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* July 20, 2012 [[w:James Holmes (mass murderer)|James E. Holmes]], 24, killed 12 people and wounded 70 at a [[2012 Aurora shooting|theater in Aurora, Colo.]], using a [[Smith & Wesson M&P15|Smith & Wesson semiautomatic rifle]], a Remington shotgun and a '''Glock .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol'''....<br>May 2012: In the 60 days before the shooting, he bought four guns legally at local gun shops. |
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** {{cite news |title=How They Got Their Guns |first1=Larry |last1=Buchanan |first2=Josh |last2=Keller |first3=Richard A. |last3=Oppel Jr. |authorlink3=Richard A. Oppel Jr. |first4=Daniel |last4=Victor |date=February 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[w:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html}} |
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* JUNE 17, 2015 [[Dylann Roof]], 21, killed nine people with a .45-caliber Glock pistol at a [[Charleston church shooting|historic black church]] in Charleston, S.C.<br>FEBRUARY 2015 Mr. Roof was charged with a misdemeanor for possessing Suboxone, a prescription drug frequently sold in illegal street transactions.<br>APRIL 2015 He purchased a gun from a store in West Columbia, S.C. Mr. Roof should have been barred from buying a gun because he had admitted to possessing drugs, but the F.B.I. examiner conducting the required background check failed to obtain the police report from the February incident.<br>JUNE 17, 2015 Mr. Roof joined a Bible study group at Emanuel A.M.E. Church and opened fire with the gun he bought in April. |
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** {{cite news |title=How They Got Their Guns |first1=Larry |last1=Buchanan |first2=Josh |last2=Keller |first3=Richard A. |last3=Oppel Jr. |authorlink3=Richard A. Oppel Jr. |first4=Daniel |last4=Victor |date=February 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[w:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html}} |
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* OCT. 1, 2015 Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, killed nine people at [[Umpqua Community College shooting|Umpqua Community College]] in Oregon, where he was a student. He was armed with six guns, including a Glock pistol, a Smith & Wesson pistol, a Taurus pistol and a Del-Ton assault rifle, according to The Associated Press.<br>2008 Mr. Harper-Mercer was in the Army for one month, but was discharged before completing basic training.<br>2009 He graduated from the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, Calif., which teaches students with learning disabilities and emotional issues.<br>BEFORE SHOOTING In all, Mr. Harper-Mercer owned 14 firearms, all of which were bought legally through a federally licensed firearms dealer, a federal official said. Some were bought by Mr. Harper-Mercer, and some by members of his family.<br>OCT. 1, 2015 He killed nine people in Roseburg, Ore. |
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** {{cite news |title=How They Got Their Guns |first1=Larry |last1=Buchanan |first2=Josh |last2=Keller |first3=Richard A. |last3=Oppel Jr. |authorlink3=Richard A. Oppel Jr. |first4=Daniel |last4=Victor |date=February 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[w:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html}} |
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* Evidence recovered and/or identified by the FBI and/or Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) at the scene includes the following firearms:<br>a. A '''Glock .357 handgun''' bearing serial number BCUM029;<br>b. '''A Glock .357 handgun''' bearing serial number YEY449;<br>c. A '''Glock .357 handgun''' bearing serial number RHY244; and,<br>d. A [[Colt AR-15]] model SPI bearing serial number SP99907. |
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** {{cite web |title=United States of America v. Robert Bowers, Case No. 18-1396, Criminal Complaint |date=October 27, 2018 |url=https://mediaweb.wpxi.com/document_dev/2018/10/28/Bowers%20Federal%20Complaint_13510166_ver1.0.pdf}} |
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* What was the gunman armed with? Bowers was armed with a [[Colt AR-15]] SP1 [[assault rifle]] and '''three Glock .357 SIG-caliber semi-automatic handguns''', authorities said at a press conference Sunday. Authorities said all four weapons were fired during the shooting. He was injured in confrontation with officers and transported to a local hospital, where an official at the press conference said he was in fair condition. |
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** {{cite news |first=Abby |last=Vesoulis |date=October 27, 2018 |title=What to Know About Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Robert Bowers |magazine=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://time.com/5436894/robert-bowers-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/}} |
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* Bowers, 46, allegedly burst into the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the affluent Squirrel Hill neighborhood, shouting anti-Semitic epithets as he opened fire on the congregants. His extensive armaments included a [[Colt AR-15]] semiautomatic rifle and '''three Glock .357 handguns'''. At least three of the weapons were purchased legally, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement official. |
