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Girl Shot After Ball Rolled Into Yard: 'No Place Is Truly Safe'

4 separate incidents in past week over apparent mistakes sheds light on violence over 'banal' errors

(Newser) - The shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl last week by 84-year-old Andrew Lester—who said he was "scared to death" of the Missouri teen when he showed up at Lester's home in error to pick up his younger brothers—was followed soon after by the fatal shooting of 20-year-old...

Maine Shooting Suspect Got Out of Prison Days Earlier

Joseph Eaton accused of killing 4 at rural home before shooting at cars on interstate

(Newser) - The man accused of killing four people at a home in Maine Tuesday before injuring three people in their vehicles on an interstate highway had only been out of prison for a few days, officials say. The Maine Department of Corrections says Joseph Eaton, 34, was released Friday from the...

More Details Emerge on Fatal Driveway Shooting
More Details Emerge
on Fatal Driveway Shooting
the rundown
Apr 19, 2023 11:34 AM CDT

More Details Emerge on Fatal Driveway Shooting

Lawyer for shooter Kevin Monahan blames 'series of tragic mistakes'

(Newser) - More details are emerging in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis in upstate New York, with the shooter's attorney pushing back against emerging narratives about his client. The details:
  • The shooting: On Saturday night, Gillis was in a vehicle with three friends when they took a wrong turn
...

Cheerleaders Shot After Mistake Over Vehicle

Man arrested after Heather Roth mistakenly tried to get into wrong car, gunfire rang out in Elgin, Texas

(Newser) - A group of Texas cheerleaders faced down a gunman this week after one of the young women got into the wrong car in a supermarket parking lot. Per ABC News , Heather Roth said in an Instagram Live video that she and three of her fellow cheerleaders, who practice with the...

Andrew Lester Surrenders
Andrew Lester Surrenders
Apr 18, 2023 2:47 PM CDT

Andrew Lester Surrenders

He's accused of shooting Ralph Yarl after the teen rang his doorbell

(Newser) - The 84-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man charged in the shooting of a 16-year-old who mistakenly rang his doorbell has turned himself in. "Andrew Lester ... has surrendered at our Detention Center and is in custody," the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Tuesday. "He is...

Good Samaritan Who Helped Teen: 'I Thought He Was Dead'

More on the case of Ralph Yarl, Kansas City 16-year-old shot when he went to the wrong home

(Newser) - Charges have been filed in the case of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen shot Thursday night in Kansas City, Missouri, when police say he showed up at the wrong house to pick up his younger siblings. Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white homeowner accused of shooting the 16-year-old and charged...

Teen Football Star Died Saving Sister's Life at Her Sweet 16 Party

Phil Dowdell was among the 4 killed in Alabama dance hall shooting

(Newser) - One of the final acts of the star football player killed at his sister's 16th birthday party in Alabama Saturday night was to save that sister's life. Phil Dowdell, 18, pushed his sister Alexis to the ground when shots rang out, she tells the BBC . They were then...

Homeowner Shoots Teen Who Went to Wrong Address
Homeowner Charged
in Teen's Shooting at Door
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Apr 17, 2023 5:30 PM CDT

Homeowner Charged in Teen's Shooting at Door

Ralph Yarl, 16, is hospitalized after arriving to pick up siblings

(Newser) - Missouri prosecutors announced charges late Monday against the white man who shot a Black teenager who came to his Kansas City front door by mistake. Andrew Lester, 85, faces assault in the first degree and armed criminal action charges, both felonies, per CNN . "I can tell you there was...

Ex-Politician Being Taken From Jail to Hospital Fatally Shot

Ex-Indian lawmaker, alleged mobster Atiq Ahmed, brother were fatally shot Saturday in Uttar Pradesh

(Newser) - A former lawmaker in India, also a convicted criminal who was allegedly a bigwig in a local criminal organization, was shot dead, along with his brother, on live TV over the weekend as they were being escorted by cops to the hospital for a routine checkup. Per Reuters , gunfire rang...

