A 15-year-old male will be charged as an adult after a Tallahassee, Florida, mass shooting over the weekend in which 11 were wounded, authorities said.

The shooting took place Saturday outside Bragg Stadium after Florida A&M University's homecoming football game, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

'What should have been a weekend of celebration in our community instead became a night of fear and violence for the victims and their families.'

Tallahassee Police on Sunday arrested Anthony Rivers III in connection with the shooting, which the paper said was one of the worst in Tallahassee history.

Rivers, who has faced criminal charges in the past, made his first court appearance Monday, the paper said, adding that State Attorney Jack Campbell said the teen will be charged as an adult and transferred from the Juvenile Assessment Center to the Leon County Detention Facility.

The 15-year-old is facing 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent, police said.

The paper said it names minors when they are charged with violent offenses.

"Our investigation indicates that a physical altercation occurred before shots were fired," Police Chief Lawrence Revell said, according to the paper. "At this stage of the investigation, none of the victims appear to have been the intended targets."

Detectives believe the incident stemmed from a dispute between people who knew one another, the Democrat added.

Revell previously said detectives believed there was only one shooter, but police now say additional arrests are possible, the paper noted.

Leon Circuit Judge Andrew Sheeran during a Monday juvenile court hearing ordered Rivers held in "secure detention" while his case is pending, which the judge said is required by statute given the nature of the charges, the paper reported.

Sheeran also granted a motion he said police filed to seal the probable cause affidavit, which includes details of the crime and what led to the suspect's arrest, the paper said.

The paper said at least 12 people were injured, including 11 who were shot. Police said one individual injured an ankle while fleeing the gunfire.

Six of the victims were children, including the youngest victim, who is 11 years old, Revell told the Democrat.

The chief on Monday added to Fox News that five of the 11 who were shot have been released from the hospital, while three of the six still hospitalized were in critical condition, with one listed as very critical.

Half of the victims were male, the other half female, the paper said.

Mass shooting threat alarms Florida high school officials — police say teen girl framed ex-boyfriend with AI

Florida police investigating a mass shooting threat online determined that a teenage girl had tried to frame her ex-boyfriend to get him in trouble.

Officials at Riverview High School were alerted to the mass shooting threat via an email on Wednesday that included a screenshot of an Instagram post, according to police.

'It doesn't matter if it's a joke, it doesn't matter if it's from AI, it doesn't matter if you're mad, and it doesn't matter if you're trying to pin it on someone else. You're going to face the consequences.'

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies responded and found that the post appeared to come from a male student who attended the school.

After police interviewed the male student, they determined the post did not come from him but was actually created by his ex-girlfriend.

The 15-year-old was a former student at the high school and had made the hoax image with the use of artificial intelligence, according to police.

When they interviewed her, she admitted to sending the false screenshot to the school administrators.

The girl was charged with written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism and two other charges related to the threat.

"Threatening a school is a felony in Hillsborough County. And it doesn't matter if it's a joke, it doesn't matter if it's from AI, it doesn't matter if you're mad, and it doesn't matter if you're trying to pin it on someone else. You're going to face the consequences," said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office chief communications officer Amanda Granit.

Retired Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Rich Kolko said people falsely believe they won't get prosecuted for online behavior.

"People sit at home, they're sitting at their desk, and they feel they have this keyboard anonymity," Kolko said to WFLA-TV.

"They think nobody can find them or nobody's going to bother them. They're just playing on their computer; it's no big deal. Well, as this young lady learned and as too many other people have learned, it is a big deal," he added.

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Male, 45, fatally shoots 7 of his relatives, 1 family friend in home, police say; 1 victim was 8 months pregnant

A 45-year-old male fatally shot seven of his relatives and one family friend in an Erie, Pennsylvania, home, on Friday, police told the Associated Press.

The gunman took his own life, the AP said, adding that authorities have not released his name. One of the victims was eight months pregnant, police said in a news conference video.

'They were a lovely family. Who would have thought this would ever happen?'

Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the gunman was related to seven of the victims, while the eighth victim was a friend of the pregnant woman, the outlet added. Police have not made the names of the victims public, the AP noted.

A man whose 1-year-old daughter Amarianna was among the shooting victims told the outlet Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed.

"I think that was a front for him," Julius Windham told the AP while standing at a memorial to shooting victims, who also included a 5-year-old boy.

"Him every day, him smiling and being just — you would think ... nothing like that would happen," Windham added to the outlet.

Mourners on Sunday placed candles, flowers, and stuffed animals outside the home where the man opened fire shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, the AP said, adding that Windham wore a T-shirt with pictures of the women and children and the words, "Forever In My Heart."

