Three family members are facing charges in New York City for attempting to carry out a gang-related hit outside the Bronx Criminal Court in late June.
Reputed &#8220;Slutty Gang&#8221; member Chase Lackard, 20, was charged in the attempted hit of a member of rival gang P. Laafay. His mother, 49-year-old former Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard, was arrested with him on Tuesday and charged as an accomplice. His father, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/ex-con-husband-of-ny-police-bigwig-in-custody-after-familys-drive-by-gang-shooting/">James Lackard</a>, 47 — an ex-con who did time on drug charges — turned himself in on Thursday.
According to a series of <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/ny-police-bigwig-was-getaway-driver-for-goon-son-in-gangland-shooting-sources/">reports</a> published by The New York Post, both Jennifer and James helped their gang-banging son to plan and then carry out the attempted hit on June 29. After dropping mother and son off at the criminal court building, James drove around the area and returned to pick them up.
Text messages from that timeframe showed Jennifer helping Chase work out how to carry out the next part of their plan.
&#8220;Be directly in Fromt (sic) When I Leave,&#8221; Chase told his mother in a text message.
&#8220;When? … You can’t just sit directly outside. It has to be timed right,&#8221; she said in response.
When they left the building, according to court documents, Chase got into the back seat and his mother rode in the passenger seat. They circled the block, and when Chase spotted his intended target, he reportedly fired several shots from the vehicle but missed. The family then drove away from the area, stopping a short distance away so that the parents could switch seats and Chase could change clothes in the car.
Both Chase and his mother were arrested at their home on Tuesday — after which Jennifer Lackard was immediately <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/new-york-police-bigwig-accused-of-driving-getaway-car-for-her-son-fired/">fired from her job</a> with the police department: &#8220;Effective immediately, the City of Mount Vernon has terminated Jennifer Lackard’s employment. The allegations are unrelated to her duties with the Mount Vernon Police Department and do not stem from any conduct associated with the Department or the performance of her official responsibilities.&#8221;
Lackard, prior to her termination, had been a boss within the Wellness Unit since 2022 and had advocated for her precinct to respond to mental health issues without resorting to traditional policing methods: &#8220;A lot of the people we encounter are in a mental health crisis. Some are combatant, some are really, really aggressive and some are not. And some are frequent fliers because they don’t have support.&#8221;
Damon Jones, who previously worked for three decades at the Westchester County Department of Corrections and now publishes Black Westchester Magazine, was incensed.
“This is f*cking embarrassing! I am embarrassed as a black law enforcement officer to see the dysfunction in a city that has a black mayor, a majority of black city council, a majority black police department that we have to see continuing dysfunction and just foolery in an organization that should be so professional,&#8221; he told The Post.

male being fingerprinted

Police Official Accused Of Helping Son Carry Out Gang Hit

Crime

gangs

Gun Violence

New York

Police

Violent Crime

Authorities have identified the gunman who killed three people during Saturday&#8217;s shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, and investigators are still working to determine what motivated the attack.
Twin Falls Police on Sunday identified the lone suspect as 24-year-old Chad Williams, who authorities say took his own life after opening fire at the newly-opened restaurant. Police said three people were killed and seven others were wounded in the shooting, which erupted on Saturday around 2:30 p.m. local time at the In-N-Out location that had opened just over a week ago.
Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday that two of the wounded victims have since been treated and released from the hospital, while two remain in critical condition and three others are listed in stable condition. Hicks cautioned that those figures remain preliminary as the investigation continues.
Authorities have not yet publicly identified the three people killed because family notifications are still being completed.
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder confirmed that one of the victims was an employee. &#8220;She was taking care of our most important asset — our Customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn&#8217;t value the lives of others or his own,&#8221; Snyder said in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbhsx8XOGOk/?hl=en">statement</a>. She added that the shooter fired both on and off company property before ending his own life.
Police said the investigation remains active, with detectives continuing to interview what Chief Hicks described as hundreds of potential witnesses. The FBI is assisting local authorities.
Officials also praised the actions of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hero-bystander-jumps-in-when-shooter-opens-fire-at-in-n-out-burger?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Armed+Hero+Bystander+Jumps+In+When+Shooter+Opens+Fire+At+In-N-Out+Burger">armed citizen</a>, identified as an off-duty law enforcement officer who returned fire during the attack, saying his response likely prevented additional casualties by forcing the gunman to retreat.
Witnesses described scenes of panic as customers and employees fled the restaurant. &#8220;People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,&#8221; Haley Dodaro <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dead-injured-shooting-twin-falls-idaho-rcna590420">told the media</a> after she and her mother encountered the chaos while approaching the restaurant&#8217;s drive-thru.
Authorities have not announced a motive for the shooting, saying the investigation into Williams&#8217; actions remains ongoing.

