Prosecutor vows ‘swift’ justice in Toledo festival shooting as search for suspects continues

Prosecutor vows ‘swift’ justice in Toledo festival shooting as search for suspects continues

A search for suspects who wounded 12 people in a shooting in Toledo entered a third day on Monday as authorities in the Ohio city continued to piece together a timeline – and a prosecutor promised “justice will be swift and strong”.

All of the victims of Saturday’s attack at a downtown cultural festival, ranging in ages from 14 to 61, were in a stable condition late on Sunday, the Toledo police department said.

Detectives have not identified any suspects or made arrests. But they said more than one person opened fire during the Old West End festival, an event combining live music with tours of historic homes.


Not very swift so far.

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Manhunt continues after 12 people shot near festival in Ohio

Manhunt continues after 12 people shot near festival in Ohio

Police say they are searching for suspects after at least 12 people were shot near a festival in Toledo, in the midwestern US state of Ohio.

The Toledo Police Department said 10 people “are reported to be in stable condition, while two remain in critical condition”.

It said it responded to a report of a shooting near the Old West End Festival at around 17:37 local time (21:37 GMT) on Saturday.

Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said it appeared that two people fired weapons and they were “probably shooting at each other”.

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Eight people reportedly shot as gunfire erupts at family-friendly Toledo Ohio festival

Eight people reportedly shot as gunfire erupts at family-friendly Toledo Ohio festival

Eight people were shot and wounded as gunfire erupted at a family-friendly festival in Ohio on Saturday, officials and reports said.

Cops responded to chaos unfolding at the Old West End Festival in Toledo around 5:40 p.m., according to a statement local police shared on X.

In video of the incident, at least 16 shots could be heard ringing out as people screamed and dove for cover.

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The Mosque Shooters’ Manifesto

The Mosque Shooters’ Manifesto

The obligatory mass-shooter manifesto has been recovered in the wake of Monday’s San Diego mosque shooting carried out by two teenage losers, and predictably, it is a testament of nihilistic rage directed at just about everybody and everything.

Law enforcement and the media are now in possession of the 75-page document compiled by Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vasquez, 18 (or 19, depending on the source), who killed themselves after shooting three Muslim victims dead outside the Islamic Center of San Diego. Investigative journalist Amy Reichart reports that the manifesto revealed the two to be not trans lovers, as many were quick to claim on social media, but straight incels – “involuntary celibates,” a subculture of mostly males bitter about their inability to find relationships with women.

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Now We Know the Mosque Shooters’ Motivations

Now We Know the Mosque Shooters’ Motivations

A 75-page manifesto linked to 17-year-old Cain Clark and 19-year-old Caleb Vasquez, the two suspects in the Islamic Center of San Diego shooting, has answered the question everyone was asking: why? The document, now in the hands of law enforcement, paints a detailed and deeply disturbing picture of the two young men.


The “manifesto” is still available on X but not for embed it seems.

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Shocking manifesto reveals teen shooters’ vile motivations behind San Diego mosque shooting

Shocking manifesto reveals teen shooters’ vile motivations behind San Diego mosque shooting

A shocking manifesto filled with racial and ethnic hatred linked to the teen terrorists who killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego is being reviewed by law enforcement, The California Post has learned.

The manifesto, co-authored by 17-year-old Cain Clark and 19-year-old Caleb Vasquez, includes the same Nazi imagery that Clarke donned in a livestream video of the horrific attack — the Black Sun and Atomwaffen symbols linked to Nazi Germany sympathizers. Further investigation by The Post found other links between the authors and the manifesto in various online profiles connected to shooters.

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San Diego mosque shooters ID’d as Cain Clark & Caleb Velasquez

San Diego mosque shooters ID’d as Cain Clark & Caleb Velasquez

The alleged gunmen in a shooting rampage that left three people dead outside a San Diego mosque have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, according to a law enforcement source.

At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parent’s home, and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post.

