Tag: Mass Shootings

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Half-staff

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2015 8:35 pm

"Safety must be our top priority, especially in light of the horrific attack in Chattanooga," Walker said. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

National Security

Scott Walker issues executive order to arm Wisconsin National Guard

Kelly Cohen · July 21, 2015 5:20 pm

House Speaker John Boehner has ordered the U.S. Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday following last week's Tennessee shooting. (AP Photo)

Update: White House orders flags flown at half-staff to mark Chattanooga shooting

Kelly Cohen · July 21, 2015 4:35 pm

"It would be a lot better if we had clarity from the federal side," Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said. (AP file)

National Security

Tenn. governor urges Congress to protect military recruiting centers

Susan Crabtree · July 19, 2015 4:28 pm

U.S. authorities are still investigating whether the Thursday attack on a military recruiting center and a Navy support center is an act of domestic terrorism. (AP Photo)

Sympathizers flood Twitter with praise for Tenn. gunman

Susan Crabtree · July 18, 2015 7:14 pm

An FBI investigator investigates the scene of a shooting outside a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Sailor shot at Tenn. military support center dies

Susan Crabtree · July 18, 2015 2:50 pm

An FBI investigator investigates the scene of a shooting outside a military recruiting center on Friday, July 17, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tenn., attacked two military facilities on Thursday, in a shooting rampage that killed four Marines. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Terror in Tennessee

Washington Examiner · July 18, 2015 4:02 am

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a "Celebrate the 2nd Amendment Event," Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the CrossRoads Shooting Sports in Johnston, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Cruz calls Tennessee shooting an ‘act of war’

Becket Adams · July 17, 2015 11:26 pm

Clockwise from left: Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Lance Cpl. Skip Wells, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Gunnery Sgt .Thomas Sullivan died when Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez fired multiple rounds Thursday at their reserve center in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Facebook screenshots)

National Security

Marines killed in Tenn. shooting identified

Tara Copp · July 17, 2015 3:57 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Marine murders ‘heartbreaking’

Nicole Duran · July 16, 2015 11:07 pm

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people Wednesday night at the historic The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trial date set in 2016 for Charleston shooting suspect

Kelly Cohen · July 16, 2015 3:58 pm

Dylann Storm Roof appears via video before a judge, in Charleston, S.C., Friday, June 19, 2015. Roof is accused of killing nine people inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. (Centralized Bond Hearing Court via AP)

National Security

FBI director: Charleston shooter should have been prevented from buying a gun

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2015 6:55 pm