A 19-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-people-shot-at-virginia-state-university">shooting that wounded five people</a> at Virginia State University after authorities found him hiding inside a campus dormitory closet, police said.
Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia, was found hiding in a closet inside Seward Hall at approximately 4 p.m., more than 14 hours after the shooting erupted near university residence halls early Saturday morning, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virginia-state-university-shooting-campus-lockdown-783d5190d7fe0818fc27a98123311dc3">according</a> to the Associated Press. Harris is not a student at Virginia State University.
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Police obtained eight felony warrants for Harris: four counts of malicious wounding and four counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was taken to the Chesterfield County Jail and is being held without bond. Authorities said additional charges may be filed, <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/henrico-teen-camron-harris-arrested-vsu-shooting-aug-15-2026">according</a> to WTVR.
The shooting occurred at approximately 1:28 a.m. Saturday near the university&#8217;s residence halls. Officers responding to the scene found five people suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim, a 21-year-old man who is not a VSU student, remains in critical condition. The other four victims, ranging in age from 17 to 23, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Only one — a 20-year-old who has since been released from the hospital — is a VSU student.
The university initially warned that the shooting involved &#8220;multiple suspects,&#8221; and the campus was placed on lockdown as police searched for those responsible. The lockdown was later lifted after authorities determined there was no immediate threat to the university community. Police said Sunday that they were still seeking additional people who fired weapons and were working to determine whether they had acted in self-defense or were among the aggressors, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virginia-state-university-shooting-investigation-b764bc5499e57be36d798002ab3544ff">reported</a>.
Chesterfield County Police are leading the investigation with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Police have not announced a motive for the shooting. Virginia State University, a historically black public university located in Ettrick, Virginia, has approximately 5,700 students. The shooting occurred two days before fall classes were scheduled to begin Monday. Continuing students were returning to campus Friday as incoming students concluded orientation activities.
The university&#8217;s &#8220;New Trojans Experience&#8221; for incoming students concluded Friday and included remarks from former NFL quarterback Cam Newton. The shooting also follows several previous incidents of gun violence on or near the Virginia State campus. The university experienced multiple lockdowns related to gunfire in 2024. In 2025, one person was shot near a campus basketball court, while another man was killed in a parking lot near the university, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/08/15/five-people-shot-virginia-state-university/">according</a> to The Washington Post.
The investigation into Saturday&#8217;s shooting remains ongoing.

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Virginia State Shooting Suspect Found Hiding On Campus

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Five people were wounded when at least one gunman opened fire at Virginia State University early Saturday morning, just two days before the start of the semester.
Gunfire erupted near some of the university’s dormitories in Chesterfield County around 1:30 a.m. ET, WTVR CBS 6 <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/virginia-state-university-shooting-prompts-lockdown-aug-15-2026">reported</a>. When police arrived, they found five people suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was initially treated for life-threatening wounds and was later upgraded to critical condition. The other four victims appear to have suffered minor graze wounds.
In a post on social media, university officials said that the shooting involves &#8220;multiple suspects.&#8221;
&#8220;VSU Police and the Chesterfield County Police Department are actively investigating,&#8221; Virginia State University said at 5:56 a.m.
In an update at 8:22 a.m., the university said that the lockdown had been lifted, but &#8220;a significant law enforcement presence remains on campus as the investigation into this morning&#8217;s shooting continues.&#8221; It appears that no suspects have been taken into custody as of time of publication, and the university urged anyone with information on the shooting to contact law enforcement.
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Virginia State University is a historically black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia, just south of Richmond. It&#8217;s current on-campus <a href="https://www.vsu.edu/about/">enrollment</a> is around 5,000 students. The university&#8217;s fall semester is set to begin on Monday.
This is a developing story. Stay with The Daily Wire for updates.

