One person is dead, two injured after a gunman opened fire in the Bar District in bustling downtown Jacksonville Beach, Florida
The panic sent St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break drinkers rushing out onto the sands of Jacksonville Beach, close to the pier, in a bid to escape the mayhem
Police urged individuals in the vicinity to 'shelter in place' until 11pm; many were celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break festivities
The remains of Adrian Jones were found in a pigsty on a property belonging to his father and stepmom in 2015 after he was abused for years by the two
The Kansas Department for Children and Families received reports that Adrian was being abused several years before his death but failed to intervene
The state will now pay his biological mother and other relatives $1 million after they filed a lawsuit claiming they 'chose to act like disinterested bystanders'
#1
Kid should have said he wanted to change his gender, then the Children and Families Department would have taken him from the home. [do I need to put a /sarc on that?]
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A shopping mall in Southern California was forced to close early on Saturday evening after the venue became swamped by brawling teenagers.
Police in Long Beach were quickly on the scene of The Pike Outlets mall after a fight between two girls resulted in an all-out brawl.
Footage of the massive scuffle saw about 200 individuals all congregating at the mall after a social media post went viral suggesting there would be a fight between two females, one adult and one juvenile.
One of the girls approached the other and the fight immediately broke out with the pair jeered on by hundreds of teens, many of whom filmed the ruckus on their cellphones.
The fight between the two girls looked particularly violent as punches flew and the pair grabbed one another by each other's hair and clothes.
The violence only seemed to grow as bystanders screamed and yelled as the fight spilled out into the mall.
Police were on the scene within 30 seconds having been tipped off well in advance, managing to lie in wait. Both participants were swiftly placed in handcuffs and taken into custody.
The identities of the two women who were arrested has not been disclosed and the motive behind the initial confrontation remains unclear.
A few police officers remained on-site to monitor the area, with a bus brought in to accommodate the possibility of several juveniles being detained.
At one point, a fight broke out, and officers immediately intervened by running into a large crowd, taking control of the situation, and arresting both suspects involved.
'Shortly thereafter, a shooting occurred outside of The Pike area - again, officers were almost immediately on scene and began providing medical aid to the victim. We're actively investigating the incident and will hold the suspect responsible for their actions.
'1 am incredibly proud of the efforts of our officers last night, and I want to reiterate that the Long Beach Police Department will not tolerate criminal acts or violence in our community,' Chief Hebeish said.
Following the altercation, reports emerged of a nearby shooting involving a juvenile male, who was discovered nearby at The Promenade with a gunshot wound to his lower body.
The victim received medical treatment at a local hospital and was reported to be in stable condition.
It it not clear whether individuals present during fight a The Pike Outlets were connected to those involved in the shooting,
Long Beach residents of Long Beach say there is real concern within the community following a recent surge in violence within the community.
Several other disturbing incidents have occurred in the area in the last few weeks including the stabbing of a food truck vendor last week who nearby lost his life as he was intervening in a robbery of an elderly woman.
[IsraelTimes] Space company’s Starshield business unit working under $1.8b contract signed in 2021 with DoD’s National Reconnaissance Office, which manages spy satellites.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
