Tag: Mass Shootings

In this June 18, 2015 file photo, Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Jury convicts Dylann Roof

Associated Press · December 15, 2016 8:30 pm

"I still believe that there are enough good people on both sides of this issue," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama uses Sandy Hook massacre to demand gun control

Nicole Duran · December 14, 2016 10:33 pm

People shop for guns at a gun show hosted by Florida Gun Shows, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Washington Secrets

Gun stores report 100% sales surge as crime victims stock up

Paul Bedard · December 13, 2016 6:51 pm

Mother of the self-avowed wife supremacist who is accused of gunning down nine black parishioners collapsed. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool

Dylann Roof’s mother has heart attack in court

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2016 10:28 pm

If Richards is convicted, she could face a maximum of 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Conspiracy theorist indicted for death threats against Sandy Hook parent

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2016 5:35 pm

President Obama said his biggest policy disappointment as president was not passing gun control laws, according to an interview CNN aired Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Agustin Marcarian)

National Security

Obama is ‘most frustrated’ he couldn’t pass gun control

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2016 3:47 am

The shooter remains at large and a manhunt is underway. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Manhunt after way after 1 officer killed, 1 in critical condition in Georgia

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2016 5:24 pm

Anthony Scott, Walter Scott's brother, speaks during a press conference after the mistrial was declared for the Michael Slager trial Monday in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Lawyer for Walter Scott’s family says cop won’t escape justice

Kyle Feldscher · December 6, 2016 2:29 pm

Newsrooms have wasted no time blaming conspiracy theorists and fake news websites for a man who opened fire this weekend at a pizzeria in Chevy Chase, Md. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Consistency needed when assigning blame for shooters’ motives

Becket Adams · December 5, 2016 10:38 pm

"One year ago today, the people of San Bernardino endured the horror of a terrorist attack whose reverberations touched all of America," the White House statement read. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House marks anniversary of San Bernardino terrorist attack

Alex Pappas · December 2, 2016 10:02 pm

Justin Nojan Sullivan of Morganton, N.C., was indicted earlier this year for communicating with an Islamic State member as he planned a domestic terrorist attack. (Wikimedia Commons)

National Security

NC man pleads guilty to plotting terrorism attack with help of ISIS

Anna Giaritelli · November 29, 2016 11:31 pm

Police cover the body of a suspect outside Watts Hall on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, following an attack on campus that left several people injured on Monday. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Media jump the gun on Ohio State shooting that never happened

Philip Wegmann · November 29, 2016 12:22 am