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Law enforcement released video on Friday of the deadly shooting last weekend at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, that left three people dead and several others wounded.
The gunman, 24-year-old Chad Williams, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Twin Falls Police Department presented footage during a news conference reconstructing the mass shooting using video compiled from several surveillance cameras and accompanied by detailed narration.
&#8220;What happened here was violent, frightening and deeply traumatic,&#8221; Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said while addressing reporters.
Hicks said ten people were shot during the rampage.
Portions of the video were muted, blurred, paused, or removed due to graphic images and privacy concerns.
The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bej58mQ3smY">video</a>, which is more than nine minutes long, begins with the gunman approaching the drive-thru payment window in a white Honda Civic. He rolled down the window and shot employee Ashley Garibay, 23, who later died.
Williams then parked and exited his car with a handgun before shooting another victim, Christopher Claunch, who was sitting in his vehicle in the drive-thru lane. Claunch was pronounced dead at the scene.
Footage from another camera showed Austin James, a former police officer, running toward Williams before being shot. James drew his handgun intending to engage, but due to severe blood loss, he was pulled into a vehicle and given aid before being taken to a hospital for treatment. He survived.
The gunman was then seen walking back to the drive-thru payment window, where he fired into the restaurant. His handgun jammed, prompting Williams to return to his vehicle to retrieve a rifle.
An armed, off-duty Idaho state trooper inside the restaurant could be seen helping evacuate diners and employees.
Williams returned to the drive-thru lane armed with a rifle and fired at patrons outside before returning to the payment window for a third time.
The state trooper and Williams exchanged gunfire before Williams retreated. He then approached the payment window for a fourth time and fired into the restaurant again, wounding a bystander who was trying to assist the trooper and render aid to Garibay.
Williams then began walking away from the restaurant with the rifle in hand when he encountered a woman fleeing the chaos. She got behind his car, where she found his discarded handgun. She picked it up, then realized it was jammed. The gunman then started walking away from the restaurant.
He fired at cars stopped at a red light on Blue Lakes Boulevard, wounding three people.
As Williams fled toward the Tesla charging station, an armed civilian, widely reported to be Jordan Salinas, confronted him, and the two exchanged gunfire.
At the Tesla charging station, Williams shot Dale Schultz, 66, and Schultz&#8217;s wife. Schultz later died from his injuries, becoming the third person killed during the attack. His wife was critically injured. Terry Dudley was shot twice in the back while charging his vehicle.
Williams continued moving away from the restaurant as law enforcement converged on the scene.
Police said several people attempted to intervene.
Williams eventually made his way toward a trail near the Snake River Canyon, where he encountered another civilian, Braxton Steube. Authorities said Steube&#8217;s interaction with the gunman distracted Williams and may have helped protect others in the area.
&#8220;To that young man, you are a hero,&#8221; Hicks said. &#8220;Your courage, your composure, your selflessness in that moment likely gave others the time they needed to escape harm. This community is grateful for you, and we will never forget what you did that day.&#8221;
As officers closed in, Williams shot himself.
Authorities have not announced a motive for the attack and said the investigation remains ongoing.
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Police Release Chilling Video Showing In-N-Out Gunman’s Deadly Rampage

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A 14-year-old boy killed five people and injured more than <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/two-dead-gunman-school-shooting-thailand-officials-say-rcna591309">30</a> others when he opened fire at his school in Thailand on Friday. 
The attack marks one of Thailand’s deadliest school shootings in recent years. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/two-dead-gunman-school-shooting-thailand-officials-say-rcna591309">confirmed</a> that five individuals were killed at Debsirin Nonthaburi School before the gunman took his own life. 
Police identified the suspect as a student at the school and said he fired at least 26 rounds and still had more than 30 rounds of ammunition remaining. The handgun is believed to have belonged to the boy’s grandfather.
Police said the teen shot and killed his grandparents at their home earlier that day before going to the school, bringing the number of victims killed in the attacks to seven. 
One student <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c980j3j578do">told</a> the BBC that she “had to climb over the school fence to escape.” 
Another student said he thought he heard firecrackers. 
“Then it started getting more frequent, like ‘bang, bang, bang’ and then it went quiet at one point,” he said. “And the shooting started again.”
The attack is the latest in a string of deadly mass shootings in Thailand. 
In 2025, a man opened fire at a Bangkok market, killing five people before taking his own life. In 2023, a 14-year-old opened fire at a luxury mall in Bangkok, killing two people and injuring five others.
In 2022, a former police officer killed 36 people, including 24 children, in a gun-and-knife attack centered on a day care center.

