Shooting

A Mass Shooter's First Victim

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:47:28 +0000

Patrick Radden Keefe's stunning investigation into mass shooter Amy Bishop's past has gone hyper-viral. The New Yorker writer joins us to talk about Bishop's 1986 shooting of her younger brother, and how family dynamics may have played into her 2010 murder of three colleagues at the University of Alabama.

A Note to Listeners

Rebecca Lavoie — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:18:08 +0000

Earlier this week, Word of Mouth aired a segment on "Machine Gun Safari," a recreational attraction in New Hampshire that allows visitors to fire assault rifles in a safe, controlled environment. In response to today's breaking news from Connecticut, we have unpublished the blog associated with that segment. We made this decision not to create the illusion that we did not air this story, but in keeping with our desire to be sensitive to our audience and staff as details of today's tragic story unfold.

Shooting At Empire State Building Leaves At Least One Dead, Streets Closed

Mark Memmott — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:08:00 +0000

A shooting near the iconic Empire State Building this morning has left two people dead — one of them the gunman who first opened fire — and has shut down streets around that Manhattan landmark.

Police do not believe there's any link to terrorism. Instead, they suspect the gunman had some sort of work-related grievance.

The man, identified by police as a 53-year-old, opened fire with a handgun around 9 a.m. ET. He killed a former co-worker, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and then walked away from the street scene.

Official: 1 officer killed, 4 injured in Greenland shooting

Sam Evans-Brown and Associated Press — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:48:35 +0000

GREENLAND, N.H — Attorney General Michael Delaney says 48-year-old Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was the officer killed during a drug raid-turned-shootout that left four other officers wounded.

Delaney confirmed early Friday that Maloney was the officer killed as authorities were conducting a drug investigation in the small town of Greenland.

The Interrupters: Replacing Weapons with Words

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:42:45 +0000

A campaign known as CeaseFire aims to stop the cycle of violence in Chicago through the process of mediation.