November 28, 2015 James Holmes' lawyers want evidence found in car thrown out A bomb squad commander testified Wednesday that he was so concerned about the possibility of finding explosives in the car of Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes that he ran when he spotted a green laser beam, thinking it might trigger a bomb if it was interrupted.
November 27, 2015 What Obama doesn't understand about Oregon shooter Chris Mercer People like Chris Mercer keep falling through the cracks of our shattered, sorry excuse for a mental health care system.
November 27, 2015 Charleston: Why didn't anyone help Dylann Roof? No one intervened in any way that prevented Dylann Roof from allegedly committing a mass killing.
November 27, 2015 Our mental health care system is a joke -- even mass murderer Elliot Rodger slipped through the cracks Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who murdered six people in California Friday night before taking his own life, is yet another example of a psychiatrically ill man in America. Rodger took the lives of six innocent men and women. His horrific crime could have been prevented if our mental health care system was functioning, even marginally.
November 23, 2015 FBI report shows increase in mass shootings since 2007 The number of shootings in which a gunman wounds or kills multiple people has increased dramatically in recent years, with the majority of attacks in the last decade occurring at a business or a school, according to an FBI report released Wednesday.
November 23, 2015 Suspects told carjack victim: 'You know the Boston bombing? I did that' The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing told the man they carjacked late Thursday that they only decided not to kill him because he “wasn’t an American,” according to a police report.
November 23, 2015 Colorado judge pushes back jury selection date in James Holmes case A Colorado judge has postponed the death penalty trial for movie theater shooter James Holmes so that Holmes' attorneys can have more time to evaluate a second report on their client's sanity.
November 23, 2015 Prosecution rests in Colo. theater shooting trial after heart-wrenching witness testimony Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting trial rested Friday, concluding that James Holmes methodically planned and carried out the 2012 massacre in a case that ended after one of the most heart-wrenching witness testimonies presented in the trial.
November 23, 2015 Newtown 911 dispatcher urged callers to take cover Recordings released Wednesday of 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting show town dispatchers urged panicked callers to take cover, mobilized help and asked about the welfare of the children as the boom of gunfire could be heard at times in the background.
November 23, 2015 Boston Marathon bombings bring back painful memories for Newtown runners A group of eight people ran the Boston Marathon for the Newtown Strong Fund, which was set up to raise money in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings last Dec. 14.