gun violence

The report shows 54% of guns that police recovered in crime scenes in 2021 had been purchased within three years, a double-digit increase since 2019.

January 2023 was the worst on record for number of mass shootings and people killed, according to the Gun Violence Archive. 

The D.C. government employee who shot at 13-year-old Karon Blake as he yelled “I’m only a kid” earlier this month turned himself in Tuesday to face a second-degree murder charge, according to court documents and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee. Blake yelled “I’m sorry” and “I am only 12” numerous times as the suspect fired in his direction, according...

Increasingly it feels like America is at war with itself. From a triple homicide in New Orleans just days into the new year to the shooting of a Virginia teacher by a six-year-old to a series of mass shootings in California. Simply keeping track of the shootings has become difficult, with locations and details and explanations running together into a...

Gov. Ned Lamont is announcing more plans for gun legislation in hopes of preventing mass shootings, but gun advocates say the proposals are punishing lawful gun owners.

The governor has announced a second set of proposals to address gun violence and said they are intended to help in the fight against mass shootings. Lamont said the proposals include raising the age to purchase all firearms to 21, expanding the assault weapons ban and strengthening penalties related to the state’s ban on large-capacity magazines. On Thursday, Gov. Ned…

Concerned teachers and employees warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, a lawyer said Wednesday.

A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his first-grade teacher.

Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday in Half Moon Bay. The shootings follow Saturday’s massacre that left 11 people dead in Monterey Park.

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced legislative proposals that aim to curb gun violence in Connecticut. During a news conference on Monday, Lamont talked about the first in the series of proposals that will be introduced during the 2023 legislative session. “National statistics show that Connecticut remains one of the safest states in the country and violent crime has been decreasing…

The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been “secured” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.

Police arrested a woman accused of shooting and killing her parents and then using a chainsaw to dismember their bodies inside an Abington Township home. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the latest on the investigation.

Parents and teachers in the Virginia city where a first-grader shot his teacher have lambasted school administrators for what they say is a misguided emphasis on attendance and other education statistics over the safety of children and staff.

A school superintendent says administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought despite searching his backpack.

The shooting of a first-grade teacher in Virginia by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence.

The man who fatally shot a masked robber at a taco shop in Houston, Texas, is referred to a grand jury.

Police responded to the Houston taqueria late Thursday and found the suspect, wearing a ski mask and gloves, “shot multiple times”

A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said Saturday that the teacher’s condition is “trending in a positive direction” as she remains hospitalized. Authorities say the boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade...

Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom. No students were injured during Friday’s shooting at Richneck Elementary School. Steve Drew, the city’s police chief, said this was not “a situation where someone was going around the school shooting.” One frightened...

A 42-year-old man killed seven family members, including five children, then killed himself two weeks after the suspect’s wife had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.