After police killed him in a shootout, Anthony Polito was found to be carrying nine magazines for a 9 mm handgun he’d legally purchased last year and a list of targets at the school.
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UNLV shooting suspect had list of targets at that campus and another university, police say
Before the shooting, the gunman mailed 22 letters to university faculty members across the U.S., the Clark County sheriff said. Their content was unclear as of Thursday.
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Texas man kills parents, 4 others in trail of violence from San Antonio to Austin
The suspect, Shane James, is a former U.S. Army infantry officer who served from 2013-2015, and has a history of mental health problems and a prior arrest on charges of assaulting family members.
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Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record
The deadliest shooting of 2023 took place Oct. 25 in Lewiston, when Army reservist, Robert Card opened fire in a bowling alley and a bar. He killed 18 people and wounded 13.
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Faith groups meet outside Cabela’s in Scarborough to protest semi-automatic rifle sales
About 50 people met Saturday to call for restrictions on the sale of AR-style rifles in the wake of the Lewiston massacre – the nation’s deadliest mass shooting this year.
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The FBI set a standard for active shooter training. Ten years later, Maine still isn’t widely using it.
Ongoing training varies by department and agency, and not all departments use the program identified by the FBI as the national standard for active shooter trainings.
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‘I should have died’: 4 friends recount the horror of the Lewiston shootings
Those who survived the worst massacre in Maine’s history carry unimaginable scars, including four women who were inside Schemengees Bar & Grille when a gunman opened fire.
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Colorado supermarket shooting suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
New revelations include that the suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, researched how to carry out a mass shooting by keeping notes on his phone for months beforehand.
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Lewiston joins growing list of U.S. communities living with gun trauma
Experts acknowledge that every mass shooting is different but say the Maine city is likely to feel lingering effects of anguish for years.
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Father of July 4th parade mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors
His Illinois father sponsored his son’s application, even though just months earlier a relative reported to police that Robert Crimo III, who was 19, had suicidal thoughts and had threatened to ‘kill everyone.’