gun violence

Concerned teachers and employees warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, a lawyer said Wednesday.

A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his first-grade teacher.

Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday in Half Moon Bay. The shootings follow Saturday’s massacre that left 11 people dead in Monterey Park.

The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been “secured” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.

Police arrested a woman accused of shooting and killing her parents and then using a chainsaw to dismember their bodies inside an Abington Township home. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the latest on the investigation.

Parents and teachers in the Virginia city where a first-grader shot his teacher have lambasted school administrators for what they say is a misguided emphasis on attendance and other education statistics over the safety of children and staff.

Days after her teenage son was shot and killed in the Chicago suburbs, a grieving mother is asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

The mother of a teenager shot and killed in suburban Des Planes is asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.

A school superintendent says administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought despite searching his backpack.

The shooting of a first-grade teacher in Virginia by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence.

The man who fatally shot a masked robber at a taco shop in Houston, Texas, is referred to a grand jury.

Police responded to the Houston taqueria late Thursday and found the suspect, wearing a ski mask and gloves, “shot multiple times”

A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said Saturday that the teacher’s condition is “trending in a positive direction” as she remains hospitalized. Authorities say the boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade...

Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom. No students were injured during Friday’s shooting at Richneck Elementary School. Steve Drew, the city’s police chief, said this was not “a situation where someone was going around the school shooting.” One frightened...

A 42-year-old man killed seven family members, including five children, then killed himself two weeks after the suspect’s wife had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub have testified to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons. The survivors said Club Q was a haven for the community before a 22-year-old shooter turned a drag queen’s...

President Joe Biden spoke at the 10th annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence on Wednesday night, calling on lawmakers to pass stricter gun measures and a ban on assault weapons.

President Joe Biden is calling again for a ban on so-called assault weapons, calling it “simple common sense.”

An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a person during a fight inside the Metro Center Metro station, according to D.C. police.

The family of an Austin, Texas, man is seeking answers after he was fatally shot by police last month on his front porch following a late-night emergency call by a neighbor.