Tag: Shooting

Suspect in shooting of D.C. cop arrested near Navy Yard

Police early Thursday arrested a man suspected of shooting and wounding a D.C. Housing Authority police officer near the Navy Yard neighborhood in Southeast. Chief Michael Reese, the head of the Housing Authority’s police unit, said the suspect was taken into custody at 9 a.m. after barricading himself inside a parking garage. A woman who […]

Maine’s deadliest shooting spurs additional gun control proposals

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Democrats in the Maine Legislature unveiled sweeping gun violence measures on Wednesday including a 72-hour waiting period for most gun purchases, adding to firearm bills and mental health spending already proposed by the governor after the deadliest shooting in the state history. Senate President Troy Jackson said lawmakers are not interested […]

Kansas City Shooting Suspects Have Been Identified

The suspects in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl championship parade last week were identified Tuesday afternoon by a local prosecutor. Jean Peters Baker, prosecutor of Jackson County, Missouri, announced that Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays have been charged in the shooting in Kansas City on Wednesday that left one woman dead […]