Jessica Hill/Journal Inquirer, via Associated Press. People were evacuated from Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Conn., on Tuesday after at least eight people were killed in a workplace shooting there. According to Hartford Courant & Fox CT Staff Reports on Aug. 3rd: Nine people are dead in a workplace shooting at a family-owned beer and wine [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Contact: Marty Langley, 202-822-8200 x109, mlangley@vpc.org Washington, DC–A Florida mass shooting that resulted in the murder of four women, an innocent 17-year-old gunned down by a 61-year-old man in a case of mistaken identity, [...]
(We are posting the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). These are actual pictures of the shooting as it occurred FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 11, 2010 CONTACT: Marty Langley, 202-822-8200 x109, mlangley@vpc.org At Least 65 Innocent People Have Been Killed in Recent Mass Shootings Involving Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Washington, DC–Gerardo Regalado, [...]
According to CNN on April 20th: The Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, will have chaplains and counselors available throughout the day Tuesday after an apparent murder-suicide left one of its employees dead and two wounded. A gunman shot three women outside the hospital Monday afternoon before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said. [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Contact: Mandy Wimmer, Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200 x110, mwimmer@vpc.org Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 108 private citizens (including 13 shooters who killed themselves [...]
In response to a story in the Wichita Eagle on Nov 27th about the Kansan carrying concealed weapons law going into affect three years ago, our colleague Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center penned the following op-ed in response. Wichita Eagle: Too soon to declare gun law a success By Josh Sugarmann [...]
According to the Huffington Post on Oct. 12th: DENVER — In the first detailed public remarks by any parent of the two Columbine killers, Dylan Klebold’s mother says she had no idea her son was suicidal until she read his journals after the 1999 high school massacre. Susan Klebold’s essay in next month’s issue of [...]
(We are pleased to post the following commentary by Josh Sugarmann, Exec. Director of the Violence Policy Center, from the Huffington Post on Oct. 9th). The murder-suicide involving Pennsylvania mother of three Meleanie Hain–who gained national note and pro-gun fame as the result of a legal battle stemming from the revocation of her permit to [...]
Freedom States Alliance Press Release Contact: Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org October 9, 2009 Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Say the Solution To Self-Protection Is Reducing Availability and Access To Firearms; Tragic Incident Demonstrates Gun Lobby and Industry’s Deception that Gun Ownership Improves Personal Safety (Chicago) – Meleanie Hain, a 31-year-old gun proponent from Lebanon, Pennsylvania [...]
(Chris Knight, The Patriot-News: Gun owner Meleanie Hain speaks to the media after her gun permit hearing at the Lebanon County Courthouse in Lebanon almost a year ago). Freedom States Alliance Editorial, Oct. 9th, 2009 On September 11th, 2008, Meleanie Hain, did something that most mom’s don’t do. She openly carried a loaded Glock pistol [...]
Meleanie Hain, 31, sued the sheriff who revoked her gun licence for wearing a loaded pistol at a junior school soccer game, was fatally shot by her estranged husband in murder-suicide. According to the Times Online on Oct. 8th: A mother of three who gained national notoriety after she openly carried a loaded handgun to [...]
From the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort: On Aug. 7th, Fox Channel 11 interviewed Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, in response to the disturbing revelations that a Green Bay gun dealer, Eric Thompson, enabled and armed yet another rampage killer for the third time since April 2007. Eric Thompson’s company, TGSCOM Inc., sold a [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort). For Immediate Release Friday, August 7, 2009 Contact: Peter Hamm, 202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org Jeri Bonavia, Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, 414-351-9283, jmbwave@aol.com Washington, D.C. – Eric Thompson, the arms dealer from [...]
Freedom States Alliance Press Release For Immediate Release August 6, 2009 Contact: Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org (Chicago, IL) – Yet another concealed weapons permit holder and “legal†gun owner, George Sodini, with no prior criminal record, committed mass murder. On the evening of Aug. 4, Sodini attacked an aerobics class at the LA Fitness [...]
AP STORY UPDATE: Pa. man who attacked gym had 4 guns BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania say a gunman who sprayed bullets at women exercising at his suburban Pittsburgh health club, killing three of them, did not have a relationship with any of the victims. Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt also says that [...]
A Virginia murder-suicide was reported on June 29th: Henry County, VA– Investigators in Henry County are working a triple shooting death and arson case. Officers say around 12:17am Sunday, they were called to a home on Wilhaven Lane in Axton VA. in reference to a shooting. Timothy Carter, age 22, of Radford University, told them [...]
