An argument inside a waterfront restaurant near San Francisco’s Ferry Building erupted into gunfire that injured a man and two teenage girls late Saturday, police said.
San Francisco Police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said Sunday that the wounds to the 19-year-old man, 15-year-old girl and 12-year-old girl were not life-threatening.
Williams says they had been at a private party at Sinbad’s restaurant late Saturday night when an argument led to several shots being fired inside and outside the restaurant.
Sinbad’s is a 35-year-old upscale ..read more
Here is a picture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who will be put on trial in New York for the events of 9-11. A Khalid Sheikh Mohammed press conference by AG Eric Holders will make the announcement Friday.
Three other men will be tried in New York federal court along with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. However others including Abd ah-rhim al-Nashiri will be tried by a military commission.
Obama has said of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that he will be “subject to the most exacting ..read more
Melissa Huckaby has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu
Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested at 11:55 p.m. Friday after she drove to the Tracy Police Department to be interviewed. She was booked at 3:25 a.m. today at San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp, where she is being held without bail.
“She revealed enough information that we had probable cause to arrest her for both kidnapping and murder,” Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman told reporters. During her ..read more
Broadcasters are reporting that a Michigan community college is on lockdown because of a gunman on campus.
A state trooper said the situation is “secure,” local WWJ Radio reported. There are unconfirmed reports that two people have been shot.
An editor at the Michigan Journal, the University of Michigan Dearborn newspaper, spoke with several students.
“They kind of said it was a little big of pandemonium and shock at first,” Matt Laurinec told WWJ. “Students said they heard it — heard about ..read more
A U.S. navy destroyer reached waters off Somalia on Thursday to help free an American ship captain taken hostage by pirates in the first seizure of U.S. citizens by the increasingly bold sea gangs.
Gunmen briefly hijacked the 17,000-tonne Maersk Alabama freighter on Wednesday, but the 20 American crew retook control after a confrontation far out in the Indian Ocean where the pirates have captured another five vessels in a week.
Second mate Ken Quinn told CNN the pirates were holding the ..read more
Riverside County Sheriff’s officials were investigating a shooting Tuesday night at Kkottongane, a Korean Christian retreat near Temecula. The gunman shot one and killed one woman and then shot her husband in the chest. Another couple fought off the gunman, and all three were injured in what authorities said appeared to be “hand-to-hand fighting.”
Turkish security services have arrested a man of Syrian descent who was planning to assassinate US President Barack Obama during his current trip to Turkey, the Saudi daily Al Watan reported Monday.
According to the report, the man, who was arrested on Friday, was carrying a press card identifying him as an employee of Al Jazeera. He reportedly confessed to his intention to stab Obama with a knife and said that he was aided by three accomplices.
The report stated that Turkish ..read more
United Nations Security Council has been urge by President Obama to take action against North Korea because of violated international rules when it tested a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles.
“This provocation underscores the need for action, not just this afternoon at the Security Council but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons,” Mr. Obama said. “Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something.”
North Korea’s taepodong 2 missile flew over Japan ..read more
Three police officers were fatally shot and two others wounded as they responded to a domestic dispute in Pittsburgh early Saturday morning.
Police Chief Nathan Harper said Richard Poplawski, 22, shot all three officers while his mother was taking refuge in the basement of their home, and that he surrendered after a nearly four-hour standoff with officers.
This latest killing spree came less than a day after a gunman murdered 13 people at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., before ..read more
42 year-old Jiverly Voong also known as Linh Phat Voong has been identified by authorities as the Binghamton shooter. Killing 13 and injuring many more, Voong who is of Vietnamese descent, was from nearby Johnson City, NY. Reports confrim Voong entered the American Civil Association building from the front after barricading his car against the rear exit doors.
As he entered through the front of the building he brandished 3 weapons, one 9mm pistol, .45 calibur and a hunters knife. He ..read more
