from the shooter, was home when the shooting started and caught the incident on...

Update: Multiple shots hit the Pentagon shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday, Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said at a late-morning briefing. He didn't know how many shots or from what kind of weapon. Part of nearby I-395 was closed for several hours as police searched for evidence. No one was hurt and damage was minor.)

Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early Tuesday, hitting the building and causing minor damage, defense officials said. Police who protect the massive Defense Department headquarters temporarily locked down some road and pedestrian entrances to the building after a civilian reported he may have heard shots at about 5 a.m. on the south side of the facility.

SNIPPET: "CARLSBAD, Calif. -- One person is in custody after shots were fired on the campus of Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad, Carlsbad police said. According to dispatchers, the shots were reported shortly after noon at Kelly Elementary School at Kelly and Hillside drives. The school was placed on lockdown due to the incident. Minor injuries have been reported, but it has been determined that the injuries were not related to a shooting. A medical helicopter is landing near the school in response to the situation."

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - SNIPPET: "Mike Milne with US Customs and Border Protection says a man using the NEXUS lane approached the window, and began acting strange. "The officers ordered the driver, who was the sole occupant, out of the vehicle. The driver refused and dangerously accelerated the vehicle southbound. One CBP officer fired his service pistol because of the imminent and apparent danger to the general public." No one was hurt, but the suspect initially managed to speed off. He was later captured by State Troopers..."

"There is a massive presence of Fresno County Sheriff's deputies and Fresno Police swarming the area of Kings Canyon Road around Lone Oak -- near Avocado Lake -- after numerous shots were fired."

<p>AUSTIN — Shots have been fired at the Texas Capitol, the Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed.</p> <p>The shooting occurred minutes before noon. A trooper at the Capitol said a person has been taken into custody. The building has been locked down to make certain there are no other shooters.</p>

"8:40 a.m.: Witnesses said the deputy was shot twice in the upper torso and was bleeding heavily. Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies have brought in an armored vehicle."

Fresno, Ca.-Fresno Police opened fire on a man who allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo bank at gunpoint on Saturday.

had a gun to his head earlier, tossed gun.. may be connected to fatal shooting last night in Torrance

Fleeing truck kills motorist Driver of stolen pickup eludes police, rams cars, broadsides father of three at cross street By TATABOLINE BRANT and KATIE PESZNECKER Anchorage Daily News Published: February 1, 2006 Last Modified: February 1, 2006 at 03:04 AM A father of three small children was killed Tuesday when the driver of a stolen pickup, who had rammed half a dozen other vehicles trying to get away from police, slammed into a sedan at a high speed at a Lake Otis Parkway intersection, police said. The stolen truck had eluded them for miles, officers said, and they had shot...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier opened fire on a group of fellow soldiers during a morning exercise session at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Thursday but no one was injured at the Army base. The soldier, whose name was not released, "is in custody after firing shots at a physical training formation" but no one was wounded, Fort Campbell said in a statement. It provided no other details but said the matter was under investigation. The facility, on the Kentucky-Tennessee border about 60 miles northwest of Nashville, is home to the 101st Airborne Division that has served in Iraq.

Press Release - Customs and Border ProtectionNogales Agents Come Under Fire1135 Pounds of Marijuana SeizedTucson, AZ -- On November 11, 2004, agents assigned to the Nogales Border Patrol Station disrupted drug smugglers as they attempt to drive two drug filled trucks across the international border.At approximately 12:00 p.m., a Border Patrol Agent observed two trucks drive north through the desert across the border near the Buena Vista Ranch, east of Nogales. As the two trucks traveled north away from the border, a third truck joined them. The third truck was being utilized as a scout (lookout) by the drug smugglers.Agents...

Pistol-packing Senior Chases Off Mugger, Gets Charged for Unlicensed Gun By Marcus Solis (Bronx-WABC, November 5, 2003) — A mugger in the Bronx got quite a surprise when the 80-year-old man he attacked in an elevator pulled out a .38 caliber handgun. There was a struggle, a shot was fired, and now the elderly victim is being criminally charged. Marcus Solis is in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx where he talked with the man. Lester Campbell says the gun belonged to his mother, and that it was passed onto him when she died. And he said he would...

Spencer now facing only one charge for incident By Nate Searing Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA -- American Border Patrol President Glenn Spencer will be arraigned in Justice Court 5 in Sierra Vista Tuesday after a being formally charged with felony disorderly conduct last week. Spencer, 66, picked up his summons for the charge from the Cochise County sheriff's office in Sierra Vista on Wednesday. A grand jury indicted him on Aug. 22. The charge stems from an incident on Aug. 1 in which Spencer allegedly fired a gun near his home at Equestrian Avenue and Yaqui Street. The shots, which came...

Shots fired on U.S. forces in Kuwait 10/14/2002 Associated Press KUWAIT - Shots were fired from two civilian vehicles Monday at U.S. forces in a northern Kuwait training area, according to U.S. officials. There were no injuries, they said. The U.S. military unit did not return fire. The shooting occurred at 7:50 a.m., according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. A military official at Camp Doha, where U.S. forces are stationed in the emirate, confirmed the incident and that nobody was hurt, but would not release any further details. The U.S. military and the Kuwaiti Defense...