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Piers Morgan reacts to Texas shooting, calls for US gun control

Piers Morgan reacts to Texas shooting, calls for US gun control

In a new essay, Piers Morgan shares why he fears American gun violence will continue. (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images) Piers Morgan fears that American gun violence will continue due to the nation’s “religion” of guns. In an essay for , the English television personality reflected on the Tuesday , which . The massacre was the seventh deadliest shooting in the United States and the second deadliest at an elementary school, . It also came 10 days after a , which claimed… Source link

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Harry Styles donates after Uvalde, Texas shooting

Harry Styles donates after Uvalde, Texas shooting

Harry Styles pledges a $1 million dollar donation to end gun violence in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) Harry Styles wants to help end gun violence. The Harry’s House singer announced on social media that he will be partnering with the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. on May 24, 2022. “Along with all of you, I have been absolutely devastated by the recent string of mass… Source link

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Texas police admit to failed shooting response, say kids in room with gunman called 911

Texas police admit to failed shooting response, say kids in room with gunman called 911

Texas’s top public safety official said officers on the scene failed to follow protocol at the Uvalde elementary school shooting, with officers standing in the hallway as children in the classroom called 911 as their classmates were killed. At a Friday afternoon press conference, state Director of Public Safety Steven McCraw said that 19 officers stood in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classroom on Tuesday while students inside the room called 911 for help. McCraw said the on-site… Source link

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NBA plays on hours, miles from Uvalde elementary school shooting

NBA plays on hours, miles from Uvalde elementary school shooting

DALLAS — Stephen Curry looked his coach directly in the eye, accompanied by a firm handshake — no words spoken, the bond formed by these two men didn’t need verbal confirmation. The Dallas Mavericks’ usually boastful and always heard PA announcer Sean Heath’s voice cracked when calling for a moment of silence before the start of Game 4’s Western Conference final, a rarity even though in-arena commemorations of mass shootings are as commonplace as pyrotechnics and eardrum-blasting… Source link

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LeBron James, sports world outraged after Texas shool shooting

LeBron James, sports world outraged after Texas shool shooting

LeBron James was one of plenty in the sports world who was outraged on Tuesday afternoon after a horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. The Los Angeles Lakers star erupted on social media calling for change after at least 18 students and three adults were killed in Uvalde, Texas. “Like when is enough enough man!!!” he wrote, in part. “These are kids and we keep putting them in harm’s way at school. Like seriously ‘AT SCHOOL’ where it’s suppose to be the safest.

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Bills players stunned by Buffalo supermarket mass shooting

Bills players stunned by Buffalo supermarket mass shooting

Josh Allen, Micah Hyde and countless other Buffalo Bills players were left stunned this weekend following a mass shooting at a supermarket in town. At least 10 people were killed and three others were injured in the shooting on Saturday, which an emotional Allen said on Sunday left him sick. “The heartbreak, the sense of — this weird feeling that I have. My heart goes out to the victims and their families … It’s something that you never think it’s gonna happen in your community and… Source link

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Details emerge from Adreian Payne shooting death

Details emerge from Adreian Payne shooting death

Adreian Payne was killed while attempting to assist a woman who was involved in an abusive relationship with his alleged shooter, court documents state. The former Michigan State and NBA player was pronounced dead at an Orlando hospital after being shot early Monday morning. He was 31 years old. His alleged shooter Lawrence Dority remained at the scene of the shooting and cooperated with police. Dority pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with a firearm on Tuesday. Alleged details emerge… Source link

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Kevin Durant, Nets on Brooklyn subway shooting

Kevin Durant, Nets on Brooklyn subway shooting

Kevin Durant said he and others on the Brooklyn Nets received a vague warning that there may be some extra traffic on the way into their practice facility on Tuesday morning. After looking at their phones and realizing why, Durant was stunned. At least 16 people were injured after a man released a canister of smoke and opened fire on a train at the 36th Street subway station, according to The New York Times. That station sits about half of a mile from the Nets’ practice facility. “It’s… Source link

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Kim Potter breaks down while testifying to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

Kim Potter breaks down while testifying to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

The former police officer on trial for killing Daunte Wright testified Friday she “wouldn’t have stopped the car” the day that led to the fatal shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 11. Instead, the officer she was training made the decision to pull Wright over. “I’m so sorry. … I didn’t want to hurt anybody,” Kimberly Potter said sobbing after returning from a break in the trial Friday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who worked as a Brooklyn… Source link

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Hilaria Baldwin posts about Alec after Rust shooting

Hilaria Baldwin posts about Alec after Rust shooting

Hilaria Baldwin, 37, posted a passionate statement in support of her husband, Alec Baldwin, 63, on her Instagram page. (Photo: Jason Mendez/WireImage) Hilaria Baldwin is standing by her husband Alec in the wake of the Rust shooting last month.  On Friday, Hilaria took to Instagram to post a romantic photo of the couple kissing as they embraced each other. But it was the caption on the post that proved to be the most significant.  “‘I am here, I love you, and I will take care of you.’ These… Source link

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