Birthday Party Shooting Kills 4, Wounds 15 Teens

Pastor says most people in Alabama town knew the victims

(Newser) - A shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday celebration in Dadeville, Alabama, on Saturday night sent at least 15 teenagers to hospitals with gunshot wounds, in addition to leaving four people dead. Five of the wounded teenagers were in critical condition Sunday, CNN reports. Authorities in the town of 3,000...

Shootout Erupts After Group Eats a Pizza It Hadn't Ordered

Two 14-year-olds are among the wounded when argument turns violent in Detroit

(Newser) - People in a Detroit house evidently were happy to eat a pizza delivered to them, though they hadn't ordered it. When the rightful orderers came looking for their pizza, an argument, then a gunfight erupted among the neighbors. Possibly 30 shots were fired Thursday night, WJBK reports, leaving five...

1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Shooting at DC Funeral Home

Somebody opened fire after funeral for homicide victim

(Newser) - "How low can you be of a human being to target other people at a funeral?" Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee asked after a man was killed and three people were critically injured in a shooting outside a Washington, DC funeral home Tuesday. Contee said somebody opened fire on...

4 Victims Dead, 8 Wounded in Louisville Bank Shooting

Gunman also is dead, may have been a former employee

(Newser) - A mass shooting Monday morning at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, has left four victims dead and another eight people injured, reports WHAS-TV and the AP . The gunman also is dead, said police. The assault took place about 8:30am at Old National Bank for reasons that remain unclear,...

YouTuber Shot While Filming Prank Video
YouTuber Shot While
Filming Prank Video
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Apr 8, 2023 4:25 PM CDT

YouTuber Shot While Filming Prank Video

Shooter 'didn't take it very well' says victim Tanner Cook

(Newser) - A YouTube creator was filming a prank video inside a Virginia shopping mall Sunday when a man pulled out a gun and shot him, police say. Tanner Cook, 21, was critically injured as a bullet pierced his stomach and liver just before noon, prompting the mall to close for the...

Senior &#39;Skip Day&#39; at Beach Marred by Gunfire
'Looks Like a
Scene Out of Jaws'
Apr 8, 2023 7:45 AM CDT

'Looks Like a Scene Out of Jaws'

6 injured after gunfire rings out during senior 'skip day' at South Carolina beach

(Newser) - A senior "skip day" turned chaotic at a South Carolina beach when gunfire broke out, injuring six beachgoers. Kevin Cornett, chief of police in the seaside city of Isle of Palms, says the shooting took place around 5:20pm on Friday, among "a large crowd of individuals" believed...

Teacher Shot by Child: 'I Thought I Had Died'

Abigail Zwerner describes classroom attack and her recovery struggles

(Newser) - There was a moment when Abigail Zwerner and a 6-year-old boy looked each other in the eye, just before the Virginia teacher was shot. "I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," she said....

In Miami Beach, Spring Break Sees a Hard Crackdown

City sets curfew, declares state of emergency after 2 die in weekend gun violence

(Newser) - A fatal shooting took place in Miami Beach on Friday night, then another early Sunday, and now city officials are taking measures to curb the violence that's marred spring break in the South Florida city. Per a press release , a state of emergency has been declared in the city...

They Were Enjoying Spring Break. Then, Gunfire

One person is dead, one injured after shooting in crowded area of Miami Beach

(Newser) - Gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break, killing one person, wounding another, and sending dozens scrambling for safety, police said. Two males were shot Friday night, and one person was detained at the scene, the Miami Beach Police Department tweeted . It wasn't...

Cops: 3-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot Sister, 4

Houston girls were playing unsupervised, sheriff says

(Newser) - "Our hearts are broken," Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said after a 4-year-old girl was fatally shot in a Houston apartment Sunday. The sheriff said that in a "tragic" and "very preventable situation," the girl was apparently shot by her 3-year-old sister while they were...

Shooting Leaves One Officer Dead, Another Injured

Police are in a standoff with alleged suspect at a home near Hermann, Missouri

(Newser) - A Missouri police officer has been killed and a second officer is badly wounded after a shooting at a small-town convenience store. The shooting about 9:30pm Sunday killed Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith of the Hermann Police Department, per the AP . The second officer, 31-year-old Adam Sullentrup, was in serious...

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