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Shooting at San Diego Islamic Center leaves 5 dead including 3 adult males & 2 teenage shooters

Shooting at San Diego Islamic Center leaves 5 dead including 3 adult males & 2 teenage shooters

Five dead including mosque security guard after two teenage gunmen open fire at San Diego Islamic Center… before shooting themselves as police closed in

A security guard and two others were shot dead after a pair of teenage gunmen opened fire at a mosque in California.

The mayhem began at around 11.40 pm Monday when shots rang out at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont.

Officers arrived on scene within four minutes, and ‘immediately’ observed the deceased victims outside the building, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said in a press conference.

Active shooter threat at San Diego Islamic Center neutralized after massive police response

3 dead, including hero security guard, after two teen gunmen open fire at San Diego mosque before killing selves

5 reported dead including 2 teen shooters, scene described as contained.

h/t PA Cat, Jorge and NeoCon

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2 in custody after multiple ‘random’ Austin shootings; police searching for 3rd suspect

2 in custody after multiple ‘random’ Austin shootings; police searching for 3rd suspect

Update – 2 arrested with possible 3rd at large.

AUSTIN, Texas — Two suspects have been arrested and the search continues for a third in connection with multiple shootings across Austin on Saturday and Sunday. A shelter-in-place that had been issued for a large area of South Austin has now been lifted.


Austin police search for suspect in multiple ‘random’ Saturday shootings

AUSTIN – Police are searching for a suspect or suspects driving a damaged vehicle in connection with a series of apparently random shootings that happened across the city Saturday.

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Cambridge Shooter Tyler Brown Is Down

Cambridge Shooter Tyler Brown Is Down

‘I was running for my life’: Witnesses describe Memorial Drive shooting

h/t Patti Jo

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Why the families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims may face ‘difficult’ issues with OpenAI lawsuits

Why the families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims may face ‘difficult’ issues with OpenAI lawsuits

The families of victims of the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., school shooting who are suing OpenAI could face some significant legal hurdles in their attempt to hold the artificial intelligence company partially responsible for the attack.

“As with so much in AI, the lawsuit takes us into unchartered territory,” said Robin Feldman, director of the AI Law & Innovation Institute at UC Law San Francisco.

Feldman said there a number of legal issues that the court will have to grapple with that will be “difficult for the plaintiffs,” who allege OpenAI failed to warn police about the shooter’s interactions with the company’s chatbot ChatGPT.

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Families sue OpenAI over failure to report Canada mass shooter’s behavior on ChatGPT

Families sue OpenAI over failure to report Canada mass shooter’s behavior on ChatGPT

Families of seven victims of a mass shooting at a secondary school in British Columbia are suing OpenAI and the company’s CEO for negligence after it failed to alert authorities to the shooter’s troubling conversations with ChatGPT.

The lawsuits, filed on Wednesday in a federal court in San Francisco, allege that the violent intentions of the shooter, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, were well-known to OpenAI. Employees at the company flagged the shooter’s account eight months before the attack and determined that it posed “a credible and specific threat of gun violence against real people”, according to the lawsuit.

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OpenAI’s Altman ‘deeply sorry’ company didn’t flag Tumbler Ridge shooter’s messages to police

OpenAI’s Altman ‘deeply sorry’ company didn’t flag Tumbler Ridge shooter’s messages to police

Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of OpenAI, has formally apologized for his company’s role in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

The apology was requested by B.C. Premier David Eby, who met with Mr. Altman and Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka last month to discuss the Feb. 10 shooting that left nine people, including the shooter, dead.

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Nine killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days

Nine killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days

At least eight students and one teacher have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at a school in southern Turkey, Interior Minister Mustafa Cifci has said.

The incident happened at Ayser Calik Secondary School in the Kahramanmaras area, where Cifci said 13 people were also wounded, leaving six in critical condition.

Twitter/XKahramanmaraş

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