People need to 'let it go.'
It's literally the economy, stupid !
Let it go ! There is NO control ! Let it go NOW !
Gunman's Actions Not a Surprise to Those Close to Him (click here)
Police Chief: Shooter Came Prepared for Altercation with Police
April 4, 2009
By BILL WEIR, RICHARD ESPOSITO, PIERRE THOMAS, RUSSELL GOLDMAN and SCOTT MICHELS
The police chief in Binghamton, N.Y., dismissed as "a coward" the man he said killed 13 people and himself during a shooting rampage at an upstate New York immigrant center Friday, adding that those who knew the suspect were not completely surprised he reacted violently.
Jiverly A. Wong, a 41-year-old Vietnamese-American who police said also used the last name Voong, arrived at Binghamton's American Civic Association with guns, extra ammunition and wearing body armor Friday, Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said. But he evidently killed himself before police arrived....
Gunman Kills Police Officers in Pittsburgh (click here)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 4, 2009
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man opened fire on police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call on Saturday morning, killing three of them, before barricading himself in the home, said a police official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the news media.
After a standoff that lasted for several hours, the man who fired at the officers was arrested after surrendering around 11 a.m., The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said.
At least five officers were wounded, said a police spokeswoman, Diane Richard. It is not clear if that included the officers who were killed. The Post-Gazette reported on its Web site, quoting Ms. Richard, that some of the wounded officers remained in positions where they could not be immediately be treated....
Police say Robert Stewart walked into Pinelake Health and Rehab Sunday morning and shot and killed eight people and wounded three others.
Shootings shine spotlight on domestic violence (click here for video)
Posted: Apr. 2, 2009
Fayetteville, N.C. — The Carthage police chief said earlier this week that investigators are looking into whether a shooting rampage at a local nursing home could be a case of domestic violence.
Although investigators have not publicly offered a motive for the crimes, the alleged gunman's estranged wife, Wanda Stewart, was working at the center when the shootings occurred....
...Authorities said Robert Kenneth Stewart, 45, shot and killed eight people at Pinelake Health and Rehab on Sunday before a Carthage police officer shot him and ended the rampage. Stewart was wounded but survived and has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder....
Two victims in Frogtown shooting ID'd (click here)
Last update: April 3, 2009 - 9:40 PM
St. Paul police have released the names of two people shot during a botched midday robbery Thursday at their Frogtown home.
Chong Yia Lor, 44, was shot in the hand and foot, while his wife, Plia Her, 48, was shot in the neck, police spokesman Peter Panos said Friday.
"They should recover just fine," he said.
Police were looking for the suspected gunman, who authorities would not name but who the victims knew. "The suspect's been to their home once before," Panos said....
Teenager dies from brain injuries sustained in shooting last week (click here)
By David Macaulay 247-7838
April 4, 2009
NEWPORT NEWS — The investigation into who fired into a group of people in southeast Newport News last week has become a homicide inquiry after a 17-year-old died of his injuries.
Demetrius Hunter, of Harbor Lane in Newport News, died Monday night, police spokesman Lou Thurston said. Hunter was shot in the head while he was standing with a group of friends in Ridley Circle around 6:25 p.m. March 26.
The killing is the fifth homicide in Newport News this year.
A second teenager, 16-year-old Cortez Bumphus of Hampton — who received life-threatening injuries when he was shot in the torso — remains in Riverside Regional Medical Center. Thurston said the teenager is expected to survive and that he spoke to police this week....
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Neighbors near Belleville shooting have heard loud noises before today (click here)
Santiago Esparza and Tanveer Ali / The Detroit News
Belleville -- Neighbors near a six-story senior citizen complex where a man was taken into custody for allegedly firing shots this morning said they have heard loud noises in the area the past week they thought were fireworks.
Now they worry it was the suspect shooting and not someone celebrating Independence Day a few months early.
"If you look at that vantage point, anyone can use that building to target anyone in the city," said Mike Doyle as he looked at the building, which dwarfs Belleville's skyline....
I don't want to hear this is 'ordinary' violence. This, along with the killings in Mexico are drug related. In other words, the Drug Economy of the USA.
The other killings/shooting cited here are due to domestic violence, related to the economy and the free flow of weapons and munitions throughout the USA.
There needs to be a BAN placed on ammunition to private gun owners NOW.
Stop the sale of ammunition !!!!!! This IS a national emergency and it has to be addressed. Gun dealers should be prevented from selling ammunition.
I don't care if any owner has a permit. The drastic conditons faced in the job economy of the USA demands prudent intervention to stop depressed and desperate people.
Family, neighbors hold vigil for Salinas shooting victims (click here)
Mayor, councilwoman attend march
BY KIMBER SOLANA • ksolana@thecalifornian.com • April 3, 2009
A woman fell to her knees, too distraught to support herself in front of a group of people gathered around a single bouquet of flowers laid on the driveway of 27 Center St. in Salinas. Many bowed their heads, while others shed tears and prayed....
...Maciel and Ledesma were gunned down about 7 p.m. on Tuesday as they were unloading items into the residence when several men opened the rear gate and fired multiple shots at them, police said. A third victim survived bullet wounds to the head and torso. Maciel and Ledesma are the city's 11th and 12th homicide victims of 2009....
Details emerge in Valentine's Day shooting rampage (click here)
James Goodman • Staff writer • April 3, 2009
Ontario County deputies were called to the Glatzes' home at 1:26 p.m.
Garcia was apprehended about 3:30 p.m. at Tim Horton's restaurant at Lake Avenue and West Ridge Road in Rochester....
....Garcia was fired from his job as a nursing supervisor at Lakeside's Beikirch Care Center days before the shooting because of "a relationship he was involved in with Silliman," said Peglow's statement....
...A small arsenal of ammunition and guns was found in Garcia's home after the shootings. Investigators found a Kel-Tech semi-automatic pistol with a magazine containing seven rounds in a cupboard above the stove, where a .380 magazine with a belt clip loaded with seven rounds was also stashed. Boxes of ammunition were found in a lower kitchen cupboard. "High Noon" holsters were in another cupboard.
A 12-gauge shotgun and a container with 103 .40-caliber rounds were found in a second-floor storage area....
6 killed in home shooting in Santa Clara, Calif. (click here)
By TERRY COLLINS – 4 days ago
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were shot to death, at least three of them children, and another person was critically wounded in an apparent murder-suicide at an upscale home in Silicon Valley, police said Monday. The suspect appeared to be among the dead in the apparent "family on family" violence, Lt. Phil Cooke said.
Authorities said a neighbor called police about 8:30 p.m. Sunday to report that a woman was injured outside a townhouse in the Santa Clara community of Rivermark, about seven miles northwest of San Jose, Cooke said.
Officers found five bodies with gunshot wounds when they arrived at the home — a 10-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, a man in his 40s, another man in his 30s and a woman in her early 30s, said Capt. Mike Sellers.
A toddler later died at the hospital. A woman who managed to escape is in her mid-30s and was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Sellers said....
