Thirty-three of the 41 attacks were shootings.
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Saudi aviation student legally bought gun used in Florida naval station attack
The FBI says it has found no signs of any link between a cyberattack on computer systems of Pensacola and the recent attack at the naval air station there.
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Motive a mystery in fatal California school shooting
The 16-year-old shooter, who killed 2 students and wounded 3 other before turning the gun on himself, died Friday, authorities say.
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California school shooting suspect described as quiet, smart
People who knew the 16-year-old boy suspected of killing 2 students and wounding 3 others say he wasn’t bullied, had a girlfriend and had been an active member of a local Boy Scout troop.
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California high school student kills 2 teens, wounds 3, then shoots himself
Authorities say the suspect, who is in critical condition, opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun at a Santa Clarita school in Los Angeles County. It was his 16th birthday.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: What we keep getting wrong about mass shootings
There is a special kind of stupidity that approaches terrible and repeating problems with an obstinate assurance of what the answer will or won’t be. Or maybe it’s cynicism — just digging in against any sort of movement that might be politically dangerous, even if it promises to break the paralysis of doing nothing repeatedly. […]
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Bill Nemitz: The good news: A mass shooting didn’t happen in Maine last week
How can we head off the threat of a mass shooting? Police in Maine, alerted by a woman in New York, just did.