"Words can't even explain what I'm going through right now," Windham added to the outlet. "But I gotta be strong for my community, you know what I'm saying? My family, my daughters, my sons, everybody."

Chief Lorah said video and audio evidence investigators recovered included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two "distressed" women arrived and began pounding on the door, according to the AP, which added that the gunman came out of the house, shot them as they ran toward him, and then returned inside the house.

Responding officers found the two women dead outside, the outlet said.

Police deployed a drone and robot, the AP said, adding that officers then went inside the home and found the bodies of the 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.

"Out of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home," the chief said at a news conference, according to the outlet.

Lorah declined to discuss a motive for the shooting but suggested mental health could be a factor, the AP said, adding that the chief noted that investigators would talk to relatives and examine the cell phones of the women who were killed outside the home.

"They knew something was going on at that house," Lorah also said, according to the outlet. "We have to figure out what that is."

Nicole and Debra Eller, whose best friend was among the victims, told the AP they have known the family for more than 30 years. Nicole Eller added to the outlet that the shooter "was a good guy, and then he started going downhill with everything."

"They were a lovely family. Who would have thought this would ever happen?" Debra Eller added to the AP. "Oh my gosh, this is so upsetting. This should have never happened to her or the kids or anybody. His grandchildren, his kids, how can you do that?"

The outlet added that Erie Mayor Daria Devlin (D) at a Saturday news conference told the victims' families she was "so deeply sorry. What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier. ... Our entire community is with you; we're grieving with you. And we are here to support you."

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12-year-old girl hailed as a 'hero' amid horror of 'hermit' step-uncle's Montana massacre

A 12-year-old girl – who was among eight family members gunned down in a Montana massacre by a relative – has been hailed as a "hero" for trying to save her loved ones.

A man shot and killed eight family members, including four children, as they gathered for dinner Sunday at a home near Billings, Montana. The mass shooting occurred weeks after his parents reportedly asked him to move out of their house.

'There were many red flags, and many people spoke out. No one listened.'

Police said the suspect killed his grandmother, his parents, his younger sister, and four children.

NBC News reported that the gunman shot and killed the homeowners: 73-year-old Dana Smith and 72-year-old Barbara Smith.

Also killed in the mass shooting were their daughter, 39-year-old Megan Ireland-Ghekiere, as well as her two children and two stepchildren, 15-year-old Landon Ghekiere, 12-year-old Charlotte Ghekiere, 13-year-old Owen Ireland, and 7-year-old Chloe Ireland, according to authorities.

Evelyn Smith – who was Dana's 92-year-old mother and described as the "family matriarch" by interim Yellowstone County Sheriff Kent O’Donnell — did not live at the house but was in attendance for the Sunday dinner and was among the victims killed.

Brad Ireland — the ex-husband of Megan Ireland-Ghekiere — told the Associated Press that the suspected shooter was 44-year-old Alan Smith.

Police confirmed that Smith was the older brother of Megan Ireland-Ghekiere.

Ireland said that Smith had lived in his parents' home for years.

Ireland described Alan Smith as a "hermit," and added, "No one knew what he did in there 24/7."

Ireland noted that Smith's parents asked him to move out a couple of weeks ago, but he returned to the home on Sunday and went on a shooting spree.

Police said Smith arrived at the home at approximately 5:49 p.m., just 11 minutes before neighbors reported hearing what they believed were fireworks.

At 6:02 p.m., police dispatchers received a call from a "female" inside the house, and deputies from the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office arrived at the crime scene around 6:10 p.m., NBC News reported.

When law enforcement arrived at the home, they "confronted the suspect in the front yard, where he retreated into the house," O'Donnell stated.

The Associated Press reported that officers arrived "just before the house was completely engulfed in flames."

O'Donnell said more "gunshots were heard within the household" before the suspected shooter went to the rear of the property.

At about 6:13 p.m., a deputy "heard a final shot, which was broken away from the rest of the shots," O'Donnell noted.

At around 6:22 p.m., officers "made entrance into the backyard," where they discovered a male with a gunshot wound and began lifesaving measures on him, O'Donnell added.

"At this time, it wasn’t known that he was actually the suspect of all this," O'Donnell continued. "He was just a person down, and law enforcement did what they're trained to do. They got him out of the hot zone and provided what first aid they could."

Police said the suspect was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Investigators confirmed that the suspect had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Billings Fire Department Chief Matt Hoppel said firefighters battled the blaze until around 1 a.m. on Monday.

