Yoko tweets Lennon’s stained glasses

On what might have been her 44th wedding anniversary with John Lennon, peace activist Yoko Ono has tweeted a graphic reminder about gun violence in the United States – her photograph of Lennon’s blood-stained glasses. The 80-year-old artist repeatedly posted the picture with the message that “over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980”.

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Police: Mom Killed 3 Daughters, Then Herself

  A Missouri Mother shot her three young daughters before turning the gun on herself outside her estranged boyfriend’s home in Jefferson County, Mo.   Shooting The Jefferson County Sheriff’s department says days after purchasing a shotgun, a mother killed her three daughters and then herself outside her estranged boyfriend’s home. Authorities have identified the victims […]

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Gunman kills two, then himself, at New Jersey supermarket

The latest shooting occurred in Old Bridge, in central New Jersey, about 30 miles south of Newark.  “We are terribly saddened by the incident,” the store’s operating company said Friday. “I believe everyone in the store was a target,” said official, who said gunman fired 16 rounds. N.J. transit agency says some bus parking lots remain closed […]

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Watch Cell phone Video As It Captures NYC Empire State Shooting

Details of a cell phone video of the shooting scene in New York as cops take down the suspected gunman.

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NYPD names gunman; Co-Worker Targeted

The shooter, a former Manhattan resident, doesn’t appear to have any previous criminal record or ties to terrorism. It is currently speculated that the alleged gunman was firing at a former coworker.  Law enforcement officers have revised their previous count of 9 wounded to 8, and it is still unclear whether some victims may have been struck […]

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Empire State Shooting ‘A Surreal Scene’

  At least 10 people were shot Friday in front of the Empire State Building in New York Friday morning, the New York Office of Emergency Management said. A suspect in the shooting was shot and killed by police, New York police said. Authorities converged on the building around 9 a.m. after reports of gunfire. A […]

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10 People Shot Outside the Empire State Building – Two Dead, Including the Gunman

10 shot in front of Empire State Building New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak at 11 a.m. after 10 people were shot outside the Empire State Building Friday morning, leaving two dead, including the suspected gunman. Police shot the suspect, whose body is still lying outside the building covered in a sheet, witnesses said. A […]

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