PA – GUN CRIME – Philadelphia communities shaken by recent spate of gun violence against teens (VIDEO)
City leaders and community members called an emergency meeting at the Christy Rec Center Saturday to address the latest surge in deadly shootings against Philadelphia's youth. Cries for serious change echoed from Philadelphia Police and District Attorney Larry Krasner, to community partners and concerned neighbors. They mourned the loss of young lives and pledged "not one more."
SC – GUN CRIME – Teens attack Zaxby’s employees with airsoft guns, police say
Several Zaxby's employees had terrifying moments as a group of teens with airsoft guns attacked them near the business Tuesday night.
UT – GUN CRIME – Police: ‘I’ll kill you if you don’t buy me beer;’ SLC man pulls gun on 3 people, gives $20
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A man is facing a series of charges after police say he pulled a gun on three people inside of a truck, demanding that they buy him beer, saying he will kill them if they don’t. The suspect, 39-year-old Guierrmo Meza, even gave the victims $20 to do so, according to a probable cause statement. Police say that late Friday night, Meza walked up to…
CT – GUN CRIME – Assault rifle, PVC pipe bombs found in man’s room following arrest
A Norwich man was found to have assault rifles and two bombs after being arrested on Sunday. Police were called to a home on Prospect Street in Norwich for the report of an altercation.
Officials said 57-year-old Andrew Cook was arrested following a physical altercation with a roommate. Police said a criminal history check of Cook revealed he was a convicted felon and had prior convictions for illegal weapon possession…
LA – GUN CRIME – 3 Dead, 2 Injured in Shooting at Metairie Gun Store; Victims Identified
WBRZ2 – February 22, 2021 – Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Metairie gun store/firing range that killed multiple people Saturday afternoon.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the Jefferson Gun Outlet located in the 6900 block of Airline Drive around 3 p.m. Officials say that three people were killed and two were injured.
The suspected gunman Joshua Jamal Williams,…
OR – GUN CRIME – Portland gun violence ‘like a wildfire, a life of its own’ (VIDEO)
OREGON’S CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KIRSTEN SNOWDEN HAS NEVER SEEN SO MANY SHOOTINGS IN ALL HER 23 YEARS AT THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. SHE TOLD KOIN 6 NEWS THAT SHE BELIEVES MOST OF THESE SHOOTINGS ARE GANG-RELATED AS GANG SHOOTINGS TEND TO BE RETALIATORY IN NATURE, CAUSING THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY. SHOOTINGS IN PORTLAND HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 2019 TO 2020 AND THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE, ACCORDING TO THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU.
WA – GUN CRIME – Sporting goods employee shoots robbery suspect trying to steal firearms from store
A sporting goods employee that “feared for his life” shot a robbery suspect in the chest after he tried to use a hammer to smash glass, protecting firearms in the store, according to police.
Authorities said a 37-year-old man was shot Jan. 28 by an employee of the Yeager’s Sporting Goods on Northwest Avenue. The suspect was using a hammer to smash the glass on a gun case with the…
TN – GUN CRIME – Tennessee hunter witnessed double murder at lake, officials say, as search for 70-year-old suspect continues
A Tennessee hunter told investigators that he witnessed the murders of two duck hunters at a lake early Monday, officials said, as the 70-year-old suspect remains on the loose. Warrants were issued Tuesday for the arrest of David Vowell, who is considered armed and dangerous, on two charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of 26-year-old Chance Black and 25-year-old Zachary Grooms at Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. Obion County…
WI– COURTS – Kyle Rittenhouse must avoid white supremacists, guns, booze: judge
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two people during protests in Wisconsin last year, has to stay away from white supremacists, guns and booze, a judge has ruled.The decision comes after Rittenhouse, who is free on $2 million bail, was spotted drinking at a bar in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and posed for a picture with two men who flashed an “OK” sign — an alleged white power…
DC – GUN CRIME – Woman fatally shot at U.S. Capitol, lawmakers evacuated after pro-Trump rioters storm building during electoral count
A WOMAN WAS FATALLY SHOT AFTER THRONGS OF TRUMP-SUPPORTING THUGS STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY IN A VIOLENT ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN’S ELECTION VICTORY, FORCING LAWMAKERS AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO EVACUATE AS GUNFIRE RANG OUT INSIDE THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. THE DEEPLY UNSETTLING SITUATION UNFOLDED AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP, STILL REFUSING TO ADMIT DEFEAT, TOLD SUPPORTERS AT A MASSIVE RALLY THAT THEY SHOULD “FIGHT HARDER” TO OVERTURN BIDEN’S VICTORY AND MARCH IN PROTEST TO THE CAPITOL, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE CONVENED TO FORMALLY COUNT THE ELECTORAL VOTES — THE FINAL CONSTITUTIONAL STEP BEFORE BIDEN’S JAN. 20 INAUGURATION.
PA – GUN CRIME – Man Firing At 2nd Man Killed By 3rd Man At Gun Range (VIDEO)
A MAN FIRING SHOTS AT A GUN RANGE IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BEGAN FIRING AT ANOTHER MAN AND WAS THEN SHOT TO DEATH BY A THIRD MAN, STATE POLICE SAID. STATE POLICE SAY THERE WERE CALLED TO THE STATE GAMELANDS GUN RANGE IN GREENE TOWNSHIP ON TUESDAY FOR THE REPORT OF A SHOOTING. POLICE SAY AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ROBERT EPPLEY WAS SHOOTING DOWNRANGE BEFORE HE TURNED AND STARTED SHOOTING AT A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM ERIE. POLICE SAY A 67-YEAR-OLD ERIE MAN ALLEGEDLY SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND OPENED FIRE ON EPPLEY, WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND DIED AT THE SCENE.
