Del Shannon Del Shannon Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 "Billboard" hit "Runaway". Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Coopersville. He learned to play the ukulele and guitar and listened to country-and-western music, by artists such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called "The Cool Flames". When his service ended, he returned
Uherský Brod shooting Uherský Brod shooting On 24 February 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the restaurant in the town of , Czech Republic. Nine people were killed, including the gunman, 63-year-old , who committed suicide after a standoff with police that lasted nearly two hours. In addition, one other person was injured. is 260 kilometers (160 miles) east-southeast of the Czech capital Prague. The shooting was one of the two deadliest mass murders in the country's peacetime history, alongside a 1973 vehicular rampage committed by . The circumstances of the shooting led to an examination on the gun politics in the Czech