gun violence

St. Thomas University hosted a youth conference to help local youth succeed and leave their troubled pasts behind. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports.

When young people witness violence, the traumatic experience can stick with them, says psychologist Dr. Norman Fried. Parents and teachers need to be able to recognize the typical signs like irritability, changes in attention span and relationships.

After a student was killed at a school bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky, Parkland survivor Aalayah Eastmond is again speaking out about ways to curb gun violence in the nation. She says local governments need to partner with “violence interrupters” and local groups if we want a future without gun violence.

Police said an argument preceded gunfire at the Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles on Saturday night.

San Francisco is launching a pilot program in October that effectively pays people $300 a month not to commit gun crimes.

Backyard Squabbles is an L.A. fight club that allows its members to take their anger out in the ring rather than on the streets. But while the group took shape in response to frustrations exacerbated by COVID-19, the pandemic has also created challenges to keep the club in operation. (Produced by NBCLX Contributor Matteo Ghidoni)

Chicago’s watchdog agency has concluded that the gunshot detection system used by police rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city.

Albuquerque’s police chief said the boy who was shot and killed at his school had tried to deescalate a violent confrontation between classmates

A toddler found an unsecured, loaded handgun inside an apartment and fatally shot its mother while she was on a work-related video call, police in central Florida said.

Dozens of people marched through the streets of Miami Gardens Saturday calling for and an end to gun violence. “We know right now that kids are not afraid of anything,” said Pastor Lorenzo Johnson Sr., founder of Community Youth Against Violence. “We want to try to change the mindset and the thinking of our kids, so kids will think before…

NBC 6’s Kim Wynne is in Miami Gardens where family members of victims of gun violence had one message: “Save Our Children.”

There’s growing interest in grassroots programs aimed at reducing community violence at a time when violent crime around the country is on the rise.

Mass shootings have become tragically common in the U.S. But authorities and experts still struggle to pinpoint exactly how common they are. That is because there is no universal standard for what constitutes a mass shooting. We explain the differing definitions, and why they make the problem of gun crime harder to solve, in this installment of LXplanation.

When we hear a news report about an “active shooter,” it triggers an emotional response. But what exactly do the police and FBI mean when they refer to an active shooter? In this installment of LXplanation, we define a term that has become all too common as mass shootings and gun crime have surged in the U.S.

Aalayah Eastmond survived the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by hiding beneath the lifeless body of a classmate. After her mother said sharing her story could save lives, Eastmond “just kind of put my big girl boots on” and began speaking out about gun violence.

At least three people were injured, including one critically, after a gunman opened fire at a Tennessee SmileDirectClub, authorities said Tuesday.

A 22-year-old gunman was killed after shooting and injuring at least three people at the SmileDirectClub warehouse in Antioch, Tenn., early Tuesday morning.

A Zydeco musician has been shot in the back while performing at an event in central Louisiana.

The cab driver said he saw two cars that appeared to be racing one another on the highway before the shot went off.

Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims