Georgia courthouse shooter once worked for the TSA, official says –Suspect had explosives, assault rifle, sheriff says
06 Jun 2014 A man armed with explosives and an assault rifle might have entered a north Georgia courthouse Friday if not for a deputy who was wounded in the shootout with the gunman, Forsyth County Sheriff Duane Piper said. Piper said the suspect [Dennis Marx] began a “full frontal assault” on the building by driving up, throwing out “homemade spike strips” to delay any police response, and trying to run over a deputy, Piper said… “The SWAT team, which happened to be close by [!?!] on their way to another function, also pulled up about 30 seconds into this gunfire fight and they engaged Mr. Marx, and Mr. Marx is dead with multiple gunshot wounds,” the sheriff said.
Shooting on Seattle college campus hits at least 6
05 Jun 2014 A man in his 20s died and at least three others were hospitalized after a shooting inside an engineering building on the campus of Seattle Pacific University on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A suspect was in custody. Seattle police had initially sought [and at least one witness observed] a second suspect, but later said the person in custody was the only shooter. As many as five other people were injured, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
Homeland Security, DEA, Hazmat Descend on San Jose Home
07 Jun 2014 Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Administration agents, hazmat crews and fire trucks descended on a residential home near downtown San Jose on Friday morning, causing a stir in the neighborhood and yielding at least one arrest. The suspect wasn’t immediately identified. Homeland Security spokeswoman Virginia Kice said her agency was conducting a search warrant as part of an “ongoing investigation.”
Three killed, suspects ‘commit suicide’ after Las Vegas shooting spree
08 Jun 2014 Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian have been reportedly killed in a shooting spree that started at a pizza restaurant and spilled over to a neighboring Walmart store. The two shooters have committed suicide, according to police. Suspects told shoppers they were part of a “revolution” and wanted a shootout with Metro police force – and had a “suicide pact.” Details are yet to emerge, but police sources told Las Vegas Review-Journal that the two officers were killed by a man and a woman who approached them at the CiCi’s Pizza just before 11:38 am local time. As the couple was leaving the restaurant, one yelled “This is the start of a revolution!” witnesses report.