Two people have been shot at the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, emergency officers said. A private security guard and another person were wounded, according to officials of the D.C. police and fire department.
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Kansas doctor reviled by anti-abortion groups for his work providing "late-term" abortions was shot and killed in his Wichita, Kansas church on Sunday, and police said they captured the man responsible.
Police said they planned to charge a 51-year-old man on Monday with homicide and two counts of aggravated assault in the death of 67-year-old George Tiller, who died from a single gunshot.
Tiller was shot while serving as an usher for Sunday services in the foyer at Reformation Lutheran Church. The shooter threatened two other men at the church who tried to intervene, police said.
By Associated Press
3:45 AM EDT, May 28, 2009
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Police in central California say a 2-year-old boy has died after being accidentally shot by his 3-year-old sister.
Bakersfield police Sgt. Greg Terry says the girl apparently found a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun under her parents' bed Wednesday afternoon and accidentally shot her brother.
The wounded boy was taken to Kern Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
Police say the children's mother was in another area of the apartment at the time of the shooting. Their father was at work.
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A couple has been accused of opening fire and wounding four people - including a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl - who they mistakenly thought were trespassing on their property.
PITTSBURGH - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call yesterday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.
Police Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isn't clear, but friends said the gunman recently had been upset about losing his job and feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
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GRAHAM, Wash.—A quiet mobile home park nestled among towering evergreens reeled Sunday in the aftermath of an unthinkable crime: five children slain in their own home, apparently by their father, who took his own life with a gunshot miles away.
"How could something like this happen?" asked Mary Ripplinger, whose kids were playmates of the slain children. "Everyone's asking: Why did he do it? It's not right."
GIRL WAS WITH HER: Homeowner hit twice was waiting with gun.
By ZAZ HOLLANDER
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Published: April 3rd, 2009 04:24 PM
Last Modified: April 4th, 2009 03:13 AM
WASILLA -- Todd Palin's half-sister was arrested Thursday after police say she broke into a Wasilla home to steal money for the second time this week but ended up getting caught by the armed homeowner. The woman's 4-year-old daughter was nearby, police said.
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