The Crown reported that Pickton told the officer that he wanted to kill another woman to make it an even 50, and that he was caught because he was "sloppy". Background On February 6, 2002, police executed a search warrant for illegal firearms at the property owned by Pickton and his two siblings. He was taken into custody and police then obtained a second court order to search the farm as part of the BC Missing Women Investigation, when personal items (including a prescription asthma inhaler) belonging to one of the missing women were found. The farm was sealed off by members of the joint RCMP–Vancouver Police Department task force. The following day Pickton was charged with storing a firearm contrary to regulations, possession of a firearm while not being holder of a licence and possession of a loaded restricted firearm without a licence.
Three other students were injured. Lane was arrested when he was standing near his car parked near the school, and was charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and firearms offenses. In March 2013, he was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole ("List of School Shooting in the United States", 2014).” On December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. “Adam Lanza, aged 20, killed 26 people and himself at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. He first killed his mother at their shared home before taking her guns and driving to the school.
15 Dec. 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07.html Farrell, Stephen “Baghdad Suicide Bombers Kill 2 Dozen in Attacks on Mosques.” The New York Times. 2 Oct, 2008. The New York Times. 16 Dec. 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/middleeast/03iraq.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=baghdad%20suicide%20bombers%20kill%202%20dozen&st=cse Karadsheh, Jomana “At least 55 killed in Iraq suicide blast during restaurant talks” CNN.com 12 Dec. 2008 Reuters. 12 Dec. 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.arrests/index/html Tawfeeq, Mohammed “3 women held in Iraq suicide bomb plots” CNN.com 12 Dec. 2008 Reuters.
Williams was tried as a codefendant and was convicted, along with this defendant, of breaking and entering and of assault with intent to commit murder. Williams' application for a delayed appeal was denied by this Court on April 18, 1967. Lorrick pled guilty to breaking and entering on January 25, 1965, and testified for the prosecution at defendant's trial. He stated that he met defendant and Williams in a bar the night before the breaking and entering and left with them and two others. The five men allegedly drove around for a while before stopping to pick up some tools.
He carjacked a truck at a gas station, police said, then executed a businessman and stole his BMW. A few minutes later, he killed a plumber and took a work truck. He shot indiscriminately at morning commuters on the 55 Freeway, hitting at least three cars. In the end, authorities say the gunman killed three people and wounded three others before fatally turning his gun on himself. Authorities were stunned by what they described as the "senseless violence," which spanned about 25 miles of normally placid suburbia.
TEEN STABBED IN LOCAL PARK/GANG WARS GET SERIOUS Tulsa, OK- A teen was found stabbed to death in Centennial Park on Friday, September 24th. Sources say it was a result of a gang fight between two rival gangs. The Tulsa Police Department took DNA found at the scene and hope to identify the murderer within a week. Neighbors nearby say they saw two young boys running away from the scene. "I saw two shadows moving quickly away from the center of the park at about 2:45AM.
Running head: BOSTON BOMBERS Boston Bombers Walter Hogan Alanna Smith Terrorism and Homeland Security CRJ 440 November 13, 2013 Strayer University BOSTON BOMBERS Two apparent explosive devices were detonated near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon. The explosions took place at the 4:09 mark of the race, and approximately ten seconds apart. As soon as news of the Boston Marathon bombings broke around 2:50 p.m. on Monday, April 15, myriad layers of the U.S.’s problem-solving teams and experts came into play.” Particularly noteworthy was the initial response of law enforcement units, emergency medical crews, hospitals, and various government agencies. These first responders identified victims, treated injuries, quickly
Fort Hood Shooting On November 5, 2009 in the Fort Hood army base a gunman opened fire at the Soldier Readiness Center, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others. The alleged gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, was shot by civilian police officers and was seriously injured. Following the incident, Hasan was hospitalized, initially on a ventilator, under heavy guard. According to eyewitnesses he opened fire with two handguns at soldiers processing through cubicles in the center and on a crowd gathered 30 minutes before a scheduled college graduation ceremony in a nearby theater. At the start of the attack, Hasan reportedly jumped up on a desk and shouted "Allahu Akbar!"
Jondavid Longo Professor Tom Copeland Politics in Global Terrorism Book Review: Rebel Hearts 4/12/09 On Dec. 13, 1867, three Fenian militants, engaging in an action in what Kevin Toolis calls "the longest war the world has ever known," killed six people, including a 7-year-old girl, when they set off a bomb outside Clerkenwell Prison in London. Nearly 130 years later, the Fenians' successor organization, the Irish Republican Army, was still at it, placing bombs in suburban trash cans, killing children and adults who just happened to be nearby. The struggle continues. While I read this, I was pulled into the world of IRA militants. I felt frustrated with their cause as if it were my own.
During the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded at 2:49 p.m. Killing 3 people and injuring 264. The bombs exploded about 13 seconds and 210 yards apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street. While all of this was happening a man set up a camera of a police scanner and recorded what they were saying meanwhile