The UC Davis Medical School this week released a report on the state’s new “red flag” law aimed at seizing guns from dangerous persons, saying the data “suggest that this urgent, individualized intervention can play a role in efforts to prevent mass shooting.” The lead author of the law, passed in 2014...
Walters: Do ‘Red Flag’ Laws Actually Save Lives?
The UC Davis Medical School this week released a report on the state’s new “red flag” law aimed at seizing guns from dangerous persons, saying the data “suggest that this urgent, individualized intervention can play a role in efforts to prevent mass shooting.” The lead author of the law, passed in 2014...
31 Dead in 2 Mass Shootings – It Could Have Been Much Worse
It took just 30 seconds in Ohio and zero bullets in Texas for officers to stop two mass shootings this weekend, but not before 31 people were killed and about 50 injured in less than 24 hours. Officers gunned down the Ohio shooter at the doorstep of a bar-turned-hiding place...
Gilroy Festival Gunman Killed Himself, Coroner Says
The gunman in the deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting killed himself, according to a finding by the Santa Clara County coroner's office that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people— including two children — Sunday at the festival....
Gilroy Festival Killer's Motive Still a Mystery
GILROY — The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was "kind of a loner" and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as investigators searched for a motive. Police believe Santino William Legan fired randomly Sunday, killing three people, after cutting through...
Gilroy Pledges to Remain Strong in Wake of Festival Shooting
GILROY — Only a few days ago, Gilroy was known for one thing: garlic. The rural community near San Francisco lived and breathed the prized, pungent crop. Now it's the site of the latest American mass shooting. On Sunday evening, a 19-year-old gunman with apparent white supremacist views slipped into...
Gunman Posted Online Minutes Before Killing 3 at Gilroy Festival
GILROY — Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his hometown, he urged his Instagram followers to read a 19th century book popular with white supremacists on extremist websites, but his motives for killing two children and another young man were still a mystery Monday. Santino...
Valley School Disguises Janitor as Gunman for Active-Shooter Drill
The superintendent of a one-school district in Fresno County defended using a janitor disguised as a gunman in an active-shooter drill, saying he wanted to "make sure this was realistic." A teacher at Raisin City Elementary School told TV station KSEE that the drill, which happened before the summer break,...
Chief Praises Slain Officer, Scolds California Lawmakers
SACRAMENTO — A police chief briefly scolded California lawmakers Monday for "making it more difficult for us" as he honored an officer whose slaying entered the national debate over immigration last year. Newman Police Chief Randy Richardson spoke while praising Cpl. Ronil Singh, who immigrated from Fiji and was fatally...
911 Calls Illustrate Chaotic Aftermath of Campus Shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students frantically call for help as a deadly shooting unfolds on a North Carolina campus in 911 recordings released Friday, with one saying the gunman was "still shooting" as she fled the classroom where he opened fire. Charlotte government officials released 48 emergency calls placed by students...