Chicago, in the midst of a dramatic spike in shootings and homicides, has once again had a record-setting weekend of violence, this time involving a rush-hour shootout on a crowded major highway.
&#8220;So far this weekend, 47 people have been shot, seven fatally in violence across the city,&#8221; <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-shootings-this-weekend-violence-how-many-shot-in/6313550/">ABC 7 Chicago</a> reported Sunday. The latest victim, yet again, was a minor &#8212; this time, a 15-year-old boy who was killed in a hail of gunfire on the city&#8217;s southwest side.
&#8220;The teen, identified as Terrance Malden by family, was in the street when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said,&#8221; <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-shootings-this-weekend-violence-how-many-shot-in/6313550/">according to ABC 7</a>. &#8220;Malden was shot in the back. He was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition, and later pronounced dead, Chicago police said.&#8221;
A 14-year-old boy was also shot this weekend, on the city&#8217;s west side. He was hit in the abdomen and remains in serious condition.
The violence caps off a weeks-long spike in violence in Chicago, which began just before Memorial Day and has continued unabated, despite the city&#8217;s increased efforts at controlling violence. Each Monday morning, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers a press conference on the state of the city, and the conferences have lately become a grim announcement of that weekend&#8217;s deadly toll.
In July, to date, 32 people have been shot and killed in the city and more than 180 shot and wounded. A number of minors are among the dead, including a 20-month-old boy shot while driving home from the laundromat with his mother.
This weekend&#8217;s violence kicked off with a shocking incident &#8212; a reported gang-related shooting on the city&#8217;s crowded Dan Ryan Expressway during rush hour Friday.
Following an altercation, a &#8220;29-year-old man crashed his vehicle near 79th Street on the Dan Ryan Expressway after he was shot while driving in the first block of East 99th Street,&#8221; <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-79th-street-shooting-20200709-5ydmsg2x35cc5my7ujhb676ivm-story.html">the Chicago Tribune reported Friday</a>. &#8220;The shooting happened about 3 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of East 99th Street. The man heard shots and felt pain. He then proceeded to enter the expressway and crashed around 79th Street, police said.&#8221;
After crashing his car, the man, holding his wounds, ran through traffic towards a subway station adjacent to the highway. He was eventually apprehended and taken to the University of Chicago hospital.
Police closed two highways to conduct an investigation.
So far, this weekend, Chicago&#8217;s mayor and police chief have been silent on incidents of gun violence. Last week, the mayor, unable to articulate a concrete reason for the spike, blamed lax gun control laws and the coronavirus pandemic. This week, the city has been focused on cracking down on businesses to prevent the spread of the virus and made no announcement about an increase in police presence in targeted neighborhoods.
Chicago, of course, is far from the only city suffering a sudden spike in deadly shootings. Minneapolis, Baltimore, and several other cities are experiencing their own violence spikes.
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Chicago Suffers Another Weekend Of Violence, Including Rush Hour Shooting On Major Highway

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The parents of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, who was killed on Saturday night when a group of people opened fire on a car that she was traveling in, sounded off on their daughter&#8217;s death during a press conference on Sunday, and noted the seemingly empty words of Black Lives Matter activists.
“Officers said they responded to a 911 call near University Avenue and I-75/I-85 around 9:50 p.m. [on Saturday],” WSB-TV <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/child-shot-killed-atlanta-police-say/CLSJOKHUWFBDTH3UUGXQCKDPBA/">reported</a>. “The location of the shooting was in a parking lot across the street from the now burned-out Wendy’s, which has been occupied by demonstrators since Brooks’ death at the hands of an Atlanta police officer.”
Turner&#8217;s mother and father appeared with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms during a press conference on Sunday where they expressed their feelings over the tragedy.
&#8220;They say black lives matter,&#8221; Turner&#8217;s father said. &#8220;You killed your own. You killed your own this time. … They killed my baby because she crossed the barrier and made a U-turn. You killed a child. She didn’t do nothing to nobody.&#8221;
&#8220;They didn’t give us time to make a U-turn,&#8221; Turner&#8217;s mother said. &#8220;They started shooting at my car before we could even make a U-turn. Shooting my tires out, like why?&#8221;
&#8220;But black lives matter,&#8221; the father, seemingly sarcastic, chimed in.
&#8220;My baby was shot,&#8221; the mother said, appearing exhausted over the traumatic event.
&#8220;Killing your own,&#8221; the father added. &#8220;You killed an 8-year-old child. She ain’t did nothing to no one of y’all. She just wanted to get home to see her cousin. That’s all she wanted to do. She just wanted to get home.&#8221;
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During the press conference, Bottoms also sounded off on the community and noted that they were doing more harm to each other than any law enforcement officer.
&#8220;We’ve talk a lot about what we are demanding from our officers in our communities,&#8221; Bottoms <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/atlanta-mayor-on-death-of-8-year-old-girl-we-are-doing-each-other-more-harm-than-any-police-officer-on-this-force">said</a>. &#8220;We’ve protested, we’ve demonstrated, we’ve been angry, we’ve cried, we’ve demanded action. We’ll now we’re demanding action for Secoriea Turner and for all of the other people who were shot in Atlanta last night and over the past few weeks because the reality is this – these aren’t police officers shooting people on the streets of Atlanta, these are members of the community shooting each other, and in this case, it is the worst possible outcome.&#8221;
&#8220;You can’t blame this on a police officer, you can’t say this is about criminal justice reform. This is about some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an eight-year-old baby in the car,&#8221; Bottoms later added. &#8220;We got to stop this. We are doing each other more harm than any police officer on this force. We’ve had over 75 shootings in the city over the past several weeks.
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A Black Lives Matter protester who shot at cars during a demonstration in downtown Provo, Utah, on Monday, has been arrested and charged with attempted aggravated murder among other crimes.
A shocking video, posted across social media Monday, showed at least one protester discharging a weapon multiple times into the cab of a large SUV that drove through a Black Lives Matter protest held in Provo on Monday. Provo police corroborated what is seen in the clip, posting on social media late Monday that a shooting victim had been received at a local hospital and that officers were looking for information on the shooter.
WARNING: The video, via Deseret News, shows the shooting as it happened.
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&#8220;Provo City Police were made aware of a planned Police Rally and a Counter-protest scheduled for last night,&#8221; the department posted Monday. &#8220;Both events coincided without incident until 8:38 pm when a call was received regarding possible gunshots and a hit and run.&#8221;
&#8220;Shortly thereafter,&#8221; Provo police added, &#8220;[w]e received another call regarding a shooting victim at Utah Valley Hospital.&#8221;
On Wednesday, Provo police announced that they&#8217;d arrested 33-year-old Jesse Taggart, one of the BLM demonstrators, in connection with the shooting, <a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/suspected-provo-protest-shooter-arrested">according to a local Fox affiliate</a>.
&#8220;According to Provo Police, 33-year-old Jesse Taggart of Salt Lake City was arrested on charges of attempted aggravated murder, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, rioting, threatening the use of a weapon in a fight or quarrel, criminal mischief, and firing a weapon near a highway,&#8221; per Fox 13 Utah.
&#8220;Police say Taggart shot the driver of an SUV on University Avenue as protesters crowded around the vehicle. The driver sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Taggart reportedly then fired another shot at the rear of the vehicle as it sped away from the scene,&#8221; the outlet added.
Witnesses told police that Taggart stowed the weapon after the shooting and went back to protesting, blending in among the throng of people attending the BLM rally.
&#8220;The victim was driving a white SUV on University Avenue and was attempting to turn onto Center Street when a group of protesters began &#8216;crowding around the vehicle. A male protester ran to the SUV on the passenger side, pointed a handgun at (the) driver, and shot one round through the window,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/6/30/21308526/gunman-shot-driver-then-hid-weapon-continued-protest-provo-police-say-blm">Deseret News reported</a>, based on a synopsis of the incident provided by Provo law enforcement.
“This same protester later approached another vehicle at 500 North and University Avenue, striking and breaking the window with the handgun,&#8221; the outlet added.
“Peaceful protests are a fundamental right and often can become an important catalyst for positive change. Criminal acts and violence such as we saw last night in Provo were anything but peaceful and are unacceptable,” Provo&#8217;s mayor said Tuesday.
A second protester, a 27-year-old woman, was also arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and rioting, but police did not say whether she was connected to the shooting or to Taggart. <a href="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/6/30/21308526/gunman-shot-driver-then-hid-weapon-continued-protest-provo-police-say-blm">Desert News</a> notes that Provo authorities are looking for a second shooter.
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Protests Continue Over Death Of George Floyd, Killed In Police Custody In Minneapolis

