Mass shooting
Mass school shooter’s parents given 10 years jail for failing to stop ‘runaway train’
The judge said the convictions were not about ‘poor parenting’ but their lack of action in stopping their son from possessing a gun and killing four students.
- by Ed White
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Putin vows to punish those behind Moscow concert hall terrorist attack
Four men have been arrested for the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that has killed more than 130 people.
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Suspects arrested, death toll soars to 133 in Moscow concert hall attack
US agencies confirmed the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan branch was responsible for the attack, which was described by Russian president Vladimir Putin as “a bloody, barbaric terrorist act”.
Two men charged with murder over deadly Kansas City Super Bowl parade
Prosecutors say the men did not know each other before the shooting, which claimed the life of a local radio DJ who had been at the celebration.
- by Nick Ingram and Margery Beck
Taylor Swift donates to family of Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting victim
While in Melbourne, Swift donated $US100,000 to the family of shooting victim Lisa Lopez-Galvan, and she also donated to an Australian charity.
- by Alex Crowe
Dispute may have led to mass shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl parade
Police said they had detained three people but released one person they determined wasn’t involved, leaving two juveniles in custody.
- by Heather Hollingsworth, Scott Mcfetridge and Josh Funk
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Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade
Video shows two onlookers chase and tackle someone, holding that person down until two police officers arrive.
- by Heather Hollingsworth and Nick Ingrahm
Crowd tackles suspected gunman at Super Bowl parade
Footage shows a person being tackled by a crowd at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade following a shooting that has left at least eight people injured.
Mother found guilty over 15-year-old son’s school shooting
A jury has convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021.
- by Ed White
Are his parents responsible? A mass shooter’s mother goes on trial
A teenager killed four students at his high school in Oxford, Michigan, in 2021. At his mother’s trial, prosecutors said his parents could have stopped him.
- by Campbell Robertson
Reporter yelled ‘shoot here’ at Prague gunman to help people flee
Jiri Forman’s actions have won him plaudits in Czech media, but he played down suggestions he was a hero.
- by Radan Sprongl