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The civilian hero who shot back at the Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-gunman-identified-as-investigation-continues?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=In-N-Out+Gunman+Identified+After+Drive-Thru+Massacre">In-N-Out gunman Chad Williams</a> was identified over the weekend after using his self-defense training that he underwent after witnessing another mass shooting five years ago.
Jordan Salinas, 35, exited his vehicle and began returning fire on Williams when he spotted the gunman after seeing a crowd of people run out of the fast food burger chain, he told the <a href="https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article316743551.html">Idaho Statesman</a>. The Kimberly, Idaho, native said he used the military’s four-step “Observe, Orient, Decide, Act” approach to make his move during the shooting. Salinas and an off-duty police officer shot back at the assailant, causing him to flee. The gunman was later killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“He did not like it when bullets started firing both ways,” Salinas said. “There’s a task that needs to be done, and we’re the ones who need to do it.”
Salinas and his girlfriend pulled into the In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon for lunch when they saw the chaos unfold. The man recalled feeling “no fear” as he drew his FN Five-Seven, a semi-automatic pistol with a suppressor attached to the barrel, from his shoulder holster and moved towards the sounds of bullets despite pleas from his girlfriend.
Salinas ducked between bushes and cars before identifying Williams as the gunman and firing at him with the officer. Salinas was involved in the shootout for two to three minutes before authorities arrived and he stood down.
Salinas works as a healthcare worker, where he is the full-time caregiver for his wheelchair-bound brother Michael. The two witnessed a 2021 shooting at the Boise Towne Square mall, where he began to work on his personal protection after noticing that gunmen typically go after “soft targets.” He expressed to the Idaho Statesman that a man in a wheelchair and his aide would be “as soft as they come.”
Prior to Saturday, the hero explained he hadn’t even pointed a weapon at an animal. 
Three people were killed and several others were wounded by the shooter, but Twin Falls County Sheriff Jack Johnson said the actions of Salinas and the off-duty officer &#8220;diverted the shooter and without a doubt saved many lives.”
“These people are true heroes in our community,” Johnson added.
The support for Salinas was overflowing, with his local coffee shop buying drinks on Sunday when word spread of his role in confronting the gunman.

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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.

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Police identified a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old as gunmen behind the deadly shooting that turned a Seattle food festival into a chaotic nightmare on Sunday. Authorities also said they are looking for &#8220;a third possible suspect&#8221; in the shooting.
The two teens opened fire in a large crowd that included young children, resulting in the death of 19-year-old gunman Junior Cee Niko Semo, who was hit by multiple rounds of gunfire, according to the medical examiner. Two other people were also shot and killed: Ashley Whitehead, 56, and Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44. Four people, including a 2-year-old boy, were wounded in the shooting.
Police believe the deadly shooting could be gang-related and that the two teenagers were &#8220;associates.&#8221; The 15-year-old has not been named by authorities and is currently being held in juvenile detention.
Shots rang out at around 6:00 p.m. PT at the Bite of Seattle food festival, an annual free weekend-long event that typically attracts 350,000 people. When police arrived on the scene, two people were seen shooting at each other and officers immediately sought to chase down the suspects while other officers provided first aid to the wounded, according to the Seattle Police Department.
One suspect was taken into custody &#8220;within seconds,&#8221; Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said on Monday evening.
Three of the shooting victims were found in the direction where the 15-year-old suspect is believed to have fired, including the toddler who was with his mother when he was struck by gunfire, according to court documents, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/seattle-food-festival-shooting-may-gang-related-prosecutors-say-rcna589412">reported</a>. The toddler is currently in stable condition and recovering well.
After the shooting, Seattle authorities have faced criticism over the city&#8217;s response to the shooting and have gotten into heated exchanges with reporters. City officials are facing questions over why they waited nearly five hours to provide an update on the shooting, especially considering one of the gunmen was at-large.
Leftist mayor opened her press conference on Sunday with a discussion on “gun violence,&#8221; arguing that the city and the country have “a lot of work to do … to make this better.”
A reporter chimed in shortly into the mayor&#8217;s spiel, asking her to get to the information on the shooting. “I get your passion, mayor, but we need to know what happened tonight, please.”
Then, on Monday, a reporter asked Shon Barnes why he wasn&#8217;t in the city on Sunday night when the shooting occurred. The city&#8217;s assistant police chief handled the immediate response and the initial press briefing on Sunday night.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have to tell you where I go,&#8221; Barnes told a KOMO News reporter. &#8220;I have a medical procedure I gotta do on Friday. &#8230; You need to know this: I have been here working as hard as I can for this city from the day I got here. You got that?&#8221;
&#8220;There are reports that you are out of town often,&#8221; the reporter pressed.
&#8220;Their reports are wrong, you understand?&#8221; the chief shot back as another man stepped in between him and the reporter.
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Shooting Leaves Multiple Killed And Injured In Seattle

