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Oregon Shooter's Death Was Suicide, Authorities Say

3:49pm October 03, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The local sheriff, speaking at an afternoon news conference, also said that authorities had recovered yet another gun from the shooter's residence, bringing to 14 the number of weapons linked to him.

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10 Dead And 7 Injured In Oregon College Shooting, Officials Say

11:18pm October 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Officials say the shooter died in a gunfight with police at Umpqua Community College on Thursday. President Obama expressed his frustration that such mass shootings have become "routine."

A man reacts while talking to police officer Wednesday night near the scene of shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

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9 Dead In Shooting At Charleston, S.C., Church

8:47pm June 20, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Police are still searching for a suspect in the attack, described as a young white man. Charleston police chief Gregory Mullen says the shooting will be investigated as a hate crime.

The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., has overcome fire, earthquakes and hurricanes in its nearly 200-year history.

'Mother Emanuel' Church Suffers A New Loss In Charleston

8:47pm June 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The church that was the scene of Wednesday's mass shooting has survived a string of challenges, from racism to an earthquake. Emanuel took its current name at the end of the Civil War.

Charleston residents visit a makeshift memorial for victims of Wednesday's mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Steet in Charleston, S.C.

The Victims: 9 Were Slain At Charleston's Emanuel AME Church

8:44pm June 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Pastors, parishioners, a coach, a librarian, a graduate: Authorities identify the nine people who were shot and killed during a Bible study at a Charleston, S.C., church on Wednesday night.

Police say the Halifax Shopping Centre in Nova Scotia was the target of a thwarted attack.

World News

Suspect In Foiled Canadian Mall Shooting Left Social Media Trail

6:12pm February 16, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The young man who apparently killed himself as police closed in on him was said to have identified with the 1999 Columbine High School shooters.

Don Spirit is pictured in this 2001 handout photo obtained by Reuters on Friday. Police identified Spirit as the man who gunned down his six grandchildren and daughter before taking his own life.

National

Fla. Man Kills 6 Grandchildren, Daughter Before Suicide

11:52am September 19, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The shooter, Don Spirit, 51, had done time in prison on firearms violations in connection with the shooting death of his 8-year-old son during a 2001 hunting accident.

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Colorado Shooting Hearing Ends With Chilling Photos, No Defense Witnesses

6:31pm January 09, 2013

by Mark Memmott

In the weeks before the attack, James Holmes took photos of the Colorado movie theater where 12 people were killed and dozens more wounded in last summer's mass shooting, prosecutors revealed Wednesday at a court hearing in Colorado.

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Aurora Shooting Suspect Looked Like A Fellow Officer, Police Say

6:19pm January 07, 2013

by Bill Chappell

Moments after a deadly attack that turned an Aurora, Colo., movie theater into a scene of panic and tragedy, the police officer who found suspect James Holmes at first took him for a fellow police officer, due to the body armor Holmes was wearing.

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