IMG_5597

In-N-Out Gunman Identified After Drive-Thru Massacre

fatal shooting

Idaho

In-N-Out Burger

Mass Shooting

Murder

Shooting

Violence

A heroic bystander jumped into the fray on Saturday, shooting back when someone opened fire in the drive-thru at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho.
In video that circulated after the shooting, the gunman was walking in the drive-thru firing at cars as he approached the window. Within a few seconds, a second gun could be heard engaging the shooter, who quickly ran for cover in some nearby bushes.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
🚨 WOW! An absolute PATRIOT put his LIFE on the line and engaged the shooter at a Twin Falls, ID drive-thru
THIS is America 🇺🇸
This man exited his car and returned fire to force an active shooter to retreat, undoubtably saving COUNTLESS lives
A TRUE HERO <a href="https://t.co/F1v4vrK1Um">pic.twitter.com/F1v4vrK1Um</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2083709213792977086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
According to witness Lane Koehn, the hero bystander had identified himself as a former paramedic — and had given In-N-Out employees and other customers valuable time to escape by engaging the suspect and keeping him distracted. Koehn had been at a nearby stoplight when he saw the shooter walking toward cars in the drive-thru, and saw the second man pull out a handgun and shoot back.
Koehn, 34, told reporters that he&#8217;d seen one In-N-Out employee being dragged away from the scene, saying that he&#8217;d joined the armed citizen in waiting with the injured employee until first responders arrived.
&#8220;She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it,&#8221; he told KPTV FOX 12.
&#8220;People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,” Haley Dodaro said in a text message to The Associated Press. She and her mother had been in the drive-thru line when people began running from the restaurant.
The In-N-Out restaurant had only opened one week earlier, on July 24, as the chain only recently expanded into Idaho.
In total, three were killed in the shooting — including one employee — and several more were injured. In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder issued a statement following the tragedy.
&#8220;We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight. She was taking care of our most important asset — our Customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn’t value the lives of others or his own,&#8221; Snyder posted. &#8220;My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed.&#8221;

Screenshot

Armed Hero Bystander Jumps In When Shooter Opens Fire At In-N-Out Burger

Hero Bystander Jumps In When Shooter Opens Fire At In-N-Out Burger

Video shared on Tuesday shows the moment an Oklahoma high school principal rushed and tackled an armed former student, preventing what authorities say could have been a school shooting.
The security footage, obtained by NBC affiliate KFOR, captures Principal Kirk Moore of Pauls Valley High School confronting the suspect roughly one week before the video was made public.
The video appears to show someone else opening the door, allowing the former student into the building. The suspect then walks into the lobby, briefly hiding behind a vending machine before stepping into view. Just as he approached an office door, the door opened, and Moore barreled toward him.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
***JUST IN: VIDEO SHOWS MOMENTS HERO PRINCIPAL TACKLES GUNMAN***
We have obtained security video from last week’s shooting at Pauls Valley High School, showing the moments principal Kirk Moore jumped on top of a gunman as he attempted to shoot multiple students. <a href="https://twitter.com/kfor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kfor</a> <a href="https://t.co/MXZzsAeJJL">pic.twitter.com/MXZzsAeJJL</a>
— Spencer Humphrey (@SHumphreyTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/SHumphreyTV/status/2044128752708333770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Moore ducked his head and shoulders as he ran, hitting the suspect in the chest with his full weight and tackling him onto a nearby bench, pinning him there. Moore was shot in the leg at some point during the scuffle.
Another man, identified later as Moore&#8217;s assistant principal, ran out of the same office seconds later. Assessing the situation, he quickly knocked the handgun away from the suspect, then picked it up and secured it inside the office.
The two men restrain the suspect — identified as former student Victor Lee Hawkins, 20, until law enforcement arrives and takes him into custody.
Moore released a lengthy statement after the shooting, thanking local law enforcement and first responders for their support and the community for their prayers and well-wishes.
&#8220;Pauls Valley schools are safe communities unaccustomed to the type of threat we witnessed on Tuesday. Nevertheless, like so many educators around the country, we prepare for these events through training and careful assessments of threats,&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;I am grateful that my instincts and training, as well as God’s hand, were available to come to me on Tuesday.&#8221;
&nbsp;

