Police, Shooting | featured news

Geno Martini, the mayor of Sparks, Nev., cancels a motorcycle event and declares a state of emergency after the fatal shooting of Jeffrey Pettigrew, 51, during a casino melee. The fatal shooting of a California Hells Angels leader during a casino melee with a rival gang Friday night has prompted the mayor of Sparks, Nev., to declare a state of emergency and cancel an annual motorcycle event, authorities said.

A sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded....

One person is in custody after two people were shot in the New Hampshire town of Pittsburg, authorities say. New Hampshire State Police say one suspect is in custody following the shootings, which occurred around 11 a.m. and left one person dead and two others wounded.

Fourteen people were shot and killed at a soccer field in northern Honduras, a police spokesman said Saturday.

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 man shot his grandson to death during an argument at a home in Pasadena early this morning. The shooting occurred about 2 a.m. at the house in the 4400 block of Foxmeadow near Allen-Genoa, said Vance Mitchell, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department.

A shooting outside a restaurant in downtown Buffalo early Saturday left four people dead and four wounded, police said.

Among the six wounded were two police officers, including one whose bullet-resistant vest stopped a round from entering his chest.

Authorities say several people were killed when a warehouse worker who had been told to resign opened fire at a beer distributor in Connecticut.

Two West Memphis police officers were fatally shot during a traffic stop, and two men suspected in the shooting were killed after a manhunt, according to media reports.