Mass shooting leaves many dead in a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State in southwestern Nigeria

Mass shooting is becoming another global plague

By Edward Era Barbacena

Just when we thought that mass shooting plague only occurs in the western world, this deadly havoc   can also happen in different parts of the world and the church is not a safe haven.

Unknown gunmen opened fire on Catholic worshippers on Sunday, June 5, and many were left dead and others fatally wounded at a church in Owo, Ondo State.

Although, details of the unfortunate incident are still sketchy, it was gathered that the mass shooting occurred during a service at st. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo.

The clips making the rounds on social media shows the gory state of corpses around the church building in the aftermath of the shooting.

Below’s how netizens reacted to the sad event;

People left their home hale and hearty to church just to be killed by herdsmen inside church at Owo, Ondo State. Shame on all our political leaders.

I quickly closed that gory video of the mass murder inside a Catholic Church in Ondo State. This is so cruel  no human being deserves to be murdered for serving their God. The animals that did this must be brought to book immediately!

Owo In Ondo State is bleeding, many souls killed Inside a Church, can you imagine, inside a church, unknown gunmen going inside a church a killing souls. God! Where’s this country going to? Black Sunday in Ondo State.

 

At least two dead, 13 shot in mass shooting in Philadelphia

By Edward Era Barbacena

At least 13 people were shot and two killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia late Saturday night, police said.

Gunfire erupted in the city’s bustling South Street neighborhood near 3rd Street shortly before midnight, Philadelphia police told WPVI.

Police had responded to a 911 call of an individual with a gun in a large crowd. Upon arrival, police saw a male firing into a crowd of people, cops said.

The responding officer fired his service weapon three times at the suspect, police said. It’s unclear if he was hit.

The suspect sustained a gunshot wound to the arm, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. It’s not clear if he was struck by police.

Seven victims were taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, including one of the deceased victims.

Five others were taken to Pennsylvania Hospital, including the suspect, police told the newspaper.

Three other victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

The conditions of the victims were not immediately available. No officers were injured, according to police.

No arrests have been made at this time. Cops said a gun was recovered at the scene.

“Several people have been injured. Please avoid the area,” the Philadelphia Police Department said just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.

 

Another mass shooting in El Paso texas leaves five people injured in Socorro graduation party

America's deadly mass shooting plague continues: 276 mass shootings in 2022. This one is the latest

By Edward Era Barbacena

According to SPD officials, a total of five people were injured as a result of the shooting, two critically. Officials said that one person was in custody as a result of their investigation.

SPD officials added that there were at least 50 people at what they are now calling a graduation party.

The shooting happened shortly after 1 a.m. in the 10800 block of Thunder Road, off Horizon Boulevard in Socorro.

During the initial investigation, SPD Lt. Eddie Smith said there were no deaths to report at this time.

Initial emergency scanner reports indicate that as many as five or six patients were transferred from The Hospitals of Providence Horizon to Del Sol Medical Center and University Medical Center in El Paso to treat multiple gunshot wounds. All victims appear to be between the ages of 15 to 19 years old.

 

Angeli Rose Gomez with her two children, whom she saved
 on her own, freeing herself from the handcuffs the cops
outside Robb Elementary School had put her in
(Image: New York Post/ Facebook)

Uvalde Mother Who Ran Into School Says Police Threatened to Violate Her Probation for Speaking to Media

Angeli Rose Gomez who saved her children because the police were scared,  says Uvalde Police threatened her with a parole violation if she talked to the media. 

By Edward Era Barbacena

Angeli Rose Gomez says she has been threatened by law enforcement after speaking to the media and describing being handcuffed by Uvalde, Texas police outside of Robb Elementary School before she ran into the building herself to retrieve her own children while a gunman was barricaded inside.

Gomez has been highly critical of the police response to the shooting late last month, which ended with more than 20 dead. In an interview with CBS News this week, she described yelling at police outside the building while they waited, begging them to go in or give her a vest so she could rush in herself. Gomez has said that she did eventually go in to retrieve her two young children. She also claimed to see police pepper spray and tackle other parents trying to do the same.

Gomez said when she arrived at the school, she was almost immediately butting heads with officials on the scene, specifically a U.S. Marshal who told her she needed to stay away from the scene.