Security video/Pauls Valley High School

SEE IT: The Moment Hero Principal Charges Armed Former Student

School Shooting

At least one person is dead and a number of others are injured after a mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey, late Saturday night, according to preliminary reports.
Authorities say gunfire erupted around 8:40 p.m. inside or near the crowded fast-food restaurant along Route 22, sending patrons scrambling for safety. Early accounts indicate that at least six people were shot, with one victim pronounced dead at the scene. The conditions of the injured victims have not been fully disclosed, though several were transported to nearby hospitals.
Witnesses described a chaotic and fast-moving scene. A father waiting outside the restaurant told <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/reports-multiple-people-shot-inside-chick-fil-union-new-jersey-investigation-ongoing/18873199/">ABC7 New York</a> his son, an employee, reported that multiple masked individuals entered the establishment and opened fire, wounding several workers. “It was a war zone,” he said.
&#8220;I got an unconscious witness. I&#8217;ve got one shot in the face &#8230; and I have at least two in the leg,&#8221; a 911 dispatcher says in audio obtained by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/union-township-nj-chick-fil-a-shooting/">CBS News New York</a>. Another witness, a ride-share driver, said he heard at least seven gunshots while completing a trip nearby. “I heard the shots very close,” he said, describing a heavy police presence arriving within minutes.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/12/us-news/dramatic-video-shows-masked-gunman-fleeing-nj-chick-fil-a-after-mass-shooting/">The New York Post</a> reported the suspects forced their way behind the counter before firing, suggesting employees may have been specifically targeted, though authorities have not confirmed that detail. Video circulating from the scene appears to show at least one masked individual fleeing the area shortly after the shooting. Law enforcement has not confirmed the number of suspects involved, and no arrests have been made as of Sunday.
Employees were locked inside the restaurant for hours following the shooting as police secured the scene and searched for suspects. Family members gathered outside the building late into the night, waiting for updates as officers moved in and out of the restaurant.
Authorities from multiple jurisdictions responded to the scene, shutting down the surrounding parking lot and portions of Route 22 as emergency crews worked to treat victims and clear the area. The scale of the response underscored the uncertainty investigators are still facing as they work to determine how many shooters were involved and whether the attack was targeted or random.
The Union County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that an “active and ongoing investigation” is underway, but officials have not released information regarding a motive.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill <a href="https://x.com/GovSherrillNJ/status/2043316847408267644">said</a> she had been briefed on the shooting and that her administration is in contact with law enforcement officials on the ground. “My thoughts are with those who were injured in the shooting, and with their families,” Sherrill said in a statement.
Union Township, a suburban community of roughly 60,000 residents located about 15 miles west of New York City, remained on edge as the investigation stretched into Sunday. The Chick-fil-A remained an active crime scene late into the night as multiple law enforcement agencies worked to piece together what led to the attack.
Authorities say more information, including potential suspect descriptions and a clearer timeline of events, will be released as the investigation develops.

