Galveston County Sheriff’s Office(SANTA FE, Texas) — “Heroes” inside Santa Fe High School last week cornered the mass shooter within four minutes, keeping him contained until additional officers arrived to evacuate teachers and students, the Galveston County Sheriff said. “Four minutes is about the only timeline that we need to […]
ABCNews.com(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — Suspenseful body-camera footage of last year’s deadly Santa Rosa wildfires shows officers racing to evacuate residents in the middle of the night as flames destroyed the surrounding neighborhood, according to The Santa Rosa Police department, which released snippets of footage on its YouTube page. One video […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) — Two teachers and eight students, including an exchange student, were killed when a gunman stormed into Santa Fe High School in Texas on Friday morning. Thirteen others were injured in what Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called “one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images(HILO, Hawaii) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano is pouring into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii’s Big Island, creating a new, dangerous hazard known as “laze.” When the lava enters the ocean, it generates a laze plume — a dangerous mix of lava and haze that can cause […]
iStock/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — A police officer in Baltimore County, Maryland, was shot and killed Monday afternoon after responding to a suspicious vehicle report, according to the state’s governor, Larry Hogan. The suspected killer is still at large and police are searching for multiple suspects in the Baltimore suburb of Perry Hall, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) — Two U.S. citizens were stopped and questioned last week by a Border Patrol agent in Havre, Montana, for speaking Spanish at a gas station, one of the women told ABC El Paso, Texas, affiliate KVIA-TV. As she was being questioned, Ana Suda recorded the interaction on […]
ABCNews.com(SANTA FE, Texas) — The attorney for the teenage boy who allegedly opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas is looking into reports that the suspected gunman was bullied, he told ABC News. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, was taken into custody after he allegedly burst into two art classrooms […]
Google Maps(DALLAS) — A letter threatening an active shooting was found this morning at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the medical school said on Twitter. One building on campus was evacuated as a precaution, the school said. University Police are investigating and patrolling the campus, UT […]
Bob Levey/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) — When Deedra Van Ness answered a call from her daughter, Isabelle, Friday morning, the teen whispered, “Mom, they are shooting up the school, I’m hiding in a closet. I love you mom.” “In the background, I hear gunfire,” Van Ness wrote on Facebook Saturday. […]
George Rose/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Beleaguered chef Mario Batali is being investigated by the New York Police Department for sexual assault allegations raised in a “60 Minutes” report that aired Sunday. The NYPD told ABC News that a woman came forward earlier this year to report the alleged assault that […]
