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Search results for "A gunman killed at least five people in the streets of Kyiv Saturday"

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Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Ukrainian fighter-ace known as the 'Ghost of Kyiv's real name is Samuyil Hyde.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 1, 2022
Beto O'Rourke stated on August 03, 2019 in a press conference:
Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.
By Madlin Mekelburg• August 5, 2019
Pierre Thomas stated on January 09, 2011 in a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died."
By Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2011
Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2023
Bloggers stated on November 03, 2018 in :
"Mayor Andrew Gillum says he’s indefinitely suspending his campaign for governor in light of a fatal shooting in Tallahassee at a yoga studio on Friday."  
By Tessa Weinberg• November 3, 2018
Viral image stated on February 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 14, 2022
Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
By Jon Greenberg• March 24, 2021
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2019 in Facebook posts:
The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."
By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019
Pardeep Kaleka stated on December 17, 2012 in an online video:
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2013
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020
David Cicilline stated on October 23, 2015 in a speech:
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
By Mark Reynolds• November 1, 2015
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org stated on October 08, 2017 in a headline:
"Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."
By Joshua Gillin• October 10, 2017
X posts stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet:
The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”
By Andy Nguyen• November 22, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2022 in a video:
Image shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has joined the front lines with his troops.”
By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022
Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference:
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."  
By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2015
Vladimir Putin stated on February 24, 2022 in an address to the nation announcing the attack on Ukraine:
Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
By Jon Greenberg• February 25, 2022
Ron Tusler stated on August 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Less mass shootings under Trump!"
By Eric Litke• August 6, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Ukraine has been shooting residents of Donetsk and Lugansk just because they wanted to speak Russian.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 22, 2022
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023

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