PARAMUS, N.J. – A 20-year-old man suspected of firing multiple shots and causing a lockdown at New Jersey’s largest shopping mall has been found dead of a self-inflicted wound, authorities said Tuesday. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said the body … Continue reading
A middle-school student in Sparks, Nev., shot and killed a teacher and wounded two other students before apparently killing himself on campus, police said Monday. Further details about the shooting at Sparks Middle School shortly after 7 a.m. remained scant … Continue reading
What does a son say when his father becomes one of the most reviled criminals in modern American history? If you’re Ariel Anthony Castro, who shares a first and last name with the man who kidnapped and kept three young … Continue reading
Judge in rape case criticized for light sentence, remarks about victim A Montana judge has come under fire after handing down a 30-day sentence to a former high school teacher convicted of raping a 14-year-old student and for making statements … Continue reading
Investigators probing the death of “Top Gun” director Tony Scott are looking into whether serious health problems prompted him to leap off the Vincent Thomas Bridge on Sunday. Scott, 68, had just completed a new movie and there had been … Continue reading
A UC Irvine professor accused in a series of arson fires following his son’s suicide wrote in emails that he was thinking about getting a dozen machine guns and shooting at least 200 students at his son’s high school before … Continue reading
Authorities allege that a UC Irvine professor, grieving over the suicide of his teenage son, wrote emails in which he talks of committing mass murder at University High School. “We did take these emails very seriously,” said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman … Continue reading