Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
2016 Hesston shooting
2016 Hesston shooting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Hesston_shooting
On February 25, 2016, three people were killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in Newton and Hesston, Kansas, including in and outside an Excel Industries building.[1][2] The shooter, identified as Excel employee Cedric Larry Ford, was then killed by responding police officer
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Gunman Kills at Least 7 in Michigan
Gunman Kills at Least 7 in Michigan
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/us/kalamazoo-michigan-random-shootings.html?_r=0
TEXAS
CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — At least seven people in the Kalamazoo,
Mich., area were killed and at least one more was injured Saturday night
by a gunman who the police said randomly opened fire as he drove around
the city and its suburbs.
Several anxious hours later, Undersheriff Paul Matyas of Kalamazoo County said in a text message that a suspect was in custody.
Shootings were reported at a Cracker Barrel restaurant, a Ford dealership and other locations, according to WOOD-TV,
the local NBC affiliate. At the Cracker Barrel, in Texas Township, the
victims were shot as they sat in their cars, according to the television
report.
At
4 a.m. on Sunday, the Cracker Barrel parking lot remained wrapped in
yellow crime scene tape, but the scene was quiet except for the hum of
idling news trucks and cars whizzing past on the interstate below. The
five people killed there included a 9-year-old, the authorities said.
A father and his son were killed at the car dealership, the authorities said.
Two
more shootings occurred at an intersection near the restaurant and at a
residence in Richland Township, where a woman was shot multiple times,
according to WOOD-TV.
“They
all appear to be related,” Undersheriff Matyas said. “We have multiple
people dead. In summary, what it looks like is we have somebody just
driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks.”
Lt. Dale Hintz of the Michigan State Police told WWMT-TV that the gunman had been driving around Kalamazoo County in a dark blue Chevrolet HHR.
The
suspect in custody was driving a vehicle that matched that car’s
description, the authorities said, and the Chevrolet also appeared to
match images of a vehicle from surveillance video at the Ford
dealership.
The authorities described the suspect as a 45-year-old from Kalamazoo.
“It’s very likely this is the person, but we have more work to do to be 100 percent sure,” Chief Hadley said.
He
said that officers from the Department of Public Safety and deputies
from the Kalamazoo Sheriff’s Department spotted the suspect’s car in
downtown Kalamazoo, pulled him over and arrested him.
No shots were fired during the arrest, Chief Hadley said.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Commanding Officer of USS Dallas Removed from Duty
Commanding Officer of USS Dallas Removed from Duty
GROTON -- The Navy has relieved the commanding officer of one of 16 submarines homeported at the Naval Submarine Base for performance-related issues, the service announced in a press release Wednesday.
He is the third commanding officer of a submarine to be relieved this year.
Cmdr. Edward Byers, of the Los Angeles attack submarine the USS Dallas, was informed Tuesday of his removal, which was effective immediately.
Capt. Oliver Lewis, who recently became commander of Submarine Squadron 12, headquartered at the base, removed Byers from his position.
"The actions taken to relieve Commander Byers was based on longterm professional performance shortfalls, and not due to any acts of personal misconduct or any singular event," said Cmdr. Tommy Crosby, spokesman for Submarine Force Atlantic.
Byers has been administratively reassigned to the staff of the Undersea Warfare Development Center, which became headquartered at the base last fall.
The command is intended to train the submarine force in advanced tactics, techniques and procedures for anti-submarine warfare.
Capt. Jack Houdeshell, deputy commander at Submarine Squadron 4, who previously served as CO of the Dallas, has been assigned as commanding officer.
On Jan. 4, Capt. Dave Adams, the CO of the Kings Bay, Ga.-based guided missile submarine USS Georgia, was relieved of duty based on an investigation into a Nov. 25, 2015, incident "in which Georgia was returning to port, struck a channel buoy and then grounded," the Navy said.
Two days later, on Jan. 6, Cmdr. Mike Conner, of the Guam-based attack submarine Oklahoma City was relieved of duty for leadership and proficiency deficiencies.
He is the third commanding officer of a submarine to be relieved this year.
Cmdr. Edward Byers, of the Los Angeles attack submarine the USS Dallas, was informed Tuesday of his removal, which was effective immediately.
Capt. Oliver Lewis, who recently became commander of Submarine Squadron 12, headquartered at the base, removed Byers from his position.
"The actions taken to relieve Commander Byers was based on longterm professional performance shortfalls, and not due to any acts of personal misconduct or any singular event," said Cmdr. Tommy Crosby, spokesman for Submarine Force Atlantic.
Byers has been administratively reassigned to the staff of the Undersea Warfare Development Center, which became headquartered at the base last fall.
The command is intended to train the submarine force in advanced tactics, techniques and procedures for anti-submarine warfare.
Capt. Jack Houdeshell, deputy commander at Submarine Squadron 4, who previously served as CO of the Dallas, has been assigned as commanding officer.
On Jan. 4, Capt. Dave Adams, the CO of the Kings Bay, Ga.-based guided missile submarine USS Georgia, was relieved of duty based on an investigation into a Nov. 25, 2015, incident "in which Georgia was returning to port, struck a channel buoy and then grounded," the Navy said.
Two days later, on Jan. 6, Cmdr. Mike Conner, of the Guam-based attack submarine Oklahoma City was relieved of duty for leadership and proficiency deficiencies.
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