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A man was arrested outside Atlanta's airport after family tipped off police about his social media threats to shoot the airport, leading to the discovery of an AR-15 rifle and ammunition in his truck. He had expressed intentions to inflict harm, but law enforcement intervened before any tragedy occurred.
Tori Spelling was forced to evacuate her rental home in Los Angeles as a SWAT team arrested her neighbor, who had barricaded himself in his home with an AR-15 rifle during a hostage situation. Spelling, visibly distraught, raced to find her children before being evacuated. The standoff ended with the suspect in custody and no injuries reported. Spelling has faced financial difficulties and has been staying in inexpensive hotels and RV parks in recent months.
A Brunswick man, Gabriel McKusick, was arrested after threatening a Burger King employee with a rifle, leading to a 2-hour standoff in the parking lot. Police found an AR-15 rifle and nearly 60 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle. After more than two hours of negotiation, officers used non-lethal distraction devices and chemical irritants to remove McKusick from the vehicle. He was treated at the scene for minor cuts from broken glass and brought to Maine Medical Center before being taken to the Cumberland County Jail.
Police have released body camera footage from officers who responded to the mass shooting in New Mexico that killed three and injured six others on Monday. The shooter has been identified as an 18-year-old high school student named Beau Wilson who used an AR-15 rifle and handguns in the shooting. The footage shows the officer running after the suspect as police cars approach the scene. They warn people nearby to go inside before an exchange of gunfire breaks out. The officer yells out to others after a few moments that the suspect was taken down.
San Antonio police released body cam footage of an officer firing a single shot that ended a shootout with a man armed with an AR-15 rifle. The suspect, Paul Palafox, had shot another man in the leg during an argument over money before driving to a home where he encountered police. Palafox fired rounds from his rifle at officers, and another officer fired a single shot, taking him down. Palafox died from his injuries a few days later at a hospital.
Louisville Metro Police released 911 calls from the mass shooting at a downtown bank that killed five people and wounded eight. The calls include a woman who witnessed the shooting from a video conference, a man who identified the shooter as an employee of Old National Bank, and several calls from people seeking help from higher up in surrounding buildings. Police also released body camera footage showing the chaotic moments when officers arrived at the bank as the shooter, who they couldn't see, rained bullets down on them. The shooter, identified as 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, bought the AR-15 assault-style rifle used in the attack at a local dealership on April 4.
The AR-15-style rifle used in the deadly Louisville shooting that killed five people will be auctioned off to the public in the future, according to Mayor Craig Greenberg. He called for a change to the state law that mandates guns confiscated by local police be returned to state police and then put up for purchase at auction. Greenberg appealed to the state’s GOP-led legislature to allow local municipalities to regulate their own firearm ordinances, which would allow his administration to “destroy the guns that have been used to kill our friends.”
Kevin Asencio, a 23-year-old man from Minnesota, has been charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing 20-year-old Adrian Montano Medina, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. Asencio retrieved an AR-15 rifle from his apartment and shot Medina three times in the parking lot of their workplace. Asencio's wife and Medina were both employees of the store. Asencio is currently in custody.