Mass shooting
‘Is he gay?’ Porn actor father of Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooter reveals first thoughts
The 22-year-old has been in hospital since being beaten into submission by patrons at the club, after the shooting claimed five lives and injured 17 others.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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‘He just opened fire’: Multiple deaths after Walmart manager goes on shooting spree
It’s the second mass shooting in the US in three days after a gunman killed five and injured 17 at a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub.
- by Nathan Layne and Jay Paul
Veteran watching drag show goes into ‘combat mode’ to save club goers
Whilst the former army major pummelled the gay nightclub shooter on the ground, a drag dancer stomped on the gunman with her high heels.
- by Dave Philipps
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Colorado Springs gay bar shooting comes amid backdrop of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
This rampage has renewed fears of the potential connection between America’s weak gun laws and the homophobic discourse.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect facing murder and hate crime charges
Of the 25 injured at Club Q, at least seven were in critical condition, authorities said. Some were hurt trying to flee.
- by Jesse Bedayn and Thomas Peipert
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Clubgoers stopped gunman who killed five at Colorado Springs gay nightclub
Five people were killed and 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub on Saturday night in Colorado Springs.
Three members of University of Virginia football team slain in shooting, suspect in custody
The shooting unfolded on a bus full of students after it pulled into a parking garage on campus, after returning from a class field trip to see a play in Washington, DC.
- by Brendan O'Brien and Tyler Clifford
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‘Terror has reached our doorstep’: Five people killed in North Carolina
The suspected shooter was able to elude officers for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested.
- by Hannah Schoenbaum and Stefanie Dazio
Jury spares life of Parkland school shooter, angering victims’ families
A jury has sent Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to prison for the remainder of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears.
- by Terry Spencer
Drugs, guns, questions: Grief turns to anger for families of Thai daycare massacre
Families of the victims stood over their coffins and opened them, wailing in despair, at the local Buddhist temple.
- by Chris Barrett
‘He killed them all’: Survivors recount the terror as police hunt motive for Thailand daycare attack
Parents have recounted hearing gunshots from their workplaces as an ex-policeman killed at least 37 people including 24 children.
- by Chris Barrett