BLM Protester Will Be Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting At Driver During Utah Protest

A 1-year-old boy and his mother were among the dozens shot and at least 7 killed in Chicago on Saturday as the city suffers from another weekend of violence &#8212; the latest in a string of deadly weekends.
The pair, <a href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/27/20-month-old-boy-shot-englewood-60th-halsted/">CBS News Chicago reports</a>, were shot while driving home from a local laundromat in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago&#8217;s south side. The boy&#8217;s mother was grazed by a bullet, but the child was shot in the chest and died at a local hospital.
Three other children were among the 46 people shot so far this weekend, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/28/21305237/chicago-weekend-shootings-gun-violence-june-26-29-2020">according to the Chicago-Sun Times</a>. In addition to the 1-year-old, a 10-year-old girl was killed Friday night when a bullet entered her home on Chicago&#8217;s northwest side, a 17-year-old teen was killed after an altercation on the city&#8217;s west side, and an 8-year-old girl was &#8220;grazed by a bullet&#8221; in her home in Englewood.
The 1-year-old boy is the youngest victim of Chicago&#8217;s early summer violence, but at least two other toddlers, both around 3 years old, were shot in the last week. One of the 3-year-olds was killed. Police have offered a substantial reward for information leading to that boy&#8217;s killer, but so far the Chicago Police Department has not received any credible tips, they say.
A 9-year-old and a 5-year-old are also among the week&#8217;s shooting victims.
Chicago&#8217;s Police Chief of Operations Fred Waller announced the young boy&#8217;s death at a press conference on Saturday.
&#8220;It seems like just yesterday, it was actually last Saturday, I was in front of you all talking about a 3-year-old that was killed in the Austin community, and now, here in Englewood, a 20-month-old was killed,” he said. “This is happening far too often. Too many times children are killed by senseless violence, and not only just children but grown-ups also. When is this going to stop? When are we going to say enough is enough?”
&#8220;This baby, and all of our residents, deserve better,&#8221; Chicago&#8217;s police superintendent, David Brown, added Saturday night.  &#8220;For the sake of Chicago’s children, please come forward to help bring the trigger pullers to justice.&#8221;
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot issued her pleas in a Twitter stream.
&#8220;It&#8217;s on all of us to double down on our all-hands-on-deck public safety efforts with police officers, street outreach teams, trauma support workers, community and faith-based partners. We must ask ourselves: &#8220;What are we each doing to make this a season of bounty, not tragedy?&#8221; she said on social media. &#8220;We all have a role in this fight for the safety of our communities. I ask that anyone with information on these incidents please come forward or submit a tip anonymously at <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" title="http://cpdtip.com" role="link" href="https://t.co/Tt6O9g49ZD?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-focusable="true">http://cpdtip.com</a>.&#8221;
Crime is down overall in the city of Chicago, largely the result of coronavirus-related lockdowns that kept many residents inside from March until May, but shootings are up. The last weekend in May, Chicago saw its bloodiest weekend in years &#8212; the worst since the city hit a crime peak in 2016 &#8212; and just last weekend, more than 100 people were shot. At least 15 people were killed.
Late last week, President Donald Trump warned Chicago&#8217;s city government that he could be forced to intervene if the city cannot quell its streak of gun violence. Lightfoot fired back at the president on Twitter, but that was before the weekend&#8217;s shooting numbers began to materialize.
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Three Children, Including 1 Year Old, Killed In Chicago As Violence Spikes In City

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Seattle&#8217;s Fire Department responded to a third shooting in Seattle&#8217;s Capitol Hill neighborhood late Tuesday, transporting two victims who engaged in gun violence on the edges of the CHOP &#8220;autonomous zone.&#8221;
The Capitol Hill Occupied (or &#8220;Ongoing&#8221;) Protest, or CHOP, is likely in its final stages as Seattle city officials determine how and when to break up the demonstration, which took over six blocks of the city&#8217;s Capitol Hill neighborhood more than two weeks ago.
Although the CHOP demonstrations were largely peaceful at first, within the last week there have been three shootings, leaving at least one person dead, one in critical condition, and three others with injuries, according to reports.
Long-term residents of Seattle&#8217;s Capitol Hill neighborhood expressed their frustration with the protests to city officials last week, telling local media that they no longer felt &#8220;safe&#8221; in the &#8220;occupied&#8221; neighborhood and threatening to move their homes and businesses from Capitol Hill permanently.
The mayor, members of the city council, and other city officials continued to defend the protests, claiming that a dangerous, unassociated &#8220;element&#8221; moved into the CHOP at night, disrupting the zone&#8217;s &#8220;healing&#8221; and &#8220;educational&#8221; environment. Seattle&#8217;s mayor Jenny Durkan even expressed hope that the protests could continue on a more part-time basis.
That may be in jeopardy as of Tuesday when two people were reportedly shot on CHOP&#8217;s periphery.
&#8220;According to Seattle Police radio updates, police were called to the area on the north end of Cal Anderson near residential apartment buildings around 4:45 AM,&#8221; <a href="https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/after-mayors-vow-to-peacefully-clear-camp-another-shooting-in-cal-anderson-protest-zone-sends-man-to-hospital-possible-second-victim/">Capitol Hill Seattle reported</a>. &#8220;After staging for about five minutes to gather enough officers to enter the area of the protest camp, police reported finding a man who had been shot screaming on the northwest corner of 11th and Denny.&#8221;
Seattle FD transported one victim to the hospital. A second victim was, Seattle officials believe, transported to the hospital by a private vehicle, but Seattle FD says they cannot confirm that information.
Police did report, however, that while they were attending to one shooting victim, they heard more shots ring out in the general area of the CHOP protest zone.
&#8220;During the police and medic response, more gunfire rang out from the area of the Cal Anderson camp around 5 AM,&#8221; Capitol Hill Seattle said. &#8220;Police did not enter the area of the protesters but were in contact with organizers, according to radio updates. There were reports that an armed person fired a single shot but no immediate reports of victims.
After CHOP formed, several other &#8220;autonomous zones&#8221; sprang up in major cities, but few have lasted as long as the Capitol Hill protest. Chicago, Nashville, Asheville, and Portland, all dismantled &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; protests within a few hours of their establishment. Late Tuesday night, Washington, D.C., Park Police tangled with protesters in the city&#8217;s center and ultimately booted out a &#8220;Black House Autonomous Zone&#8221; that had taken root across the street from the White House.
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THIRD Shooting In CHOP Sends Seattle Authorities Scrambling, Even As Mayor Says She’s Ready To ‘Wind Down’ Protest

