Would-be vigilante armed with AR-15 shoots at Central Valley deputies
A scary situation unfolded early Halloween morning when an AR-15-wielding vigilante mistakenly fired at San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies while trying to pursue a group of suspected burglars, authorities said….
Read More »Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence – Orange County Register
Gun violence is a leading cause of death for young people in America, and the possibility of shootings has influenced costly decision-making in school systems. Subscribe to continue reading this…
Read More »Pakistan political candidate abducted outside courthouse by armed assailants – JURIST
Unknown assailants abducted Khayal Ahmad Kastro, former Punjab provincial minister and election candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), outside a local court in Pakistan Friday where he sought bail for a…
Read More »Ecuador president declares ‘internal armed conflict’ after gunmen storm TV station, take hostages – JURIST
Daniela Pulido Ramírez from Facultad de Derecho Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and JURIST News Managing Editor Lauren Ban from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law contributed to this report. …
Read More »Deputy shoots armed man at Hemet gas station, authorities say – Press Enterprise
A sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a man holding a gun at a gas station in Hemet on Tuesday night, Dec. 5, authorities said. The suspect was taken to a…
Read More »Armed driver fatally shot by San Bernardino Police during traffic stop – Press Enterprise
A driver who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in San Bernardino on Friday, Nov. 10, was suspected of attempting to pull a handgun on officers, authorities…
Read More »L.A. police shoot, kill reportedly armed man at Canoga Park shopping center
Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man who was reported to be armed in a pickup truck in the parking lot of a shopping center in Canoga Park…
Read More »Ghana dispatch: defence chief assures country that armed forces are ‘not interested’ in military coups – JURIST
Lana Osei is a JURIST staff correspondent in Ghana and a recent graduate of the GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration) Faculty of Law. She files this dispatch…
Read More »Armed man impersonated U.S. Marshal at Robert Kennedy Jr. campaign event, police say
A man was arrested at a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles on Friday after he allegedly impersonated a U.S. Marshal while carrying a loaded gun, police…
Read More »Danelo Cavalcante, Pennsylvania Fugitive, Is Now Armed as Manhunt Continues
The fugitive who has eluded the authorities in Pennsylvania for nearly two weeks after breaking out of jail is now armed, having stolen a rifle from a house, officials said…
Read More »Sheriff’s deputies shoot allegedly armed man in East Los Angeles
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot a man suspected of armed robbery after the man “produced a firearm” on Monday afternoon in East Los Angeles, according to the Sheriff’s Department….
Read More »Haiti gang leader warns foreign armed forces
Haiti’s most powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, best known as “Barbecue,” warned that he would fight any international armed force deployed to the Caribbean country if it committed any abuses….
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