Page 17 - Shooting

French police opens fire as vehicle fails to stop for check; 2 dead

French police opened fire at a vehicle in central Paris that did not follow an order to stop for a law enforcement check; two people were killed as a result, the Actu17 news portal reports.The incident occurred late on Sunday night, around midnight, at a traffic control point in the Pont Neuf area. The driver of the vehicle did not follow an order to stop, directing the car at the police instead. One of the officers opened fire from a rifle to protect himself.The driver and the front passenger were hit by the shots and died. A second passenger who was seated in the back was injured in the arm and taken to a hospital.

14 injured in shooting at South Carolina shopping mall; suspect arrested

Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.

Shooting at Arkansas car show kills at least 1, wounds 24

At least one person was killed and 24 others wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas, police said. Arkansas State Police said in a news release Sunday that one person was in custody and authorities were searching for others who may have fired into the crowd Saturday evening. Additional information, including conditions of the wounded, wasn't immediately available. State troopers were dispatched at around 7:25 pm to Dumas, located about 90 miles south of Little Rock, following a report of gunfire outside a business where the car show was underway, Arkansas State Police spokesperson Bill Sadler said. The car show is part of a community event held each spring to raise funds for scholarships and school supplies, according the website of the Delta Neighbourhood Empowerment Youth Organisation. Wallace McGehee, the car show's organiser, expressed condolences to the victims' families and the community. For something like this to happen, it's a

9 killed, including 3 women, in shooting at drug house in central Mexico

Six men and three women died Wednesday in a shooting attack on a house where drugs were sold in central Mexico. Authorities in Puebla state, east of Mexico City, said the attack took place in the pre-dawn hours. Puebla Gov. Miguel Barbosa said none of the nine victims were from the state and the house where they were killed was a site for retail drug dealing. It is a middle-class zone. Evidently, according to initial data, the place where these people were killed was a place used for the distribution and sale of drugs, Barbosa said. Barbosa said the killings appeared to be an execution between gangs. Puebla has long been home to violent gangs that deal in fuel theft from government pipelines, but the state had not been known for drug violence.

Shri Nivetha, Esha, Ruchita win gold in women's 10m air pistol team event

The Indians shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish on the podium for the country's third medal, and second gold, in the year's first World Cup

Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in ISSF World Cup, Esha Singh bags silver

The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany's Michael Schwald (6)

My wheelchair is my legs and my family is my backbone: Avani Lekhara

In a Q&A, the shooting gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics talks about her difficult journey after a debilitating accident left the wheelchair-bound champion totally paralysed waist down

Officer killed, suspect wounded in shooting outside Dallas supermarket

A shooting outside a suburban Dallas supermarket left a police officer dead and a suspect wounded on Friday, authorities said.

Fourth student dies from Michigan high school shooting: Report

The gun the boy was carrying had seven more rounds of ammo in it when he surrendered

Saurabh Chaudhary wins free pistol gold at Shooting Nationals

This was the second medal day of the championship, scheduled to run till December 6

Alec Baldwin-starrer 'Rust' production shuts down until probe is complete

A petition has been created asking Alec Baldwin to "use his power and influence in the Hollywood film industry to make change and ban real guns on film sets."

Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting by Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set with a firearm a crew member had assured the actor was a 'cold gun'

ISSF Junior Shooting Worlds: India finish on top with 43 medals

India won a whopping 43 medals, including 17 gold, to finish on top of the pecking order in the just-concluded ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima

India's shooter Naamya Kapoor wins gold in junior world championships

14-year-old shooter Naamya Kapoor fired her way to the gold medal ahead of her celebrated compatriot Manu Bhaker in the women's 25m pistol event of the ISSF Junior world Championship here on Monday

Shooting at Russian university leaves 8 dead and 28 hurt, says report

In May, a gunman opened fire at a school in the city of Kazan, killing seven students and two teachers, with a registered weapon

Shooting in Russian university leaves 8 dead

A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and others wounded, according to Russia's Investigative Committee

Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympics

Shooter Lekhara scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1

Tokyo Debacle: NRAI executives to be assessed, three-part review underway

An "individual with the right credentials" is set to evaluate the performance of the Indian shooting federation's executives

Olympics 2021 Highlights: Women's hockey team scripts history, enters semis

The Rani Rampal-led side will play Argentina in the semifinal on Wednesday

Online shooting tournaments: One Indian, two countries, three medals

Indian shooters may not have achieved what they had set out to in the Tokyo Olympics but one Indian has had a hand in three medals won at the Games by marksmen from two countries