Gunman

Detectives investigating the killing of a long-time convict in western Athens on Wednesday evening believe it was a professional assassination, most likely linked to the victim's criminal activities.

Horrific footage captured the moment a fan was shot in the head at point-blank range as he lay helpless on the floor after violence broke out at an amateur football match.
The murdered man slumped to the ground after being shot as he tried to stone players celebrating their win over his side in a confrontation which erupted minutes after the final whistle.

Police have stormed a bowling alley in Nuneaton where a gunman took two members of staff hostage on Sunday, bringing the incident to an end.

The gunman reportedly fired six shots before an off-duty policeman bravely intervened.

The attacker walked into the Mercadona shop in the As Lagoas district of Ourense and fired six shots into the air.

However, the gunman was stopped by off-duty policeman Carlos Perez, 38, who luckily was passing by as the attack was taking place.

A hostage siege at a factory in Sydney's southwestern suburb of Ingleburn left one people dead and two other injured on Monday.

Reports suggest the 43-year-old gunman who was armed with an automatic rifle shot himself, news.com.au informs.

Shortly before that, three hostages were led out of the building by tactical officers and driven away from the site.

A gunman went on a shooting rampage at a college in the US state of Oregon on Oct.1, killing 10 people and wounding seven before he died in a shootout with police.

A man trying to hold up a supermarket in the northern Athenian suburb of Halandri met his match in a brave customer and an off-duty police officer on Tuesday.

A gunman opened fire in a Milan courtroom on April 9, killing a judge and as many as two other people before being captured as he tried to flee on a motorbike, news reports and Italy's interior minister said.