Police Identify Teens As Suspects Behind Deadly Shooting At Family-Friendly Festival

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Three people were killed and four more were wounded when at least two gunmen opened fire at a bustling food festival beneath the Space Needle in Seattle on Sunday.
Shots rang out at around 6:00 p.m. PT at the Bite of Seattle food festival, an annual free weekend-long event that typically attracts 350,000 people. When police arrived on the scene, two people were seen shooting at each other and officers immediately sought to chase down the suspects while other officers provided first aid to the wounded, according to the Seattle Police Department, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.com/US/multiple-people-shot-seattle-center-police/story?id=135108867">reported</a>.
One of the suspects was found and taken into custody on Sunday evening, but police are still searching for the other suspect as of Monday morning. It remains unclear if the gunmen were only targeting each other or if they purposely fired at other festival attendees.
While one suspect remains on the loose, Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lMwXrLfGA">said</a> at a press conference on Sunday night that there is no ongoing threat to the community. Police recovered two weapons at the scene of the shooting.
In a press conference on Sunday night, leftist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson opened the briefing to discuss &#8220;gun violence&#8221; and argue that the city and the country have &#8220;a lot of work to do &#8230; to make this better.&#8221; As the mayor lectured about &#8220;gun violence,&#8221; a reporter cut in, saying, &#8220;I get your passion, mayor, but we need to know what happened tonight, please.&#8221;
The mayor then turned the press conference over to the assistant police chief to go through the details of the shooting.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third person died later at the hospital, according to Davis. Those killed were a 19-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and a 56-year-old woman. A 2-year-old boy was among the four people wounded and is in stable condition in an area hospital. Michael Girardi, a man who witnessed the shooting, told The Seattle Times that the toddler&#8217;s mother was &#8220;in anguish&#8221; as her son was being treated by paramedics. The young boy appeared to be conscious and wasn&#8217;t crying, according to Girardi.
A 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman are also in stable condition, while a 40-year-old woman with minor injuries declined to be transported to a hospital.
&#8220;Thankfully, we had officers on the scene that were brave, went to those shots, and prevented more victims from being injured,&#8221; Davis said.
Estan Wakonabo <a href="https://apnews.com/article/seattle-center-shooting-food-festival-space-needle-90548c65364e742a97fb7cb0fea31209">told</a> the Associated Press that he and his girlfriend were waiting in line for a photo booth at the festival when he was pushed in the back and turned around to see chaos.
“People were hiding, were pushing, people were falling on the ground, baby strollers were falling,” Wakonabo said.

