The event on Tuesday was originally scheduled to be held in Portland, but organizers decided they needed a venue that could accommodate a large crowd.
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Rockland man who said voices told him to shoot up a school is charged with terrorizing
Brando Luzzi lived across the street from an elementary school when he threatened a school shooting.
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Suspected Florida gunman had history of mental illness
David Katz was twice hospitalized in psychiatric units, according to his parents’ divorce filings.
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Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
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Man wanted for fleeing Maine State Police dies in shootout with New Hampshire officers
Douglas Heath, 38, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants, crashed a car in Rochester and exchanged gunfire with officers before being fatally shot, the N.H. Attorney General’s Office says.
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Los Angeles will be nation’s first to install subway body scanners that detect weapons
The machines can detect suspicious items from 30 feet away and can scan more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
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Author of book on Columbine writing account of Parkland tragedy
Dave Cullen’s ‘Parkland’ will debut in February, the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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At least 75 people shot in Chicago over weekend; 12 die
One of the city’s most violent periods this year included a seven-hour stretch early Sunday during which 41 people were shot.
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Lewiston chief announces increased police presence to combat spike in violence
Making the announcement the day after a fatal stabbing, Brian O’Malley says he has boosted patrols and expects state police to increase drug arrests and traffic stops within the city.
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Brunswick man gets maximum sentence for illegal gun possession
A federal judge gave Joshua Knight, who held a sawed-off shotgun to his girlfriend’s head, 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.