inside-chick-fil-a-restaurant-125497677.jpg

One Dead, Others Injured After Multiple Gunmen Open Fire In Chick-Fil-A

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked a wave of backlash when he responded to the shooting death of seven-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore, blaming her death on gun violence rather than the criminal who opened fire in his city in broad daylight.
&#8220;Earlier today a seven-month-old baby was shot and killed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant.&#8221;
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the fatal shooting of a baby in Brooklyn by a stray bullet a &#8220;devastating reminder&#8221; of the work that remains to be done to combat gun violence. <a href="https://t.co/fCUKHY42Hj">https://t.co/fCUKHY42Hj</a> <a href="https://t.co/S6aePIpg6K">pic.twitter.com/S6aePIpg6K</a>
— ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/2039784745018507525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;This is not our first family to know this pain,&#8221; Mamdani said. &#8220;Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults. Too many parents have had to bury those they love most. We cannot accept this as normal in our city. We cannot grow numb to this pain, and today is a devastating reminder of just how much more work there is to be done to combat gun violence across the city.&#8221;
New York City Councilwoman Vicki Paladino criticized Mamdani for laying the blame on guns rather than the criminals who fired them, saying in an <a href="https://x.com/VickieforNYC/status/2039875425598361670">X post</a>, &#8220;Literally anything but blaming the criminals who our system releases onto our streets repeatedly, over and over again, with no consequences. Absolute disgrace.&#8221;
Media Research Center Managing Editor <a href="https://x.com/RealBrittHughes/status/2039796165193932878">Brittany Hughes</a> pointed out the hypocrisy of Mamdani&#8217;s position, noting that he&#8217;d said nothing when an 83-year-old military veteran had been pushed onto the subway tracks. He later died from his injuries and an illegal alien was charged in his death.
&#8220;An 83-year old veteran was killed in New York City last month after being randomly pushed onto the subway tracks by an illegal alien. Mamdani didn’t say a word because trains aren’t a good political prop, and he won’t condemn criminal aliens,&#8221; she said.

Mayor Mamdani And NYC Police Commissioner Tisch Discuss Crimes Statistics

Mamdani Sparks Backlash With Response To 7-Month-Old Baby Shot In NYC

Politics

Zohran Mamdani

POLITICO remained silent after reporter Josh Gerstein suggested that daycare owners who did not take kindly to independent journalists exposing fraud could simply shoot them.
&#8220;At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws,&#8221; Gerstein <a href="https://x.com/joshgerstein/status/2005863545360068709">posted on X</a> on December 29, and he drew backlash for it almost immediately.
Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld <a href="https://x.com/greggutfeld/status/2006393003716280704">replied</a>, &#8220;The media&#8217;s best argument for not doing real reporting — it&#8217;s safer working from home on your laptop, hitting &#8216;send&#8217; after each piece you pasted together from other sources on the Trump (ballroom, hands, insult).&#8221;
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also responded to Gerstein&#8217;s post, noting that daycare owners might use the same logic to justify shooting at federal agents who came to the door to investigate.
&#8220;You would think a &#8216;Senior Legal Affairs Reporter&#8217; for POLITICO would know better than to tweet something inciting violence against federal agents,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2006062171134849220">the post read</a>.
&#8220;1) Stand Your Ground does not permit the murder of door knockers 2) MN is not a SYG state 3) in no world should Somali fraudsters be encouraged to murder taxpaying US citizens for doing the journalism well-funded reporters refuse to do,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Mollie Hemingway <a href="https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/2006031707724546400">replied</a>.
&#8220;I’m sorry? Wut? Are you advising Somalis to shoot amateur reporters for knocking on their door?&#8221; David Marcus <a href="https://x.com/BlueBoxDave/status/2006005416044724498">asked</a>.
<a class="c-link" href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_campaign=christmas&amp;utm_content=christmassale25" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_campaign=christmas&amp;utm_content=christmassale25" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-8400">Christmas Sale &#8211; Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships</a>
&#8220;Reminder that journalists have absolutely no idea what Stand your Ground laws actually do, in what circumstances they apply, and why they were passed,&#8221; Charles C.W. Cooke <a href="https://x.com/charlescwcooke/status/2006091805952012417">added</a>.
The Daily Signal&#8217;s Tony Kennett <a href="https://x.com/TheTonus/status/2006052764376236274">observed</a>, &#8220;The senior legal affairs reporter for Politico suggesting &#8216;stand your ground&#8217; laws means shooting people who knock on the doors of a daycare. My God.&#8221;
Gerstein attempted to do <a href="https://x.com/joshgerstein/status/2006063832016552100">damage control</a> a day later, commenting, &#8220;To observe that something is likely to happen or there&#8217;s a serious risk of it happening is not to advocate for it happening.&#8221;
But critics were not buying that either, as Matt Whitlock <a href="https://x.com/MattWhitlock/status/2006065516050587809">pointed out</a>, &#8220;Have you considered that there wouldn&#8217;t be &#8216;amateur efforts to knock on doors of home daycares&#8217; if there was a *professional effort to knock on doors of [fake] home daycares?* They used to call it &#8216;shoe leather journalism.&#8217; Would those people also be likely to be shot?&#8221;
&#8220;Nice shoe leather journalism you&#8217;re doing there. Shame if someone stopped you from doing it by murdering you,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller posted.
&#8220;Hey @politico, come get your guy who is advocating the murder of American journalists,&#8221; Christopher Rufo <a href="https://x.com/christopherrufo/status/2006062046966620547">challenged</a>.
The Daily Wire pressed the outlet for a response to Gerstein&#8217;s statement and the ensuing backlash — and after asking when the deadline for a response might be, a publicist for POLITICO allowed that deadline to lapse (and then some) with no further communications.

