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Active Shooter Incidents Continue to Rise, New FBI Data Show

Active shooter incidents in the United States continue to rise in frequency, with new FBI statistics showing the highest average of incidents ever in a two-year period.

June 17, 2016

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Man Bound For L.A. Pride With Guns, Ammo, and Explosive Chemicals Is Formally Charged

An Indiana man who police said was bound for the L.A. Pride festival in a car loaded with weapons, ammunition, and explosive chemicals was formally charged Tuesday and requested held on $2-million bail.

June 14, 2016

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Video: Man Arrested Sunday in California with Weapons May Have Been Targeting Gay Pride Parade

An Indiana man armed with three semi-automatic rifles and chemicals that could be used to make explosives was arrested in Southern California on Sunday and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, officials said.

June 13, 2016

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FBI Probed Orlando Terrorist for 10 months, Now Sees "Strong Indications of Radicalization"

The FBI closed out that probe in May 2014 after Mateen, during the course of two FBI interviews, told agents he had made those statements “in anger” because he thought his co-workers were discriminating against him and were “teasing him because he was a Muslim,” Comey said.

June 13, 2016

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Man Arrested Sunday in California with Weapons May Have Been Targeting Gay Pride Parade

An Indiana man armed with three semi-automatic rifles and chemicals that could be used to make explosives was arrested in Southern California on Sunday and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, officials said. More Here.

June 13, 2016

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Terror Attack at Orlando Gay Club Kills 20, Wounds 42, Suspect Dead

A gunman who federal authorities say had possible ties to Islamist terrorism opened fire early Sunday morning at a packed Florida nightclub, killing approximately 20 people and wounding scores more in a bloody scene that ended hours later when police stormed the building and killed the suspect.

June 12, 2016

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Two Dead in Murder-Suicide at California University

A Campus shooting at UCLA Wednesday morning left two men dead in an apparent murder-suicide that sent thousands of students running for safety and barricading themselves in classrooms, authorities said.

June 1, 2016

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2 FBI Agents Shot Serving Warrant Near Chicago, Suspect Found Dead

Two FBI agents serving an arrest warrant suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds Tuesday morning at a Park Forest, IL, home, and a suspect in the residence was found dead, according to the FBI.

May 24, 2016

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FBI: 41 Officers Feloniously Killed Last Year, 20% Decrease from 2014

Preliminary statistics released today by the FBI show that 41 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2015. This is a decrease of almost 20 percent when compared with the 51 officers killed in 2014. By region, 19 officers died as a result of criminal acts that occurred in the South, nine officers in the West, five officers in the Midwest, four in the Northeast, and four in Puerto Rico.

May 17, 2016

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FBI Finds $2.3 million Linked to Drug Ring in House Near Disneyland

About a block from Disneyland, federal agents seized $2.3 million in cash that allegedly came from a drug-trafficking and money-laundering group with links to the hometown of the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, authorities said.

May 16, 2016

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After Manhunt, Suspect in Illinois Officer Shooting Is Killed

An Illinois man suspected of shooting a police officer after a traffic stop was shot and killed in an incident that also left an FBI agent wounded, Illinois State Police said Sunday.

May 16, 2016

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FBI Director Says "Viral Video Effect" Deters Proactive Policing

FBI Director James Comey reignited the factious debate over a so-called “Ferguson effect” on Wednesday, saying that he believed less aggressive policing was driving an alarming spike in murders in many cities.

May 13, 2016