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Florida school shooting: Kim Kardashian DEMANDS tighter gun controls following atrocity

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Florida school shooting: Kim Kardashian DEMANDS tighter gun controls following atrocity

Kim Kardashian and stars including Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon and Piers Morgan have asked the American government to take action on Twitter .

After the mass shooting, Kim tweeted: “We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school. Prayers won’t do this: action will. Congress, please do your job and protect Americans from senseless gun violence.”

Actress Julianne Moore also called for change, writing: “The 18th school shooting in the US since January. It is heartbreaking. What will it take to change our nation’s gun laws???”

While talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said: “No words, no actions, no laws are enough until we end this epidemic of school shootings in our country.”

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Kim Kardashian has called for a stronger restriction on guns

We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school

Kim Kardashian

Singer Nancy Sinatra called on the Republican Party to pass “sensible” gun laws immediately.

Actress Reese Witherspoon said she was “heartbroken” by the attack, adding “enough is enough”

Even Good Morning Britain ’s Piers Morgan tweeted: “Three of the 10 worst mass shooting in American history have happened in your 1st year, Mr President @realDonaldTrump. What are you going to do about it?

Following the mass shooing, US president Donald Trump sent his “prayers and condolences” the families of the victims.

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Kim tweeted: “We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school TWITTER

Kim tweeted: “We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school

At least 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Florida on Valentine's Day GETTY

At least 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Florida on Valentine’s Day

The president said: ”My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.”

The White House canceled its daily press briefing after the shooting.

Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican, said it was an act of “pure evil” but refused to discuss gun controls.

At least 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Florida on Valentine’s Day.

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Julianne Moore called for a stronger restriction on guns

Florida shooting: Man appears to be handcuffed by police

A 19-year-old former student who had been expelled from the high school in Parkland had been arrested over the shooting and was equipped with at least one rifle, police said.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified Nikolas Cruz as the suspected shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who opened fire on Wednesday afternoon.

In an evening press conference, Sheriff Scott Israel said 12 victims had been identified from the school, including an American football coach.

The Sheriff also said that the suspect had at least one AR-15 rifle and multiple magazines.

1 wounded in shooting at protest over New Mexico statue of Spanish conquistador

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A protester was wounded in a shooting during a demonstration against a plan to redisplay a statue of a controversial Spanish conquistador in the New Mexico city of Española on Thursday, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested.

The shooting occurred a little before 12:30 p.m. local time in front of the county’s offices, where the statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate was to have been displayed before the county reversed course the night before, Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield said in a news briefing

A large crowd of protesters had gathered outside the location, and the shooting stemmed from an altercation between them, a sheriff’s office spokesperson told CBS News.

The male victim was shot in the upper torso and was taken to a local hospital. His condition was unknown, the sheriff’s spokesperson said.

The sheriff’s spokesperson identified the suspect as 23-year-old Ryan Martinez. The exact circumstances that precipitated the shooting were unclear.

The suspected gunman had been told by police to leave after arguing with protestors and using obscene language, the Associated Press reported.

In a cell phone video posted to social media and provided to CBS News, the suspect can be seen returning to the site of the protest and jumping a short wall, where he’s confronted by several demonstrators who attempt to grab him. He breaks free, jumps back over the wall, produces a handgun, and fires a single shot into a group of people.

The video shows him then fleeing on foot across the parking lot as a few witnesses appear to try to chase him down. Deputies are seen arriving within minutes.

Merrifield told reporters that the Oñate statue had previously been removed from a different location in 2020. However, Rio Arriba County commissioners recently decided to relocate and redisplay the statue at the county’s Española annex, and a rededication ceremony had been scheduled for Thursday.

The sheriff said he submitted a letter to the county commissioners last week “advising them of my concerns,” and informing them that he “disagreed with” their decision to move the statue “at the current time.”

“More importantly, just to prevent any safety issues, concerns, that we knew we were going to have,” Merrifield added. “And obviously we have a situation as of today.”

Merrifield said two of the three commissioners agreed to cancel the ceremony following his letter. The sheriff’s spokesperson said commissioners made the decision not to go forward with the ceremony late Wednesday night.

“I’m very grateful for that, and they made the decision to not do it, with all the safety concerns that have risen from this,” Merrifield told reporters.

Española is located about 25 miles north of Santa Fe. New Mexico State Police, which is leading the investigation into the shooting, did not immediately reply to a CBS News request for comment.

In June 2020, another man was shot while protesters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were attempting to tear down a different Oñate statue.

Oñate was a Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico for Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries and served as the region’s governor. He was known for his brutality against indigenous people and settlers, and his statues have sparked criticism and controversy.

Florida ‘racially motivated’ shooting leaves 4 dead, including shooter at Jacksonville Dollar General store

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Jacksonville Mayor Deegan: This hate ‘must not’ continue to happen after deadly shooting

Mayor Donna Deegan addresses the racially motivated shooting that left at least four dead, including the shooter at Jacksonville Dollar General store on ‘Fox Report.’

A shooting in Jacksonville, Florida , has left four people dead, including the shooter, in what officials are describing as a racially motivated crime.

The shooting happened at Kings Road and Canal Street in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday afternoon when an unnamed male entered a Dollar General a little after 1 p.m. armed with an AR-style rifle and a handgun, according to Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, who added the shooter was wearing a tactical vest.

According to the report, a SWAT team was seen near a Dollar General in the area and working with a potential standoff involving an armed suspect who was barricaded inside the store.

