gun violence

A string of shootings involving teenagers has placed renewed attention on a long-running problem of gun violence and gangs in Aurora just outside Denver.

14-year-old Kevin Tinker, a student at Lavizzo Elementary in Roseland, was gunned down last week. His and his mother was fatally shot two days later in the same spot.

Fred Guttenberg’s daughter Jaime was one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now he’s calling for a new law – Jaime’s Law – that would require background checks on purchases of ammunition. Guttenberg talks about his new book, Find the Helpers, and how the proposed law could save lives.

A Brooklyn woman was gunned down by another woman who got out of a car and shot her in the back of the head, police said.

The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans

As Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared gun violence to be a public health crisis, setting aside $250 million to combat the issue, families who have been victimized by that violence hopes are expressing hope that something positive will finally be done. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has more.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Monday declaring gun violence a public health crisis in Illinois and promised $250 million over the course of three years for violence prevention, youth development and trauma-based services. Emphasizing an effort “to directly reduce and interrupt violence” in neighborhoods, the governor announced the Reimagine Public Safety Initiative at Breakthrough Urban Ministries FamilyPlex in…

Police in Boise, Idaho, say two people were killed and four injured in a shooting at a shopping mall

A shooting at an off-campus party near Fort Valley State University killed one person and wounded seven others, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said early Saturday.

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.

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.