CNN breaking news alert on Monday, May 11th: It is unclear if the shooter was among the five dead, despite initial reports that he died, the official said. Three others were wounded in the incident at the U.S. military base, Camp Liberty, in Baghdad, the official said. The U.S. military issued a news release saying [...]
According to CNN on May 4th: A man shot and killed his wife and two of their children and then killed himself in central Florida on Sunday night, authorities said. Troy Ryan Bellar, 34, used a high-powered rifle with a scope to shoot his 31-year-old wife, Wendy, when she tried to leave their home, the [...]
Every day in this country 80 people die from gunshot injuries. Another 200 people are shot, leaving injuries, both physical and psychological, that last for years. Here is a sampling of just a few of the gun violence incidents from this past weekend: On Friday, a police officer in Headland, Alabama was shot and killed [...]
Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center wrote the following op-ed in the Washington Post on Sunday, Apr. 19th.
AP reported that a father shot and killed his wife and three kids in Maryland. UPI filed this longer news brief on Apr. 19th: MIDDLETOWN, Md., April 18 (UPI) — A relative checking on a family of five in western Maryland found them dead in their home Saturday morning, authorities said. The Frederick County Sheriff’s [...]
Bob Herbert’s must-read New York Times column on Apr. 14: Late in the afternoon on Good Friday, in a cold, steady rain, a gray-haired 60-year-old woman sat shivering and praying on a stone step outside of 1016 Fairfield St., which is where the terrible shooting had occurred. She read from a prayer book and from [...]
An AP brief on Apr. 8th reported: CASSELBERRY, FL: Authorities in Casselberry, Florida say 44-year-old Marie Moore walked up behind her 20 year old son Mitchell Moore and shot him in the head at point blank range– then shot herself. Mitchell Moore died at the scene. His mother died at a hospital. In notes and [...]
According to the AP on Apr. 10th: A student fatally shot a female classmate before turning the gun on himself Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted a lockdown at a community college west of Detroit, police said. The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, were discovered inside [...]
A murder-suicide in Alabama was reported on CNN today, on April 7th: A man suspected in the shooting deaths of four people, including his estranged wife and daughter, in northwest Alabama was found dead in an apparent suicide, police said. Kevin Lee Garner’s body was found about 200 yards behind his home in Morgan County, [...]
According to AP on Mar. 24th: SAN DIEGO — A mechanic shot and killed one co-worker and critically injured another before police killed the gunman at a Metropolitan Transit System bus complex in downtown San Diego, authorities said. A report came in around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday saying two people had been shot at the complex [...]
In a grisly rampage shooting spree in southern Alabama, ABC News reported on Mar. 11th: He spared no one, not his mother, not his grandparents, not the children, not even the family dogs. Investigators following the 24-mile trail of death through southern Alabama are still trying to determine what set Michael McLendon on a murderous [...]
A faulty gun saved a woman from being shot and killed by her estranged husband, according to the Associated Press on Feb. 10th. SCRANTON, Pa. — Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say a faulty gun thwarted a man’s plan to kill his estranged wife and commit suicide. Investigators in Scranton say 48-year-old William Krause talked his [...]
According to the LA Times: Los Angeles police are continuing their investigation today into the murder-suicide of a Wilmington man and his family. Human rights leaders led a candlelight vigil Tuesday night outside the home where 40-year-old Ervin Lupoe shot and killed his wife and five young children, including two sets of twins. In front [...]
CNN reported on Jan. 27th, 2009 that a likely murder-suicide resulted in the deaths of a family of seven: LOS ANGELES, California — The bodies of five children and two adults were found Tuesday in a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington, and authorities are investigating the case as a murder-suicide, CNN affiliate [...]
PC World posted the following story on Jan. 22nd, 2009: Former games journalist Jason Montes, 33, shot his wife, Serena Montes, 25, and then himself, on Sunday January 11th in what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Strangely no one in the games media picked up the story until this morning, when Edge posted a [...]
According to The Tennessean on Jan. 18th, 2009: Two Clarksville men are dead after a murder-suicide outside the Al Menah Shriners Temple in North Nashville early Sunday morning, Metro police said. Travis Otey, 27, and Stephane Collier, 29, got into a fight during a party in the building around 12:30 a.m. and were taken outside [...]
According to Newsday on Jan. 12th, 2009: Marital troubles may have been a factor when a New York City police lieutenant stabbed and shot his wife to death in their Selden home after the couple’s daughter tried to stop the attack, police said Monday. He then shot himself to death. Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick, commander [...]
A South Carolina TV station, News Channel 15, reported a murder-suicide between young newlyweds. Investigators believe that Richie Lawhon, 30, shot his wife, Hannah, multiple times before turning the gun on himself. Police continue their investigation into the deaths of a married couple in Murrells Inlet while family and friends try to figure out why [...]
A tragic story was reported by the Wisconsin State Journal on Nov. 21st The man’s voice is calm and matter-of-fact. “There’s a dead guy in a black jeep,” he tells the 911 operator. The operator asks the caller to repeat the address of the emergency but is met with silence. The call ends. Madison police [...]
The Los Angles Times reported on Oct. 6th a grisly murder-suicide in Porter Ranch where Karthik Rajaram, 45, used a handgun he purchased on Sept. 16th to murder his family before killing himself. An unemployed financial advisor apparently despondent over his troubles shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and three children before taking his [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). WASHINGTON, DC–For the second year in a row, Nevada, with a rate of 3.27 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men according to the Violence Policy Center (VPC) report When Men Murder Women: [...]
The Chicago Tribune reported today, Sept. 15th a horrific murder-suicide involving a Chicago police officer who shot and killed his 7-year-old daughter while his 9-year-old son fights for his life. An off-duty Chicago police officer shot his young son and daughter, then committed suicide inside his home on the Southwest Side Monday morning, officials said. [...]
Shortly after midnight on June 25th, a heated argument between an employee and his boss resulted in a gun massacre at a factory in Kentucky. The employee went home to retrieve a gun then returned to the company and shot and killed five fellow employees before killing himself. According to MSNBC: Police say worker went [...]
Chicago Tribune: Old Hurts, New Lives Emerge Two Decades After Laurie Dann Shootings In Winnetka, IL: Three people recount how they were changed that day 20 years ago in Winnetka It has been 20 years since Laurie Dann terrorized Winnetka with poison, flames and deadly gunfire—a one-day spree whose effects still resonate far beyond the [...]
If we had a nickel for every time a self-described “law-abiding†gun owner shoots someone, we’d be vying with Donald Trump for who has the larger bank account. Today we report on a man who had a CCW permit in Virginia – you know one of those “good†gun owners – who shot his wife [...]
CBS News in Chicago reported on April 11th that Attorney General Lisa Madigan is pushing for legislation in the Illinois legislature in response to a recent murder-suicide. The state is stepping in to protect women from deadly domestic violence. A recently drafted piece of legislation was spurred by a tragic murder-suicide over the weekend right [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Violence Policy Center). Third Edition of Violence Policy Center Study “American Roulette” Estimates That Nine Murder-Suicides Occur Each Week in U.S., Vast Majority with Guns [Download and print full report here]. WASHINGTON, DC–At least 554 Americans died in murder-suicides during the first six months [...]
An article in the Palm Beach Post on March 25th reported: The suburban West Palm Beach restaurant where a local firefighter was shot and killed by a gunman opened moments ago, welcoming diners with cheerful music and bright renovations. The entire restaurant, from the menu to every tile, is new. “It’s from floor to ceiling,” [...]
It is instructive how other countries respond to a deadly shooting within their borders, namely pushing for “stronger” regulations and controls on guns, not less. Most countries know that the most effective mechanism to reduce gun violence is to focus on access and the availability of firearms. Of course, the opposite is true here in [...]
In just today’s Dec. 13th 2007 “Shooting Gallery” alone, we posted three different stories about murder-suicides in Texas, Arizona, and California. These grisly killings are most often perpetuated by men, though not always. Men seek to kill their estranged wives, girlfriends or partners for a host of reasons: a continuation of domestic abuse, a breakup [...]
According to CNN: (CNN) — A gunman killed eight people and wounded five others Wednesday at the popular Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said. “We do not believe that we have any other shooter,” said Sgt. Teresa Negron. The shooting took place at the Von Maur store [...]
No one is immune from interpersonal gun violence, including our brave men and women serving oversees in our armed forces. According to CNN: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — An American sailor fatally shot two female sailors before shooting himself Monday inside a U.S. military barracks in Bahrain, the Navy said. The alleged shooter, a [...]
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