Family-Friendly Festival Turns Into Horrific Nightmare As Gunmen Open Fire

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A night of celebration turned into a scene of terror early Sunday morning as a mass shooting on Bloomington, Indiana’s popular Kirkwood Avenue left nine people injured. The violence broke out just after midnight during the university’s famed &#8220;Little 500&#8221; weekend, a period that typically draws tens of thousands of visitors to the area.
Billed as &#8220;The World&#8217;s Greatest College Weekend,&#8221; the Little 500 is the largest collegiate bike race in the United States. Founded in 1951, it has become a defining cultural event for Indiana University and the Bloomington community. Modeled after the Indianapolis 500, the race features 33 teams of four riders competing relay-style on a quarter-mile cinder track at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
To ensure a level playing field, all teams must use identical, single-speed &#8220;Little 500 bikes&#8221; provided by the IU Student Foundation (IUSF). These bikes have coaster brakes (no hand brakes) and no add-on accessories.
The race gained international fame through the 1979 Academy Award-winning film Breaking Away, starring Dennis Quaid (in his breakout role), Dennis Christopher, Daniel Stern, and Jackie Earle Haley, and which centers on a group of &#8220;Cutters&#8221; (local Bloomington residents) competing against fraternity teams.
<a href="https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-04-26/police-say-5-wounded-by-gunfire-on-kirkwood-avenue">According</a> to the Bloomington Police Department (BPD), officers were already stationed on the 400 block of East Kirkwood Avenue monitoring a large crowd when gunfire erupted at approximately 12:25 a.m. Witnesses described a festive atmosphere that disintegrated into &#8220;pure chaos&#8221; as dozens of shots sent revelers diving for cover and fleeing toward the Indiana University campus.
While the investigation is in its preliminary stages, witnesses reported that the violence appeared to stem from a physical altercation. One witness <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/indiana-university-mass-shooting-on-kirkwood-leaves-9-wounded/">recalled</a> seeing two women fighting in the street shortly before one of them reached toward her leg, produced a firearm, and began shooting into the crowd.
“I didn’t think too much of it at first,” the witness told local reporters. “I figured the police would get to it. But then I saw a girl … start firing. By then, I was already running the other way.”
Emergency responders moved quickly to treat the wounded. BPD <a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/9-injured-following-shooting-in-bloomington-on-kirkwood-avenue-indiana/531-1c1fbf57-a3ff-4ad7-9c44-4fdcbb6b8b77">confirmed</a> that nine individuals were transported to local hospitals: six by ambulance, one in a police squad car, and two via personal vehicles. One victim was located at a nearby gas station on West 17th Street with injuries linked to the Kirkwood shooting. Authorities noted that it is not yet clear how many victims suffered direct gunshot wounds versus injuries caused by ricocheting bullet fragments.
Indiana University issued several &#8220;IU Notify&#8221; alerts throughout the night, urging students to shelter in place and lock their doors. Although the shooting occurred just one block from campus, university officials confirmed that no shots were fired on IU property.
The shooting marks the second mass casualty event near a Big 10 campus in just eight days, following a shooting near the University of Iowa last week that left five wounded.
As of Sunday morning, no suspects are in custody. The Bloomington Police Department, assisted by the Indiana State Police and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, utilized drones and helicopters to document the scene and search for the shooter.

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Mass Shooting Erupts At Crowded Event In Popular College Town