US-TAX REFORM-NORQUIST

POLITICO Silent As Reporter Suggests Journalists Investigating Minneapolis Fraud Can Be Legally Shot

Politico Silent As Reporter Suggests Reporters Looking Into Minneapolis Fraud Can Be Legally Shot

Fraud

Media

Politico

The world reeled on Sunday with news of one deadly shooting at Rhode Island&#8217;s Brown University and another at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia — and somehow, Democrats tied both to President Donald Trump and American firearm policies.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The two attacks, based on multiple reports, could not be more different aside from the method used to carry them out.
At Brown University, a masked gunman barged into a classroom where students were reviewing for an economics exam and opened fire, killing two and wounding several others. Initial reports stated that the suspect &#8220;shouted something&#8221; but it was not clear what. The suspect fled the scene, but local authorities and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbis-patel-promises-all-out-24-7-campaign-to-deliver-justice-after-brown-university-shooting">FBI Director Kash Patel</a> announced that a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/officials-detain-person-of-interest-in-deadly-brown-university-shooting">person of interest</a>&#8221; was apprehended within a matter of hours.
On the other side of the world, in Australia, at least two suspects opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney&#8217;s Bondi Beach. They killed at least 15 and wounded others. One of the shooters was briefly interrupted when a civilian charged him, wrestled his firearm away, and then held him at gunpoint. He eventually was able to run to where he&#8217;d stashed another firearm, and immediately started shooting again.
In an interview with Ali Velshi that aired on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addressed both shootings.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Ilhan Omar asked about shoot*ngs at Brown and in Australia on MSNOW:
&#8220;It is a tragedy that this has become a normal occurrence not just in the United States&#8230;&#8221;
“…but now seeing it in Australia, who&#8217;s worked really hard to create gun prevention laws to prevent the kind of… <a href="https://t.co/oatZmnVUX5">pic.twitter.com/oatZmnVUX5</a>
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/2000291864029839661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;This is yet another bad day for America,&#8221; Velshi prompted.
&#8220;Yeah, we are still recovering from the shooting at Annunciation church,&#8221; Omar began, referencing a school shooting that had taken place just weeks earlier in her home state. &#8220;It is a tragedy that this has become a normal occurrence, not just in the United States but now seeing it in Australia who&#8217;s worked really hard to create gun prevention laws to prevent the kind of tragedy that took place today.&#8221;
Omar made no mention of the fact that the shooting in Australia had taken place in spite of that nation enacting the kind of restrictive gun laws that she and others within the Democratic Party would be only too happy to foist on the American people. She also gave no attention to the obvious motive in the Bondi Beach shooting, in which Australian Jews were targeted while celebrating Hanukkah together.
On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-dem-wastes-no-time-blames-brown-shooting-on-donald-trump">Chris Murphy</a> (D-CT) laid the blame for the Brown University shooting at President Trump&#8217;s feet, claiming that he&#8217;d been engaging in an active &#8220;campaign&#8221; to promote more and more violence.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
In the wake of the Brown University shooting, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy tells Dana Bash that President Trump &#8220;has been engaged in a pretty deliberate campaign to try to make violence more likely in this country.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/FSSbCqWrRo">pic.twitter.com/FSSbCqWrRo</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2000272611067019336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;It’s not shocking, because over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country,” Murphy began, clearly insinuating that the Trump administration was encouraging violence.
“He’s restoring gun rights to felons and to people who have lost their ability to buy guns, he eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection, and he has stopped funding mental health grants and community anti-gun violence grants that Republicans and Democrats supported in that 2022 bill,” Murphy continued.
“He has been engaged in a pretty deliberate campaign to try to make violence more likely, and I think you’re unfortunately going to see the results of that on the streets of America,&#8221; he said.
Murphy was referencing a rule proposed by Trump&#8217;s Justice Department in July – a rule that would allow certain people with criminal records to have their Second Amendment rights restored, but only after they were evaluated to ensure that they did not actually pose a risk to others.
CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Murphy on that assertion, saying, “That’s a pretty big statement, he’s in a campaign to make violence more likely?”
&#8220;Of course! I mean, he’s knowingly restoring gun rights to dangerous people. He is cutting off grants that have bipartisan support to try to interrupt violence in our cities, or to try to get necessary mental health resources to families and children in need,” Murphy claimed. “The evidence tells you that when you stop funding mental health, when you stop funding community anti-gun violence programs, when you give gun rights back to dangerous people, you are going to have increase in violence. That is knowable and that is foreseeable.&#8221;
On NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Senator Raphael Warnock — who also supports restrictive gun laws — weighed in on the Brown University shooting and suggested that it had occurred because legislators had not done enough to limit access to firearms.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Any nation that tolerates violence like this year after year, decade after decade is broken and in need of moral repair. <a href="https://t.co/5q2d0rCZmG">pic.twitter.com/5q2d0rCZmG</a>
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorWarnock/status/2000288654241988745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions,&#8221; Warnock told anchor Kristen Welker. &#8220;Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair.&#8221;
Just hours earlier, Warnock made a similar comment in a post on X, saying, &#8220;Saddened by the tragic news of the shooting at Brown University. May God give peace to the parents and families of the victims, strength and courage to our country to do all we can to stem the awful scourge of gun violence.&#8221;

