[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Six teenagers are in critical condition after gunfire broke out in a residential neighborhood in California - as police frantically search for the suspect.
Shots were fired just before 11:00pm on Saturday in Moreno Valley, located in the Southern part of the Golden State. Riverside County Sheriff's Office deputies rushed to the scene in response to several calls about the commotion, finding five victims with severe gunshot wounds.
Paramedics then arrived and took the injured people to the hospital. Another person with a gunshot wound went to the hospital on their own, and police later connected them to the same horrifying incident.
Authorities said the ages of those who were injured ranged from 14 to 18 years old and later revealed they were all at a 'social gathering.'
As of Sunday morning, no arrests related to the shooting have been made, KTLA 5 reported. The events are under active investigation, and more details have not yet been made available.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office for comment.
Saturday night's incident comes about two months after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed in the same city.
According to Crime Grade statistics, Moreno Valley has a slightly higher crime rate than the average American city. It is safer than 37 percent of cities, but less safe than the remaining 63 percent.
Overnight, one person lost his life and seven others were injured by gunfire.
On June 21st at 11:00 PM, Officers working at the busy Juneteenth Festival heard shots ring out, and chaos erupted as people began running in multiple directions.
While trying to regain control of the area, a 22-year-old man was struck and killed under the overpass on Greenwood. Seven other individuals, ranging in age from 17 to an elderly woman, were hit by gunfire and transported to local hospitals for treatment.
Currently, at least one 24-year-old man is in critical condition.
As Officers cleared the Greenwood area, many people fled into other parts of downtown, causing disturbances throughout the Blue Dome area.
Numerous bars exceeded capacity and called the Tulsa Police Department for assistance in managing the overflow. With help from the Tulsa Fire Department Fire Marshals and a significant presence from TPD personnel, officials were able to stabilize the downtown area.
The crime scene extended over several blocks, and all of Greenwood was closed from the I-244 overpass to John Hope Franklin Boulevard.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) was called in to assist with documenting the crime scene using their FARO unit, while our Crime Scene Investigators collected all the evidence.
Several individuals we interviewed were unwilling to provide much information about the shooters, and others were unsure where the shots had originated.
At this time, we believe there were at least two different shooters, and it remains unclear who the intended targets were.
This is still a very active investigation, coming right after a weekend of shootings at three other locations with numerous victims.
If you have any information about this incident or any of the other shootings, please call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
Hopefully this is merely someone nuts or evil, and not an agent of Iran causing trouble as ordered by the Mad Mullahs.
[AyPee] A man who opened fire outside a Michigan church filled with worshippers on Sunday was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff who averted a potential mass shooting, police said.
Churchgoers attending a morning service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne spotted the gunman driving recklessly and then saw him exit his car wearing a tactical vest and carrying a rifle and a handgun, police Chief Ryan Strong said at an evening news conference.
The man began firing as he approached the church, striking one person in the leg.
“A parishioner struck the gunman with his vehicle as the gunman shot the vehicle repeatedly,” Strong told reporters. “At least two staff members shot the gunman, causing the fatal wounds.”
Police described the suspect as a 31-year-old white male with no known connection to the church. His motive remains unclear, but it appears he was suffering from a mental health crisis, Strong said.
The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. in Wayne, a city of about 17,000 people located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Detroit. The person who was shot in the leg was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the chief said. Nobody else was hurt.
Strong said a church member ran the suspect over with his pickup truck, giving security staff time to shoot him.
“We are grateful for the heroic actions of the church’s staff members, who undoubtedly saved many lives and prevented a large-scale mass shooting,” the chief said.
About 150 people were inside the church at the time. The church’s website says it hosts a worship service on Sundays at 10:45 a.m.
[BBC] US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an "imminent" threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war.
While the US does not "seek to dominate or strangle China", it would not be pushed out of Asia nor allow its allies to be intimidated, Hegseth said while addressing a high-level Asian defence summit on Saturday
In response, China has accused the US of being the "biggest troublemaker" for regional peace.
Many in Asia fear potential instability if China invades Taiwan, a self-governing island claimed by Beijing. China has not ruled out the use of force.
Speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth characterised China as seeking to become a "hegemonic power" that "hopes to dominate and control too many parts" of Asia. China has clashed with several neighbours over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea.
He said Beijing was "credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power" in Asia, and referred to a 2027 deadline that President Xi Jinping has allegedly given for China's military to be capable of invading Taiwan.
This is a date put forth by US officials and generals for years, but has never been confirmed by Beijing.
China "is building the military needed to do it, training for it, every day and rehearsing for the real deal", Hegseth said.
"Let me be clear: any attempt by Communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There's no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent. We hope not but certainly could be."
The US does not seek war or conflict with China, Hegseth added.
"We do not seek to dominate or strangle China, to encircle or provoke. We do not seek regime change… but we must ensure that China cannot dominate us or our allies and partners," he said, adding "we will not be pushed out of this critical region".
In response, the Chinese embassy in Singapore posted a note on its Facebook page saying the speech was "steeped in provocations and instigation" and said Hegseth had "repeatedly smeared and attacked China and relentlessly played up the so-called 'China threat'".
"As a matter of fact, the US itself is the biggest 'troublemaker' for regional peace and stability," it added. Examples it cited included the US "deploying offensive weapons" in the South China Sea and conducting reconnaissance of what the embassy called "Chinese islands and reefs".
"What the US now offers the most to the world is 'uncertainty'," the embassy said. "The country claims to safeguard peace and not to seek conflicts. We've heard it. Let's see what moves will it take."
China's robust rhetoric came as it deliberately diminished its presence at the dialogue.
Organised by think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Shangri-la Dialogue has traditionally served as a platform for the US and China to make their pitches to Asian countries as the superpowers jostle for influence.
But while this year the US has sent one of its largest delegations ever, China instead sent a notably lower-level team and scrapped its planned speech on Sunday.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Six teenagers are in critical condition after gunfire broke out in a residential neighborhood in California - as police frantically search for the suspect.
