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Investigators, police are seen at the scene of suspected gang-related shooting leaving 11 dead. The mass shooting took place in Choloma, a town near San Pedro Sula, the country's second largest city. IMAGES
A Texas university was the site of another campus shooting only hours after a freshman in Arizona fatally shot 1 and injured 3.The shooting occurred near a student housing complex in Houston’s Texas Southern University. Three men confronted and opened fire on two students in the parking lot of the Tierwester Oaks and University Courtyard apartments at around 11:30am Friday morning.KPRC reports that according to the Houston Police Department, the suspects ran up to the fourth floor of the housing complex after the shooting. Police have arrested two of the three suspects, but the third one remains at large. Classes were cancelled and students evacuated after the university was put on lockdown following the incident. The lockdown was lifted around 2:30pm.According to KHOU, one victim, an 18-year-old freshman, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but died soon after. The other is being treated after sustaining wounds to the upper torso and back, and is expected to survive. University officials say the killing may have been an act of retaliation connected to an earlier shooting on Thursday that injured a student.
The fatal campus shooting in Flagstaff, Arizona that left 1 student dead and 3 injured began as a confrontation between members of two different fraternities.
WACO, TEXAS — More than 160 suspects have been booked into the McLennan County Jail as of Tuesday following a deadly gang brawl on Sunday, Texas media reported. All will face gang-related charges in connection with the brawl that left nine bikers dead and 18 other hospitalized.
America’s outlaw motorcycle gangs again thrust themselves into the national spotlight with the deadly Sunday gunfight at a central Texas restaurant involving at least two rival gangs and law enforcement. To make sense of the violence, it helps to understand its context.
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.