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According to police in Seattle, a second shooting in the area known as CHOP, for “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest,” occurred on Sunday night. “A hospital spokesperson says the person was in serious condition,” AP <a href="https://apnews.com/a76c7daca798748aa7cd240427abd153">reported</a>, <a href="https://apnews.com/4dcff8f062bae9e1fe3885c346b44847?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow">adding</a>, “The person arrived in a private vehicle and was in serious condition, Harborview Medical Center spokesperson Susan Gregg said in a statement.”
The Seattle Police Department tweeted early Monday morning, “Police investigating reported shooting inside CHOP zone. One person at HMC with gun shot wound. Hearing reports of a second shooting, but have not be able to verify at this time. Conflicting reports, will update with more information when available.”
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Police investigating reported shooting inside CHOP zone. One person at HMC with gun shot wound. Hearing reports of a second shooting, but have not be able to verify at this time. Conflicting reports, will update with more information when available.
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“Dispatch logs place the emergency response at Harvard Avenue and East Pine Street, with the first reports at about 10:42 p.m., though it was unclear where exactly the shooting happened. Seattle fire arrived at 10:46 p.m., two minutes after being dispatched, and went to a predesignated staging location near the perimeter of the protest zone, fire department spokesman David Cuerpo said. A couple of minutes later they were notified that the injured person had already been taken away in a private car, Cuerpo said,” the <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/shooting-reported-sunday-night-in-chop-area-1-person-in-serious-condition/">Seattle Times</a> reported.
On Saturday morning, Seattle Police were informed that two men were transported Harborview Medical Center by CHOP medics. A representative from HMC confirmed that a 19-year-old man, identified by his friends as Lorenzo Anderson, a local rapper who goes by the name “Lil Mob,” had died while the other shooting victim was in critical condition, <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/no-arrests-made-yet-deadly-chop-shooting/ZG6GGPR7QVGBTP5A5SR3NIDATA/">KIRO</a> reported. CHOP describes itself as a “police-free zone.”
“Police arrived on the scene on foot and were prepared with protective anti-protest gear at the border of the zone … East Precinct police radio chatter said officers who arrived on the scene were collecting shell casings and evidence despite harassment from many zone residents,” Newsweek <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/police-investigating-shooting-inside-seattles-no-cop-chaz-zone-1512330">reported</a>.
Washington Democrat Governor Jay Inslee weakly responded to the shooting Saturday by saying, “We need to have a way for the community to have a way to speak and for police and fire services to be provided. One way or another we obviously need to provide a way to offer protection for people, and that’s a necessity.”
Mike Solan, a member of the Seattle Police Department, and the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, commented, “We as a community need to come together to find a solution here because it’s not getting done. How many more people need to get killed?  Where’s the justice for the homicide victim? Where’s the justice for their family; Where’s the justice for the Seattle community?” as Q3Fox <a href="https://q13fox.com/2020/06/21/community-looks-for-answers-after-fatal-shooting-at-chop-zone/">reported</a>.
Last week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-police-chief-challenges-democrat-mayor-says-rapes-robberies-occurring-in-chaz-with-force-unable-to-respond">Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best</a> said abandoning the city’s Third Precinct to the radical protesters was “not my decision,” stating that “rapes, robberies,” and other violent crimes were occurring in the left-wing utopia.
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Another Person Reportedly Shot In Seattle ‘Autonomous Zone,’ Police Say

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At least one has been killed in a shooting inside the so-called “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle, dubbed “CHAZ” or “CHOP,&#8221; on Saturday, police confirmed.
Officers collected shell casings and other evidence on scene inside the &#8220;no-cop&#8221; zone and are currently investigating the incident.
&#8220;Videos recorded Saturday morning show volunteer medics scrambling to help the purported victims after Seattle Police Department radio dispatchers received multiple reports of three to six gunshots around 2:20 a.m.,&#8221; <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/police-investigating-shooting-inside-seattles-no-cop-chaz-zone-1512330?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1592661180">Newsweek</a> reported Saturday afternoon. &#8220;People involved in the incident were seen fleeing the scene north from 10th Avenue and East Pine street in the city&#8217;s Capitol Hill autonomous protest zone, also called CHAZ.
Last week, Seattle Police abandoned the East Precinct that fell within the six blocks commandeered by the protesters, which include far-left Antifa and Black Lives Matter supporters.
&#8220;Police arrived on the scene on foot and prepared with anti-protest gear at the border of the citizen reclaimed protest zone,&#8221; Newsweek reported. &#8220;East Precinct police radio chatter said officers who arrived on the scene were collecting shell casings and evidence, and the second victim had a gunshot wound to the arm and chest.&#8221;
&#8220;Local videographers from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WWConverge/videos/297548387941384/?v=297548387941384" rel="nofollow">Converge Media first reported</a> that one of the victims was transported by non-ambulance locals to the Harborview protest camp staffed by medical volunteers,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reported the man was dead when he arrived at the volunteer medical camp. Video showed several people on the street announcing that one of the victims was dead in front of the Rancho Bravo restaurant at 10th and Pine Street.&#8221;
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Police investigating shooting at 10th Avenue and East Pine. Will update with additional information when available.
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Last week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-police-chief-challenges-democrat-mayor-says-rapes-robberies-occurring-in-chaz-with-force-unable-to-respond">Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best</a> said abandoning the city’s Third Precinct to the radical protesters was “not my decision,” stating that “rapes, robberies,” and other violent crimes are occurring in the left-wing utopia.
“You should know, leaving the precinct was not my decision. You fought for days to protect it. I asked you to stand on that line,” Best addressed officers last Thursday, according to <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/seattle-police-chief-not-able-124718101.html">Yahoo! News</a>. “Day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened and in some cases hurt. Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in, it seems like an insult to you and our community.”
As previously noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-documentarian-goes-behind-scenes-at-chaz-speaks-to-leader?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">The Daily Wire</a>, one of the protest leaders at CHAZ, Jaiden Grayson, told documentary filmmaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-protesters-interviewed-were-stealing-because-its-slavery-money-we-should-kill-them-police-bes-if-anybody">Ami Horowitz</a> that police and the prison system should be “abolished,” not defunded. She also emphasized that “by any means necessary” is not just a slogan but a promise.
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“Every single day that I show up here, I’m not here to peacefully protest,&#8221; Grayson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-documentarian-goes-behind-scenes-at-chaz-speaks-to-leader?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">said</a>. &#8220;I’m here to disrupt until my demands are met. You cannot rebuild until you break it all the way down. Respond to the demands of the people, or prepare to be met with any means necessary. It’s not a slogans, it’s not even a warning. I’m letting people know what comes next.”
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UPDATE: On Saturday afternoon, the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/06/20/homicide-investigation-inside-protest-area/">Seattle Police Department blotter</a> posted the following updated information:
<blockquote>Homicide detectives are investigating following a fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday morning at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street. One man was declared deceased at the hospital and another male is being treated for life-threatening injuries.
On June 20th, at approximately 2:30 AM, East Precinct officers responded to a report of shots fired in Cal Anderson Park. This is inside the area referred to as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). Officers attempted to locate a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims. Officers were later informed that the victims, both males, had been transported to Harborview Medical Center by CHOP medics.
Officers responded to Harborview and were informed that one of the victims, a 19-year-old male, had died from injuries. The other victim, also a male, unknown age, remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The suspect or suspect(s) fled and are still at large. There is no description at this time.
Homicide detectives responded and are conducting a thorough investigation, despite the challenges presented by the circumstances.</blockquote>
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CHAZ: Shooting Leaves One Dead Inside Leftists’ No-Cop Utopia; Police Investigating

Crime

Murder

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The mother of Breonna Taylor is calling for peace after people were shot at a protest calling for justice for the slain emergency medical technician.
Tamika Palmer released a statement on Friday urging those protesting for her daughter to demand justice “the right way.” Palmer’s plea comes after seven people were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-shot-in-louisville-amid-protests-over-killing-of-breonna-taylor">shot</a> at a protest Thursday night from somewhere inside the crowd of protesters. Police were not on the scene when the shots were fired.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tweeted out Palmer’s startment:
<blockquote>Breonna devoted her own life to saving other lives, to helping others, to making people smile, and to bringing people together. The last thing she’d want to see right now is anymore violence. Changes are being made, but it’s not enough. We will not stop until there is truth, justice, and accountability. Breonna’s legacy will not be forgotten and it’s because of all of us saying her name and demanding justice. We are saying her name more each day. Thank you! Please keep saying her name. Please keep demanding justice and accountability. But let’s do it the right way, without hurting each other. We can, and we will, make some real change here. Now is the time. Let’s make it happen … but safely. #breewayy</blockquote>
Beshear added his own thoughts on the shooting, as well, while urging people to respect and honor Palmer’s message.
“My heart aches for Louisville &amp; our country. Breonna Taylor’s family &amp; the public deserve the truth. We should honor Breonna’s legacy as an EMT &amp; the pursuit of the truth should not be marred by violence,” he said.
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(1of2) My heart aches for Louisville &amp; our country. Breonna Taylor’s family &amp; the public deserve the truth. We should honor Breonna’s legacy as an EMT &amp; the pursuit of the truth should not be marred by violence. Here is a statement her mother, Tamika, provided to me this morning. <a href="https://t.co/N7792iGrlZ">pic.twitter.com/N7792iGrlZ</a>
&mdash; Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1266380203087060999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Police officers killed Taylor, a black woman, in March, shooting her eight times after breaking down a door and storming her apartment. The officers had a warrant to search Taylor’s home in connection with a narcotics investigation. No drugs were found.
After police busted down the door, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker, who was with her in the apartment at the time, shot one of the officers in the stomach. Walker said he had intended to fire a shot at the ground as a warning to scare off the intruders, who he said he did not know were police because they did not announce themselves. The officers, who said they did announce themselves before busting down the door, returned fire and killed Taylor, according to the <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/05/12/breonna-taylor-case-what-know-louisville-emt-killed-cops/3110066001/">Louisville Courier-Journal</a>.
Charges were brought against Walker for shooting a police officer, but the case was later dropped. The FBI has launched an investigation into Taylor’s killing, and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad has said he intends to retire at the end of June.
Protests over Taylor’s death ignited nearly two months later along with demonstrations over the killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and George Floyd in Minnesota.
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Police Line