Donald Trump

Spin Cycle: Dems Make Shootings Worldwide About Trump, American Policy

ABC News

antisemitism

Australia

CBS News

NBC News

Terrorism

A GoFundMe for a man who fought back against one of the Bondi Beach shooters has raised over $250,000 in a matter of hours.
The hero of Bondi Beach, identified as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, is hospitalized with two gunshot wounds, one to the hand and the other to his arm, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3wkey5p33o">BBC</a>. Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-civilian-ambushes-terrorist-at-bondi-beach-wrestles-rifle-away">ambushed</a> one of the attackers, disarmed the shooter, and held him at gunpoint.
“After witnessing the extraordinary actions of the hero who helped disarm one of the attackers during the Bondi tragedy, an act that prevented the loss of countless more lives, we felt compelled to act,” says a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/zbcjn-support-the-hero-who-disarmed-a-bondi-attacker?ts=1765751457&amp;utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link">GoFundMe</a> post created by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DSP-vTak-2x/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">Car Hub Australia</a>, a car club.
“In a moment of chaos and danger, he stepped forward without hesitation. His actions were selfless, instinctive, and undeniably heroic, taken without regard for his own safety,” the description continues.
By Sunday evening Central Time, the fundraiser had raised over $250,000, propelled by an initial $50,000 donation from Car Hub Australia. The goal for the fundraiser was initially set at just $35,000, but by Sunday evening it had been raised to $300,000 as donations quickly outpaced the target amount.
The Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, Australia, targeted a Hanukkah celebration attended by thousands of Jews, including families with young children. The attacks killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others.
Video from the terror attack on Bondi Beach showed Ahmed’s heroic actions. President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/saved-a-lot-of-lives-trump-praises-man-who-confronted-gunman-during-australia-attack">praised</a> the 43-year-old in comments during a White House Christmas reception.
“In Australia, you probably read … a very, very brave person, actually, who went and attacked frontally one of the shooters and saved a lot of lives … very brave person who’s right now in the hospital. Pretty seriously wounded. So, I have great respect to that man that did that,” said Trump.
A cousin of Ahmed said that he was hospitalized and in need of an operation, but that the doctor has said that he “is okay,” according to the BBC.
“We hope he is OK, he is a hero, 100% he is a hero. He has two shots, one in his arm and one in his hand, he has had to have an operation,” the cousin said.

