gun violence

“Healing physically from a shattered femur was a lot easier than dealing with the emotional turmoil,” says Patience Murray, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, which killed 49 people and injured 53. As part of her healing process, she ultimately forgave the shooter to stop fixating on him and focus on living with love.

Family, friends and community members and filling Sisson Avenue for a vigil to honor Sylvia Cordova, who was the unintended victim of gun violence in Hartford earlier this week.

A shooting in New York City took the life of a 41-year-old man and injured a 28-year-old woman outside a church Saturday afternoon, police said. Officers from the NYPD rushed to the Bronx scene where the two victims were shot outside a church on Prospect Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Police found Vaughn Flanders lying conscious but unresponsive with multiple gunshot…

New Haven’s botanical garden of healing, dedicated to the victims of gun violence in the city, opened Saturday. Three moms who lost their children to gun violence were the driving force behind this project. “In places like this where we can have more mutual understanding, share our stories, and support each other more, these are the places where we...

New Haven’s botanical garden of healing, dedicated to the victims of gun violence in the city, opened Saturday.

There are calls for change as a family remembers a father of four killed in Hartford last week. As the community came together Friday night, they also asked neighbors to work together to stop the violence. “I just want his memory to live on, and I want his children to be okay,” said Tacaya Bruff, the sister of Shedrach Bruff….

There are calls for change as a family remembers a father of four killed in Hartford last week. As the community came together Friday night, they also asked neighbors to work together to stop the violence.

Hartford residents say they are feeling the effects of a rise in gun violence in the city. “My son can’t go outside and play in the front yard and it’s sad,” Brian Delvanne said. So far in 2021, there have been 18 homicides in Hartford, compared to 12 at this time last year. “My family can’t sit outside and have…

Hartford police are searching for the person responsible for firing the shots that killed 56-year-old Sylvia Cordova as she was cooking dinner in her Sisson Avenue home Wednesday night.

Seat belts, airbags and other safety features were added to cars after many people were dying in crashes. The same approach should be taken to guns to help curb the nation’s gun violence, Dr. Jonathan Metzl says.

The man suspected of opening fire in Times Square earlier in May, injuring three people including a 4-year-old girl, was returned to New York to face charges after fleeing to Florida with his girlfriend in the aftermath of the shooting.

Police in Colorado are investigating what led a gunman to open fire at a birthday party inside a trailer park home, killing six adults before he took his own life.

As New York City attempts to recover from the pandemic, there’s another urgent epidemic that residents say must be addressed: gun violence. So far this year, there have been 448 reported gun-related incidents across the five boroughs that impacted 501 victims, according to the NYPD’s statistics. That’s nearly doubled the number of incidents reported the same time last year,...

On the eve of Mother’s Day, community leaders gathered at Hartford’s Adventist Academy to show support for mothers who’ve lost children to gun violence. Amidst a rise in city shootings, the YWCA Hartford Region organized Saturday’s candlelight vigil, not only to show support but to also make a public plea to stop the violence. This comes nearly one month...

On the eve of Mother’s Day, community leaders gathered at Hartford’s Adventist Academy to show support for mothers who’ve lost children to gun violence.

Hartford police are investigating a triple shooting on Norwich Street Tuesday.

On Tuesday, families of those who lost a loved one in Hartford hosted a walk to end the violence after the killings of a 3-year-old and 16-year-old last month.

Families of victim of gun violence in Hartford held a demonstration on Tuesday to speak out.

Police say an employee shot three workers inside an office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing a manager