UK Shooting

16-Year-Old Gunned Down In Luton

PA | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK

A £1,000 reward is being offered after a 16-year-old boy was left in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the back. The teenager wa...

Retired Police Inspector Found Shot Dead At Home With His Partner

PA | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK

A man found shot dead alongside his female partner was a retired police inspector of 30 years' service, a detective has said. The pair were found d...

'Cameron's Police Guard' Dies From Gunshot Wounds

PA | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK

A 43-year-old police officer from a unit that guards the Prime Minister and other high profile figures has been found dead from gunshot wounds. The...

Teenager Killed In London Double Shooting

PA | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK

A teenager died and a man was injured after they were gunned down in a street. The pair were shot in Hindrey Road, Clapton, east London, at 8.20pm ...

Bullet-proof Backpacks and Playground Paranoia Abound in Sandy Hook Fallout

Planet Ivy | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK Politics
Planet Ivy

As should probably have been expected in the wake of the December shootings at Sandy Hook, America's knee is still jerking over a month later, in a variety of depressingly haphazard directions.

'TMZ Remove The Video Of My Nephew Being Murdered'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK

The family of a man who was filmed being shot dead outside a nightclub has slammed a website which continues to host the footage as "disgusting". ...

'You Never Expect To Bury Your Child'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK

The mothers of two teenage girls who were shot dead outside a new year party used the 10th anniversary of their daughters' deaths today to urge young ...

The Cost of the Right to Bear Arms

Bob Morgan | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK
Bob Morgan

America has experienced a dreadful loss of young and innocent lives after the murderous shooting rampage in Connecticut. Such incidents are not unique to America but surely what matters is what a nation does to stop these things happening again.

Inside the Mind of a Mass Killer

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Dr Raj Persaud

As North America and the rest of the world try to answer the question 'why' when it comes to the murder of innocent school children, current psychiatric research uncovers patterns to apparently random and motiveless 'mass' killings, which might reveal clues as to their impetus.In a paper just published in the academic journal Psychiatric Clinics of North America, entitled 'Mass Murder: Causes, Classification, and Prevention', Dr James Knoll from the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, reports the most up to date current psychiatric understanding of mass killers.

The Week That Was: The Search For Answers

Carla Buzasi | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK
Carla Buzasi

From tragedy in the US to tragedy closer to home, the clamour for answers in the wake of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha continued this week with calls for an inquiry into both how the hospital handled the prank call that preceded her suicide, and also practices at the radio station where the calls where made from. With the revelation this weekend that three different suicide notes were left, including one which allegedly criticised colleagues at the King Edward VII hospital where Jacintha worked, and where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated, those calls for answers are not going away.

'Trigger Man' Found Guilty Of Murdering Anni Dewani

PA | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK

A hitman accused of pulling the trigger in the murder of newlywed Anni Dewani during her South African honeymoon has been convicted of murder. Pros...

Bomb Disposal Unit Called To House Of Al-Hilli Family

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK

An army bomb disposal unit was called to the house of family who were victims of a gun attack in the French alps on Monday morning amid "concerns" ove...

Andy And Tracey Ferrie Will Not Face Charges Over Burglary Shooting

PA | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK

A couple who were arrested after a shooting incident during a burglary at their home will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have announced. Th...

Eight Reported 'Shot' Outside The Empire State Building (LIVE UPDATES)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK

Police are investigating a mass shooting outside the Empire State Building in New York, with reports of two dead and nine injured. Officials confir...

Gold Britain: Team GB Moves Up Medal Table To Fifth Place

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK Sport

Britain has moved up the charts after winning two more gold medals, and three silver. Team GB is now fifth on the world medal chart, behind France,...

Man Arrested At Olympic Event On Suspicion Of Assault

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK

A man has been arrested at the Olympic shooting competition on suspicion of assault. The incident took place at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woo...

One Killed And Another In Critical Condition After Liverpool Shooting

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK

One man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a street shooting in Liverpool. The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was declared de...

Suspects Bailed In Couple Killing Case

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK

Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering a couple who were shot dead at a house have been released on bail. West Midlands Police said the 23-y...

Unhappy Shooting Young Men

Laila Escartín-Sorjonen | Posted 31.07.2012 | UK
Laila Escartín-Sorjonen

Last weekend was a bloody weekend for Finland: again there was a young man shooting randomly at people. Two 18 year-olds, man and woman, died in the shooting, and 7 more were badly injured.

Men Jailed For Life Over McDonald's Murder Of Father Of Four

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK

Two men have been given life sentences for shooting a father of four dead after a "trivial argument" in a queue at McDonald's. One of the murderers...

Man Arrested Over Pub Shooting Of Teenager

Press Association | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenager who was gunned down outside a pub. Malakai McKenzie, 19, was shot in...

Police Confirm Man And Woman Found In Semi 'Died Of Gunshot Wounds'

PA | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK

A man and a woman whose bodies were found at a semi-detached house in Nottingham died from gunshot wounds, police have confirmed. Nottinghamshire P...

CCTV Images Released In Russian Banker Shooting

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

Police have released CCTV images of the person suspected of the attempted murder of a wealthy Russian banker. German Gorbuntsov was shot a number ...

Six-Year-Old Girl Shot By Gangsters 'Just Wants To Dance Again'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK

Having spent a year in hospital after being shot in Stockwell, six-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran says she can't wait to get back to normal and dance ag...

Shot Gangster Branded A 'Maniac'

PA | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK

A gangland figure shot dead in a supermarket car park was "a maniac", a court has heard. Steven Glen, 26, a former drug dealer, told a jury on Tues...