Jun 26 Jury recommends death penalty for gunman who murdered 5 women inside Florida bank By Terry Spencer, Associated Press A jury recommended Wednesday that a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank in 2019. Continue reading
Jun 24 From New York to Michigan, the first weekend of summer was marred by mass shootings By John Seewer, Sharon Johnson, Associated Press The weekend left mayors in several cities marred by the shootings pleading for help from the state and federal governments. Continue reading
Jun 23 Fourth victim dies a day after mass shooting at Arkansas grocery store, police say By Associated Press Police said a fourth victim died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 3:29 News Wrap: Oppressive heat, extreme weather conditions sweep across the U.S. In our news wrap Saturday, heat, wildfires and flooding hit many parts of the U.S., an Arkansas man is facing murder charges stemming from a grocery store shooting, the death toll in Gaza climbed after two Israeli airstrikes, Ukrainian President… Continue watching
Jun 21 Shooter kills 3, wounds 10 at grocery store in south Arkansas, police say By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The wounded included two law enforcement officers who exchanged fire with and shot the suspect, state police said. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a city of about 3,200 people located 65 miles south of… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 5:59 Conservative Supreme Court majority strikes down ban on bump stocks By Saher Khan, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court handed down a ruling with major implications for firearm regulations. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative majority found that the government exceeded its authority when it banned bump stocks. The gun accessory allows users to re-engage the… Continue watching
Jun 14 Parkland school building, site of mass shooting that killed 17, is being demolished By Terry Spencer, Associated Press Beginning a weekslong demolition, the excavator made a whiny, wrenching noise as it broke off concrete from the building, now no longer needed as evidence in the shooter's trial. Continue reading
Jun 14 Supreme Court strikes down bump stock ban By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017. Continue reading
Jun 12 Authorities say 3 deputies shot while responding to a home in northern Illinois By Teresa Crawford, Associated Press Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said the deputies were responding to a report that someone inside the home in the Lost Lake community near Dixon was threatening to kill themself or others. He said the suspect also was shot. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 6:09 Father's push to end gun violence persists 25 years after his son was killed at Columbine By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris It’s been 25 years since 12 students and one teacher were killed in the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado. It was the largest mass killing at a high school in U.S. history at the time. But since then, school shootings… Continue watching