Brown University Shooting and Global Mass Shootings: Bloomberg News Now

Brown University Shooting

• 🎓 A shooting at Brown University during finals week resulted in the deaths of two students and injuries to nine others.
• 👮 A person of interest was initially taken into custody but later released by authorities.
• ⚖️ The Rhode Island Attorney General noted that investigations can change direction.
• 📉 Prior to this incident, Providence had only recorded two homicides for the entire year.

Deadly Attack in Sydney, Australia

• 🇦🇺 Australia is considering tougher gun laws following a mass shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish community celebration in Bondi Beach.
• ✡️ The attack, described as an act of pure evil and anti-Semitism, is the deadliest terror attack in Australia's history.
• 😔 The victims included a ten-year-old girl and an 87-year-old rabbi.
• 🔫 The gunmen, a father and son, legally owned six firearms used in the attack.
• 👏 A bystander who disarmed one of the attackers has received international praise.

Hollywood Director Rob Reiner Found Dead

• 🎬 Director and actor Rob Reiner, known for "The Princess Bride" and "All in the Family," and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home.
• 🔪 Media reports suggest they both died from stab wounds.

U.S. Forces Attacked in Syria

• 🇺🇸 President Trump has vowed retaliation after an attack on U.S. forces in Syria killed two Army soldiers and an interpreter.
• ⚔️ The attack has been blamed on the Islamic State.
• 🚨 U.S. Central Command confirmed the gunman was killed, and Syrian state media reported five arrests.