Breonna Taylor’s Mother Calls For Peace After 7 Shot: ‘Keep Saying Her Name’ But ‘Do It The Right Way’

Breonna Taylor

Police

An active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Leavenworth has been called a hero after his quick thinking Wednesday morning stopped a gunman who opened fire on cars at the Centennial Bridge, which overlooks the Missouri River at a crossing between Kansas and Missouri.
According to Leavenworth Police Chief Patrick Kitchen, the soldier, who has been identified as Master Sergeant David Royer, 34, <a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2020/05/27/police-soldier-saved-lives-by-stopping-shooter-bridge/">likely saved</a> “countless lives” when he crashed his truck into the gunman, who had already struck two cars and another person.
“It’s quite clear that he intervened and saved countless people from either being shot or wounded,” said the police chief, later adding that the soldier who crashed his car into the gunman was “very, very helpful and instrumental in today’s activities.”
Royer sustained no injuries during the maneuver, and the person who was shot, also an active-duty soldier, was recovering as of Wednesday afternoon, said the police chief.
In a press conference with reporters on Thursday, Royer explained that he was crossing the bridge in his car, talking to his fiance over the bluetooth speaker, when he noticed a man further in front of him “who appeared to be getting something out of his vehicle,” reports <a href="https://www.kmbc.com/article/i-needed-to-do-something-fort-leavenworth-kansas-soldier-describes-how-he-stopped-active-shooter-on-bridge-david-royer/32702083">KMBC News</a>.
“As I was talking to her, the man pulled up a rifle and started aiming toward the eastbound across the river, toward the Missouri side and began to shoot,” said Royer.
“I assessed the situation very quickly, looked around, and took the only action possible I felt I could take,” he said. “I accelerated my truck as quickly as possible, struck the active shooter and pinned him underneath my truck.”
“I was shocked that it was happening, and the adrenaline took over, and with the military training that I’ve received, I took appropriate action,” said Royer.
“Most people in my situation would have done the same thing,” he said.
KMBC News reports that the police chief believes Royer&#8217;s actions were &#8220;absolutely heroic.&#8221;
“He saved countless lives. There were people on that bridge that were innocent bystanders just traveling, there were KDOT workers on that bridge,” said the police chief.
At least two weapons were recovered from the scene, including a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle, said police. It’s unclear how many shots were fired, or which weapon was used in the shooting.
After pinning the gunman under the truck, Royer, who has served in the Army for 15 years, said he believed that the man no longer posed an immediate threat, so he went to the gunman’s car to make sure that there were no explosives or other dangers to the people on the bridge, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/us/fort-leavenworth-centennial-bridge.html">reports</a> The New York Times. He then called his fiance to let her know he was alright. 
“I just wanted to get home, get everything back to normal, get to my kids, give them a hug,” said Royer. “And then I went and I mowed my grass and made dinner and spent time with my family.”
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Police: Active-Duty Soldier Pinned Down Gunman With Truck, Likely Saved ‘Countless Lives’

Fort Leavanworth

U.S. Soldiers

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has assigned District Attorney Joyette Holmes, the former chief magistrate judge of Cobb County, to prosecute Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, the father and son who were charged last week in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery back in February. 
Holmes was assigned after prosecutor Tom Durden decided to step down due to the changing “size and magnitude” of the case, according to the Georgia attorney general’s office. 
“The most important thing is we make sure justice is done,” Carr said in a statement announcing the appointment of Holmes. “She’s been a prosecutor, a defense attorney and she’s been a judge.”
After the announcement, the Arbery family released a statement calling for Holmes “to be zealous in her search for justice, as she works to hold all of those responsible for the unjustifiable execution of an unarmed young Black man in broad daylight,” reports <a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/cobb-county-da-joyette-holmes-named-prosecutor-ahmaud-arbery-case">Georgia Public Broadcasting</a>. 
The fourth prosecutor, Holmes, has been tasked with reviewing a case that has received widespread national attention not only for the shooting but for prompting repeated recusals from prosecutors. 
District Attorney Jackie Johnson recused herself within days of the case on the account that Gregory McMichael previously worked for her office. Two county commissioners recently accused Johnson’s office of telling police to not issue arrests in the case, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/watch-gbi-updates-following-arrests-ahmaud-arbery-shooting/1aJbZe2uL9HrndjyWYjB2L/">The Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>. 
In a statement, Johnson’s office said that the commissioners were making “false accusations” in an effort to “ignore the problems at the Glynn County Police Department, for which they are ultimately responsible,” according to <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2020/05/09/commissioner-district-attorney-blocked-arrests-of-father-son-in-ahmaud-arbery-case/">News4Jax</a>. 
The second prosecutor, George Barnhill, recused himself at the request of the victim’s mother, who pointed out that Barnhill’s son worked at the same office as the previous prosecutor. In a letter to the police department announcing his recusal, Barnhill argued that there was “insufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants at this time.”
Prosecutor Tom Durden was assigned to the case in mid-April and was responsible for sending the case to a grand jury, the same day the graphic video of Arbery’s final moments circulated online. Before stepping down for the case, Durden requested an investigation from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. 
The bureau arrested both Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael 36 hours after receiving the case file on charges of murder and aggravated assault last Thursday. 
Gregory McMichael told police at the time of the incident he was pursuing a man he believed was a suspect in a recent series of break-ins. Arbery’s family has said he was jogging at the time of his death. 
Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family, told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-shot-dead-while-jogging-southeast-georgia-two-months-n1196621">NBC News</a> last month that Arbery may have gone through a construction site before his death, which he emphasized did not legally constitute a break-in or warrant a shooting. 
“That dwelling did not have doors or windows,” said Merritt. “Under the law in the state of Georgia, in order to commit a crime by entering someone’s dwelling, you have to break a seal, break a door, forcibly enter something that is otherwise locked.”
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Video Shows Black Jogger Shot And Killed By Two White Men In Georgia