Bondi Beach

Fundraiser For Wounded Bondi Beach Hero Raises Big Haul Hours After Terror Attack

terror

Officials announced in the early Sunday morning hours that a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; had been detained in the deadly shooting that took place less than one day earlier at Brown University.
Colonel Oscar Perez, Providence Police Department Chief, did not reveal many details about the &#8220;person of interest,&#8221; but The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/14/us/brown-shooting?smid=nytcore-ios-share">reported</a> that the university lifted the standing &#8220;shelter in place&#8221; order around the same time.
&#8220;We are able to report that we have detained a person of interest involved in yesterday&#8217;s shooting,&#8221; Providence Mayor Brett Smiley <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2000182730550558949">announced</a> in an early morning press conference on Sunday. &#8220;Colonel Perez will speak in a minute about that update. Second, I want to let the Providence community know that effective immediately, we are lifting the shelter in place for Brown and the related area.&#8221;
&#8220;The people of Providence should breathe a little easier this morning,&#8221; he said.
Perez followed up by confirming that the person who was detained was &#8220;in their 30s,&#8221; and said that officials were not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.
The attack took place during an exam review session for an economics class, when a masked gunman burst into the classroom and opened fire.
Brown University President Christina Paxson took some heat on Saturday for not knowing — a full six hours after the shooting occurred — what had been taking place in the classroom when the shooter burst in.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">
🚨 HOLY CRAP! A reporter just PUMMELED the President of Brown University for having NO ANSWERS on the mass shooting
REPORTER: “President, with all due respect, SIX HOURS after the shooting, and you DON’T KNOW what was going on in that classroom??! How does that happen? Were they… <a href="https://t.co/EgdQDXGmVv">pic.twitter.com/EgdQDXGmVv</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2000039020621857131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Paxson revealed that she&#8217;d been in Washington, D.C., when the shooting took place, and had jumped on a flight immediately when the news broke.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just catching up,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;President, with all due respect, SIX HOURS after the shooting, you don’t know what was going on in that classroom? How does that happen? Were they taking an exam? Were they meeting for a club?&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t know,&#8221; Paxson replied.
&#8220;Six hours later. You’re the president. You don’t know?&#8221; the reporter seemed incredulous.
&#8220;I do not know,&#8221; Paxson repeated.
&#8220;That’s kind of concerning,&#8221; the reporter observed.
Since the shooting took place, officials at Brown University have canceled all final exams. Instead, they advised students to go home and take care of themselves. &#8220;For the moment, we encourage everyone to focus on their own safety and well-being,&#8221; the provost announced.

Shooting At Brown University In Providence Leaves Multiple People Dead And Injured

Officials Detain ‘Person Of Interest’ In Deadly Brown University Shooting

Officials Detain 'Person Of Interest' In Deadly Brown University Shooting

Brown University

Less than 24 hours after a failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump — which left one bystander dead and three others, including Trump, injured — The Atlantic&#8217;s David Frum blamed the violence on the former president and his supporters.
&#8220;The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator,&#8221; blared the headline, and on the off-chance anyone missed the intended tone of the piece, a subhead followed: &#8220;Violence stalks the president who has rejoiced in violence to others.&#8221;
Frum&#8217;s premise was that Trump was a fascist and because &#8220;fascism feasts on violence,&#8221; the former president was simply getting a taste of that which he had fostered.
Addressing the attack on Trump, which took place on Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, as &#8220;a horror and an outrage,&#8221; Frum went on to invoke history to quickly forget the name of the man who would commit such a despicable act. But first he blamed the victim, writing,&#8221;Now the bloodshed that Trump has done so much to incite against others has touched him as well.&#8221;
&#8220;Trump and his supporters envision a new place for violence as their defining political message in the 2024 election,&#8221; the political commentator continued, returning to his original premise. &#8220;Fascist movements are secular religions. Like all religions, they offer martyrs as their proof of truth. The Mussolini movement in Italy built imposing monuments to its fallen comrades. The Trump movement now improves on that: The leader himself will be the martyr in chief, his own blood the basis for his bid for power and vengeance.&#8221;
Frum ventured further in the same vein, ultimately concluding that &#8220;the gunman and Trump, at their opposite ends of a bullet’s trajectory, are nonetheless joined together as common enemies of law and democracy.&#8221;
Critics were not impressed with Frum&#8217;s take — and even less impressed with his timing — as they responded via X.
&#8220;David Frum needs help. In every way,&#8221; Joe Concha commented.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
David Frum needs help. In every way. <a href="https://t.co/iwLuEfvth0">https://t.co/iwLuEfvth0</a>
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1812596083748729057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;They are still trying to get Trump killed,&#8221; The Blaze&#8217;s Auron McIntyre added.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
They are still trying to get Trump killed <a href="https://t.co/xMZNwsYrp2">https://t.co/xMZNwsYrp2</a>
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1812539711602196811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;Former Bush 43 political appointees with Trump derangement are some of the most pathetic, delusional, and self-righteous people in politics. Blaming Trump and his family for his near assassination? @davidfrum definitely wins the trophy with this one. Truly a douche bag,&#8221; Mike Davis posted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Former Bush 43 political appointees with Trump derangement are some of the most pathetic, delusional, and self-righteous people in politics.
Blaming Trump and his family for his near assassination?<a href="https://twitter.com/davidfrum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidfrum</a> definitely wins the trophy with this one.
Truly a douche bag. <a href="https://t.co/f8kCb1h6v6">pic.twitter.com/f8kCb1h6v6</a>
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1812582242532921812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Megan Basham added, &#8220;You literally just published an essay saying Trump had it coming less than 24 hours after an assassin missed taking Trump&#8217;s life by millimeters. People are disgusted by what you wrote in @TheAtlantic because it was disgusting. You are not the victim here. Sit down.&#8221;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
You literally just published an essay saying Trump had it coming less than 24 hours after an assassin missed taking Trump&#8217;s life by millimeters. People are disgusted by what you wrote in <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAtlantic</a> because it was disgusting. You are not the victim here. Sit down. <a href="https://t.co/FfwcOd6p3q">https://t.co/FfwcOd6p3q</a>
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) <a href="https://twitter.com/megbasham/status/1812640802037702821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Politicon 2018 – Day 2

