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At least 13 fatalities including gunman in DC Navy Yard shooting

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At least 13 people including the gunman identified as Aaron Alexis, 34, died during a Monday morning attack on the Navy Yard complex in Washington, DC. Officials say the motives of the shooting are not yet known. Pentagon officials have said the Navy would wait 24 hours before releasing any of the victims’ identities. Police were initially looking for two other potential shooters, though the... 

Separatists win Quebec elections, shots fired during speech, 1 dead, gunman detained

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The separatist Parti Quebecois has won Quebec’s regional elections and will form a new government there, once again raising the possibility of a referendum on independence being held in Canada’s French-speaking province. Canadian Broadcasting Corp and the Canadian Press reported that Parti Quebecois (PQ) won or were leading in nearly 60 districts, just short of the 63 needed for a majority government. The... 

Gunman, six hostages dead after Wisconsin Sikh temple siege

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At least seven people have been killed and twenty injured as a gunman took over a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The number includes the gunman, who was killed by police. Officials are treating it as a “domestic terrorist-type incident.” Four of those shot died inside the temple, while the three others (two victims and the gunman) were killed outside. Tactical units scoured the temple... 

14 killed at Dark Knight Rises shooting in Colorado cinema

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At least 14 moviegoers were killed and 50 injured at a cinema in the Colorado city of Aurora in the Denver suburbs. They were attending a midnight showing of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. The theater was packed with a lot of people, many of them young fans, at the time the shooting started, 9news reports. The violence erupted some 15 minutes after the movie began, witnesses said. Ten... 

France's gunman shot in head, falls to death in hail of bullets

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Mohamed Merah, the suspect in the killing of 3 paratroopers, 3 children and a rabbi in recent days in France. Mohamed Merah, the man behind the Toulouse killing spree, is dead after a 32 hour siege ended in grenade explosions and gunfire. ­He jumped out of his bathroom window blazing an automatic pistol as police broke through, and was found dead where he fell. Two police commandos were wounded in... 

Man opens fire at Brooklyn parade, toll rises to 46 shot since Saturday morning

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Police have a man in custody after he allegedly fired shots into the air at the West Indian Day Parade before fleeing the scene in a cab. Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn not far from where Mayor Michael Bloomberg was marching as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days. By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the... 

Gunman Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Kills 2 US Airmen in Germany

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Arid Uka, a Kosovan Muslim, nicknamed Abu Reyann, was be behind the fatal shooting of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport. Obama Says U.S. Will Spare No Efforts in Investigating Killings. 21-year old Arid Uka, a Kosovo Muslim gunman, shouting “Allahu Akbar” opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. airmen in Frankfurt, Germany, killing two and wounding two others before his gun jammed and he... 

Top US Federal Judge Assassinated After Threat To Obama Agenda

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A Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that the top US Federal Judge for the State of Arizona was assassinated barely 72-hours after he made a critical ruling against the Obama administrations plan to begin the confiscation of their citizen’s private retirement and banking accounts in order to stave off their nations imminent economic collapse, and after... 

Actor Mistaken For Gunman and Killed During Filming in Philippines

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A Philippine village watchman mistook an actor for a real masked gunman, jumped onto his moving motorcycle and fatally shot him in what witnesses thought was part of the filming, police and another actor said Monday. As the director shouted ‘Action!’, actor Kirk Abella began to speed away on a motorcycle with a masked driver and the watchman feared he was going to escape, said community... 

Binghamton Massacre: Gunman Kills 13 People then Commits Suicide

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Binghamton, N.Y., police released these undated photos of Jiverly Wong, the gunman who killed 13 and himself on April 3. An Asian criminal barricaded the back door of a community center with his car and then opened fire on a room full of immigrants taking a citizenship class Friday, killing 13 people before apparently committing suicide, officials said. Investigators said they had yet to establish... 
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