Waters said that two male victims and one female victim was killed, adding that they were all Black. After killing the three victims, the suspect took his life , he said.

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Jacksonville police officers block the perimeter of the scene of a mass shooting, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

“Plainly put, the shooting was racially motivated and he hated black people,” Waters said.

Waters said the shooter had authored “several manifestos,” with one to his parents, another to media, and a separate one to federal agents, adding that portions described the suspect’s “disgusting ideology of hate.”

The sheriff said that the suspect texted his father, telling him to check his computer at 1:18 p.m. His father called the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 1:53 p.m., but by that time, the suspect had begun the shooting in Jacksonville.

FLORIDA MAN CHARGED IN COLD CASE KILLING OF STORE EMPLOYEE STABBED 73 TIMES FOUND GUILTY

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Police respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Jacksonville Shooting

Residents talk with Jacksonville police officers near the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The unnamed suspect was believed to have resided in Clay County, Florida, and was involved in a 2016 domestic call with no arrest, Waters said, adding in 2017 the individual had a Baker Act.

Florida’s Baker act provides individuals “with emergency services and temporary detention for up to 72 hours for mental health examination pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 394,” according to a state government website.

Waters said that Swastikas were found on the guns used in the shooting.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the shooting is “totally unacceptable.”

“The shooting, based on the manifesto that they discovered from the scumbag that did this, was racially motivated. He was targeting people based on their race,” he said. “This guy killed himself rather than face the music and accept responsibility for his actions. And so he took the coward’s way out. But we condemn what happened in the strongest possible terms. We’ve offered support for Sheriff Waters and the city of Jacksonville, and we send our condolences to the victims and their families who are the victims of a very cowardly act.”

The White House told Fox News that President Biden has been briefed on the shooting.

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Authorities respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux))

Jacksonville Shooting

Residents gather for a prayer near the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

FBI Jacksonville Field Office Special Agent in Charge Sherri Onks said during the press conference that her agents are involved with the investigation and “rushed to the scene” to assist local law enforcement.

Onks said the Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation, adding that the incident is being pursued as a hate crime.

Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter @asabes10.

Two adults and teen, 14, killed in Rotterdam hospital shooting

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Three people have died after a gunman wearing military garb opened fire at a house and a university medical centre in the port city of Rotterdam.

The shootings took place at an apartment on Heiman Dullaertplein and a classroom at Erasmus Medical Center, a university medical school, this afternoon.

The victims, who have not been named, include a 39-year-old woman and her daughter, 14, as well as a 43-year-old teacher at Erasmus MC.

‘We wish all relatives a lot of strength,’ Rotterdam police said on X, formerly Twitter, at about 8:15pm local time.

Fred Westerbeke, the chief commissioner of the Rotterdam Regional Police Unit, told reporters earlier this evening , however, there may be more victims yet to be accounted for.

City police said that they had arrested a 32-year-old suspect.

His name has not been released. The authorities said they are investigating if he was linked to the shootings – it is not clear if the two incidents are linked.

A motive remains unclear.

The man was a neighbour to one of the victims and was a student at the university, the Rotterdam’s chief prosecutor Hugo Hillenaa said.

After the first shooting, the suspect set fire to the house before storming Erasmus MC about 1.5km away.

He fired at a teacher in a classroom before throwing what one eyewitness claimed was a ‘molotov cocktail’ as he made his way through the hospital.

Speaking to the Dutch news network RTL , the witness said they heard up to five shots at a time when some 500 people were inside the facility.

Westerbeke said the suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest and was arrested on the teaching hospital’s helipad.

‘We are not looking for anyone else,’ Westerbeke added. ‘It was a focused act. We are now looking at reasons why.’

The man will be brought before the examining magistrate on Monday or Tuesday.

Police had earlier described the suspect on X as tall, wearing combat clothes, carrying a backpack and headphones and using a handgun.

He ‘may be on his way on a motorcycle,’ the police said.

Erasmus MC said in a statement on its website that ‘several parts of the building were evacuated and we were not accessible to visitors’.

‘The police have released almost all buildings. Visitors can again visit admitted patients,’ the centre said.

‘Tomorrow, Friday, September 29, we will be open for patient care. All planned appointments will continue.’

Outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte posted on X: ‘There is great dismay after the dramatic events in Rotterdam this afternoon.

‘My thoughts go out to the victims of the violence, their loved ones and to all the people who have been in great fear.’

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Rotterdam: Student arrested after three people killed in two shootings in university hospital and home

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Three people have been killed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam after two shootings at a university hospital and a home, police confirmed.

Police have confirmed three deaths so far, a 42-year-old teacher at the university and a 39-year-old woman, whose daughter, 14, was also shot and died after sustaining serious injuries.

A suspect was arrested under the helipad of the Erasmus Medical Centre, where one of the shootings took place.

The other attack took place at a nearby apartment. It is not clear if the two incidents are linked.

Police have detained a 32-year-old man and are investigating whether he was involved in both shootings.

The woman killed was the suspect’s neighbour, according to the Dutch chief prosecutor.

A man wearing military clothing carrying a handgun had opened fire in a classroom at the university hospital.

Police said there were no indications of a second shooter.

The number of victims have not been announced, as Rotterdam police said they were informing family members before releasing further details.

Police have entered the university hospital in search of victims.

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Fires also broke out at both locations, local authorities said.

No motive for the shootings has been announced.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima said: “Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the victims of the violence this afternoon in Rotterdam.