
NY gunman quiet loner, victim outgoing family man
A gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police after he turned his ...

Police kill gunman outside Empire State Building
Jeffrey Johnson hid behind a car in his business suit and tie near the Empire State Building, waiting for the man he blamed for costing him his job.

2 killed, 9 wounded outside Empire State Building
A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot an executive at his former company outside the Empire State Building on Friday, setting off a chaotic ...

Friend: Md. man held in shooting plot gentle giant
To his friends, Neil E. Prescott was a "gentle giant" — a physically towering young man with a background in computers and electronics and a ...

Man calling himself 'a joker' threatened shooting
Calling himself "a joker," a Maryland man with an arsenal of guns threatened to shoot up a business he was being fired from, and was wearing a T-shirt ...

Despite a few jitters, Batman fans pack theaters
The three 18-year-olds, friends since middle school, are about to go off separately to college this fall. But on Sunday, these avid fans of the Batman ...
Correction: Colorado Shooting-Suspect story
In a story July 20 and 21 about the Colorado shooting suspect, The Associated Press reported erroneously on the subject of a class presentation James ...

Bomb squads disarm traps at Colo. suspect's apt
Authorities on Saturday began disarming trip wires and explosive devices "set up to kill" inside the apartment of the suspect in the deadly Colorado ...

Colorado suspect was brilliant science student
James Eagen Holmes came from a well-tended San Diego enclave of two-story homes with red-tiled roofs, where neighbors recall him as a clean-cut, ...

Horrific attack at Batman screening; 12 dead
As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door.

Security increased at movies following shootings
New York police posted officers at dozens of theaters around the city. Ticket-takers at a multiplex in Washington searched moviegoers' bags and purses

Warner Bros. struggles with Colo. shooting
The movie industry grappled Friday with the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," as one of the most ...

Parallels between Batman film and the shooting
In "The Dark Knight Rises," a masked villain leads a murderous crew into a packed football stadium and wages an attack involving guns and explosives.