gun violence

Niger and France say unidentified gunmen have killed six French aid workers and two Nigerien guides visiting a wildlife park east of Niger’s capital

New Haven officials are cracking down following a recent uptick in violence in the city. This comes after Mayor Justin Elicker and other city officials stressed how important it is to work together as a community to improve the uptick in violent crime. “We will not tolerate gun violence. We will continue to work in collaboration with our state and…

Following the shooting death of an 8-year-old that appears to be accidental, the city of New Haven came together Friday to say they all need to wrap their arms around that family.

A 9-year-old boy was one of 105 homicide victims in Chicago in July, joining a grim roster of children who have been felled by the city’s gun violence.

A grieving mother and son shine a spotlight on the senseless violence that has gripped Dallas, Tx.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday offered a blunt response to White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who called her a “derelict mayor” during a press briefing.

The daughter of comedian and radio host Rickey Smiley said she’s “happy to be alive” and is feeling okay after being shot multiple times over the weekend in Houston.

At least four people are dead and three others are hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a late-night shooting in Paterson, New Jersey, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, near Harrison and Carroll streets Tuesday night. Two others died at the hospital. The investigation is ongoing, but Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh says it’s possible...

As the boom of fireworks receded from the New York City skies Saturday night, gunfire, stabbings and acts of violence were reported across the boroughs, resulting in the deaths of at least nine people and injuries to more than three dozen others. The NYPD says at least 42 people were shot since 9 a.m. Sunday and at least nine of…

Just hours after a man was killed and a woman hospitalized, at least seven other people were hurt in shootings throughout the city

New York City shootings over the last seven days skyrocketed by more than 127% compared with the same time period in 2019, from just 26 last year to 59 in 2020, according to NYPD data obtained by News 4. Since Sunday night until early Monday morning, there have been at least five shooting incidents with five victims, including one fatal,…

Last Wednesday, 19-year-old Kiana Brown would have gotten up and headed to a new manager’s position at a Milford restaurant.  “The day that she was taken from us was the day she was to return back to work due to the coronavirus and the pandemic,” said Rev. D’Hati Burgess, Brown’s uncle.   Tragically, Brown was killed by a gunshot...

The family of 19-year-old Kiana Brown, who was killed by a stray bullet while sleeping in her New Haven home, says something has to be done about gun violence.

Police say a man who was turned away from a bar in Texas has shot and wounded at least eight people in the parking lot and remains at large.

One security officer with the Federal Protective Service was killed, and another injured after shots rang out amid protests in Oakland amid protests over the death of George Floyd on Friday, authorities said.

Outrage is spreading over a shooting of a black man that led to murder charges more than two months later against a white father and son, but “all that matters is what the facts tell us,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Friday.

The original report listed the incident as a “suspected hate crime,” but a newly-released Secret Service document suggest Alazo’s motives may have come from somewhere deeper.

The family of a 27-year old Chicago woman who was shot and killed Tuesday in the Logan Square neighborhood is offering an $8,000 reward that leads to the arrest of a suspect. A stray bullet struck Alexa Baute in the chest as she was waiting in a socially distanced-line outside the 7-11 on Milwaukee and Fullerton around 8 p.m., just…

Police say a South Carolina man suspected of shooting and killing another man after a dispute tried to ride his bicycle into the crime scene shouting “I killed him.”

Police have not discussed possible motives for Anthony Ferrill’s gunning down five co-workers last week. The brewery disclosed the noose incident.