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** {{cite news |newspaper=[[w:USA Today|USA Today]] |title=Pittsburgh shooting suspect Robert Bowers wanted 'to kill Jews' |first1=John |last1=Bacon |first2=Kevin |last2=Johnson |date=October 28, 2018 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/10/28/pittsburgh-shooting-update-11-victims-identified/1798398002/}} |
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* "They're committing genocide to my people," Bowers told police during the shootout, according to an FBI affidavit. "I just want to kill Jews."...<br>Police said they received 911 calls about an active shooter around 10 a.m., five minutes after Bowers made his last social media post. When officers entered the building, they found the victims' bodies and survivors hiding. They rescued at least two people from the basement and scrambled to evacuate people as they looked for the gunman.<br>Two officers encountered the gunman as he was attempting to leave the building, according to a criminal complaint. The gunman fired at them, shooting one officer in the hand before fleeing back inside the synagogue. The other officer suffered several cuts to his face from shrapnel and broken glass.<br>SWAT officers found Bowers on the third floor of the building and exchanged gunfire with him until he surrendered, authorities said. Two SWAT officers were injured in the gunfight, along with Bowers.<br>Bowers used a [[Colt AR-15]] rifle and '''three Glock .357 handguns''' during the attack, police said. Bowers legally purchased the three Glock .357s, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told CNN. It's not clear whether the AR-15 was purchased legally. |
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** {{cite news |agency=[[w:CNN|CNN]] |title=Pittsburgh synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die, criminal complaint says |first1=Nicole |last1=Chavez |first2=Emanuella |last2=Grinberg |first3=Eliott C. |last3=McLaughlin |date=October 28, 2018 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/index.html}} |
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* The shooting began around 9:50 a.m. Bowers was armed with several guns including an [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15]], records show.<br>Bowers killed 11 people then went to the third floor of the building. Law enforcement responded and exchanged gunfire with Bowers.<br>"They're committing genocide to my people," Bowers allegedly told one law enforcement officer. "I just want to kill Jews."<br>Authorities say he continued to make comments about genocide. Bowers eventually surrendered to police.<br>Investigators located '''three .357 caliber Glock handguns''' and a [[Colt AR-15]], records show. |
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** {{cite news |title=Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers was armed with AR-15 and said 'he wanted all Jews to die' |date=October 28, 2018 |publisher=MassLive Media |first=Scott J. |last=Croteau |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/10/pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting_4.html}} |
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* “They’re committing genocide to my people,” the suspect told a SWAT officer after being shot and captured, according to a federal criminal complaint released Sunday. “I just want to kill Jews.”<br>Pittsburgh Mayor [[w:Bill Peduto|Bill Peduto]] called the attack the “darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history” after the victims’ names were read out Sunday morning. The mayor also disputed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the synagogue should have had armed guards.<br>“The approach we need to be looking at is how we take the guns — the common denominator of every mass shooting in America — out of the hands of those looking to express hatred through murder,” Peduto told reporters....<br>In what appeared to be his final social media post hours before the attack, the man wrote: “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”...<br>He allegedly walked through an unlocked door at about 9:45 a.m., armed with a [[Colt AR-15]] rifle and '''three Glock .357 pistols''' — all four of which fired, police said, as he moved around the large building, screaming about Jews. |
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** {{cite news |agency=[[w:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]] |newspaper=[[w:National Post|National Post]] |first1=Avi |last1=Selk |first2=Mark |last2=Berman |authorlink3=Joel Achenbach |first3=Joel |last3=Achenbach |date=October 28, 2018 |title=Police detail the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and name the 11 dead, including 97-year-old woman |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-victim-melvin-wax-remembered-as-sweet-sweet-guy}}; {{cite news |agency=[[w:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]] |newspaper=[[w:The Philadelphia Inquirer|The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |first1=Avi |last1=Selk |first2=Mark |last2=Berman |authorlink3=Joel Achenbach |first3=Joel |last3=Achenbach |date=October 28, 2018 |title=Documents detail the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and name the dead |url=http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/documents-detail-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre-and-name-the-dead-20181028.html}} |