Fourth Prosecutor Takes Ahmaud Arbery Case After Third Prosecutor Steps Down

Ahmaud Arbery

On Friday morning at roughly 10 a.m., a 29-year-old man reportedly <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/05/10/officials-identify-alleged-gunman-sheldon-francis-delaware-veterans-memorial-cemetery-shooting/">shot an elderly couple</a> from Elkton at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear, with the 85-year-old woman dying at the scene and her 86-year-old husband dying at a local hospital on Saturday.
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A husband and wife, both in their 80s, have died after being shot at a Delaware veterans&#39; cemetery.
The 86-year-old man died at the hospital. The woman, 85, was dead at the scene after a gunman opened fire at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery.<a href="https://t.co/PmznTJcJc6">https://t.co/PmznTJcJc6</a>
&mdash; New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1259639269280407552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The shooter, later identified as Sheldon C. Francis of Middletown by Delaware State Police, as <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-cemetery-shooting-husbad-86-wife-85-dead-20200510-ez4h67c5hrc7pfaqbu2kmxhqiy-story.html">The New York Daily News</a> reported, got into a gun battle with police which triggered him to run into the nearby woods; he was later found dead there from a gunshot wound. When Francis was allegedly running from police, he reportedly emerged from the woods into an area near the residence of Manny Vivar, who told <a href="https://6abc.com/delaware-veterans-memorial-cemetery-shooter-bear-shooting/6168892/">ABC6</a> he could hear the sounds of the firefight, recalling, &#8220;It was real rapid like &#8216;pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.’” The windshield of a police armored truck was shattered; no officers were injured.
The gunfight between Francis and the police lasted roughly six hours, according to <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/05/10/second-victim-friday-shooting-bear-cemetery-dies/3105094001/">DelawareOnline</a>. <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/05/10/officials-identify-alleged-gunman-sheldon-francis-delaware-veterans-memorial-cemetery-shooting/">CBS Philadelphia</a> added, “Officials say a memorial service took place at the cemetery just prior to the shooting, but everyone had left the grounds by the time gunfire erupted. Twelve employees were working at the cemetery at the time of the shooting and sheltered in a building.”
“The shooting prompted scores of officers to speed into the cemetery along the 2000 block of Chesapeake City Road … Images of the scene from SkyForce10 showed police responding with guns drawn, including a group of troopers crouched behind a divider on a highway,” <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/suspect-in-fatal-delaware-cemetery-shooting-idd/2391036/">NBC Philadelphia</a> reported.
Gov. John Carney commented, &#8220;Really sad news to think of that kind of event in really what is a sacred ground, the final resting place of the men and women who have served our country.” Secretary of State Jeff Bullock echoed, “Today, a moment of tragedy shattered the peaceful atmosphere of the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery. We are deeply sorry for the families and loved ones of the victims. We are thankful for the quick thinking and actions of our cemetery staff and the Delaware State Police, and grateful that no one else was hurt in this dangerous situation.”
In 2018, the staff of the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery received the Operational Excellence Award from Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Randy Reeves of the VA’s National Cemetery Administration. “The award places the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery among the top five percent of state veterans’ cemeteries in the nation,” <a href="https://news.delaware.gov/2018/10/24/delaware-veterans-cemetery-team-earns-top-honors/">Delaware.gov</a> noted. Governor Carney asserted:
<blockquote>The Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery truly is hallowed ground for those Delawareans who served their country in our armed forces, and for the loved ones who carry on the legacy of their deeds. I’ve always been extremely proud of the dedicated team that works every day to ensure that this resting place is maintained to the highest standards of excellence, and I congratulate them on earning the recognition they deserve.</blockquote>
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World War II American military cemetery

Elderly Couple Die After Being Shot At Delaware Veterans Cemetery

Delaware

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The two men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery told police they thought he was a suspect in several burglaries that had occurred in the area.
The only problem? There were no reported break-ins to cops in the weeks prior to the shooting, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-mcmichael-arrests-friday/index.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2020-05-08T21%3A51%3A06&amp;utm_source=twCNN">reported</a> CNN.
Glynn County Police Lt. Cheri Bashlor told the outlet that no burglaries had been reported in the weeks before Arbery’s shooting, and that the last similar crime reported in the neighborhood was an automobile burglary reported on January 1. The report stated a 9 mm pistol was stolen from an unlocked truck outside of the home of the two men charged with killing Arbery: Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34.
Another homeowner in the area told CNN his surveillance system caught a man who looked like Arbery “coming onto his property” on the day Arbery was shot, but declined to share the surveillance footage with the outlet. He also said there were other videos showing a man stealing fishing tackle after entering the property – but he couldn’t identify the suspect and never filed a police report.
These could be the break-ins the McMichaels’ were referring to when interviewed by police, which still wouldn’t justify deadly force.
As The Daily Wire’s Eric Quintanar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/local-attorney-with-ties-to-suspects-says-he-leaked-video-of-ahmaud-arbery-shooting">reported</a>, a 911 call from the day of Arbery’s shooting – identified by Georgia Public Broadcasting as being made by Travis McMichael – showed the suspect accusing Arbery of being in a house that was under construction:
<blockquote>CALLER: There’s been break-ins out here. There’s a guy in a house right now. There’s a house under construction.
DISPATCHER: Do you have your address or the other — that house’s address?
CALLER: Uh, right at [omitted].
DISPATCHER: And you say someone’s breaking into it right now?
CALLER: No, it’s all open. It’s under construction and he’s running right now. There he goes right now.
DISPATCHER: OK. What is he doing?
CALLER: He’s running down the street.
[Inaudible]
DISPATCHER: Okay that’s fine I’ll get them out there. I just need to know what he was doing wrong. Was he just on the premises and not supposed to be?
CALLER: [Inaudible] and he’s been caught on the camera a bunch before at night. It’s kind of an ongoing thing out here.</blockquote>
Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery’s family, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-shot-dead-while-jogging-southeast-georgia-two-months-n1196621">told</a> NBC that Arbery, who was said to be jogging on the day he was killed, may have run through the frame of the house, which isn’t a crime and wouldn’t justify his shooting.
“That dwelling did not have doors or windows,” Merritt said. “Under the law in the state of Georgia, in order to commit a crime by entering someone’s dwelling, you have to break a seal, break a door, forcibly enter something that is otherwise locked.”
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Men Charged With Killing Ahmaud Arbery Said He Was A Suspect In String Of Burglaries. The Burglaries Were Never Reported.

