Tag: Mass Shootings

Scott, who is black, first opened fire around 2:20 a.m. Thursday through the window of the Days Inn. (Andre Teague/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)

Man identified in Bristol, Tenn., shooting was reportedly targeting police officers

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 7:49 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, "Too many innocent lives have been claimed because of the easy access people have to guns — in some cases, guns that were never intended to be on city streets." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House again calls for gun control after Dallas attacks

Susan Crabtree · July 8, 2016 7:41 pm

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton rejected the presumptive Republican nominee's request to speak at a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the Dallas attack on law enforcement officers that left five dead and seven others wounded. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Commissioner says he rejected Trump request to address NYPD

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 7:29 pm

In Dallas, protesters were marching peacefully to protest the deaths Sterling and Castile. (AP Photo/Paul Holston)

Black Lives Matter group condemns Dallas shooting

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 6:32 pm

"Isn't it sad that on a day of national tragedy Hillary Clinton is answering softball questions about her email lies on @CNN?", tweeted Donald Trump. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump bashes Clinton for answering ‘softball questions’ on ‘a day of national tragedy’

Anna Giaritelli · July 8, 2016 6:08 pm

This, he says, has "contributed to the modern day hostility we are witnessing." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republican congressman says Obama’s ‘instigation’ contributes to police hostility

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 5:46 pm

Raw video: Dallas horror caught on camera

Washington Examiner Staff · July 8, 2016 5:43 pm

Hoyer announced that Republican and Democratic leaders would "sit down together" to help unify the nation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House leaders hint at gun control truce despite differences

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2016 5:35 pm

Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was a private first class in the U.S. Army Reserve and served a tour of duty in Afghanistan, according to his service record released Friday by the Army. Police named Johnson as the shooter responsible for killing five police officers and wounded seven more. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

National Security

Dallas shooter was former soldier, Afghanistan vet

Jamie McIntyre · July 8, 2016 5:11 pm

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and other CBC members urged for an end to the violence that has led to the slayings of police officers in Dallas last night and the fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Black lawmakers connect Dallas shooting to congressional inaction on gun control

Joel Gehrke · July 8, 2016 5:11 pm

The American flag also will fly half staff at all U.S. military posts, all public buildings and grounds. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama orders flags flown at half-staff for Dallas victims

Susan Crabtree · July 8, 2016 5:01 pm

Lynch on Dallas: ‘The answer is never violence’

Al Weaver · July 8, 2016 4:40 pm