Mass shooting
I’ve covered many US mass shootings since 2022. There’s one thing I’ll never understand
I still often think about the parents who had to identify the bodies of their dead children, or an 11-year-old who covered herself with her dead friend’s blood to evade a shooter.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people
It was the second time in two years that a gunman has gone on a rampage in Montenegro’s historic capital, killing adults and children.
- by Risto Bozovic
Police looking into ‘manifesto’ by 15-year-old girl Wisconsin shooter
The shooter, identified by police as Natalie Rupnow, was a student at the Abundant Life Christian School.
- by Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax
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Teenage girl kills teacher, fellow student at private Christian school in Wisconsin
Police have identified the shooter as a 15-year-old. The active shooting was reported to police by a grade 2 student.
- by Scott Bauer
Turkish jets strike in retaliation to ‘terrorist’ attack at defence company that killed five
The strike comes after suspected Kurdish militants set off explosives and opened fire at Turkey’s state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS.
- by Suzan Fraser
He disarmed a gunman at Monash Uni after being shot twice. Now, he doesn’t worry about little things
After being shot in his arm and leg, former lecturer Lee Gordon-Brown sprang into action to save others. As The Age turns 170, we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.
- by Carolyn Webb
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USA
At least four killed, multiple injured in late night shooting in Alabama
The shooting happened in a popular nightlife area with numerous entertainment venues, restaurants and bars and often is crowded on Saturday nights.
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’
Text messages and a phone log, along with interviews with a relative of the suspect, provide the strongest indications yet that school officials were alerted to concerns on the morning of the shooting.
- by Sarah Blaskey and Teo Armus
Tip from Australia among those warning of risk of Georgia school shooting: report
The teenager and his father, who were interviewed by law enforcement in 2023 in connection with online threats about carrying out a school shooting, have been arrested.
- by Rich McKay
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USA
Multiple deaths in Georgia high school shooting, suspect held in custody
Declaring that “it doesn’t have to be this way,” Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris addressed the attack from the campaign trail in New Hampshire.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Mass school shooter’s parents given 10 years jail for failing to stop ‘runaway train’
The judge said the convictions were not about ‘poor parenting’ but their lack of action in stopping their son from possessing a gun and killing four students.
- by Ed White
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