Criminal defense attorney Alan Tucker claims he’s the person who recently leaked the graphic video that depicts the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man who was pursued through a Georgia neighborhood back in February, and killed during a confrontation with two armed men. The men believed Arbery was a suspect in a recent series of break-ins. His family says he was jogging at the time of his death. 
Tucker told <a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/brunswick-attorney-says-he-leaked-arbery-shooting-video-0">Georgia Public Broadcasting</a> via email that he released the footage in the interest of transparency, saying that the case was becoming the subject of premature speculation, rumors, and “false narratives.”
“I love this community and have spent my career helping people in this community,” said Tucker. “My sole purpose in releasing the video was absolute transparency because my community was being ripped apart by erroneous accusations and assumptions.”
“It wasn’t two men with a Confederate flag in the back of a truck going down the road and shooting a jogger in the back,” Tucker told The New York Times in an interview on Friday, in an article published after the statement appeared in Georgia Public Broadcasting. 
Since the video leaked, the case has drawn national attention and bipartisan calls for answers have only grown louder: Both presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump have made statements about the shooting. 
But Tucker’s relationship with the suspects also appears complicated. 
On Thursday, Tucker told First Coast News that he had not been formally retained as a lawyer for either Gregory McMichael, 64, or Travis McMichael, 34, the father and son who have since been charged in the shooting. 
Tucker also told <a href="https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/attorney-for-mcmichael-family-claims-he-released-shooting-video-of-ahmaud-arbery/77-c5df7130-1a00-4acf-90f2-7a5a56363360">First Coast News</a> in an interview this week that he advised Travis McMichael to “keep his mouth shut” when the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, which began investigating the case on Wednesday, asked him for a statement. 
It’s not clear if these remarks were made during the same interview. 
Furthermore, before being arrested, Gregory McMichael gave brief remarks to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/07/killing-ahmaud-arbery-draws-condemnation-calls-prosecution/">The Washington Post</a> on Thursday, including an advisory to contact attorney Alan Tucker for further comment. 
The Washington Post reported: 
<blockquote>Reached by phone Thursday afternoon before he was arrested, Gregory McMichael said, “There are many, many facts out there that have not come to light.”
“This is all based on the video and newspaper story. All the stuff that led up to that still hasn’t been released,” he said.
Gregory McMichael refused to comment further because the case is under investigation and also declined to comment on behalf of his son, Travis. He referred questions to Tucker, who did not return an email requesting comment on the case.</blockquote>
In an article published on Friday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-video-lawyer.html">The New York Times</a> reported that “Tucker declined to comment on his conversations with the McMichaels, citing attorney-client privilege.” 
The New York Times reported: 
<blockquote>“I’m not going to tell you what I told them or what they told me,” he said, using profanity to say that any conversations — had they occurred, he said — were none of the public’s business.
At times during the interview, a woman could be heard in the background whispering suggested answers to Mr. Tucker.
By Friday afternoon, Mr. Tucker said that it had been decided that he would not be retained as the lawyer for either of the McMichaels, and it was unclear who was representing them.</blockquote>
According to <a href="https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/attorney-for-mcmichael-family-claims-he-released-shooting-video-of-ahmaud-arbery/77-c5df7130-1a00-4acf-90f2-7a5a56363360">First Coast News</a>, Tucker has said that police have had the footage of the shooting since the first day, and that Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael have been cooperating with the investigation. 
Tucker has reportedly also made the following comment: “The guy who took the video is the one who saw Arbery coming out of the house and said ‘that’s him.’”
Gregory McMichael told police the day of the shooting that he recognized Arbery from surveillance video of break-ins. From a <a href="https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6915-arbery-shooting/b52fa09cdc974b970b79/optimized/full.pdf#page=1">police report</a> obtained by The New York Times:
<blockquote>McMichael stated there have been several Break-ins in the neighborhood and further the suspect was caught on surveillance video. McMichael stated he was in his front yard and saw the suspect from the break-ins &#8220;hauling ass&#8221; down Satilla Drive toward Burford Drive. McMichael stated he then ran inside his house and called to Travis (McMichael) and said &#8220;Travis the guy is running down the street lets go&#8221;. McMichael stated he went to his bedroom and grabbed his .357 Magnum and Travis grabbed his shotgun because they &#8221; didn&#8217;t know if the male was armed or not&#8221;.  McMichael stated, &#8220;the other night&#8221; they saw the same male and he stuck his hand down his pants which lead them to believe the male was armed</blockquote>
The Times reported that the video was recorded by Roddie Bryan, whose lawyer said he shared the video with police before sharing it with Tucker and “anybody” who “wanted a copy.” During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz28bdHKDb0">press conference</a> on Friday morning, Vic Reynolds, the head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, told reporters that &#8220;to my knowledge,&#8221; the video that has been circulating in the media is &#8220;the same video&#8221; investigators have been studying. 
While the police report obtained by the Times doesn’t explicitly mention anyone coming out of a house, Georgia Public Broadcasting reported on Friday that they had obtained<a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/listen-911-dispatcher-doesn-t-understand-what-arbery-doing-wrong"> two 9-1-1 calls</a> from the day of the incident, including one call — from a person they’ve reported as Travis McMichael — in which a “guy in a house” is mentioned.
<blockquote>CALLER: There&#8217;s been break-ins out here. There’s a guy in a house right now. There&#8217;s a house under construction.
DISPATCHER: Do you have your address or the other — that house&#8217;s address?
CALLER: Uh, right at [omitted]. 
DISPATCHER: And you say someone&#8217;s breaking into it right now?
CALLER: No, it&#8217;s all open. It&#8217;s under construction and he&#8217;s running right now. There he goes right now.
DISPATCHER: OK. What is he doing?
CALLER: He&#8217;s running down the street.
[Inaudible]
DISPATCHER: Okay that’s fine I’ll get them out there. I just need to know what he was doing wrong. Was he just on the premises and not supposed to be? 
CALLER: [Inaudible] and he’s been caught on the camera a bunch before at night. It’s kind of an ongoing thing out here. </blockquote>
According to an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-shot-dead-while-jogging-southeast-georgia-two-months-n1196621">NBC News</a> report from late April, Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery’s family, has said that it’s possible Arbery went through the frame of a house, which he emphasized did not constitute a crime or justify the shooting. 
&#8220;That dwelling did not have doors or windows,&#8221; said Merritt. &#8220;Under the law in the state of Georgia, in order to commit a crime by entering someone&#8217;s dwelling, you have to break a seal, break a door, forcibly enter something that is otherwise locked.&#8221;
The other 9-1-1 call obtained by Georgia Public Broadcasting is from a person who the news agency reports as Gregory McMichael. During the recording, the caller can be heard giving a brief description of a suspect, his approximate location — although he says he “I don’t know what street we’re on” — and then shouting several things, including “stop!” and “Travis!&#8221; 
It’s not clear if there are any other calls from that day. It also remains unclear at what point the 9-1-1 calls take place in relation to the moments in the video, which shows about thirty seconds of the altercation up to and including the fatal shooting. 
In that video, Arbery appears to be running down a street in the direction of a white pickup truck. Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael can be seen waiting at the truck, armed. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around the passenger side, and a struggle begins at the front of the truck between him and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Moments later, Arbery is dead. 
Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault on Thursday evening. No others have been charged, and the investigation remains ongoing. 
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“Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson reported that on Friday afternoon his family and home in West Monroe, Louisiana, were targeted by a drive-by shooter. “One of the shots went through the bedroom window of the home where son John Luke Robertson lives with his wife Mary Kate McEachern and their infant child, but nobody in the family was injured,” according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/26/drive-by-shooters-spray-duck-dynasty-star-willie-robertsons-estate-eoyj-bullets/3030341001/">USA Today</a>.
Robertson told USA Today, &#8220;We were pretty shook up. It looks like they were just spraying bullets across my property.” He added that it was lucky the shooting had not happened earlier, saying, &#8220;Nobody was outside at the time, but everybody had been out about five minutes before. I had just gone to the store when it happened.&#8221;
The property and the several houses included within it are not near the main road; Robertson stated that multiple witnesses saw a truck in which more than one person rode by the property at 2:33 p.m. The vehicle was videotaped by a surveillance system; it was reportedly a white over brown or beige Ford F-250 with large aftermarket tires and rims.
Robertson said he felt the suspects knew they were firing at his property, adding, “I&#8217;m 100% certain, but I don&#8217;t know why.”
Among the people living on the property were Robertson and his wife Korie, John Luke, his wife Mary Kate McEachern and their infant son, as well as the Robertsons’ daughter Sadie and her new husband Christian Huff.
Robertson said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been in close contact with the investigators. It seems local to me, but I can&#8217;t be sure.&#8221;
On Saturday, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office reported they had made an arrest in connection with the shooting, writing on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OuachitaParishSheriffsOffice/photos/a.154285508242604/1137694133235065/?type=3&amp;theater">Facebook</a>: &#8220;The investigation has led to the arrest of Daniel King, Jr. King has been charged with 1 count of Aggravated Assault by Drive By Shooting and booked into OCC.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/home-duck-dynasty-star-willie-robertson-struck-gunfire-n1193031">NBC News</a> reported, “The witnesses said a man who appeared to be in his teens or 20s was driving the truck, and other people were in the vehicle, Springfield said. It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear if King was the driver.” The <a href="https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/04/26/man-arrested-duck-dynasty-drive-by-shooting-willie-robertson/3031251001/">News Star</a> reported that King was 38 years old.
Willie Robertson <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/duck-dynasty-stars-reveal-family-divide-trump-support/story?id=46573039">threw his support</a> behind Donald Trump in the presidential election in 2016. He said of discussing politics with his family, “Literally up until Election Day we were having discussions, you know, I understand &#8230; and I hate that the world, you know, America&#8217;s so polarized now and so hopefully we can figure out a way to work together and, you know, figure some things out for our country.&#8221;
He added of his support of Trump, &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s like you respect people, and try to love people, and help people, and that&#8217;s who I was behind. And, you know, lo and behold, when I was behind him, I don&#8217;t think anyone was at the time. That was pretty early.&#8221; He stated, &#8220;He&#8217;s not a politician and so that&#8217;s what I loved about him is that he&#8217;s not a politician. He&#8217;s not polished and he says stuff.&#8221;
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On Wednesday afternoon, an employee of Molson Coors Brewing Co. opened fire on his fellow employees on the Milwaukee campus, killing five people before taking his own life.
&#8220;Police were called to the complex where beer has been brewed for more than a century at 2:08 p.m,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/02/26/active-shooter-reported-molsoncoors-campus-unknown-injuries/4884282002/">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</a> reports. &#8220;Ten minutes later, employees were notified by email that an active shooter was in or near the second-floor stairwell of the sprawling factory’s Building 4. Police found the suspect dead from a gunshot wound inside one of the buildings. Five employees were found dead in the same building, Morales said.&#8221;
Authorities say the the shooter, who has been identified as a 51-year-old employee of the company, was armed with two handguns, including one with a silencer.
&#8220;Neither law enforcement, nor government nor company officials would address the motive for the shooting,&#8221; the Journal Sentinel reports.
At the beginning of his televised address on the coronavirus Wednesday, President Trump took a moment to express condolences for the victims and their families of the Milwaukee shooting and to condemn the &#8220;wicked murderer&#8221; who took five of his colleagues&#8217; lives.
&#8220;Before I begin, I’d like to extend my deepest condolences to the victims and families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,&#8221; said the president at the start of the <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?469747-1/president-trump-announces-vice-president-pence-charge-coronavirus-response\">press conference</a> Wednesday evening.
&#8220;Earlier today, a wicked murderer opened fire at a Molson Coors Brewing Company plant, taking the lives of five people,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;A number of people were wounded, some badly wounded. Our hearts break for them and their loved ones. We send our condolences. We’ll be with them. And it’s a terrible thing, terrible thing. So our hearts go out to the people of Wisconsin and to the families.&#8221;
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett addressed the horrific shooting in a joint press conference Wednesday evening.
“This is a time for us to think about those families because there were five individuals who went to work today, just like everyone goes to work, and they thought they were going to go to work, finish their day and return to their families. They didn’t, and tragically they never will,&#8221; said Barrett, as reported by the Journal Sentinel.
&#8220;The hearts of the people of Wisconsin go out to the folks that were needlessly murdered,&#8221; Milwaukee Gov. Tony Evers said at the event during which he asked for a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims.
Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley announced in an email to employees Wednesday that the brewery would be closed for the rest of the week to give employees and families a chance to &#8220;cope&#8221; with the &#8220;unthinkable tragedy.&#8221;
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&#8220;I just overheard on the radio seven — seven — victims. We might want to get some more med units here,&#8221; a fire commander said over the radio, repeating the number that other sources also reported.
&#8220;Start building rescue task forces,&#8221; another fire commander ordered.
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Tragedy struck Kansas City, Missouri, just hours after the Chiefs defeated the Tennessee Titans to secure a place in Super Bowl LIV. A gunman opened fire on people waiting in a line outside a bar, killing two and injuring 15 more.
The New York Daily News <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-kansas-city-bar-shooting-leaves-two-dead-fifteen-injured-20200120-n7cos3skdjhkbhfxrshpmo2nae-story.html">reported</a> that the shooter, according to police, was one of those who died at the scene. The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. outside 9ine Ultra Lounge
“He killed a woman and wounded 15 other people, three of whom were in critical condition, which was hosting a party to celebrate the Chief’s return to the Super Bowl (the team hasn’t made an appearance in 50 years) before he was shot by an armed security guard, the city’s police Capt. David Jackson told reporters at the scene,” the outlet reported.
Jackson also said that police found “quite a chaotic scene” after they arrived and asked for assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
“A preliminary investigation found that the gunman approached the line of people outside the bar and started shooting, but police are still investigating whether he was targeting a specific person or just randomly opened fire, Jackson said. It was also not clear if there was an altercation prior to the shooting,” the Daily news reported.
In addition to the deaths, 15 people reportedly sought medical attention from area hospitals due to the shooting. KSHB <a href="https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/police-investigating-shooting-at-a-nightclub-in-independence">reported</a> that three of the victims are listed in critical condition. The outlet also reported that an armed security guard working at the club apparently shot and killed the suspect. ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-15-injured-kansas-city-shooting/story?id=68398118">reported</a> that no responding officers fired their weapons.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told reporters at the time that the shooting put “a tragic end to such a wonderful day in Kansas City.”
“It’s just hard to stand here and talk about this kind of tragedy on really one of the best days Kansas City has had in a long time,” she added.
Police still don’t know why the gunman opened fire. The Kansas City Police Department released a statement saying the “next anticipated information release will most likely be the ID of deceased victims once the next of kin have been notified.&#8221;
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas <a href="https://twitter.com/QuintonLucasKC/status/1219215467279278085">praised</a> the security guard who took out the gunman, saying he, “appears to have kept the situation from being even worse.&#8221;
The shooting occurred alongside attacks in Honolulu, Hawaii and San Antonio, Texas. In total, six people were killed in the three shootings. In Honolulu, two police officers – Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama – were killed after responding to a stabbing. The officers were shot while they helped a woman who had been stabbed in the leg, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-people-including-2-police-officers-killed-multiple-shootings-n1118706">reported</a>. The home where the incident occurred caught fire after the stabbing. The suspect, identified as Jerry Hanel, and two other women who were in the home at the time have all been accounted for.
In San Antonio, an argument inside a club during a concert led to a shooting that killed two people and injured five others.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott awarded Jack Wilson, the hero who stopped the church shooting last month near Forth Worth, with the prestigious Governor&#8217;s Medal of Courage for his heroic actions.
On December 29, an armed man opened fire on churchgoers at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, for approximately five seconds before being neutralized by Wilson, who used a handgun he was carrying to stop the attacker.
&#8220;When faced with an evil that few of us will ever comprehend, Jack Wilson responded with strength, bravery, and with love for those in the church that day,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-presents-governors-medal-of-courage-to-west-freeway-church-of-christ-hero-jack-wilson">said</a> in a statement.  &#8220;The courage in his actions cannot be understated, and Jack is not only a hero to West Freeway Church of Christ — he is a hero to the entire State of Texas.&#8221;
&#8220;So many lives were saved because of Jack Wilson&#8217;s quick action, his calmness under pressure, and above all else his courage and his willingness to risk his own life to save the lives of others,&#8221; Abbott said before giving the award to Wilson. &#8220;Only God knows who is alive today because of Jack Wilson.&#8221;
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Today I presented the Governor’s Medal of Courage to Jack Wilson. 
He’s the hero who risked his life to save the lives of others by stopping a gunman in a deadly shooting at a church near Fort Worth. 
It’s the highest award given to civilians in Texas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/UPaWjmsjTi">pic.twitter.com/UPaWjmsjTi</a>
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Last September, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden attacked Abbott for allowing churchgoers to carry weapons with them in places of worship so they can defend themselves from attackers.
“Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-attacked-texas-governor-for-signing-law-letting-churchgoers-carry-guns-totally-irrational">told</a> reporters on September 2. “On the very day you see a mass shooting … and we’re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it’s just absolutely irrational. It’s totally irrational.”
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">new</a> laws that went in place in Texas last year include:
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<li>Allow licensed gun owners to have their firearms in their cars on school property</li>
<li>Allow for school districts to have more school marshals</li>
<li>Allow for some foster homes to be able to have firearms</li>
<li>Ban homeowners or landlords of rental property from prohibiting residents from having firearms</li>
<li>Prohibit residents from being charged with a crime for carrying a handgun during a disaster</li>
<li>Allow people to carry weapons in places of worship</li>
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Other Democrats responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by attacking the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Earlier this month, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by announcing that she would not support laws that make it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry weapons to protect themselves and others.
“Will you support a universal conceal carry law for everyone in the country who’s willing to be licensed and checked by the government?” Warren was asked at a town hall even.
“No,” Warren <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warren-responds-to-hero-stopping-texas-church-shooting-i-will-not-support-conceal-carry">responded</a> as she repeatedly shook her head.
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, an anti-gun extremist, responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by essentially saying that Wilson should not have been the one who took out the shooter.
“It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,” Bloomberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloomberg-on-hero-stopping-church-shooting-cant-let-the-average-american-have-guns-in-church">said</a>. “You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.”

