Nightly Rundown: Louisville mass shooter bought gun legally as death toll climbs, police say; Survey: most U.S. families affected by a gun-related incident; Biden chooses Chicago for 2024 Democratic National Convention; states begin stockpiling abortion pills
Good Tuesday afternoon. Police say the Louisville mass shooter purchased his gun legally, a survey found that most U.S. families have been affected by a gun-related incident, President Biden chose Chicago as the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and at least two states have begun to stockpile abortion pills. Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown. |
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Louisville shooter bought gun legally; death toll rises |
Police in Louisville said a fifth person died and eight others were injured in yesterday’s mass shooting at a bank. The fifth dead victim was identified as 57-year-old Deana Eckert, who worked at the bank along with the four others who were killed. Police said the 25-year-old shooter bought an AR-15 rifle legally at a local dealership on April 4 and targeted specific people in Old National Bank, where he also worked. Four of the injured remain at the University of Louisville Hospital, with two of them in intensive care, according to the head of University of Louisville Health. They included Nickolas Wilt, a rookie officer who had graduated from training just 10 days earlier. Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Wilt and other officers engaged the shooter “unflinchingly” at Old National Bank and stopped him from killing others. “The act of heroism can’t be overstated,” she said. “They did what they were called to do.” Police said they would release the officers’ body camera video this afternoon. Separately, police in Washington, D.C., say one man died and three others were injured today in a shooting outside a funeral home where a service had just ended for a victim of gun violence. |
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Survey finds most U.S. families have been affected by a gun-related incident |
The poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that one in five U.S. adults (21%) say they’ve been personally threatened with a gun, while a similar share (19%) say a family member was killed by a gun, including death by suicide. Almost as many (17%) have personally witnessed someone being shot. Other findings: Three in 10 Black adults (31%) have personally witnessed someone being shot, twice the number of White adults; one third of Black adults (32%) and Hispanic adults (33%) say they worry either “every day” or “almost every day” about themselves or someone they love being a victim of gun violence, compared with one in 10 White adults. Four in 10 report living in a household with a gun. And among this group, more than half say at least one gun in their homes is stored in the same location as ammunition, and 44% say a gun is stored in an unlocked location. |
Biden says Chicago will be the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention |
President Joe Biden called Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to inform him of Chicago’s selection this morning before leaving for Ireland. New York and Atlanta were also among the finalists, but Chicago was viewed as the favorite, partly because it is in the heart of a critical battleground region. The convention will be held Aug. 19-22 at the United Center. Republicans will hold their national convention on July 15-18 in Milwaukee, underscoring the importance of the Midwest in the election. |
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Some states begin stockpiling abortion pill |
With the future of the abortion drug mifepristone playing out in federal courts, officials in California and Massachusetts say they are stockpiling supplies of abortion drugs. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million misoprostol pills as an alternative to mifepristone. Massachusetts has purchased about 15,000 doses of mifepristone at the request of Gov. Maura Healey, who said the doses should cover about a year’s supply. |
New revelations from leaked classified documents |
New revelations from the documents show that small contingents of Western special forces have been operating in Ukraine, including those from the U.K., the U.S., and France. The Washington Post reported that, according to one document, Egypt had planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia, and that President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi told officials to keep production and shipment secret “to avoid problems with the West.” But there is no indication Russia followed through with a sale. |
Biden heads to Northern Ireland and Ireland on 4-day visit |
The president’s trip to Northern Ireland coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Biden when he arrives in Northern Ireland later today, and the two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting tomorrow and deliver a speech at Ulster University. Biden will then cross the border and travel to County Louth and Mayo, where he has ancestral ties. His great-grandfather, Owen Finnegan, emigrated to the U.S. in the 1840s. He will meet with Ireland’s president, Michael Higgins, and will address the Irish parliament. |
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What else we're watching: |
The price of a stamp is going up – again. The Postal Service filed notice for a 3-cent increase in the cost of a first-class stamp, from 63 cents to 66 cents, effective July 9. |
A widespread warming trend began for much of the country today outside of the West Coast, with high temperatures expected to be 10 to 30 degrees above average. |
Cartoonist Al Jaffee, who helped popularize Mad Magazine, has died at 102. |
Billionaire hedge fund founder Kenneth Griffin has donated $300 million to Harvard University, his alma mater, where he started his hedge fund in his dormitory. |
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