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Florida opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI one year after a gunman killed two people at Florida State University in an attack he planned with &#8220;significant advice&#8221; from OpenAI&#8217;s artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, the state&#8217;s Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Tuesday.
The gunman, whom The Daily Wire will not name, relied on ChatGPT to get information on firearms and when the most people would be present at Florida State&#8217;s student union, where he opened fire on April 17, 2025, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/florida-criminal-investigation-openai-chatgpt-fsu-shooting.html">reported</a>. The attacker also asked ChatGPT if a specific gun would be effective at short range, according to Uthmeier.
“If this were a person on the other end of the screen, we would be charging them with murder,” the Florida attorney general said. “We cannot have AI bots that are advising people on how to kill others.”
The criminal investigation will now run alongside a civil investigation into ChatGPT that the Florida attorney general opened earlier this month.
The 20-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded six others in the shooting. He was also a student at Florida State and is the stepson of a sheriff&#8217;s deputy in Leon County, Florida, which includes Tallahassee. The gunman, who survived a serious gunshot wound from responding officers, has been charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.
The gunman appeared to be intrigued by whether a mass shooting at Florida State would gain nationwide attention and asked ChatGPT how the country would react to an attack on the campus, according to the Times.
OpenAI, which is led by AI entrepreneur Sam Altman, pushed back on Florida&#8217;s decision to open a criminal investigation and said the company &#8220;proactively shared this information with law enforcement&#8221; after it identified the shooter&#8217;s account.
&#8220;Last year&#8217;s mass shooting at Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime,&#8221; an OpenAI spokeswoman told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We continue to cooperate with authorities. In this case, ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity,&#8221; the spokeswoman added.
Uthmeier, a Republican, said at a press conference on Tuesday that he believes government &#8220;should only interfere in business activities when you have significant harm to our people,&#8221; adding, &#8220;This is that.&#8221;
The criminal investigation will focus on looking into whether OpenAI or any of its employees should face charges over the programming of ChatGPT&#8217;s answers.
The Florida State shooter is not the only gunman to rely on ChatGPT for information before opening fire on innocent victims. Earlier this year, a trans-identifying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-shooters-use-of-ai-puts-chatgpt-ceos-push-for-ai-privilege-under-the-microscope">shooter</a> in Canada raised warning signs among OpenAI employees for conversations he had with ChatGPT on shooting scenarios months before killing his mother and brother and then going to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, where he killed another six people, including five children.
The trans-identifying gunman&#8217;s messages with ChatGPT in June 2025 resulted in his account getting banned, but OpenAI did not report the conversations to law enforcement, The Wall Street Journal reported. OpenAI tells users that it hands over information to law enforcement &#8220;if required to do so to comply with a legal obligation, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.&#8221;
Last year, however, Altman said that he wanted a policy passed to allow him to give AI users assurance that their conversations with ChatGPT would never be shared with the government.
“If I could get one piece of policy passed right now, relative to AI, the thing I would most like, and this is in tension with some of the other things that we’ve talked about, is I’d like there to be a concept of AI privilege,” Altman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmpT-BoVf4&amp;t=1911s">told</a> podcast host Tucker Carlson last September. “When you talk to a doctor about your health or a lawyer about your legal problems, the government cannot get that information.”
“We have decided that society has an interest in that being privileged and that a subpoena can’t get that, the government can’t come asking your doctor for it, whatever. I think we should have the same concept for AI,” he added.

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A gunman who appeared to be targeting his own &#8220;descendants&#8221; opened fire in three different homes across the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, on Saturday night — and was shot and killed after he attempted to carjack a vehicle in order to escape.
The suspect in the horrific murder spree was identified later in the day as 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran Shamar Elkins.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/8-kids-ages-1-to-14-killed-in-mass-shootings-across-shreveport-louisiana/">report</a> published Sunday by The New York Post, Elkins shot ten people, eight of them fatally, in two homes on one street and one other home on a nearby street. The two survivors were adult women, and all eight of the deceased were children ranging in age from one year old to 14 years old. Some of the children are believed to be his.
&#8220;The individual responsible once leaving this scene performed a carjacking right here in close proximity to the corner of West 79th and Lynnwood, at which point in time, Shreveport police patrol officers got behind that vehicle in a chase incident,&#8221; Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said during a press conference. The suspect was shot and killed by police.
&#8220;You have three different scenes, the shooting itself occurred just down the road over here, the 300 block of West 79th,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-shreveport-mass-shooting-rcna340868">Bordelon added</a>. “There’s also another shooting related to this on Harrison Street, and then there’s an adjacent residence on West 79 where one of the victims ran to after the shooting.&#8221;
&#8220;This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,&#8221; Police Chief Wayne Smith said, noting that the official crime scene included the scene of the carjacking in addition to the three homes.
&#8220;This is a tragic situation, maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had in Shreveport. So, right now we’re going to process the information and it&#8217;s in very good hands,&#8221; Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said. &#8220;It’s a terrible morning.&#8221;
A motive for the shooting has not been determined, although several reports indicated that the suspect may have been involved with one of the women who was shot.

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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.

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