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<a href="https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination">Top-tier</a> 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">long been an adamant foe</a> of Second Amendment rights, has now come out with his latest anti-gun doozy.
In the aftermath of the recent church shooting outside Fort Worth, Texas, which saw an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-church-shooting-reported-in-texas-armed-churchgoers-appear-to-have-stopped-it-reporter-suggests">armed churchgoer hero take down the culprit</a> a mere six seconds after he initially opened fire, Bloomberg has seen fit to opine that we as a society &#8220;can&#8217;t let the average American have guns&#8221; in a &#8220;crowded place&#8221; such as a house of worship.
&#8220;It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,&#8221; Bloomberg recently said, as <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/bloombergs-texas-shooting-take-government-guns/">reported</a> by Conservative Review. &#8220;You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.&#8221;
That is a curious response, to say the least, to the revelation that the Texas church shooting hero was able to quickly neutralize the madman shooter. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">reported</a> on the dramatic video footage from West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas that flooded national media after the horrific tragedy.
<blockquote>The footage shows a man dressed in black in the back corner of the auditorium talking to another man, who has been blurred out in the video. The alleged attacker then pulls out what appears to be a short shotgun and opens fire on the man with whom he was interacting.
The alleged attacker fires one shot at the man he was talking to before being immediately shot by a good guy with a gun. The alleged attacker fires off one more shot toward the front of the church before he falls to the ground.
Within a matter of only a few seconds, at least four armed people in the congregation draw their firearms and immediately provide backup assistance to the individual who engaged the alleged attacker.</blockquote>
Bloomberg, who is himself Jewish and has long been involved in Jewish/Israel-related philanthropy, also seems uniquely out of touch amidst an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/phillips-a-year-of-rampant-anti-semitism-in-new-york-city">alarmed</a> American Jewish community that seems increasingly interested in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-an-armed-and-trained-jew-is-the-best-kind-of-jew">arming itself</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remer-its-time-for-jews-to-take-up-arms">en masse</a>.
Here is how The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">summarized</a> Bloomberg&#8217;s stances on Second Amendment-related issues:
<blockquote>Bloomberg’s anti-gun advocacy is perhaps the single most defining issue of his recent private citizen activism — and perhaps the single most defining issue of his 2020 presidential bid. He is very closely affiliated with and has <a href="https://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/">helped</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/bloomberg-gun-violence-moms-demand-action-volunteers">fund</a> Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, which are both groups deeply hostile to Second Amendment rights. He also co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns while he was mayor of New York City. Bloomberg supports <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety">“universal” background checks</a>, which often serve as a rhetorical euphemism for the government serving as an intermediary in all private firearms transfers. Bloomberg believes that every gun owner should need a permit before making a gun purchase. He <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-booker-wants-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-and-yes-it-means-putting-gun-owners-in-jail" data-reader-unique-id="49">supports a ban</a> on the undefinable sub-class of firearms referred to as so-called “assault weapons” — a line of thought that, if taken to its logical conclusion, could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42837/hammer-kamala-harriss-flirtation-banning-all-semi-josh-hammer" data-reader-unique-id="50">lead to the banning of all semi-automatic firearms in America</a>.</blockquote>

