The man believed to have fired shots at officers from a duplex in Arlington, Va., that later exploded is presumed dead, local authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Arlington County Police Chief Andy Penn on Tuesday identified the suspect as James Yoo, 56, the owner of the duplex that exploded.
Penn told reporters authorities were called to the duplex around 4:45 p.m. on Monday for reports of shots fired. Yoo is believed to have fired a "flare-type gun" from inside of the h...
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Man believed to have fired shots at officers before Virginia house explosion presumed dead
The man believed to have fired shots at officers from a duplex in Arlington, Va., that later exploded is presumed dead, local authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Arlington County Police Chief Andy Penn on Tuesday identified the suspect as James Yoo, 56, the owner of the duplex that exploded.
Penn told reporters authorities were called to the duplex around 4:45 p.m. on Monday for reports of shots fired. Yoo is believed to have fired a "flare-type gun" from inside of the h...
Mass shootings in US hit new record in 2023, highest since 2006
There have been more mass shootings with four or more deaths in 2023 than in any year since at least 2006, according to gun violence data.
There have been 38 mass killings this year, up from last year’s previous high of 36, The Washington Post’s gun violence database shows.
A pair of shootings in Dallas and Vancouver, Wash., on Sunday broke the record and pushed the number of deaths in such shootings to 197 — excluding the gunmen.
Mass killings have been on...
US breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders
Country has had 38 mass shootings – in which at least 203 people have died – so far this year, passing previous high of 36
A series of murders over the weekend have propelled the United States to a grisly new record: the most recorded mass shootings in a year.
Two attacks on Sunday occurring within a couple of hours of each other in Texas and Washington state were the year’s 37th and 38th mass shootings. Authorities believe a murder-suicide was responsible for the death of five...
US breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders
Country has had 38 mass shootings – in which at least 203 people have died – so far this year, passing previous high of 36
A series of murders over the weekend have propelled the United States to a grisly new record: the most recorded mass shootings in a year.
Two attacks on Sunday occurring within a couple of hours of each other in Texas and Washington state were the year’s 37th and 38th mass shootings. Authorities believe a murder-suicide was responsible for the death of five...
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Explosion reported at Arlington, Va. home after suspect fires flare gun
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Los Angeles man charged with murder of three men who were unhoused
Suspect was charged in the fatal shootings of the three men and one suburban resident and also with residential robbery
Prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles man with four counts of murder in the fatal shootings of three men who were unhoused in the city and a suburban resident last month.
Jerrid Joseph Powell was also charged with one count of residential robbery and one count of being a felon with a firearm, the Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said in a stateme...
Palestinian student shot in Vermont paralyzed, but hopes to start next semester on time
One of the three Palestinian American students shot in Burlington, Vermont last week is paralyzed, but is still hoping to start his upcoming college semester "on time," his family announced in a fundraising statement.
Hisham Awartani's family said he is paralyzed from the chest down after he and his two friends, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Ali Ahmad, were shot while walking in Burlington late last month. The three men, all 20 years old and of Palestinian descent, were in Burlington ...