#gun-violence

#gun-violence

OAKLAND A 67-year-old man fatally shot outside his West Oakland home last week was an innocent victim hit by a stray bullet fired during a gun battle between the occupants of moving vehicles, police said. Tony Jerome Norman was shot about 5 p.m. Aug. 27 after walking home from BART to his residence in the 700 block of 17th Street after completing his shift as a security guard at a San Francisco Kaiser Permanente hospital.

A 12-year-old boy from Toronto has been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot in Markham last month, York Regional Police said. Officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds when they responded to reports of a shooting near McCowan Road and 14th Avenue on Aug. 14, police said in a news release Wednesday. The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Around 7 a.m. Sunday, 911 dispatchers received a call from someone concerned about a family member at an apartment complex on the 4800 block of El Camino Ave. When Sacramento County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived at the unit, they found bullet holes in the front of the residence. Inside, they discovered three deceased individuals, all dead from gunshot wounds. Details are scant.

Yesterday, a coward decided to take our 8-year-old son Fletcher away from us. Because of their actions, we will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play with him, and watch him grow into the wonderful young man he was on the path to becoming. Fletcher loved his family, friends, fishing, and any sport that he was allowed to play.

MINNEAPOLIS - Hundreds of people in the U.S. have died in mass shootings over the past 25 years in offices, stores, theaters and other places, but the carnage perhaps hits hardest when it happens in schools and colleges where children and young adults are often the victims. In some cases, the victims are children who still have some of their baby teeth. Others are newly adult students with career and family dreams, and teachers or religious leaders who frequently become role models and mentors to their young students. Wednesday's mass shooting at a church where Catholic school students were attending Mass in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the latest in a long list of attacks targeting students since the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that published the blueprint for the second Trump Administration with Project 2025, has an article on its website titled "The Essential Second Amendment." It begins, "The right to keep and bear arms is premised on self-defense. A well-armed citizenry secures a free state by protecting the nation and its individuals from three distinct threats: tyranny, foreign invasion, and domestic dangers such as crime and civil unrest."

The motive for the deadly shooting is unclear. Surveillance footage released by the NYPD hours later captures the still-at-large suspect pacing around in the lobby with his hood pulled up over his head before vanishing from view. He is described as about 50 years old with a dark complexion and medium build, and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants, and blue sneakers.

A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot late Saturday night near a 76 Gas Station on Whittier Blvd. in Pico Rivera, according to officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, suffered gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. No information on the suspect and the cause of the shooting has been released.

"We really need to work on what rehabilitation looks like, what restorative justice is, and including an Indigenous perspective on all levels of those concerns," said Briar Rose Perrier, Toronto director of the ENAGB Indigenous youth agency.

Essie Mae Horne locked eyes with a killer. Standing just inside the frame of her front door in the middle of the night, he opened fire. She dove into her bedroom for cover. When Horne soon emerged, the young gunman was gone, and her husband who she had just kissed moments earlier was dying on the kitchen floor of their Lincoln Park apartment.

Ken White emphasized that his son's actions stemmed from untreated mental health issues, stating that misinformation regarding the Covid-19 vaccine played a significant role in his mindset leading up to the tragic event.

A gunman armed with a handgun stormed a crowded restaurant, targeting criminal rivals while innocent diners, including children, were present.