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Six spectators were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at half-time of an adult basketball league game in Philadelphia on Monday, and one person was in critical condition, police said.

The suspect in Norway's July 22 terror attacks has told police he had plans to attack other targets, Norwegian police said Saturday.

Police say they're trying to find a helmet-wearing gunman who robbed one of Las Vegas' most recognizable casinos of $1.5 million in casino chips Tuesday morning -- and may also have robbed a different casino last week.

Police say a gunman is holed up at a Walmart in Reno after he allegedly shot three employees who have been hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

A well-respected veteran Detroit, Michigan, police officer was gunned down early Monday, the first time in about five years a city officer has been killed in the line of duty, the city police chief said.

Police at Northwestern University's Downtown campus placed the school's Rubloff Building on lockdown Wednesday morning after a man with a gun was spotted in an elevator of the building.

About 10 a.m. Wednesday, a man with a gun in his waistband was spotted in an eleventh floor elevator of the Rubloff Building on the Chicago campus, according to an alert issued on Northwestern's Web site. The building is located at 375 E. Chicago Ave.

Chaos ensued after the police encountered a gunman in a thickly wooded area on Tuesday.

Police are searching for a gunman who shot at least eight people at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Fla., Friday morning.

A man armed with a rifle held several people hostage Wednesday at an office building in Edmonton, western Canada as police surrounded the premises and workers fled.

Police say a gunman who hijacked a plane in Jamaica has been captured after an eight-hour standoff with police.