Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Columbia High School Student Dead, Another Injured In Sports Field Shooting Columbia High School Student Dead, Another Injured In Sports Field Shooting
Columbia High School Student Dead, Another Injured In Sports Field Shooting An 18-year-old high school student died and another was injured in a shooting at a sports field Sunday night, authorities said. Columbia High School junior Moussa Fofana, of Maplewood, was shot at Underhill Sports Complex around 9:30 p.m., according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said.  He was pronounced dead at the scene approximately one hour later. An unidentified 17-year-old victim was hospitalized for treatment of a non life-threatening gunshot wound, authorities said. Authorities remained at the scene -- approximately six blocks from Columbia High School …

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by Cecilia Levine
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
CT High School Student Killed In Shooting CT High School Student Killed In Shooting
CT High School Student Killed In Shooting Police in Connecticut are asking the public for information in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old high school student. The student, who attended New London High School, was found around 6:22 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17, when EMS responded to the area of Grand St. and Elm St., in New London, for the report of shots fired with an injured person in the roadway, authorities said. Once on the scene, the male teen was found and declared dead by paramedics, New London Police said. Police say the incident does not appear to be a random act and the investigation remains active. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School
Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School A teenager from Asbury Park was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his role in a shooting outside an Ocean County high school, authorities said. Alonzo Legrande, who is now 18, pleaded guilty in September to aggravated assault and weapons charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Legrande originally was charged as an adult on Sept. 10 with four counts of attempted murder and weapons charges, Billhimer said. Legrandes' reduced charges were part of his  agreement to plead guilty as an adult before Judge Wendel E. Daniels.  Legrande was 17 when the crimes occurred, …

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by Jon Craig
DV Plus - Fairfield, CT
Schools
Since Losing Son At Sandy Hook Mom Spreads His Nurturing, Healing Love Message Since Losing Son At Sandy Hook Mom Spreads His Nurturing, Healing Love Message
Since Losing Son At Sandy Hook Mom Spreads His Nurturing, Healing Love Message In his final moments, Scarlett Lewis's son Jesse was a hero who saved children before losing his life. For Lewis who founded the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, her son is remembered on this seventh anniversary of Sandy Hook, not for his murder, but for the message he brought to the world of Nurturing Healing Love. The words were found written on a kitchen chalkboard by Jesse's mother sometime after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. Saturday is the seventh anniversary of the murders of 20 first-grade students and six staff members. The gunman first killed his mo…

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by Donna Christopher
Monsey, NY
News
Spring Valley Teen Arrested After Making 'Fake' School Shooting Call Spring Valley Teen Arrested After Making 'Fake' School Shooting Call
Spring Valley Teen Arrested After Making 'Fake' School Shooting Call A Spring Valley teen was arrested for making a fake phone call to Spring Valley High School about a possible school shooting. Spring Valley Police responded to the school around 11: 40 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, after the school reported the call to the police, said Spring Valley Officer Matthew Galli. The school was put on lockdown as officers secured the area and began a thorough search to rule out the possibility of an active shooter, Galli said. Shortly after the school was cleared, it was deemed that there was no imminent threat at which time the lockdown was lifted, Galli sai…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Two Students Charged For Threatening Shooting At High School In Westchester Two Students Charged For Threatening Shooting At High School In Westchester
Two Students Charged For Threatening Shooting At High School In Westchester Two students have been arrested for allegedly making threats to carry out a school shooting in Westchester. The incident came to light around 3:45 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, when the Yonkers Police Department received several reports of school shooting threats circulating on social media against students at Lincoln High School, located on Kneeland Avenue, said Yonkers Police Spokesman Det. Lt. Dean Politopoulos. According to Politopoulos, the threats consisted of a number of texts to carry out a school shooting with an intended number of victims on Friday, Oct. 25, during a&…

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by Kathy Reakes
Pleasantville, NY
News
Security Stepped Up After Shooting Threat At High School In Westchester Deemed Not Credible Security Stepped Up After Shooting Threat At High School In Westchester Deemed Not Credible
Security Stepped Up After Shooting Threat At High School In Westchester Deemed Not Credible A shooting threat at a high school in Westchester was deemed not credible by police, who stepped up patrols out of an abundance of a caution. Late on Thursday, Oct. 10, parents in the Harrison School District received a message warning that “there was an Internet posting this evening by a Harrison student voicing concerns about a threatened school shooting at Harrison High School.” Police in Harrison investigated the claims, but the threat was unfounded, though there was an increase in patrols around the high school and other buildings in the district on Friday, Oct. 11. “You may be aware …

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by Zak Failla
Chappaqua, NY
Police & Fire
Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS
Security Heightened After Online Shooting Threat Made Against Horace Greeley HS Heightened security measures at schools located in town have been implemented after an online threat was made against Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New Castle Police said. The New Castle Police Department was contacted at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2  by Amazon security about an expired threat made against Horace Greeley High School. The threat was that there would be a school shooting on Dec. 26, 2018, "Our investigation has determined that the threat was made through an online gaming website," New Castle Police said in a statement, adding the department "does n…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fairfield, CT
Schools
Sandy Hook Parent To Speak At Sacred Heart University Sandy Hook Parent To Speak At Sacred Heart University
Sandy Hook Parent To Speak At Sacred Heart University Info here: Ian Hockley, who lost his son, Dylan, in the Sandy Hook School shooting tragedy, will tell his story at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. The talk is set for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the University Commons on main campus, 5151 Park Ave. It is free and open to the public. Hockley’s speech, titled “Heroes Who Go Above and Beyond: A Sandy Hook Hero Helps Create the Next Generation of Compassionate Leaders,” will focus on his organization Dylan's Wings of Change and how the tragic event was the genesis of a movement whose ripples are spreading across the world.  The Sa…

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by Jon Craig
New Rochelle, NY
Schools
Social Media Threat Leads To Increased Security At New Rochelle Schools Social Media Threat Leads To Increased Security At New Rochelle Schools
Social Media Threat Leads To Increased Security At New Rochelle Schools A social media post threatening a potential school shooting in New Rochelle led to an increased police presence at area schools. An investigation was launched on Sunday night by school and police officials, when an alleged post was made threatening a school shooting months after a 16-year-old was fatally stabbed during an incident on North Avenue. According to school officials, the threat wasn’t deemed credible, but as a precaution, the New Rochelle Police Department still increased their presence outside of the high school, Isaac E. Young Middle School and Albert Leonard Middle School. “T…

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by Zak Failla
Newtown, CT
Business
Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy
Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy Remington, a rifle company founded in Utica, N.Y. 202 years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, March 25 due to declining sales. One of its rifles was used in the notorious school shooting at Newtown in 2012. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in left 26 people dead, including 20 children. In its Chapter 11  filing in Delaware federal court, Remington said it was $100 million to $500 million in debt and hoped to continue to operate while under bankruptcy protection. It estimated its assets were as between $100 million and $500 million, according to this report.  Now …

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by Jon Craig
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint GARFIELD, N.J. – A 12-year-old Garfield boy must go before a family court judge after police said he threatened a school shooting on social media and then said it was just a joke. School officials notified police Friday morning about a “threatening post [that] indicated a Garfield school shooting was going to occur on Monday and then indicated that the post is a joke,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School officials and police took it seriously: Detectives issued a delinquency complaint against the middle schooler for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would equal causing a false publ…

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by Jerry DeMarco