‘The Gunman And The Would-Be Dictator’: The Atlantic Says Trump ‘Had It Coming’ Less Than 24 Hours After Assassination Attempt

'The Gunman And The Would-Be Dictator': The Atlantic Says Trump 'Had It Coming' Less Than 24 Hours After Assassination Attempt

assassination

David Frum

Political Violence

The Atlantic

Thomas Matthew Crooks

Fox Business host Charles Payne revealed on Wednesday that his niece had been shot by gang members two weeks earlier while visiting a family friend in Harlem.
Payne made an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; to talk about former President Donald Trump&#8217;s planned rally in the Bronx, and he weighed in on the dramatic increase in violent and gang-related crime that was taking over the city.
WATCH:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
.<a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvpayne</a> said he niece got shot in Harlem by gang members two Mondays ago. She has since been released from the hospital <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/QNLkChsF3n">pic.twitter.com/QNLkChsF3n</a>
— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleMSilverio/status/1793295327497199649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Brian Kilmeade opened the segment with a mention of Trump&#8217;s upcoming rally in the Bronx, cutting to a video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacting to it. She claimed that Trump was using the rally to &#8220;fleece&#8221; people out of their money so that he could pay his legal bills and was only doing it in the South Bronx because he had to be in court in Manhattan anyway for his hush-money trial.
&#8220;He can&#8217;t leave the Five Boroughs because he always has to be in court,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;And so it is truly an embarrassment to him and I am looking forward to the response of everyday Bronxites talking about how they feel about him coming to their backyard.&#8221;
Lawrence Jones jumped in right after the clip ended, asking whether Ocasio-Crotez was the one who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-ocasio-cortez-doubles-down-sabotaging-amazon-hank-berrien" target="_blank" rel="noopener">run Amazon out of her district</a> several years earlier.
&#8220;The irony, though, is that she would not be in Congress if the third-highest ranking Democrat wasn&#8217;t so arrogant that he didn&#8217;t even go campaign,&#8221; Payne replied, noting that Ocasio-Cortez certainly understood how important getting out an campaigning could be.
<a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716488494520000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2dyxfpdB0XAtZIqaVVdwYr">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a>
He went on to say that he had a lot of relatives in the South Bronx, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled President Trump is going there, I wish he would go to Harlem. Two Mondays ago, my niece was shot on the street that I grew up on. My niece was shot on the street that I grew up on! She doesn’t even hang out there; she doesn’t live there on the block anymore, but a good friend of mine who I’ve known for 45 years, her son passed away, and they were having a memorial for him, and so these guys — the gang violence is on the rise so much, it’s so underreported — so they come around with their masks, they’re shooting crazy, one third floor apartment was all busted up.&#8221;
Payne concluded with an update, saying that after a four-hour surgery and two weeks in the hospital, his niece had finally been released to go home a day earlier.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Visits “Varney & Co.”

Fox Business Host Reveals His Niece Got Shot By Gang Members In Harlem

Fox Business Channel

Menu