SHOOTING

Four dead, including a baby, after active shooting rampage in Florida

Published on: September 6, 2021
07:22

Washington, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Four people were killed, including a mother and her baby, an 11-year-old girl was shot multiple times, and deputies came under an early-morning shooting rampage in Polk County, Florida.

Six killed in shooting in southern UK

Published on: August 13, 2021
12:07

London, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Three women and two men, including a 10-year-old boy, and the attacker, were killed in the southern English city of Plymouth, during a shooting that is being treated as a domestic incident, the Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed on Friday.

Iranian shooter grabs gold at Tokyo 2020 setting Olympic record

Published on: July 24, 2021
09:21

Tokyo, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Javad Foroughi, 41, has become the oldest Iranian athlete to win an Olympic medal, grabbing gold in men´s 10-meter air pistol at Tokyo 2020.

Haitian gov’t blames allies of murdered officer for deadly shootout

Published on: June 30, 2021
16:54

Port-au-Prince, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government on Wednesday blamed the allies of murdered officer, Guerby Geffrard, for the shooting that left at least 15 deaths in a neighborhood of Port-au Prince.

US is suffering from gun violence epidemic, says Jean-Pierre

Published on: May 27, 2021
07:38

Washington, May 27 (Prensa Latina) White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday that the United States is currently suffering from a gun violence epidemic.

Arms control in Russia to be reviewed after shooting in Kazan school

Published on: May 11, 2021
08:15

Moscow, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin today ordered a review of the regulations established for the permit to carry weapons in the country, after the shooting causing the death of eight and 20 wounded people in a Kazan school.

FBI opens civil rights probe into fatal shooting of Andrew Brown

Published on: April 28, 2021
08:37

Washington, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed on Tuesday that it has opened a civil rights probe into the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., a black man who died after the police shot him during an arrest in North Carolina last week.

US Justice Department launches investigation into Louisville police

Published on: April 27, 2021
13:55

Washington, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced that the Justice Department has opened a broad civil-rights investigation into the practices of the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky, more than a year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in her home during a botched police raid.

One dead, two injured in shooting at supermarket in New York

Published on: April 21, 2021
07:58

Washington, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) One employee died and two others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a Stop & Shop store in Long Island, officials with the Nassau County Police Department said Tuesday.

Knoxville high school student killed after firing gun at an officer

Published on: April 13, 2021
08:04

Washington, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) A Knoxville (Tennessee) high school student was shot and killed Monday afternoon after firing a gun at a police officer who returned fire, local authorities reported.

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