On August 5, 2012, a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin was the center of a most horrific attack resulting in the death of several people. That August Sunday morning the congregation of the Oak Creek Sikh Temple was gathering to pray and worship like any other but instead of everyone leaving in peace six people of the community were fatally shot and others wounded. According to ABC news the gunman behind this shooting was identified as Wade Michael Page (2012). A bald headed, middle aged, Caucasian, male, with extensive amounts of tattoos on his body. Page was born November 11, 1971 in Loveland, Colorado and died August 5, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Page was raised in Colorado until he enlisted in the Army where he was stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He served in the armed forces for six years 1992 to 1998. When Page initially enlisted, his job was an Army repairman for the Hawk missile system then he later transferred and became a psychological operations specialist (CBS, 2012). Page was then discharge, in 1998, for getting drink and abandoning his post while on the duty (CBS, 2012). Likewise, Page also had other drinking related incidents with the law. CBS reported that Page pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in EL Paso in 1994 and was sentences six months probation. He also pleaded …show more content…
65-year-old Satwant Singh Kaleka the known founder of the Oak Creek temple was shot in the leg and hip after he tried to stab Page with a butter knife (CBS, 2012). 41-year-old mother, Paramjit Kaur had just finished her daily prayer before she was shot (CBS, 2012). 84-year-old Suveg Singh Khattra, 39-year-old Prakash Singh, 49-year-old Ranjit Singh, and 41-year-old Sita Singh were the other four men shot and killed. Amazingly, Police Lt. Brian Murphy survived his injuries, but was left with a speech impediment from being shot in the neck (CBS,
On 092316 at around 2352 Hrs., Officers responded to a shooting at 3222 Selma Ave. Kenneth Cook ( DOB 030172 OLN - 081055483) was found in the front of the residence with a bullet wound through his left leg. Cook stated that he was going in the back door when he was approached by two males. One was wearing a mask and he could not describe the second suspect. Cook said that he was afraid of a robbery and threw a cup of liquor at the suspects.
As we all know 27 year old James Eagan Holmes opened fire in a crowded movie theater, Century 16, on July 20,2012. Holmes had over 700 rounds of ammunition with him, killing 12 and injuring 70. Not long ago, over 3 years after the shooting, on August 7th, Holmes was sentenced to 12 life sentences and 3,318 years without parole. Holmes was a former grad student.
The relatives of teenager Jaylen Fryberg claim they are currently living in a nightmare as they try to understand why the 14-year-old student went on a shooting rampage at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington, U.S. The police are still reportedly piecing together the motive for the tragic shooting that happened at the school last Friday, Oct. 24, where Jaylen Fryberg targeted his cousins and friends before shooting himself. It has been confirmed by the Snohomish County sheriff’s office that the on-scene crime investigation has been completed with the 0.40 calibre handgun used in the shooting already recovered. Jaylen Fryberg’s relatives confirmed as well that the teenager targeted his two cousins, Nate Hatch and Andrew Fryberg.
One mile southeast from where the riots began, some African American teenagers were playing with a starter gun. Upon hearing the shots, National Guardsmen reported sounds of a sniper gun and several policemen showed up shortly after. Almost immediately after arriving, the policemen stormed the motel where they first encountered a 17 year-old African American teenager, Carl Cooper. Without questioning, the policemen shot down Cooper killing him instantly. Another group of officers stormed through the back door where they confronted Fred Temple, 18, and initially shot Temple to death.
Everyone has heard of the tragic event in Orlando, a lot of people have been sympathizing with everyone who got killed and who got injured. Recent reports showed the identity of the killer in the mass shooting and people expect it to somehow explain the severity of the crime. Omar Mateen, a muslim american, aged 29 years old was responsible for the crime in Orlando. HE was heavily armed at the time of the crime.
On the way to the club, shortly after 11 p.m., a white Cadillac pulled up next to Knight and Shakur. The shooter fired 14 shots into Knight’s car, four of which struck
In the documentary, Living for 32, Colin Goddard discusses his experience during a shooting at Virginia Tech. In April of 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech murdered 33 people including himself and injured 23 more using a Glock 19 and a P22. This massacre was considered one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history. The shootings occurred predominately in Norris hall, where Goddard was attending his French class. Goddard was shot four times in his hips and knees and only seven of his classmates survived out of class of 17.
The shots that were fired were too fast to just be one person because the bolt action rifle that was supposedly used couldn’t fire that fast even professional shooters that we tested couldn't do that and the shots that were fired came out in less than 10 seconds. The text says that there was also a police killing the same day too but the two eyewitness descriptions were
But then, the tables started to turn really quickly. It was the summer of 2014 when he started to get into serious trouble. He was arrested on July 5th, 2014 while driving impaired (alcohol and drugs) and cited with a DUI (Driving Under the Influence). There was also a warrant for his arrest for a paternity suit.
Farhara Khara, head of Muslim advocate, was brought in by Durbin to testify on the mistreatment of people. She recounted how a taxi driver was stabbed by a passenger after being asked if he was Muslim. In addition, a Sikh man was shot to death while pumping gas in Arizona four days after nine eleven because he was mistaken as Muslim (US
He was born in Hodgenville Kentucky. His mother died when he was just nine years of age. He and his family moved seven different times. He did not want to be a farmer like his father was but decided to do railroad work, and jobs around his father’s farm. The he decided to join the black hawk war.
The first killing was on October 2 2002 at 5:20 p.m. A victimless shot was fired through a window of a Micheal Craft STore in Aspen Hill, About an hour later, at 6:30 p.m., James Martin, a 55-year old program analyst at NOAA, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Shoppers Food Warehouse grocery store, located in Glenmont. The day after on October 3 in the morning, four people were shot within the span of two hours in Aspen Hill, and other nearby
Vernon Evans, Anthony Grandison, Heath Burch, and Jody Miles On December 31st, 2014 Maryland governor Martin O'Malley commuted the death sentence of Vernon Evans, Anthony Grandison, Heath Burch, and Jody Miles; these were the last four people on death row in Maryland. Governor O’Malley states that executions are not cost-effective and do not deter murders and are at odds with “our values as a people.” As of 2013 Maryland has abolished the death penalty, but this legislation was not made retroactive, leaving the fates of the condemned up in the air. Maryland has not executed someone since 2005 due to the lethal injection protocol being found illegal.
Power. The need or feeling of being of control, a common theme of those associated with these narcissistic culprits, which often drives abusers to take advantage of their innocent significant others. Not just causing physical harm, but also mental and emotional harm. Sinners are located within the same circle but are in separate levels of that circle. Offenders are between the end of circle seven, the violent, and the beginning of the eighth circle, fraud.
Informative Speech Going Out with a Bang General Purpose: To inform. Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the causes of school shootings in America. Central Idea: The main causes for school shootings are easy access to guns, mental instability and trauma. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Getter)