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Deadly Shooting in Florida Internet Cafe Caught on Camera [VIDEO]
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe chaos and terror of a deadly shootout in a Florida Internet cafe were captured on camera, where one of the suspects can be seen getting shot. Customers scrambled for cover in the early hours of Tuesday morning as two armed robbers rushed into a cafe near Orlando and appeared to exchange gunfire with a security guard. On the video, obtained by WABC Orlando, a loud blast can be heard when the security guard appears to shoot one of the gunmen in the back as he attempts to flee. The customers and the security guard were unharmed. The suspect crawled to a waiting getaway car but was later ...
12 Children Killed in Brazil School Shooting
By not in system - AOL NewsRIO DE JANEIRO -- A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children, lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range as he shouted, "I'm going to kill you all!" It was the worst school shooting in Brazil - and would have been deadlier if the gunman had not been shot in the legs by a police officer, who said the man then fell down some stairs and shot himself in the head. Images taken with a cell phone and posted on YouTube showed students fleeing wildly, screaming for help, many with their white and blue ...
Afghan President: Shooter in Police Uniform Kills 2 Americans
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- A man wearing an Afghan border police uniform shot dead two American military personnel tasked with helping train members of the country's security forces on Monday, NATO and Afghan officials said. The assailant fled and it was not known whether he was a police officer who turned on his Western counterparts or an insurgent disguising himself in uniform to infiltrate the northern compound and attack from inside. There have been cases of both in Afghanistan, exposing the vulnerability even of foreign trainers involved in preparing Afghan forces to take the lead in battling ...
Police: Man Kills Wife of 66 Years, Claims She No Longer Loved Him
By David Lohr - AOL NewsAuthorities in Ohio have jailed an elderly man accused of killing his wife of 66 years, allegedly because she said she no longer loved him. "They had been arguing off and on, and at some point in time she told him that she didn't love him anymore," Copley Township Police Chief Michael Mier told AOL News. "They continued to argue, and he reached for a gun he had close at hand in the bedroom and shot her one time in the face." According to Mier, Glenn Leo Burbridge, 86, is being held at the Summit County Jail on a $100,000 bond and is charged with murdering his 83-year-old wife, Alice. He is ...
Cops: 92-Year-Old Shoots Man's House Because He Wouldn't Kiss Her
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsGive granny a kiss -- or else! Deputies in Marion County, Fla., say a 92-year-old woman opened fire on her neighbor's home on Monday after the 53-year-old resident refused to give her a kiss. Investigators claim Helen B. Staudinger paid a visit to Dwight Bettner's Fort McCoy house -- then said she wouldn't leave unless Bettner kissed her, the Star-Banner reports. ...
Mental Exam Ordered for Arizona Shooting Suspect
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX -- A federal judge on Monday ordered the suspect in the January shooting rampage in Tucson to undergo a mental evaluation at a specialized facility in Missouri as soon as possible. The evaluation will be videotaped and provided to prosecutors and defense attorneys, U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said in his late Monday ruling. The judge also ordered that the exam be conducted no later than April 29, and that findings be reported to the court and attorneys on both sides by May 11. Prosecutors had argued that Jared Lee Loughner's exam should be conducted at a so-called medical ...
Trial Begins in Massacre at Buffalo Anniversary Party
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsJury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man accused of opening fire outside a restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., in a fatal shooting that shocked the upstate city. Riccardo McCray, 23, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder. Prosecutors say the former gang member opened fire on family and friends celebrating a wedding anniversary Aug. 14, killing four people -- including the husband -- and wounding four in a bloody massacre. McCray is the only suspect. He has been in custody since August, when he turned himself in for questioning, but he says he is innocent. At first, the ...
5 Teens Shot in New Orleans Bar, 1 Dead
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS - Police say a gunman opened fire on teenagers attending a party in a New Orleans bar and fled, killing an 18-year-old man and wounding four other teens. Police said in a press release Sunday that a 16-year-old girl was in critical condition. Two other girls, ages 14 and 17, and a 15-year-old boy were hospitalized in stable condition. Police said all had gunshot wounds. Officers said shots erupted late Saturday just before midnight. All five were found in the bar, where the 18-year-old was pronounced dead. New Orleans police spokeswoman Shereese Harper said the shooting happened ...
What Was the Motive in Shooting Deaths of 2 US Airmen?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsWho is Arif Uka and why is he suspected of opening fire today on American servicemen on a U.S. military bus at Frankfurt's airport? The attack killed two airmen and wounded two. Investigators were scrambling to find out more about the 21-year-old Kosovo citizen after they say he fired shots at U.S. military personnel on a bus outside Terminal 2 at one of Europe's busiest airports this afternoon. Rep. Patrick Meehan, a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee, said it looked like a terrorist attack. The New York Times quoted a man whose office is near the site of the shooting who ...
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