gun violence

A man is recovering after he was shot in Hartford Wednesday. According to police, officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation near 10 Winter St. around 7:23 p.m. Meanwhile, a gunshot victim arrived at a local hospital. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is currently listed in stable conditions. Details on what led up to the shooting were not immediately available….

Hartford police are investigating after a man was shot inside an apartment on Wethersfield Avenue Wednesday. Police said they were called to the home at 464 Wethersfield Ave. around 4:30 p.m. where they found a male victim who had been shot in the abdomen. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, and is currently listed in stable condition, police…

Police say the boy opened fire on two intruders, killing one, after they forced their way into a North Carolina apartment and demanded money, shooting his grandmother.

New Haven police said Monday a Yale grad student who was shot and killed over the weekend may have been targeted.

Homicides rose sharply across the country, in cities big and small, in 2020, NBC News reports.

New York City is closing the books on its bloodiest year after a long time of being known as the safest big city in America

New Haven police are investigating three separate shootings in the city Tuesday. The first happened between Washington Avenue between West Street and King Place around 1:30 p.m. The victim, a 24-year-old New Haven man, was shot in the hip. He is in stable condition. The second happened just after 6 p.m. on Augustine Street in the West Rock area. That…

A group of gun violence victims in Brooklyn are teaching kids how to avoid going down the same path that left them wheelchair-bound. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories introduces us to the inspiring men behind Wheelchairs Against Guns and learns why they are choosing to use their second chance at life to help others.

The gunman who opened fire on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral before being shot by police detailed his apparent attack plans in writing, claiming his goal was to take hostages — and never expected to return home. A senior law enforcement official told NBC New York that Luis Vasquez wrote in a note found in his pocket that he…

What started as a peaceful Christmas concert on the steps of a historic New York City church quickly erupted into chaos late Sunday after a lone gunman opened fire outside the cathedral. Police say gunshots were first reported around 3:45 p.m. Sunday on the front steps of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine immediately following the annual concert…

Over 175 people had their lives cut short by gun violence this year in Connecticut. And while they may be lost, one local organization is making sure that those lives are not forgotten and that Connecticut continues to be in the forefront of the fight against gun violence. Connecticut Against Gun Violence, or CAGV, is holding a vigil Monday to…

Authorities in Tennessee say the parents of a 13-year-old boy who fatally shot his younger cousin while playing with a gun have been charged in the 9-year-old’s death

Authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man in the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of two others at a Nebraska fast food restaurant.

Two men were shot and killed late Friday morning when gunfire was directed at a moving car near JFK Airport, police said. The driver and front-seat passenger in a vehicle traveling on International Airport Center Boulevard in Queens were struck by gunfire and killed around 11:45 a.m., according to the NYPD. The victims, identified by police sources as Nier Vives…

An 8-year-old girl and two adults were caught in the crossfire as bullets started flying in Manhattan Saturday evening, officials said. None of the three victims — a 39-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, in addition to the child — had any connection to the gunfire that erupted outside a supermarket on Malcolm X Boulevard and West 116th Street in…

Governor Ned Lamont has approved a request from Hartford for additional resources to combat gun violence.

A 3-year-old boy named James Kenneth Lindquester, from Aloha, Oregon, has died after finding a handgun in a bedroom and accidentally shooting himself, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The tragic incident was reported on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at 9:49 p.m., when deputies responded to the shooting. James’ family called 911 and reported that he had retrieved a handgun…

Recent shootings of police officers and protests that have left scores of officers injured are stark reminders of the dangers facing law enforcement as the country grapples with police killings of African Americans.

Parents often say they’d do anything for their children, even take a bullet. Few ever have to face such danger, but when bullets started flying inside a car dealership in the Bronx Monday night, one father did exactly that

People inside are sent fleeing for safety, while the startled father grabs his children and pulls them to the ground in an instinctive move, covering them with his body to put himself between them and the danger