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attacked Texas Governor Greg Abbott earlier this year for signing a bill into law that allowed lawful gun owners to carry firearms in places of worship, repeatedly calling Abbott&#8217;s decision &#8220;irrational.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s resurfaced remarks come as an attacker opened fire on a church congregation in Texas on Sunday, where he was immediately stopped by a good guy with a gun.
&#8220;Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,&#8221; Biden told reporters on September 2. &#8220;On the very day you see a mass shooting &#8230; and we&#8217;re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it&#8217;s just absolutely irrational. It&#8217;s totally irrational.&#8221;
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In September, Democrat Joe Biden attacked TX Gov Greg Abbott for signing a law that let lawful gun owners carry guns into places of worship
Biden: &quot;it&#39;s just absolutely irrational. It&#39;s totally irrational&quot;
Today, a good guy with a gun saved countless lives inside a Texas church <a href="https://t.co/qeK31Bvm84">pic.twitter.com/qeK31Bvm84</a>
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Biden continued, saying that any weapon that was capable of carrying “magazines that can hold multiple bullets” should be banned – which is nearly all firearms.
“It’s no violation of the Second Amendment,” Biden falsely claimed.
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Joe Biden makes the most extreme gun-control push of all the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates:
Biden calls for banning &quot;magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them&quot;
All magazines hold &quot;multiple bullets,&quot; that&#39;s the point
This call from Biden would ban most handguns <a href="https://t.co/4iQkalBxVa">pic.twitter.com/4iQkalBxVa</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1168615170395922432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Later asked if there could be any compromises with Republicans on the issue, Biden responded, “None. None on this. I think this is no compromise. This is one we have to just push, and push, and push, and push, and push.”
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Joe Biden goes far-left on guns, says there is “no compromise” on the issue and that it must be his way
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&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1168603614648029184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">reported</a> on the bill went into law on September 1, 2019:
<blockquote>Senate Bill 535 clarifies the possession of firearms at churches, synagogues or other places of worship. It allows licensed handgun owners to legally carry their weapons in places of worship – and comes nearly two years after a gunman killed 26 people at Sutherland Springs church.</blockquote>
&#8220;We have learned many times over that there is no such thing as a gun free zone. Those with evil intentions will violate the law and carry out their heinous acts no matter what,&#8221; Texas state Senator Donna Campbell, co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement. &#8220;It makes no sense to disarm the good guys and leave law-abiding citizens defenseless where violent offenders break the law to do great harm.&#8221;
&#8220;The existing statute is confusing and clunky when it comes to clearly stating the rights of licensed Texans to carry on the premises of a church,&#8221; Campbell added. &#8220;This bill provides clarity of the legislature’s intent to treat churches in the same manner as other privately owned establishments in Texas.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">new</a> laws in Texas:
<ul>
<li>Allow licensed gun owners to have their firearms in their cars on school property</li>
<li>Allow for school districts to have more school marshals</li>
<li>Allow for some foster homes to be able to have firearms</li>
<li>Ban homeowners or landlords of rental property from prohibiting residents from having firearms</li>
<li>Prohibit residents from being charged with a crime for carrying a handgun during a disaster</li>
<li>Allow people to carry weapons in places of worship</li>
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The resurfaced clips from Biden come as an attacker opened fire on a congregation on Sunday at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">Footage of the attack in Texas</a> shows a good guy armed with a gun taking down the attacker with a matter of only a few seconds, preventing further harm from happening to the church congregation.

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Footage emerged on Sunday afternoon that showed a good guy with a gun neutralizing an alleged attacker who opened fire on a church congregation in Texas.
The attack happened at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, and two people died as a result, one of whom was the alleged attacker.
The footage shows a man dressed in black in the back corner of the auditorium talking to another man, who has been blurred out in the video. The alleged attacker then pulls out what appears to be a short shotgun and opens fire on the man with whom he was interacting.
The alleged attacker fires one shot at the man he was talking to before being immediately shot by a good guy with a gun. The alleged attacker fires off one more shot toward the front of the church before he falls to the ground.
Within a matter of only a few seconds, at least four armed people in the congregation draw their firearms and immediately provide backup assistance to the individual who engaged the alleged attacker.
WARNING GRAPHIC: <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1211387668149473281">The footage can be seen here.</a>
“MedStar spokeswoman Macara Trusty confirmed that one person died at the scene of the shooting, one person died en route to a hospital, and another person was transported to a hospital in critical condition,” The Dallas Morning News <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/12/29/2-dead-1-in-critical-condition-after-reported-shooting-at-church-in-white-settlement/">reported</a>. “The shooter is believed to be one of those three people, said Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Mike Drivdahl.”
Bobby Ross Jr., Editor-in-Chief of The Christian Chronicle, viewed the video footage of the incident and tweeted out a description of what happened.
“It appears that a gunman shot two church members at back of auditorium with a footlong weapon, then a member shot the gunman with a pistol,” Ross wrote. “This is just based on me watching the video again. Screaming afterward in the church. So tragic. Two quick shots at back, then another shot. Then at least three members (I believe) with pistols [walking] toward where the gunman appeared to fall.”
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Two quick shots at back, then another shot. Then at least three members (I believe) with pistols watching toward where the gunman appeared to fall.
&mdash; Bobby Ross Jr. (@bobbyross) <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbyross/status/1211352158400106502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the attack an “evil act of violence” in a statement.
&#8220;Our hearts go out to the victims and families of those killed in the evil act of violence that occurred at the West Freeway Church of Christ,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;Places of worship are meant to be sacred, and I am grateful for the church members who acted quickly to take down the shooter and help prevent further loss of life. Cecilia and I ask all Texans to join us in praying for the White Settlement community and for all those affected by this horrible tragedy.&#8221;
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Statement on shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement: <a href="https://t.co/Crrrvavvs6">pic.twitter.com/Crrrvavvs6</a>
&mdash; Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAbbott/status/1211365548329709570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted: &#8220;We are shocked and saddened to hear reports of a shooting at a church in White Settlement. As reports come in, please pray for any victims and their families, this congregation, and the law enforcement officials at the scene. My office will assist in any way needed.&#8221;
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We are shocked and saddened to hear reports of a shooting at a church in White Settlement.
As reports come in, please pray for any victims and their families, this congregation, and the law enforcement officials at the scene. My office will assist in any way needed.
&mdash; Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TXAG/status/1211348939737317376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, tweeted: &#8220;No one should be subjected to gunfire in a house of worship. Our hearts go out to those affected by the tragedy in White Settlement today. Details of the shooter are currently under investigation.&#8221;
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No one should be subjected to gunfire in a house of worship. Our hearts go out to those affected by the tragedy in White Settlement today. Details of the shooter are currently under investigation. <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDallas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBIDallas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ATFDallas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ATFDallas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/fortworthpd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FortWorthPD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FortWorthFire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FortWorthFire</a>
&mdash; US Attorney Erin Nealy Cox (@USAttyNealyCox) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyNealyCox/status/1211374033398358018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.
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