“We cannot allow our people to live in a war zone, and I am committed to doing whatever it takes to end this senseless violence,” he said.
On Sunday, police confirmed three other males were shot dead at RR section on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile at a spaza shop in Y-Block, two other men were shot dead, one in the yard and another in a vehicle,” police added.
“Reports indicate two other Somali nationals were shot close to a spaza shop in the area. One died on the scene while the other was transported to the hospital, where he later died. Additional information has since emerged that two other victims of the shooting incidents, who were taken to Tygerberg Hospital and the Khayelitsha District Hospital, later died.”
Nearly two years after a mass shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, a prosecutor has determined the officers who fired on the gunman were justified in their use of deadly force.
Last year was the least deadly for U.S. mass shootings in a decade, a Reuters tally shows.
But spring has brought a resurgence and insurers are reporting a jump in demand for protection against such events, at a time when the pent-up traumas and frustrations of living through a pandemic are also re-entering the public domain.
Client inquiries for what the industry calls active shooter policies have risen 50% year on year in the past six weeks, said Tarique Nageer, Terrorism Placement Advisory Leader at Marsh, the world s biggest insurance broker.
Such policies gained popularity in recent years following a spate of school shootings. They typically cover victim lawsuits, building repairs, legal fees, medical expenses and trauma counseling.
“Farrakhan Muhammad was identified by two senior NYPD officials as the person of interest in Saturday’s Times Square shooting. They say he attempted to shoot his brother after an argument when he struck the three bystanders.”
Other than that only three people got hit by bullets so it’s not quite a Mass Shooting (four or more struck), this Times Square in NYC shooting would be a pretty classic case of Sailer’s Law of Mass Shootings (more wounded than dead, the shooter is likely black; more dead than wounded, the shooter is likely nonblack): you go on a family outing to Times Square, you get into an argument with your brother, you pull out your gun and start blasting, but you miss him and wound three random females in the background instead.