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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Sikh Temple Shooter Was White Supremacist, Army Vet

The shooter who opened fire before worship services Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and killed six people before he was killed by police is Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran who served in the military approximately between 1992 and 1998.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

FBI: Sikh Temple Shooter's Motive Unclear

Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said the mass shooting is being treated as an incident of domestic terrorism. But FBI representatives later backed away from that categorization, saying they were still investigating motive.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2012

James Holmes Faces 142 Counts, Death Penalty

Prosecutors charged the man allegedly responsible for one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history with 141 felonies in connection with the midnight movie theater shooting that left 12 dead and 58 wounded.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2012

Md. Police Foil Shooting Rampage By 'Joker'

Maryland law enforcement agencies foiled a possible rampage shooting that could have been on the same scale as the Aurora theater massacre. When law enforcement officers arrested Neil Prescott, 28, on Thursday he was wearing a T-shirt that said, "Guns don't kill people. I do."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Colo. Gun Range Owner: James Holmes Was 'Creepy, Weird'

The owner of the Colorado gun range who rejected the membership application of the man accused of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history recounted James Holmes' bizarre behavior in an interview with Fox News.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Colo. Shooting Suspect Appears Dazed In First Court Appearance

News coverage has depicted James Holmes as a shy loner who once showed promise as a neuroscience student. District Attorney Carol Chambers declined to say whether she will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 12 in a Colorado movie theater.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Observant SWAT Cops, Jammed Gun Saved Lives In Colo. Shooting

Two Aurora (Colo.) Police Department SWAT officers likely prevented further deaths at the Century 16 movie theater shooting Friday, when they quickly identified James Holmes as the suspect.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJuly 23, 2012

The Aurora Tragedy and Off-Duty Carry

I can point to those instances where off-duty officers have mitigated the loss of life and stopped such threats. It was a Texas Department of Public Safety officer who chased the Luby's shooter into a restroom where the man killed himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2012

Colorado Theater Shooting: More Details Emerge

As the day progresses, more information is surfacing about the shooting that happened at a midnight premiere screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. But many questions remain unanswered.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2012

Police: Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect's Apartment 'Booby Trapped'

After he was arrested at the scene, the suspect in last night’s deadly Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting reportedly made a statement to police about explosives being in his apartment. Police are now searching his residence with robots and have evacuated the building and five around it.

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