Strikingly Similar Traits Found Among American Mass Killers in Secret Service Study
A majority of the assailants in mass attacks in the U.S. last year shared strikingly similar traits, a new Secret Service report found.
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Lawmakers: FBI Lacks Strategy to Handle Tips After Blunder over Fla. School Shooter
Acting FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich acknowledged to members of Congress on Tuesday that the bureau failed to properly follow up on two warning calls about the former student who gunned down 17 students and teachers at a Florida school on Valentine’s Day.
Trump Directs Justice Department to Propose Regulations to Ban Bump Stocks
President Trump, in a significant departure from his uncompromising, pro-NRA stance on guns, is directing the Justice Department to propose regulations to “ban all devices” such as the bump stocks used in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
FBI Faces Mounting Pressure over Failure to Act on Tip about School Shooter
The FBI’s admission that it failed to properly follow up on a tip about the Florida school shooter has drawn mounting criticism, including calls for the bureau’s boss to step down.
Russian-Linked Bots Suspected of Sowing Divisions Immediately After Florida School Shooting
Suspected Russian-linked Twitter accounts pounced on the gun control debate just an hour after last week’s school shooting in Florida.
FBI Admits It Ignored Warning about School Shooter’s Desire to Kill
The FBI admitted today that it failed to act on a warning in January that suspected mass killer Nikolas Cruz was armed and may carry out a school shooting, the first indication that federal authorities missed an opportunity to prevent the attack on a Florida high school.
FBI Reviewing How It Handled Tip Months Ago about Florida School Shooter
The FBI is reviewing how it handled a tip months ago about a YouTube user named Nikolas Cruz who boasted he was “going to be a professional school shooter.”
Former FBI Agent Breaks Down in Tears on CNN over Florida School Shooting
Philip Mudd, a former FBI agent and deputy director for the FBI’s national security branch, has interviewed terrorists and investigated some of the most atrocious attacks.