Archive for the ‘Mass shooting’ Category
7/18/1984: James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons.
Thursday, July 18th, 20196/12/2016: A gunman forces his way into the Pulse nightclub killing 49 and wounding dozens more.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019Darwin, Australia: Four are dead and one is injured in Australia’s second deadliest mass shooting since1996
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019At least 12 people were killed and several injured on Friday in a mass shooting at a government building in Virginia Beach, VA.
Saturday, June 1st, 2019FBI’s Quick Look: 250 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States From 2000 to 2017
Friday, May 31st, 2019
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5/28/2010: 7 terrorists wielding guns, grenades and suicide vests stormed into two crowded Ahmadi Muslim mosques and opened fire, killing 94 victims and injuring more than 120.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019Dozen Japanese schoolgirls stabbed by middle-aged man outside Tokyo, two dead
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019Sandy Hook Elementary School: The unintended consequences of well-intended generosity.
Sunday, May 26th, 2019“……In the six and a half years since the deadliest elementary school shooting in American history, more than $100 million in federal, state, corporate and private money flowed into this community of about 28,000 in southwestern Connecticut……so much money engulfed the vulnerable, wounded Newtown that it inevitably sowed division. The town became a case study of how Americans’ material expressions of grief can become more an obstacle than an aid to recovery……..”
- 60,000 teddy bears
“……..Lesson 1” from Sandy Hook is for the authorities — the mayor, the city council or the governor — to swiftly establish a single nonprofit benefiting victims and their families, so money intended for them is not atomized, or given to charities that lack the experience or ability to distribute it to them.
- One Fund Boston
- Pulse nightclub shooting : a single fund benefiting the victims and their families.
- The 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School : established a GoFundMe campaign dedicated solely to victims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7uv3zqSq9o
Mass shooting at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019“…..police were on the scene quickly enough to find and disarm the suspect in the same room where the shootings happened.
He said two people were found dead at the scene, and three other were hospitalized in critical condition, while the fourth person suffered less serious injuries…..”