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The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Suspect killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols before committing suicide. Six others were injured jumping out of windows to esca...
The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Suspect killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols before committing suicide. Six others were injured jumping out of windows to esca...
Police Officer Francis Scurry was shot and killed while backing up two detectives who were serving an aggravated assault warrant at an apartment in Madison, TN at approximately 9:30 am.
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1946 armed escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Prison in San Francisco, CA
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• Alcatraz Gun Battle (1946)
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Elderly couple are murdered in their home in Bartlett, TN.
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Deputy Sheriff Austin Aldridge was shot and killed while responding to a domestic call on Chaffee Drive in Spartanburg, SC.
When Deputy Aldridge approached the house, he was ambushed by the subject. Bystanders gave medical aid to Deputy Aldridge until EMS arrived and then provided responding officers with a description of the subject and his vehicle. Deputy Aldridge died at the hospital.
Albert and Joan Musalo were married for 53 years, living in their Montreux dream home. Albert was a 75-year-old retired Pan Am pilot, while Joan was a homemaker that raised the couple's four children. The Musalos' lives came to an abrupt and tragic end on March 28, 2006. They were found in their bed, shot to death. The killer has not been identified
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The Atlanta prison riots denote the 1987 uprising at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Atlanta, Georgia, during which approximately 1,400 Cuban detainees seized control of the facility on November 23, took over 100 staff members hostage, set fires that destroyed buildings, and inflicted roughly $35 million in damages over an 11-day period. The riot resulted in one inmate death from gunfire by a correctional of...
Three officers murdered over a nine day period by the same gunman.
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Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Child custody dispute
Number of victims: 2
Date of murders: February 15, 2002
Victims profile: Her ex-husband Alan G. Bates, 31, and his wife, Terra, 30
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Status: Sentenced to life in prison without parole on April 25, 2003
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Early on Monday, September 7, 1992, Rhonda Anette Knutson was murdered while working the 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. shift at the Phillips 66 convenience store in Williamstown, Iowa, in Chickasaw County.
The store manager found Knutson’s body Monday morning around 4:45 a.m. in a room near the back of the store.
The Williamstown store was open 24 hours a day and located six miles south of New Hampton on U.S. Hig...
Concord NC officer is gunned down.
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Early 20th Century Arkansas
Helen Ruth Spence of Arkansas County was a famous outlaw and prisoner whose story captured the imaginations of many during her life and engendered a body of legend afterward. Considered a folk hero by many, she was the focus of unprecedented media coverage in her day, up until her death at the hands of Arkansas prison officials.
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Between 2001 and 2005, eleven women were buried by an unknown assailant dubbed the "Bone Collector" in an arroyo bank on Albuquerque's West Mesa, in an undeveloped area within city limits. Satellite imagery taken between 2003 and 2005 shows tire marks and patches of disturbed soil in the area where the remains were recovered. According to satellite photos, the last victim was buried in 2005.
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Police Officer Kenny Moats was shot and killed after responding to a domestic violence call at a home near the intersection of Kerrway Lane and Alcoa Trail at approximately 4:00 pm.
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On January 11, 2005, defendant shot his wife, Donna Jordan, to death at her office in a TDOT facility in Jackson, Tenn. Defendant also shot and killed Jerry Hopper, who was in the office with Ms. Jordan at the time of the shooting. After leaving the office, Jordan shot and killed David Gordon, a motorist who followed Jordan to the TDOT facility after Jordan ran Gordon off the road.
When Gordon accosted Jorda...
Trooper Nicholas Hopkins was shot and killed while serving a search warrant at a home at 1426 North 42nd Street and Caseyville Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. He and other members of the Emergency Response Team were making entry into the home at 5:30 am when he was shot by an occupant during an exchange of gunfire.
During the 1980s, several other women in St. Petersburg were also killed in stabbing attacks, raising fears about a possible serial killer. Neighbors in South St. Petersburg even held community meetings to discuss their concerns, but detectives said those cases likely were not connected.
Known as the Summer of Hell
"Each one has their differences, which would probably rule out a pattern,"
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1969 unsolved stabbing death of a student inside the library on the campus of Penn State University.
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• Murder in the Stacks: A Tragic Story
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• LeCroy Murder - Expanded Ch 2 Coverage
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