Aug 18 Gun control will be an unlikely topic in GOP-led special session following Tennessee school shooting By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Tennessee lawmakers have a long list of proposals on mental health, school resources, tougher penalties for violent criminals and more. Notably absent will be any serious consideration of tightening the state's relaxed gun laws. Continue reading
Aug 15 Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The January shooting shocked the nation and roiled this shipbuilding city near the Chesapeake Bay. Continue reading
May 03 Serbian teenager kills 8 students, guard in Belgrade school shooting By Jovana Gec, Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Police say a teenager who opened fire at his school drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of people he intended to target. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 6:40 Tennessee Republicans move to expel Democratic lawmakers who joined gun protest in Capitol By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings, Cybele Mayes-Osterman Protests are ongoing in Tennessee after six people were killed in a school shooting in Nashville last week. More than a thousand students in the area walked out of their schools Monday and marched to the state Capitol to call… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 5:17 Psychologist’s advice on how to speak with children about gun violence By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas Once again, parents and caregivers around the country are considering how they want to talk to children about gun violence following the mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. For an important perspective on that, Amna Nawaz spoke with… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 9:42 Video of Nashville school shooting renews debate over how to prevent attacks By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Kyle Midura, Dorothy Hastings Authorities are still searching for a motive in the shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, that left six people dead. Investigators said the shooter bought seven guns legally and was being treated for an "emotional disorder." This all came… Continue watching
Mar 28 Nashville shooter bought 7 guns before deadly school attack, police say By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Police say the Nashville school shooter legally bought seven firearms in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before killing three children and three adults at a Christian school. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:30 Deadly shooting at private school in Nashville prompts grief, calls for action By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre, Layla Quran, Courtney Norris An attack on a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee has left the shooter and six people dead, including three children. Police say the suspected shooter was a 28-year-old woman who was a former student at the school. Stephanie Sy… Continue watching
Mar 23 Teen suspect of Denver high school shooting found dead, coroner’s office says By Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press A coroner's office says a body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two administrators in a shooting at his Denver high school. Continue reading
Mar 22 Student shoots 2 administrators at Denver high school, police say By Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press Authorities say a 17-year-old student shot and wounded two school administrators after a handgun was found during a daily search of a student at a Denver high school. Continue reading