Jun 06 2 killed in Richmond shooting after high school graduation By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Police also said a 19-year-old who was in custody will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Continue reading
May 24 Concern about gun violence in American schools is on the rise, new poll shows By Laura Santhanam Four in 10 Americans think schools in their communities are not safe from gun violence, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
May 16 YouTube algorithm sends gun videos to kids as young as 9, study finds By David Klepper, Associated Press YouTube says it works hard to protect children, but the researchers say the material could traumatize vulnerable kids or send them down dark roads of radicalization and extremism. Continue reading
May 14 Victims of Buffalo supermarket mass shooting remembered 1 year after racist massacre By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press The city of Buffalo will pause Sunday to mark the passing of one year since a gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others in a racist attack that targeted Black people at a city supermarket. Continue reading
May 08 Stalled gun violence bill advances in Texas after latest mass shootings By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press A bill in Texas that would raise the purchase age of AR-style rifles has abruptly advanced, two days after a mass shooting at an outdoor mall near Dallas. Continue reading
May 07 'We started running': Gunman kills 8 people at Texas outlet mall By Jake Bleiberg, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told… Continue reading
May 06 Funerals held in Serbia for several victims of two mass shootings By Jovana Gec, Associated Press Heart-wrenching cries echoed as funerals were held in Serbia on Saturday for some of the victims of two mass shootings that happened just a day apart this week, leaving 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children. Continue reading
Apr 30 Texas mass shooting suspect remains at large, 'could be anywhere,' sheriff says By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who killed five neighbors continued turning up nothing Sunday as officers knocked on doors, the governor put up $50,000 in reward money and the FBI acknowledged they had “zero leads” after nearly two… Continue reading
Apr 29 Authorities search for suspect who fatally shot 5 people in Texas home By Juan A. Lozano, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside a house near Houston, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying… Continue reading
Apr 21 Mass shootings in U.S. on a record pace in 2023 so far By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press, Larry Fenn, Associate Press The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. Each time, the killers wielded firearms. Continue reading