Mass shooting

Chicago man suspected of planning mass shooting against Hindus had white supremacist manifesto

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, of Palatine, was arrested on Sunday after an individual reported receiving concerning electronic communications from him, Palatine police said.

A Chicago Police officer sits in his car as he monitors the area along Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2021.
A municipal policeman speaks on the phone in front of Joseph-Lakanal middle school after a headmaster was injured by a hunting rifle shot and a teenager was arrested in Aubagne, southern France, on October 12, 2026.

Fourteen-year-old student opens fire with hunting rifle at French school, wounding two

Children look at the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, some 120 km north of Warsaw on October 7, 2026. Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland.

Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012.

Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas


Pope Leo pleads for end to 'pandemic of arms' after Minnesota shooting

Leo has shown a different style from his predecessor, rarely speaking off the cuff and usually preferring a more cautious tone in his public appeals.

Pope Leo XIV looks on, on the day of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican August 27, 2025

Two killed, 17 injured in Catholic school, church in south Minneapolis

Police and paramedics were responding to an active shooter situation unfolding on Wednesday at a church on the south side of Minneapolis, local news reported.

Law enforcement officers gather outside Annunciation Church following a mass shooting event, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, August 27, 2025.

Villanova University says a report of a campus shooter was a ‘cruel hoax’

Radnor Township officials issued a shelter-in-place advisory via social media. No additional information was provided.

Police officers respond to reports of an active shooter at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 21, 2025, in this screen grab taken from video.

Two dead, six wounded in mass shooting at downtown LA party, police say

Los Angeles police saw someone run into a place hosting an after-party with about 50-60 people inside around 11 p.m. on Sunday.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers in a car (illustrative).

Three killed, including suspect, several injured in series of Kentucky shootings

Kentucky State Police said that the suspect carried out multiple shootings around Lexington. He was later apprehended.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Up to 10 shot, wounded at Detroit area water park, police say - report

The suspect was still at large late on Saturday, but police said they believed he was cornered in a house nearby.

 Police officers stand guard, on the day a pro-Palestinian activists' set up an encampment, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Los Angeles, California, US, May 23, 2024.

Kansas City police link Super Bowl rally shooting to dispute, not extremism

Three people, including two minors, were detained as "subjects" after a shooting spree at Kansas City's Super Bowl victory parade left one killed and 22 wounded.

Police officers detain a person outside of Union Station following a shooting near an outdoor celebration of the NFL champion Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. February 14, 2024 in this screen grab obtained from social media video.

Las Vegas campus shooting leaves three dead, one in critical condition

The first reports of the incident surfaced around noon, and within about a half hour Las Vegas police reported: "The suspect has been located and is deceased."

 Law enforcement officers head into UNLV campus after reports of an active shooter in Las Vegas

Police found Maine shooting suspect dead in recycling trailer, still investigating motive

The body was found in an unlocked trailer, dressed in what appeared to be the same brown sweatshirt the suspect was wearing the night of the attack.

 A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023

100-year-old's haunting prophecy: 'Walls tainted with blood'

Anadad Eldan of Kibbutz Be'eri wrote "On Be'eri's Walls" nine years ago. On October 7, the poem came true.