gun violence

More police officers will soon be patrolling the streets of five neighborhoods plagued by gun violence in the City of Miami. “We are going to be laser-focused,” said Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo. Acevedo announced an initiative Friday aimed at curbing gun violence in 2021, citing statistics about shootings in the area.  Acevedo says 86 percent of shootings in the…

NBC 6’s Willard Shepard is in Downtown Miami with the latest initiative from law enforcement.

NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo is in Fort Lauderdale with the latest on the shooting.

Miami Beach Senior High School will be the first school in the state to offer lifesaving “Stop The Bleed” kits in every classroom. The kits may appear small in size, but when you open them you’ll find life-saving tools that anyone can use – once trained properly – to stop blood loss on a shooting victim. “If we’re preparing them…

NBC 6’s Julie Leonardi takes us inside the event inspired by the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School aimed at saving lives.

Miami Dade Commissioners held a special session Wednesday afternoon at the commission chamber in downtown Miami to go over a new resolution calling for and end to gun violence in the county. The proposal would offer education, resources and jobs to at-risk youth. Many community leaders showed up backing up the plan but others were skeptical if jobs will actually…

NBC ‘s Claudia Docampo has the latest on the efforts by local leaders as they discuss an anti-gun resolution.

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.

Activists on all sides weigh in on President Joe Biden’s actions on curbing gun violence in the first 100 days of his presidency.

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

A manhunt is underway for a former sheriff’s deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas.

Police said the former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that.

Many Black Americans are facing a collective sense of grief and trauma that has grown more profound with the loss of each life at the hands of police in America.

President Joe Biden on Friday offered his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and reiterated his alarm about the “epidemic” of gun violence in the U.S. and the need for stricter control measures.

Police responded to reports of a possible gunman at Austin-East Magnet High in Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday afternoon.

Rows and rows of white bouquets arranged on the National Mall this week honor victims of gun violence.

On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended a memorial on the National Mall featuring 40,000 flowers that represent the Americans who die from gun violence each year.

A student opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday, and police shot back, authorities said. The student was later pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting wounded an officer and comes as the community reels from off-campus gun violence that has left three other students dead this year. Police…

Saying that “much more needs to be done,” President Joe Biden announced several gun reform steps.  “They’ve offered plenty of thoughts and prayers, members of Congress, but they’re passed not a single federal law to reduce gun violence,” the president said Thursday in an event at the White House rose garden.  Biden directed the Justice Department to regulate so-called...