mass shootings

A year after Parkland massacre, 17 victims remembered

By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre a year ago renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists and at least temporarily ended the local sheriff's career.

House Democrats explore how to reduce gun violence

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Democrats have promised action on a range of measures to address gun violence, including expanded background checks for sales and transfers of firearms.

FBI doesn't find a motive for Las Vegas mass shooting

By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

A high-stakes gambler who rained down a hail of gunfire, killing 58 people from his high-rise casino suite in Las Vegas wanted infamy and mass destruction, the FBI told the Associated Press Tuesday, but took whatever motive might stretch beyond…

Police describe execution-style killings inside Florida bank

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Sebring police Chief Karl Hoglund said there's no indication Zephen Xaver intended to rob the bank, and no apparent connection among him, the bank or the victims.

Trump says Pittsburgh attack lays bare 'hate' in US

By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Saturday lamented the “devastating” attack by a shooter on a Pittsburgh synagogue, saying it lays bare the “hate in our country” and speculating that the deadly violence would have been curbed if the building had had…

There's a new global ranking of gun deaths. Here's where the U.S. stands

By Laura Santhanam

Half of all gun-related deaths in 2016 occurred in six nations -- Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Guatemala.

Police say Jacksonville shooter 'clearly targeted other gamers.' Here's what we know

By Joshua Barajas

Authorities have yet to determine a motive for the shooting.

Shooting at esports event in Florida raises calls for more security

By Tamara Lush, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

A champion gamer's decision to open fire Sunday afternoon during a video competition — killing two people and wounding nine others before killing himself — has prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments.

Parkland students start the school year with tightened security

By Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wednesday returned to a more secure campus as they began their first new school year since a gunman killed 17 people in the freshman building.