Four men have been charged with various crimes related to a shooting spree in a Chicago park that wounded 13 people including a child.
Tabari Young, 22, Byron Champ, 21, Brad Jett, 22 and Kewane Gatewood, 20, were all connected to a shooting near a basketball court where two of the men used a military grade weapon to shoot into a crowd. Continue reading
Kenyan security forces launched an all out assault Monday against a group of terrorists that had seized a shopping mall in the capital city of Nairobi.
The official death toll has stayed at 62 while at least 170 have now been reported wounded by government officials. The interior ministry has taken to the social network Twitter to tell people to stay away from the mall complex. Continue reading
The grisly massacre at an upscale Kenyan shopping mall by al-Shabab militants is a “great shot in the arm” to the Al Qaeda-linked group’s efforts to recruit fighters from the West, including the U.S., terror experts tell FoxNews.com. Continue reading
Kenyan forces have secured an upscale Nairobi shopping mall, killing three suspected terrorists and promising to “punish” any others they encounter, following a three-day hostage standoff with an al Qaeda-linked rebel group that has killed at least 62 people and injured 175, police said. Continue reading
Survivors of the ongoing siege at an upscale mall in Kenya are describing moments of confusion and utter terror — including a woman who hid under mattresses in a store and an African journalist who watched a pregnant friend die.
Extended gunfire and at least seven large explosions resounded from the mall, in the capital city of Nairobi, on Monday as Kenyan security forces struggled to take control on the third day of the attack. Continue reading
The BBC is reporting a tactical response team of the Capitol police, which guards the U.S. Capitol buildings, was told to leave the scene of the Navy Yard shooting Monday instead of coming to the help of municipal police officers.
Senior officials are said to be investigating why a supervisor told the elite unit to leave. Continue reading
Navy Yard killer Aaron Alexis reportedly suffered serious and prolonged mental health problems before his Monday assault.
Alexis, 34, had been treated for paranoia, hearing voices and sleeplessness according to a report from the Associated Press. Alexis, a full time U.S. Navy reservist from 2007-2011, was decorated with the National Defense Service medal and Global War on Terrorism Service along with receiving multiple positive reviews. However, Alexis did receive a general discharge, suggesting misconduct. Continue reading
A D.C. police spokesman told reporters at a press conference that if it wasn’t for the police who arrived within seven minutes of the 911 call mass murder Aaron Alexis “would have kept shooting.”
NBC has reported that the killer served in the U.S. Navy from 2007-2011. Continue reading
Washington, D.C. police have announced they are no longer looking for a second shooter after identifying the man who killed 11 others at the Navy Yard in Washington.
The killer is Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old man who had been a civilian government contractor from Fort Worth, Texas. It is believed that Alexis used the identification badge of someone else to gain access to the base. Police found three weapons on the gunman’s body: an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a semiautomatic pistol. Continue reading
Authorities now say at least 12 people are dead as a result of the gun attack at the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning.
The FBI has taken charge of the investigation and has already cleared one man who initially was called a suspect in the shootings. Continue reading