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Ithaca Police Investigating Fatal Shooting
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The Ithaca Police Department is currently investigating the fatal shooting that occurred on Tuesday morning. The victim has been identified to be 32-year-old Alan M. Godfrey.
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President Pollack Responds to Anti-Asian Shooting in Atlanta
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In a statement, President Martha Pollack condemned the March 16 Atlanta spa shootings that resulted in the deaths of eight people, six of whom were Asian women.
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Police Identify Suspects, Victim in Green Street Shooting
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Police say the primary suspect, Andre Martin, used a .357 caliber revolver, firing five shots. A search for Martin is ongoing.
Ithaca
One Suspect Apprehended, One at Large in Green Street Parking Garage Shooting
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Acting Ithaca Police Department Chief Dennis Nayor told reporters that there is nothing that would indicate any current public threat. The shooter and suspect are both male, Nayor said. The suspect has been taken into custody and the victim was transported via ambulance.
News
Ithaca Mayor Vows To Put Pressure on City Firearm Suppliers in Wake of Recent Shootings
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In the aftermath of recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced plans to use economic leverage to pressure gun manufacturers into incorporating greater firearm safety measures.
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After New Zealand Attack on Muslims, Cornellians Heal Through Prayer, Support, and a Vigil
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Following the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, a community vigil will be hosted on Monday from 5 – 6 p.m at the Muslim Chaplaincy in Ho Plaza. At the meanwhile, Cornellians have been coping with the tragedy through group prayer and discussion of issues that lead to the attack.
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Cornellians Remember Victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting at Packed Vigil
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Amidst cold and rain, over 150 Cornellians — some from the Tree of Life Congregation — huddled together Monday evening on Ho Plaza to remember the victims of Saturday’s anti-semitic shooting.
Opinion
MORADI | After Pittsburgh, the Pain We Share
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I grew up going to Quran school at my small, non-denominational mosque in a Virginia business center squished between a Days Inn and a dusty storage facility. It’s been vandalized and threatened on multiple occasions. Most recently, after the shooting in San Bernardino, California that famously triggered then-candidate Trump’s Muslim ban proposal, the masjid received a threat via voicemail. “You all will be sorry,” the imam claimed the voicemail said. “You all will be killed.”
I flinch writing those words.
Shooting
19-Year-Old Man Shot on Ithaca Commons Following Altercation, Police Say
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A man was shot on the Commons in the early morning hours Friday, according to the Ithaca Police Department.
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EDITORIAL | It’s Time for Stricter Gun Control
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Last week, Cornell narrowly escaped becoming the latest entry in a list on which no school wants to appear. After a timely tip from Walmart, Ithaca police and the FBI were able to seize weapons, ammunition, and explosive materials from a former student’s Collegetown apartment, according to court documents unsealed Friday. Cornell is lucky, but that a very flawed system worked this one time is not a consolation, nor should it be used as evidence that America’s gun problem is anything less than incredibly dire. It is not right for a 20-year-old to be able to obtain an assault rifle, significant amounts of ammunition, tactical gear and bomb-making materials — all of which amount to what IPD called a “specific recipe for large scale destruction.” It is not right that the only thing illegal about Reynolds’ possession of that rifle was that he obtained it through a so-called “straw purchase,” wherein he paid another man to buy it for him. We must consider whether anyone, regardless of method of purchase, should be able to hoard such weapons.