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Letter From NY Killer Forecast Slayings

Ashamed of his English, writer couldn't accept his 'poor life'

(Newser) - The man who opened fire in an immigrant center, killing 13 people before taking his own life, felt he was persecuted by police, couldn't accept his "poor life" and was intent on killing himself and at least two other people, according to a letter mailed to a television station...

Officials Defend 43-Minute Delay in Binghamton

Victims couldn't have been saved, testy DA tells journos

(Newser) - Testy officials in upstate New York today defended police officers' 43-minute delay at the Binghamton shootings crime scene, the AP reports. The fatal wounds of 14 victims on Friday were so severe, "nobody could have been saved if the police walked in the door that first minute," Broome...

5 Children Found Slain in Home
 5 Children Found Slain in Home 
Apr 4, 2009 9:30 PM CDT

5 Children Found Slain in Home

Tacoma police think father killed them, then himself

(Newser) - Five children ages 7 to 16 were found dead today in their home near Tacoma, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Investigators say they might have been killed by their father, whose body was found at a different location after an apparent suicide. The youngest child was a boy and the...

Pittsburgh Cop Killer Feared 'Obama Gun Ban'

Troubled youth 'never had bad intentions,' friend says

(Newser) - The 22-year-old man who murdered three police officers in an early morning shootout today was a fun-loving youth who feared the government would take away his gun rights, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. “He was a good kid,” said Edward Perkovic, a lifelong friend of Richard Poplawski, who’s...

Police Hail Receptionist as 'Hero' in NY Shooting

(Newser) - The gunman burst into Binghamton's American Civic Association community center, and before the receptionists really had time to react, he’d shot them both. He probably believed he’d killed them both, too. But one of them was only playing dead, and she was the one to call 911, MSNBC...

NY Gunman Called 'Angry Loner'

Investigators believe killer of 13 may have been recently laid off

(Newser) - Investigators trying to piece together a motive for the massacre at a Binghamton, New York, immigration center believe gunman Jiverly Voong may have been recently laid off, the Press & Sun-Bulletin reports. The Vietnamese-American, 41, worked at an assembly plant in the town until November, where colleagues described him as...

NY Survivor: 'I Thought My Life Was Finished'

Students hid in storage rooms as Binghamton gunman killed 13

(Newser) - Students hid in storage closets when the shooting began at an immigration services center in Binghamton yesterday, a survivor tells CNN. "I heard shootings, very long time, about five minutes, and I was thinking when it will be stopped, but it was continued," she said. "No screaming,...

NC Gunman's Wife Worked at Rampage Scene

(Newser) - The wife of the man charged with killing 8 yesterday worked at the North Carolina nursing home he chose for his murderous rampage, the New York Times reports. Local police said gunman Robert Stewart was likely separated from Wanda Luck, but declined to say if she was in the building...

4 Kids Killed in Calif. Murder-Suicide

Apparent murder-suicide hits rich Santa Clara neighborhood

(Newser) - Six people, including at least three children and one teenager or young adult, were killed in a shooting last night in an upscale neighborhood in Northern California, the San Jose Mercury News reports. A seventh person is in critical condition. Police don’t think anyone is at large. “It...

8 Dead in NC Nursing Home Shooting
 8 Dead in NC 
 Nursing Home Shooting 
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Mar 29, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

8 Dead in NC Nursing Home Shooting

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home early today, killing at least eight people and wounding several others, police said. The local police chief says the shootings happened around 10am at Pinelake Health and Rehab in the town of Carthage. Authorities say the gunman, who's in custody,...

Oakland Cop-Killer Had Long Rap Sheet

(Newser) - The man responsible for the deaths of four Oakland police officers over the weekend had an extensive criminal history, the Tribune reports. Lovelle Mixon, 26, spent 5 years in prison for a 2002 assault with a firearm. After he was paroled, he was a suspect in a 2007 murder; though...

3 Oakland Cops Killed; Another on Life Support

(Newser) - Three Oakland police officers were shot to death today and a fourth is on life support after two separate incidents with the same man, the Oakland Tribune reports. The first two officers, both motorcycle cops, were shot and killed about 1:15pm after making a traffic stop. The suspect fled...

4 Oakland Cops Shot, Critically Injured

(Newser) - Four officers were in critical condition tonight and a suspect dead after gunfire at a traffic stop in Oakland led to a massive manhunt that ended in a shootout. Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1pm after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland. He...

New Yorker Felled by Arrow in Mystery Attack

'They shot me with an arrow,' screamed the woman in bizarre attack

(Newser) - A Yonkers woman was shot in the stomach yesterday by an arrow from a mystery assailant, reports the New York Daily News. She was struck as she dropped off churchgoers at a Bronx nursing home. "They shot me with an arrow," she screamed as she clutched the 30-inch...

Miami Man Kills 4 in Murder-Suicide

Suspect set own house and truck ablaze

(Newser) - A furious Miami man gunned down four people at a birthday party today, including his estranged wife and daughter, before setting his house and truck ablaze and killing himself, the Miami Herald reports. He also killed his mother-in-law and his daughter’s boyfriend at the party, where he showed up...

'Friendly' Alabama Gunman Kept Hit List

But he compiled a hit list of people who had slighted him

(Newser) - Michael McLendon's story is beginning to emerge in the aftermath of his Alabama shooting spree. The 28-year-old "was just friendly with everyone, and kind of stayed to himself," a former classmate tells the LA Times. "That's why this is such a shock." The gun-obsessed McLendon, however,...

German Gunman Was Calm, Ruthless: Witnesses

Witnesses describe student's rampage

(Newser) - Tim Kretschmer was calm and silent as he gunned down his former classmates today in southern Germany, witnesses tell the Telegraph. Kretschmer, 17, moved between classrooms dispatching his victims—mainly girls—with a weapon he’d brought from home. The only words survivors heard him say were “Aren’t...

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop
 Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop 
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Mar 11, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop

(Newser) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go...

15 Dead, Gunman Killed After German School Shooting

(Newser) - Fifteen people are dead after a 17-year-old went on a shooting spree at his former school in southern Germany; the gunman died hours later during a shootout in a nearby town. The assailant killed at least 11 people, mostly students, at the school before driving away. He then barricaded himself...

10 Dead in Alabama Shootings
 10 Dead in Alabama Shootings 
Mar 10, 2009 10:05 PM CDT

10 Dead in Alabama Shootings

Rampaging gunman kills 9 before turning the gun on himself

(Newser) - A gunman went on a shooting spree in two neighboring south Alabama towns today, killing nine people before he shot himself, authorities said. Police are investigating at least four separate shootings in the towns of Samson and Geneva, all believed to have been done by the same man, whose name...

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