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Apr 25 2024
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What we know about fatal shooting outside Bowie High School in Arlington
A teenager is in custody after the fatal shooting of a student Wednesday at James Bowie High School in Arlington. The victim was 18 years old, police officials said, and the suspect is 17 year olds. The shooting put the campus on lockdown and dozens of parents waited into the evening at an Arlington ISD building to retrieve their children. Here’s what we know: Arlington police received reports
The Dallas Morning NewsSep 06 2023
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TDCJ issues immediate lockdown, search of all correctional facilities
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that the agency implemented a statewide lockdown and search of all of its correctional facilities. Visitations are canceled until further notice. According to a press release, the actions were needed to address a rise in dangerous contraband and drug-related inmate homicides. “Over the last five years, the volume of illegal narcotics
KSATOct 08 2023
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Glen Burnie High School substitute charged after school lockdown
In a letter to the school community, Glen Burnie High School principal Kevin Carr said the gun was found in the backpack of a substitute teacher. That teacher, he said, has since been barred from any more teaching assignments in the school system. “The incident began when a backpack was found left behind in a classroom as classes dismissed from third period and students were moving to fourth
WTOPApr 26 2024
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Arlington school shooting shows similarities to others
Arlington's Bowie High School was the site of another school shooting this week. Photo: Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images An 18-year-old Arlington high school student was killed this week in a school shooting that mirrors other incidents across North Texas. Why it matters: School lockdowns and increased security have become the norm on Texas campuses
AxiosSep 05 2023
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Stillwater prison remains in lockdown amid protests of living conditions
Tuesday marks the third day of protests for better living conditions at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater which remains in lockdown after people jailed at the facility held a peaceful action on Sunday afternoon. Around 100 incarcerated people refused to return to their cells before 3 p.m. on Sunday — instead sitting in a common area and playing cards — to decry reduced shower,
MPR NewsSep 03 2023
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Minnesota prisoners cause emergency lockdown amid heat wave
An emergency lockdown has been initiated at Minnesota’s Stillwater prison due to approximately 100 inmates in one housing unit refusing to return to their cells on Sunday. The act came as the region deals with a heat wave and inmates were reportedly dealing with dangerously high temperatures in the prison, located in Bayport, just east of Minneapolis. As afternoon heat advisories warned of
New York Daily NewsAug 28 2023
Fact Check
No Support for Viral Claim That COVID-19 ‘Lockdowns’ Are Returning This Fall
In recent weeks, COVID-19 cases, as estimated from wastewater data, and COVID-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the U.S. This comes as the omicron variant EG.5, recently designated as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, became the newly dominant variant in the country.
This has led some public health experts to suggest that some people — especially those
FactCheck.orgApr 24 2024
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Texas high school shooting leaves 18-year-old student dead, shot multiple times; suspect in custody
An 18-year-old student is dead after being shot five to six times by another student outside Bowie High School in Texas.In a press conference, Arlington Police Chief Al Jones and Arlington ISD Superintendent Dr. Matt Smith said that the shooting happened at the local public school around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday near a portable building outside.The school was placed on lockdown just as students
Fox News (Online News)Sep 29 2023
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Suspect who prompted lockdown at Schofield Barracks found and arrested on Molokaʻi
Authorities have arrested a man who fled with a handgun after getting into a scuffle while trying to talk to soldiers at an Army base on Thursday, officials said. No shots were fired but the Army treated it as an “active shooter situation” and two military bases on Oʻahu went into lockdown for several hours, said Michael Donnelly, a spokesperson for U.S. Army Garrison Hawaiʻi. Maui Police
Hawaii Public RadioSep 29 2023
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Mohawk Man Arrested After Causing Lockdowns at Hawaiian Army Bases
A man with a Mohawk haircut was arrested in Hawaii after causing two army bases to lock down following his producing a handgun when he got “into a scuffle,” officials say. The disruption took place Thursday at the Schofield Barracks in Oahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Although no shots were fired, the incident was treated as an “active shooter situation,” Michael Donnelly, a
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