“He said, ‘Well, we’re going to have to arrest you because you’re being very uncooperative,'” she said. “I said, well you’re going to have to arrest me because I’m going in there.”

Gomez’s account of events adds more confusion to the decisions made at the scene too as she says when she was inside the building searching for her children, she could hear gunshots going off. This would have likely been after the on-scene commander had made the determination that it was no longer an active shooter situation, adding to an already delayed response. Texas Department of Safety head Steve McCraw has since admitted this call on the scene was “wrong.”

She also said there were no officers inside the school while she was there.

“There was not one officer inside the school while I ran to my second son’s class. There was not one officer,” she said.

She added police could have saved “many more lives” had they acted with more urgency.

“If anything, they were being more aggressive on us parents,” she said.

CBS reporter Lilia Luciano revealed after the interview that Gomez claimed to have received a call from a law enforcement officer saying her probation — which stems from a decade old charge — could be violated if she continued talking to the media. Gomez said after speaking with a judge who assured her this would not happen, she is not revealing more of her story.

 

1 dead, 8 injured in a mass shooting at Phoenix strip mall  near 10th Avenue and Hatcher Road

No suspect has been arrested yet

By Edward Era Barbacena

Police are investigating a deadly mass shooting in north Phoenix.

Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, Phoenix police officers were called to the area of 10th Avenue and Hatcher Road, north of Dunlap, for reports of shots fired.

When officers arrived they found multiple people with gunshot wounds.

A total of nine people were taken to a hospital for treatment.

One person, believed to be an adult female, died from injuries sustained during the shooting, Phoenix police said.

Two others, both adult females, are being treated for life-threatening injuries. Six people, including a teenage male, are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The shooting happened at a strip mall while about 100 people were in the area. Officials said people were both inside and outside of the building which appeared to have a party taking place.

During the initial investigation, detectives learned an altercation between multiple parties escalated into a shooting.

Officials said they have not determined how many shooters were involved but evidence indicates a handgun was used.

No suspect(s) have been arrested.

Hatcher Road is closed to traffic from 7th Avenue to 15th Avenue until further notice.

 

University of the Philippines  dwindles in THE’s Asian University Rankings for 2022, DLSU keeps spot

By Edward Era Barbacena

The University of the Philippines (UP) has slipped in the latest Asian university rankings published by a higher education magazine, while De La Salle University (DLSU) managed to keep its spot.

In the latest ranking of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2022 which was published Thursday, the country’s top university, UP, placed 129th, dropping more than 20 spots below its ranking last year at 84th.

DLSU, on the other hand, maintained its ranking in the 401 to 500 bracket.

Ateneo de Manila University was tagged as a “reporter,” which THE said indicated that “they are active participants in the rankings process, even though they have not been ranked this year.”

The top 10 Asian universities are:

Tsinghua University (China)

Peking University (China)

National University of Singapore (Singapore)

University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Nanyang Technological University, (Singapore)

The University of Tokyo (Japan)

Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Seoul National University (South Korea)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)

Fudan University (China)

According to THE, it used the same 13 performance indicators as the World University Rankings, but were “recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions.”

Its performance indicators were grouped into five areas: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students, and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).

 

Andrew Walls

Racist Kent man charged after assaulting black woman

By Edward Era Barbacena

The 26-year-old Kent man accused of punching a Black woman in the face and yelling racial slurs during an attack in February had a hearing in Akron Municipal Court Thursday.

Akron Municipal Court records show Andrew Walls is charged with two counts of assault and one count of possessing weapons while intoxicated.

Akron police said Walls assaulted Cameron Morgan, 23, outside a bar in Highland Square on Feb. 28.

Morgan’s attorney, David Betras, told 19 News Thursday that Akron city attorneys will not classify the attack as a hate crime.

“The system is just failing my poor victim, but that’s OK we have a civil case going and we’ll make sure the civil court do what obviously the city attorney in Akron can’t do,” said Betras.

Morgan filed a civil lawsuit against Walls in March.

The incident was caught on camera.

I’m devastated right now. My 23-year-old daughter Cameron, who wouldn’t hurt anyone and has a heart of gold, was sucker...

Walls pleaded not guilty and remains out on bond.

A jury trial date is expected to be chosen on Friday.