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Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane) sent a letter to the Oklahoma Attorney General, the Sheriff of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and “All Oklahoma judicial authorities and other law enforcement entities,” requesting an investigation into ATF’s SWAT team raid at the home of his constituent, Russell Fincher. According to a press release, Humphrey said he was contacted by Fincher after a dozen ATF SWAT team members bearing “automatic weapons” raided Fincher’s home, handcuffed him on his porch in front of his 13-year-old son and coerced him into relinquishing his Federal Firearm License. “If this report is true, and...

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Tuesday evening, Orlando police say a man performing a ritual inside a home became angry, brandished multiple weapons and hurt people living there. Around 9 p.m., officers were dispatched to a residence following reports of gunfire. Officers encountered Fenel Dalexis, 46, who reportedly fired his gun within the home. Police guided everyone out, and an injured female victim emerged. Dalexis was scratched up so badly that he and the injured female were taken to the hospital. According to the report, Dalexis engaged in a “voodoo style” ritual in the home. A fight broke out when the...

Dallas police are investigating reports of shots fired at an airport Monday morning. A brief snippet of police audio said officers were responding to the active shooter situation, but the shooter "is down." A traveler shared a photo on social media, tagging local news outlets, showing crowds being rushed out of the Dallas Love Field Airport due to a suspect shooter in the building.

Gunshots were heard near the intersection named after George Floyd in Minneapolis on the first anniversary of his murder. Video from the scene posted on Twitter by Associated Press journalist Phillip Crowther captured the shots, and the AP later reported the gunfire. Crowther said people were sheltering in place at the intersection.

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He is the latest example of people being accused of committing violent crimes while free on Cook County’s affordable bail program. But proponents of the bail reform efforts insist that such cases are very rare.

In the midst of covering the unfolding active shooter situation on the YouTube campus in San Bruno, California on Tuesday, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace interrupted her commentary on Deadline: White House because she thought the sound of someone popping open a soda can somewhere near set was gunshots.

Tuesday night (Sept. 20), 38-year-old Travon Williams lay dead on the pavement outside a small grocery store at the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Desire Street. Fatally shot, Williams had followed a grim pattern running through his family, a well-worn groove of untimely, violent deaths. According to those who knew him, Williams had spent the past few years of his life trying to build better relationships with his daughters -- and trying to free himself from a tragic legacy. At age 5, Williams lost his 24-year-old mother to gunfire at a Desire neighborhood barroom. Gretchen Williams of Desire was...

As last week's tragic shooting showed, guns remain an entrenched — and accessible — part of American life. According to the Center for Disease Control, 33,636 people died due to gun-related causes in 2013, the year with the most recent data. The national average is 10.6 gun deaths per 100,000 residents. But that number varies widely from state to state. The Kaiser Family Foundation assembled a table of statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2013 mortality rates from firearms in each state. Kaiser combined together various firearm-related causes of death, including assault by firearm, police shootings,...

The gunshots got me to thinking, as I often do, about the deplorable and steadily deteriorating spiritual and mental condition of many of the American people nowadays, especially the younger ones. And, seeing how stoically the Japanese people are reacting to the unimaginable horror of the earthquake and tsunami, compared to, say, American union members, along with college “students,” behaving like spoiled brats at the prospect of public sector union members having to pay their way a little more, only drove it home for me. It was last Friday evening, shortly before sundown. My husband and I were on our...

SEATTLE - Police this weekend uncovered what they call a "secret camp" near North Seattle Community College while searching for evidence related to an overnight shooting spree. Two suspected gunmen are in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, which prompted a massive police callout and a two-hour closure of I-5. Detectives and K-9 units searching a wooded area just between the college and the interstate found a site covered in camouflage netting that they believe is home to the two men. The area contained bathroom and kitchen supplies, fireworks, cell phones, sleeping bags and piles of books, which...

Only this Breaking News header on the King 5 news site, thus far: "Shooting - Rapid shots have been fired at North Seattle Community College in the Northgate area of Seattle; I-5 southbound near college has been shut down.

DELAVAN, Wis. - A shooting inside a home left six people dead, and a child was found in a nearby vehicle with a gunshot to the chest, the Delavan police chief said Sunday.

Authorities said two victims were recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting at an alleged immigrant smuggling house Tuesday morning. The house was allegedly being used in an illegal immigrant smuggling operation. Houston police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials responded to the scene at 9011 Sandpiper in southwest Houston around 9 a.m. after residents reported hearing gunshots in the neighborhood. Two people were wounded, but police aren’t sure who shot them. The victims were transported to Ben Taub and Memorial Herman Hospital. Their conditions aren’t known. Police said a bullet broke through a window at a house across the...

HOLLIS - A local man is in jail after allegedly burglarizing his neighbor’s home and being caught - and held at gunpoint - by the homeowner. Police responded to a report of a burglary in progress at 25 Maple Knoll Drive shortly after midnight on Monday morning, according to a prepared police statement. The homeowner had the suspect at gunpoint and shots had been fired by the time police arrived. There were no injuries as a result of the gunshots, police said. Police identified the intruder as Peter Camplin, 38, of 22 Maple Knoll Drive. “Apparently, what happened was a...

Random firing and stray bullets create fear in some areasDALLAS - Celebrating a Dallas Cowboys touchdown, or just about any other event, by firing a few shots in the air is a time-honored tradition in some of this city's neighborhoods. To Dallas City Council member Elba Garcia, the random gunfire is a nagging, potentially deadly problem that she and other city officials want to fight with a novel, high-tech solution. "I don't know about gunfire on Sunday afternoons. It's the shots at 2 a.m. in my neighborhood that I'm concerned about," said Garcia, who lives in Oak Cliff, southwest of...

Juan Rodriguez was at his girlfriend's apartment Sunday evening, waiting for her to get ready for a night out. He got a call on his cellphone, stepped outside - and became Hartford's 41st homicide victim this year."His cellphone rang, and he was like, `Be back in five. Make sure you are ready,' " his girlfriend, Brandy Evans, recalled. Shortly afterward, she heard several gunshots outside and feared the worst. "I just knew," she said.