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.

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.

Gunman opens fire at Molson Coors headquarters, killing five people before taking his own life.

A would-be mother was killed in a shooting Friday night in North Philadelphia that also left a man very seriously wounded, police said. Medical workers performed an emergency cesarean delivery on Ishan Charmidah Rahman, who was six months pregnant, but the baby did not survive, police said. The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. near North Ninth and West York…

Dozens of weapons are off the street and around 150 suspects were arrested as part of a joint effort by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, local law enforcement and federal agencies to combat gun violence. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports.

A father who police say fabricated a story of a robbery and home invasion after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head in their North Philadelphia home faces involuntary manslaughter charges.

One person is dead and three others were injured after a shooting in Ottawa. Police are still searching for the suspect.

The families of victims of gun violence gathered for an annual vigil on New Year’s Day in Northwest Miami-Dade. The memorial, in its fourth year, was held at Mount Calvary Church. Loved ones, wearing red shirts, lit candles and remembered the children they can’t hold any longer as music cut through their tears. “Suddenly, without warning, the day comes...

Families of victims of gun violence gathered for an annual vigil on New Year’s Day in Northwest Miami-Dade. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports.

A vigil was underway for all of the children who were killed by gun violence in South Florida in 2019. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports.

After weekend mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton left more than 31 people dead, President Donald Trump gave a speech at the White House blaming mental illness and hatred for the attacks. Trump offered few specifics related to potential gun legislation he would support, although he left open the door when he said he was “ready to listen and…

A school officer and a student were injured at Wisoonsin’s Oshkosh West High School Tuesday morning, when the student was shot after attempting to stab the office with a sharp object. The shooting comes just one day after a school resource officer at Waukesha South High School shot a 17-year-old armed student who refused to drop his weapon.