Shootings

Jill Biden's Secret Service agent might be the butt of a few jokes around the office after shooting himself ... because he reportedly popped a cap in his own ass!

A new report from Susan Crabtree -- a veteran journalist with RealClearPolitics -- claims the agent who injured himself while on duty at Philadelphia International Airport shot himself in the buttocks, not the leg, like initial reports indicated.

Crabtree says the accidental shooting occurred when the agent rushed back to the SUV the detail traveled in to get his cell phone ... and used the flashlight on his service weapon to try to find it. He blasted his bottom while holstering the weapon, according to Crabtree.

Security staffer Nation Wood -- who previously worked for former President Joe Biden and posed for a picture with Kamala Harris -- has been arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges in San Francisco ... this according to SFPD.

The 25-year-old has been booked for allegedly shooting and killing a woman -- identified by the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as Samantha Emge, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Cops say they found Samantha suffering from a gunshot wound in a 22nd Street residence Tuesday.

UFC boss Dana White is stepping in to change a young girl’s life ... offering to cover every penny of Maya Gebala’s medical care after she survived a horrific school shooting.

TMZ Sports has confirmed White is footing the bill for treatment at a top Los Angeles-area hospital … and is willing to foot the accommodations for the 12-year-old's family so they can be by her side.

The incredible gesture was revealed by Maya’s mother, Cia Edmonds, who shared an emotional update on GoFundMe after finally receiving some long-awaited good news.

Edmonds says the UFC president reached out early in Maya’s hospitalization ... offering fully paid treatment at one of the “top tier” hospitals in L.A. -- a move that wasn’t possible before now because Maya wasn’t stable enough to travel.

But that could be changing.

Zendaya's dark rom-com "The Drama" isn't in theaters until next week ... and its shocking twist is already being denounced by someone closely connected to a related tragedy.

Here's the deal ... the A24 flick starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson is being marketed as a fun wedding flick ... but a dark plot twist is shocking the hell out of early unsuspecting viewers ... and the news has spread.

Warning: Major spoilers ahead!

Dayton James Webber -- the professional cornhole player accused of murder, who happens to be a quadruple amputee -- climbed into a tree with a rifle strapped to his back in a newly resurfaced clip.

More videos from Webber's YouTube account have begun circulating in the aftermath of his arrest ... with one showing him climbing a ladder toward what looks like an elevated hunting blind.

Check out the clip ... Webber swiftly climbs up to the structure while wearing camouflage and an orange vest -- with his rifle attached to his back. He hooks his elbows around the steps ... yanking himself up one at a time.

Jasmine Crockett's security guard, who was shot and killed by a SWAT team in Texas, was captured on video in a police standoff moments before his death.

The Dallas Police Department held a press conference Monday and released dashcam footage showing what led up to Diamon-Mazairre Robinson's fatal encounter with law enforcement on March 11. Robinson had been working security for Crockett since 2023, when she began her first term in Congress as a Texas representative. 

In the footage, cops say, Robinson was driving a car with stolen plates leading Dallas PD officers on a chase, which ended inside a hospital parking garage. As you can see, Robinson is surrounded by officers who order him out of his vehicle, telling him to drop his gun.

A member of Jasmine Crockett's congressional security detail was shot to death by police during a standoff in Texas, according to CBS News.

The violent encounter unfolded in Dallas Wednesday night, when Mike King reportedly ran inside a hospital parking garage and then barricaded himself inside a vehicle while being pursued by SWAT officers.

CBS reports the cops then tear-gassed King, prompting him to jump out of the vehicle and pull a gun before he was fatally shot by police.    

Law enforcement sources told CBS ... King was wanted for impersonating law enforcement while running a platform online, Off Duty Police Services, which finds off-duty gigs for North Texas cops. 

A man shot and killed 2 people in Florida Friday, about a mile from where the ongoing PGA Tour is being played ... leading to the entrance time for the third round to be delayed by a couple of hours Saturday.

The suspect, identified by St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick as Christian Barrios, drilled 2 people with bullets around 10:30 PM Friday night in a Walgreens parking lot in connection with a domestic violence situation, Hardwick announced. He then sent authorities on a wild manhunt, including on TPC Sawgrass property, where the tour is being played.

Hardwick says Barrios stole a PGA Tour radio but later dropped it, and that K-9 units were hot on his trail at the TPC Sawgrass property.

The gunman then hopped into a black BMW and led cops all the way to Nassau County, where he crashed the car into the woods and fled on foot. He was eventually apprehended and put behind bars.

