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In remembrance of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking residents in this state to observe a moment of silence Friday morning.

A man who shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning has now been identified as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson.

Although details are sketchy at the moment, several news outlets are reporting that a gunman has shot multiple people near the Empire State Building in Manhattan this morning.

Some 90 days after she first went missing, Mickey Shunick finally returned home today after the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office released her body to her family.

The University of Colorado has released a photo of the “Dark Knight Rises” shooter.  James Holmes, 24, was arrested after killing 12 and wounding several dozen others during a midnight showing of the movie.

WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge is reporting that one of the victims of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting is a Baton Rouge teenager.

UPDATES 8:23 a.m.: Police have identified the shooter as James Holmes, 24.  CBS News reports that when police when to Holmes's apartment, it was "booby trapped" with ammunition and chemicals.  The death toll from the attack originally reported 14 deaths, though officials have since revised that number to 12.

Virginia Tech appears to be reliving its worst nightmare as reports of a shooting have placed the university under lockdown.

Details are still sketchy at this hour, but there have been reports that a woman opened fire at noon today at the Ross Dress for Less at the Prien Lake Plaza Shopping Center in Lake Charles. The suspect has been arrested and one victim has been transported to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to police, but no names or details on injuries have been released yet...

The Lake Charles City police is looking for a suspect in a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in Lake Charles.  The suspect is Hubert Antoine Jr and here are the details of the incident that occurred:

Breaking News from our friends at KPLC TV.  The following is a brief description of what is going on at this time:

Here is brief news release from the Lake Charles City Police about the shooting from last night in Lake Charles: