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TV series Shooter postponed after Dallas shootings
A US TV drama about a sniper has been postponed after the Dallas sniper attack. Five police officers were killed on 8 July when a gunman opened fire at officers during a peaceful protest. The Shooter, which stars Ryan Phillippe as an expert marksman, was due to start on 19 July. Co-star EddieMcClintock tweeted that the show had...
After outcry, FBI releases full transcript of Orlando nightclub shooting call
The FBI on Monday afternoon released a full transcript of the 911 call Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made during his June 12 rampage inside the club, which left 49 people dead. "I let you know, I'm in Orlando and I did the shootings," Mateen told the dispatcher in the 2:35 a.m. call, according to the...
‘I’m gonna die’: Orlando victim’s texts to mother as gunman came
Eddie Justice sent a series of terrified texts to his mother from a bathroom as the gunman made his way through gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando. His mother searched for him and shared his texts over the following day but his name has now appeared on the list of those killed. "Mommy I love you", read the first message...
FBI Director James Comey Defends Agency’s Earlier Handling of Orlando Shooter
FBI Director James Comey today defended his agency’s earlier investigation of Omar Mateen, saying there’s nothing agents "should have done differently" in their 2013 and '14 interviews with Mateen, who killed 49 people Sunday morning at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. "So far, the honest answer...
Father of Orlando Shooting Suspect: ‘I Don’t Think He Was Radicalized’
The father of Omar Mateen, identified by officials as the shooter who killed at least 50 people at an Orlando gay nightclub early Sunday morning, said if he could ask his son one question, it would be: “Why?” In an interview with ABC News at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida, Seddique Mateen said he was shocked and...
‘Bin Laden shooter’ charged with drink driving
THE former Navy SEAL who says he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden was arrested overnight on a drink driving charge after police found him asleep in a car parked at a convenience store in his Montana hometown. Customers at the store in Butte called police to report a sleeping man behind the wheel of the running...
Two dead in US Air Force base shooting
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Friend of San Bernardino shooter indicted on terror charges
Enrique Marquez Jr., a longtime friend of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, has been indicted on terrorism charges by a federal grand jury. He was arrested in mid-December over accusations of conspiring with a terrorist. Marquez, 24, has been charged with conspiring with Farook and planning terror attacks in 2011 and 2012....