The two victims died in the hospital. Their identities have not been released.

Barrios has a criminal past with at least 27 arrests and was out on probation, Hardwick said, and he knew both people he murdered.

11:24 AM PT -- Federal law enforcement tells CNN the suspect is dead.

Cops are responding to reports of an active shooter at a synagogue in the Detroit area.

Local outlet WXYZ-TV reports Temple Israel in West Bloomfield is being surrounded by a heavy police presence, and all schools and places of worship in the area have been advised to shelter in place.

According to WDIV-TV, police sources believe someone intentionally drove a truck into the building, which caught fire.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard gave an update ... "It appears at least one individual came to the temple, security saw him, engaged him in gunfire. ... We’re looking to see if there’s more than one person."

The Jewish Federation of Detroit issued a statement to WXYZ, saying, "We are aware of a security incident at Temple Israel. We are advising all Jewish organizations to go into lockout protocol -- nobody in or out of your building."

Schools in the area were locked down during the investigation.

West Bloomfield Township is located about 25 miles northwest of Detroit.

Two people were injured and a gunman is dead after a shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia on Thursday morning.

The university said a shooter "opened fire" a little before 11 AM at Constant Hall on the Norfolk campus.

School officials said the two injured people were taken to a local hospital, and WVEC-TV reported the hospital said the wounded were listed in critical condition.

The university issued an alert ... “Shortly before 10:49 a.m., a gunman in Constant Hall opened fire. Two people were injured. Old Dominion University Police, Norfolk Police, and emergency personnel responded immediately. The gunman is now deceased. The injured were transported to a local hospital.”

A student described the chaos to ABC News, saying ... "All of a sudden we heard a commotion. A lot of people rumbling, starting to get up. The guy next to me, we looked at each other, we started running, and that's when we heard, you know, gunshots."

It was unclear how the shooting suspect died.

TMZ Sports has obtained the mug shot of Daniel Di Vonne Parsons -- the man accused of killing pro football player Jordan Jones during an altercation outside of a Georgia bar.

Parsons, 25, was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery after Jones was fatally shot outside of Saddle Bar in Acworth, Georgia, on March 7.

We spoke with the bar manager about the incident this week, who told us Jones, one of their security staffers, stepped in to break up a fight between a woman and Parsons, according to their surveillance video, which was handed over to police.

The woman accused of shooting at Rihanna's house while the singer was inside seems to have taken cops on a trip through Los Angeles after the incident ... according to just-released dispatch audio of her arrest.

In the recording, obtained by TMZ, cops appear to tail Ivanna Lisette Ortiz in a white Tesla Model 3 as she drove into the parking lot of a shopping center.

According to the audio ... it appears the suspect got out of the car, getting down on her knees as officers approached her vehicle.

The woman accused of firing shots into Rihanna's Los Angeles home was previously involuntarily committed under Florida's Baker Act and later lost custody of her 10-year-old child ... TMZ has learned.

Hal Roen, attorney for Ivanna Lisette Ortiz's ex-husband, Jed Nikko Valdez Sangalang, tells TMZ ... Ortiz was previously "Baker Acted" in Florida prior to 2023 ... meaning she was placed in a psychiatric facility against her will under state law, which permits up to 72 hour involuntary or voluntary psychiatric holds.

Roen describes her as "articulate" and "very believable," adding, "If you sit down with her, she's very convincing. But she does bizarre things," referencing the alleged Rihanna house incident Sunday.

Rihanna is not taking any chances following the terrifying shooting at her Los Angeles home because she was photographed getting on a flight and leaving town Monday afternoon.

Photographs show bags being loaded into vehicles and driven to Van Nuys Airport before the plane took off.

As you know ... authorities continue to investigate the shooting that took place at Rihanna's home Sunday while she was inside with her children.

Rihanna was home with her 3 kids at the time an assailant targeted their L.A.-area mansion with gunfire -- A$AP Rocky, the father of the kids, was also home.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us ... the singer was shacked up inside her house with the children she shares with A$AP -- namely RZA, Riot Rose, and Rocki Irish -- before all hell broke loose on Sunday afternoon.

The suspected shooter, Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, allegedly fired off several shots from her vehicle at the residence ... but luckily RiRi and her youngsters were not injured, our sources said.

Authorities have released the name of the female suspect accused of firing gunshots into Rihanna's home on Sunday.

According to law enforcement sources, the suspect has been identified as 35-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz.

Ortiz was booked for attempted murder, with bail set at $10,225,000. She remains in custody.