Authorities noted that it took so long to extinguish the fire because the house is located outside Billings city limits on county land, where fire hydrants are not mandatory.

O'Donnell said, "They had to haul in truckloads of water, set up a temporary tank and pump out of that tank. So the fire suppression portion of this was very, very difficult.”

Jeff Stovall, a spokesperson for the Billings Police Department, told the Associated Press that investigators also faced challenges due to the structural instability of the home, which had burned down to its foundation.

Adam Ghekiere, the widower of Megan Ireland-Ghekiere, was not at the home during the attack but learned about the active shooting over a dispatch radio.

The Associated Press reported that Ghekiere called each family member before he "raced across town to the Smith home."

The Smith house was on fire when Ghekiere arrived, according to the AP.

The Associated Press reported that two hours after arriving at the crime scene, Ghekiere learned his wife, two children, and two stepchildren had been killed.

Ghekiere said of his brother-in-law, "Monster isn't even enough to describe what he did."

Ghekiere stated that police later confirmed his daughter, Charlotte, made the 911 call from inside the residence.

Jennifer Mercer, a neighbor and family friend, told NBC News, "Charlotte was the hero that dialed 911. She tried to save her family."

Mercer added, "She lived by her favorite quote, 'I love you more.'"

According to CBS News, Brad Ireland said of Alan Smith, "There were many red flags, and many people spoke out. No one listened."

O'Donnell said the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office "had not been called to this residence before, and we had not had any prior contact with the suspect."

A search of criminal records in Montana and Washington by the Associated Press found that Alan Smith had never been arrested or charged with a crime.

A GoFundMe campaign launched on behalf of Landon Ghekiere and Charlotte Ghekiere raised nearly $95,000 as of Friday morning.

The crowdfunding listing reads:

Landon was just 15 years old and preparing to begin his sophomore year at Senior High School. He was a loving, caring young man who was always willing to lend a hand to his family and neighbors. He was looking forward to getting his driver’s license this week and was a patient, protective, and loving big brother.

Charlotte was 12 and preparing to begin seventh grade. Funny, precocious, and adorable—with just the right amount of stubborn—Charlotte had an angelic smile and loved posing for pictures. She especially loved exploring the world around her, turning over rocks to look for bugs. Oh, how she loved her bugs!

A separate GoFundMe campaign to help support Adam Ghekiere has raised nearly $130,000.

Ghekiere said, "We are so grateful for the prayers, the love, the support that we're getting from the nation."

Authorities are still piecing together an official motive for the tragic mass shooting.

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Whitlock: ‘Fatherless culture’ to blame for latest mass shooting

A “Sunday Funday” lakeside party went off the rails after 23 people were injured just outside Oklahoma City in a mass shooting.

According to reports, three people were in critical condition, four were listed as serious, and no arrests have been made.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock points out that the flyer for the party showed young men smoking weed — which should have served as a warning to attendees.

“At some point we have to acknowledge and admit that any time there are large groups of young black people — and by young, that may stretch all the way up to age 40 and under — that there’s going to be violence,” Whitlock says.

“And that’s a very uncomfortable thing to say, but this is the price of a matriarchal, fatherless culture — this type of chaos and violence,” he continues, showing clips of the party that were uploaded to social media.

One clip shows women bent over and twerking all over the party, while other attendees dance around them to rap music.

“We see these videos constantly. And there’s no national conversation. There’s no outrage. There’s no violence in the streets. There’s no protests. There's no nothing,” Whitlock says. “It blows my mind.”

“If no one else wants to talk about it, we will,” he adds.

While the media constantly report on mass shootings carried out by young white men, they often ignore those that are happening much more often.

“Once a week we see one of these videos — every weekend in Chicago. I can’t ignore it, and I can’t false equivalence it and say, ‘It’s just the same as mass school shootings, and you won’t talk about that,’” Whitlock explains.

“I’m just not going to play into it,” he adds.

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Two men wearing ski masks open fire at party near Oklahoma lake; at least 13 hospitalized: Reports

Two men wearing ski masks opened fire at a party near an Oklahoma lake Sunday night, and at least 13 people were hospitalized, according to reports.

Edmond Police spokesperson Emily Ward told the Associated Press that authorities were notified about shots fired around 9 p.m. at a gathering of young people near Arcadia Lake. Arcadia Lake is just over 20 minutes north of Oklahoma City.

'We are working extremely hard to find the suspects.'

Police told KOKH-TV that two men wearing ski masks opened fire during the party at Spring Creek Park near the lake.

Ward told the AP that while no arrests had been made yet, she noted to KOKH that police are reviewing video from Flock license plate reader cameras in order to identify those responsible.

The outlet, citing a hospital system spokesperson, said that 10 people were taken to Integris Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, and three were at Integris Health Edmond Hospital as of Monday morning.

Integris Health told Fox News that six of the 13 victims have been treated and released, and of the seven who remained hospitalized, four were listed in serious condition and three were listed in critical condition.

Ward added to the AP that "we’re kind of all over the metro speaking with victims and witnesses."

“This is obviously a very terrifying situation, and we understand the concern from the public and those involved, and we are working extremely hard to find the suspects,” she added to the outlet.

The AP said police did not immediately respond to an email seeking information early Monday.

The outlet also said that while police did not provide details about the party, a flyer seen on social media after the shooting suggested that an event called Sunday Funday had been scheduled near the lake Sunday evening.

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17-year-old faces attempted murder charges in connection with mass shooting near University of Iowa

A 17-year-old faces five counts of attempted murder in connection with Sunday's mass shooting near the University of Iowa, in which five people were wounded — including three students.

Iowa City Police said Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, engaged in a fight around 1:45 a.m. in the 100 Block of East College Street in the Downtown Pedestrian Mall reportedly involving as many 40 people.

'Their lives have been forever changed by this senseless act of violence.'

Police said over the course of the fight, Jones obtained a firearm from another individual. During a break in the fight, police said Jones walked away from the other combatants, drew the weapon, and fired six times into the crowded Pedestrian Mall.

Police said five people were struck by gunfire:

One victim suffered a life-threatening wound to her head and remains in critical condition.
One victim was struck in the arm and chest, causing serious injuries requiring surgery.
One victim was struck in the leg, causing serious injuries requiring multiple surgeries.
One victim was struck in the side of the stomach, causing bodily injury.
One victim was struck in both legs, causing bodily injury.

Police said of the five victims struck by gunfire, two remain hospitalized.

"Their lives have been forever changed by this senseless act of violence," Iowa City Police Chief Dustin Liston said. "We pray for their full recovery and stand ready to support them in any way possible during this difficult time."

Police said "none of the victims were the target of this shooting, and there is no reason to believe they were otherwise affiliated with this incident."

By 3:05 a.m., investigators obtained images of Jones and other persons of interest in connection with the incident.

Image source: Iowa City Police

Over the course of the investigation, police said they recovered three firearms, numerous firearm accessories, and multiple rounds of ammunition. Police added that investigators received more than 150 tips and served nearly three dozen search warrants.

Jones — who hasn't been located, police said Wednesday — faces the following charges:

attempted murder (five counts)
willful injury assault causing serious injury (three counts)
willful injury assault causing bodily injury (two counts)
going armed with intent

Officials confirmed to Iowa's News Now that Jones is number three in the persons of interest photos sent out earlier this week.

Image source: Iowa City Police

Police said they are asking the public for assistance and that those with information are asked to contact the Iowa City Police Department at 319-356-5275. In addition, police said those in the area of the shooting with security cameras are asked to review their recordings and contact police with any potential video or information.

Iowa City Area Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information about this incident that leads to an arrest, police said. Crime Stoppers tips can be submitted via the P3 Tips app, online at iccrimestoppers.org, or by phone at 319-358-TIPS (8477), police said. All tips and calls are held in strict confidence and anonymity is guaranteed, police said, and individuals providing information are not required to reveal their identity to collect a reward.

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Deadly mass shooting erupts after 'planned fight' near middle school in North Carolina, police say

A "planned fight between two young" individuals on Monday led to a mass shooting where at least two people were killed, say North Carolina police.

Winston-Salem police said on social media that the fight began at about 9:52 a.m. at Leinbach Park, which is only about 400 yards away from Jefferson Middle School on Sally Kirk Rd.

'Several individuals — both victims and suspects — have been identified and located.'

While police were on their way to the park to respond to the fight, a shooting broke out.

Police said several people shot at each other, and later the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that at least two people had died in the incident.

"Several individuals — both victims and suspects — have been identified and located. Due to the number of people involved, efforts are ongoing to account for everyone. At this time, some of those involved in the incident are juveniles," said police.

The shooting led to lockdowns at several schools.

WGHP-TV reported a massive police presence in the area, with many businesses and streets closed down as the investigation continues.

Police called for the community not to use personal drones in the area to avoid interfering with police drones searching for other possible suspects and victims.

Although police said schools were returning to their normal schedule, some parents showed up to pick up their children.

This is a developing story.

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