State lawmakers have launched a nationwide non-partisan coalition to combat gun violence, in part because the Congress has failed to reform gun laws, members of the group said on Monday.
Legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers in Washington state passed overwhelmingly, election results showed on Wednesday, making the state the first in the country to close the so-called gun-show loophole through popular vote.
French police have taken a man into custody on suspicion of carrying out recent gun attacks in Paris, prosecutors said, as reported by BBC News. The suspect opened fire at the "Libération" newspaper in Paris, and also reportedly attacked the headquarters of Societe Generale
25-year-old DeShawn Butler and his 7-month son DeShawn Kinard were shot and killed in an apparent ambush near a New Orleans bridge on Wednesday night. The authorities are offering a $15,000 reward for tips leading to whoever shot them
Authorities have responded to a possible shooting at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to CBS Pittsburgh. Three students were wounded, and all have non-life-threatening injuries
Three people have died and several others were wounded following a shooting at a Al's Barber Shop on the east side of Detroit on Wednesday night, which had been known for gambling
Tony Grigsby, a 36-year-old Transportation Security Administration official, who was wounded in gunman's Paul Ciancia's deadly attack at Los Angeles International Airport last Friday, has spoken out for the first time. Grigsby was walking with a cane before he read a statement outside his South Los Angeles home on Monday
20-year-old Richard Shoop fired at least six bullets at a crowded Westfield Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, New Jersey on Monday night before shooting himself in the head in a back room,
A gunman opened fire Friday inside Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport, killing one Transportation Security Administration worker, and wounded as many as three others, forcing travelers to evacuate, and causing traffic near the airport to a standstill, authorities and witnesses said, as reported by NBC News. The lone gunman was reportedly in custody
Sergeant First Class Amos Patton reportedly shot two soldiers outside a armory near the the Naval Support Activity Mid-South facility in Millington Tennessee, which is north of Memphis on Thursday afternoon. The two victims are being treated for life-threatening injuries at a Memphis hospital, according to Millington Police Chief Rita Stanback.
A 14-year-old student at Danvers High School faces a murder charge in the death of a 24-year-old math teacher whose body was found in the woods behind the school, The Associated Press reported. Coleen Ritzer, of Andover,Massachusetts, was found in a wooded area near the high school, and the teenager will be arraigned on a murder charge, according to Essex District Jonathan Blodgett.
A student shot and killed a teacher and wounded two classmates before killing himself at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada at about 7:15 Monday morning, law enforcement officials said.
A patron was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting outside a nightclub inside Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, police said. The suspect reportedly got into an argument with club security at Drai's Nightclub, demanding his cover charge be returned, but the security refused him.
It was then the suspect, who has yet to be identified, pulled out a gun. Las Vegas police said at least three people were shot, as one patron was killed by gunfire, while the manager and security guard were wounded by gunfire. Another security guard was possibly shot and injured, police said.
Two people died and two were injured Monday morning after a shooting at Sparks Middle School near Reno Nevada, news reports said. The shooting happened on the school's campus, police said one student was reportedly transported to an area hospital, and the shooter was declared dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, news reports said. The shooting occurred at approximately 7:15 a.m.
Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter responsible for killing 12 people last week, lied about a previous arrest and failed to disclose thousands of dollars in debts when he applied for a security clearance in the Navy. Federal investigators had dismissed the omissions, all the while deleting any reference to his use of a gun in the same arrest.
Chicago police have arrested four men in connection with a shooting at a basketball court at the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week that wounded 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy,
Chicago police said at least one gunman walked up to a basketball court at Cornell Square Park in the southside of Chicago on Thursday evening and opened fire, injuring 13 people. The police said that thirteen people who were hit had varying injuries. Those wounded, including a serious injury to a 3-year-old boy, are being treated at local hospitals in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood
The NYPD is searching for the suspect involved in connection with the fatal shooting of 19-month-old Antiq Hennis, which occurred in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
18-year-old De'Marquise Elkins was convicted of murder in the shooting death on March 21 of a baby who was riding in a stroller with his mother in a town in Brunswick, Georgia.
Former NBA Mavericks cheerleader Erbie Bowser is in custody after reportedly committing two shootings in the Dallas area killed at least four people and wounded four others, including at least two boys.