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* Bowers was armed with a [[Colt AR-15]], as well as '''three Glock .357 handguns''' when he entered the synagogue.<br>These details and others were released Sunday morning in a federal criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania by FBI Special Agent Brian Collins.<br>"During the course of his deadly assault on people at the synagogue, and simultaneously with his gunfight with responding officers, Bowers made statements evincing an animus towards people of the Jewish faith," the complaint said. "For example, Bowers commented to one law enforcement officer, in substance, 'they're committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews.' Bowers repeated comments regarding genocide, his desire to kill Jewish people, and that Jewish people needed to die."...<br>Mr. Bowers used all four weapons during the attack, authorities said. |
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** {{cite news |title=Authorities: Mass shooting suspect said he wanted 'all Jews to die' |newspaper=[[w:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |first=Paula |last=Reed Ward |date=October 28, 2018 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/10/28/Affidavit-Suspect-robert-bowers-pittsburgh-squirrel-hill-mass-shooting-tree-of-life-synagogue/stories/201810280173}} |
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* The complaint said Bowers made statements “evincing an animus towards people of Jewish faith.” Bowers told one law enforcement officer, “they’re committed genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews.” Bowers repeated comments regarding genocide, his desire to kill Jewish people and that Jewish people needed to die, the federal complaint said.<br>Bowers eventually surrendered.<br>According to the complaint, Bowers had four weapons on him including '''three Glock .357 handguns''' as well as a [[Colt AR-15]] model SP1. |
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** {{cite news |title=What we know about Robert Bowers, suspect in mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue |date=October 29, 2018 |agency=[[w:WPXI|WPXI]] |location=[[w:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] |url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/what-we-know-about-robert-bowers-suspect-in-mass-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue/861071109}} |
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* Bowers used a [[Colt AR-15]] rifle and '''three Glock .357 handguns''' during the attack, police said. Bowers legally purchased the three Glock .357s, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told CNN. It's not clear whether the AR-15 was purchased legally. |
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** {{cite news |title= Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect due in court |first=Susannah |last=Cullinane |agency=[[w:CNN|CNN]] |publisher=[[w:MSN|MSN]] |date=October 29, 2018 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-due-in-court/ar-BBP2I56}} |
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* The man accused of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Robert Bowers, legally purchased the guns he used to kill 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in the United States, according to the federal authorities.<br>Officials have said Mr. Bowers used four guns — an [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15 assault rifle]] and '''three Glock .357 handguns''' — in his shooting spree at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning.<br>An investigation has concluded that the guns were “acquired and possessed legally by Bowers,” the Philadelphia office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Tuesday.<br>Mr. Bowers did not fall into any category barred from gun ownership under federal law, including felons, convicted domestic abusers, dishonorably discharged veterans, or people adjudicated to be mentally ill or subject to certain restraining orders. |
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* The man accused of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Robert Bowers, legally purchased the guns he used to kill 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in the United States, according to the federal authorities.<br>Officials have said Mr. Bowers used four guns — an [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15 assault rifle]] and '''three Glock .357 handguns''' — in his shooting spree at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning.<br>An investigation has concluded that the guns were “acquired and possessed legally by Bowers,” the Philadelphia office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Tuesday.<br>Mr. Bowers did not fall into any category barred from gun ownership under federal law, including felons, convicted domestic abusers, dishonorably discharged veterans, or people adjudicated to be mentally ill or subject to certain restraining orders. |