INT’L – GUN CRIME – Toronto police seize $18M in drugs, 65 guns in largest single-day recovery
Toronto police say they made a massive drug and gun seizure last month from a single residence in Etobicoke. (Toronto Police Service) Toronto police say they’ve made the largest single-day seizure in their history last month after recovering 181 kilograms of drugs worth over $18 million in street value, along with 65 firearms. All of the items seized are from a single apartment in Etobicoke. Police announced at a news conference Wednesday they…
AK – GUN CRIME – Alaska guns sold in private sales discovered in secret shipments to Mexican drug cartel
TWO GUNS PURCHASED IN PRIVATE SALES FROM ALASKANS WERE DISCOVERED IN A LARGER SHIPMENT OF FIREARMS ON ITS WAY TO A MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL LAST SPRING, ACCORDING TO CHARGES FILED RECENTLY IN FEDERAL COURT. SMUGGLING CHARGES AGAINST THE NOW-JAILED MIGUEL MORENO-CORTEZ ALLEGE HE WAS AN ALASKA-BASED GUN PURCHASER WHO WAS PART OF A LARGER NETWORK EXPORTING GUNS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO A DRUG-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION CALLED AUTODEFENSAS DE MICHOACÁN CARTEL IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF MICHOACÁN.
CA – GUN CRIME – Families of shooting victims in California rampage are suing sellers of ‘ghost guns’
FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN A RURAL CALIFORNIA SHOOTING RAMPAGE THREE YEARS AGO ARE SUING MANUFACTURERS AND SELLERS OF “GHOST GUN” KITS THAT PROVIDE EASY-TO-ASSEMBLE FIREARM PARTS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO TRACK OR REGULATE OWNERS. A PAIR OF WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS FILED LAST MONTH IN SEPARATE STATE COURTS ACCUSE 13 DEFENDANTS OF NEGLIGENCE, PUBLIC NUISANCE AND VIOLATION OF BUSINESS CODES. THE CASES WERE BROUGHT BY BRADY UNITED, THE NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, WHICH SAID MONDAY THAT THE SUITS ARE THE FIRST OF THEIR KIND IN THE NATION.
DC – GUN CRIME – Take guns off D.C.’s streets? No, take shooters off the streets
I am fully prepared to entertain the argument that the persons who fired the weapons Wednesday night in Southeast D.C., which struck a vehicle multiple times and killed 15-month-old Carmelo Duncan, strapped in a car seat next to his 8-year-old brother, were emerging adults — which is to mean youths, perhaps well into their 20s, who generally display greater risk-seeking behavior, who are susceptible to peers, stress and excitement,…
WI – GUN CRIME – Kenosha Protest Shooting Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse Ordered To Stand Trial
A WISCONSIN COURT COMMISSIONER OVERSEEING THE CASE OF A TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING A THIRD DURING PROTESTS IN KENOSHA, WIS., THIS SUMMER, HAS DENIED DEFENSE ATTORNEYS' REQUEST TO DISMISS TWO OF THE SIX CHARGES FACING KYLE RITTTENHOUSE. DURING A PRELIMINARY HEARING CONDUCTED VIA VIDEO LINK THURSDAY, KENOSHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONER LOREN KEATING ALSO SAID HE FOUND ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORT THE CHARGES AGAINST RITTENHOUSE, 17, FOR THE CASE TO PROCEED TO TRIAL.
NC – GUN CRIME – “It’s just gut wrenching’: Guns, ammo stolen from Stanly County veteran’s home (VIDEO)
ON THANKSGIVING DAY, DANIEL SPEARS OPENED THE DOOR TO HIS BADIN HOME AND IMMEDIATELY FELT SICK TO HIS STOMACH. BURGLARS TOOK HIS COMPUTER, CASH, MORE THAN 1,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, AND SEVERAL GUNS. ONE OF THE GUNS HE BUILT FROM SCRATCH WHEN HE RETURNED FROM A DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2014.
CO – GUN CRIME – Weld County man sentenced for smuggling gun parts outside of US (VIDEO)
A WELD COUNTY, COLORADO MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY IN JUNE TO SMUGGLING GUN PARTS TO BUYERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND POSSESSING UNREGISTERED FIREARMS WAS SENTENCED MONDAY, ACCORDING TO U.S. ATTORNEY JASON R. DUNN. MICHAEL JOHN SUPPES, 47, WAS SENTENCED TO SERVE 46 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE. SUPPES ALSO AGREED TO FORFEIT 123 FIREARMS, FIREARM PARTS, AMMUNITION AND NEARLY $300,000 IN ASSETS, THE DOJ SAID. SUPPES' PLEA AGREEMENT SAYS HE DID NOT HAVE AN EXPORT LICENSE AND HE POSSESSED UNREGISTERED SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE NATIONAL FIREARMS REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER RECORD AS REQUIRED BY LAW.