Feds Eye RICO Charges After MN Gang Shootings At Homecoming Game, Church - Patch

Agencies will address new tactics to take on gang violence in the Twin Cities metro.

I was surprised and saddened to read about another elementary school shooting, this one in Oregon, on page six instead of the front page (“Gunman attacks elementary school in Oregon; 4 killed,” Oct. 16). Have we become so inured to gun violence in our schools that it is buried on page six? That story should be printed in big, bold letters so that we can’t escape confronting this continuing horror and stop it. Catherine JankowskiPlymouthThe next child to be murderedI’m thinking about a happy child on his way to school this morning. I’m imagining him skipping along, maybe planning his Halloween costume. I don’t know his name, or where he lives, but we will all know it too soon. He is the next child who will be killed by the neglect and impotency of the nation’s adults who will fail to protect him from the scourge of gun violence that will take his precious life. When he is rushed to the hospital, the doctors will try everything they can think of to save his life. But unlike the doctors, the adults who condemned him to this fate will allow themselves to be drawn into the absurd debate about what policy might work best rather than doing all the obvious things they could have done.

In February, she reported to the scene of yet another mass shooting 5 miles north of Brown. That time, a gunman entered a Pawtucket ice rink during a high school hockey game and shot five people in the stands, killing three, including his own son and ex-wife. He was taken down by bystanders in the bleachers. Get Rhode Island News AlertsSign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter EmailMonths later, Caruso has been tapped to lead the Ever Hope Center, a federally funded resiliency center that opened last week and will serve people affected by both tragedies. While resources to help survivors were available in the immediate aftermath of the tragedies, resiliency centers are for the long-haul. “Mass violence is different from other forms of violence,” said Caruso, who has been working with violence victims for more than a decade. “It’s violating. I don’t have a better word for it. It violates the whole community, and it interrupts your feeling of safety.” Rachel Caruso, executive director of the Ever Hope Center, which opened Oct. 14. Lane Turner/Globe StaffDr.

A slew of shootings across the District on Saturday night and Sunday morning left one person dead and seven others injured, including three juveniles, according to officials.

It was a violent weekend in D. C., with one person killed and eight others hurt in four separate shootings across the city. Police are still searching for the shooters.

ABC7 On Your SideThe whistleblower claims that after making the Eaton Fire allegations, OEM leadership treated him with hostility. A senior employee in Los Angeles County's OEM has filed a lawsuit, alleging he faced retaliation after blowing the whistle on the county's response during the Eaton Fire. Tuesday, October 20, 2026 5:46AMLOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A senior employee in Los Angeles County's Office of Emergency Management has filed a lawsuit, alleging he faced retaliation after blowing the whistle on the county's response during the Eaton Fire. The employee, Nicholas Vaquero, previously spoke with ABC7 On Your Side Investigates back in March. Vaquero served as the Emergency Operations Center director during part of the county's response to the wildfires that erupted on Jan. 7, 2025. A current OEM employee is alleging a now-former colleague, who had a crucial role as the Eaton Fire raged the first night, was, at times, asleep on the job. During that interview, Vaquero alleged that a now-retired Office of Emergency Management supervisor was seen sleeping while on the overnight shift as Altadena burned.