Mass Shootings

If there’s one silver lining in the tumultuous year of 2020, it’s this: The number of mass shootings that happened in public was the lowest in more than a decade.

Last year’s rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings

The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand’s modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty to all charges Thursday.

An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring.

In the two years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the federal government and states have tightened some gun regulations.

After a white supremacist discussed plans on Facebook for a mass shooting at a synagogue, police in Washington used a new law to quickly seize his 12 firearms, long before he was convicted of any crime. But when a Tennessee father became alarmed about his son after receiving a suicidal text message, he said the police determined they could not...

Ten new pro-gun laws will take effect in Texas in four weeks, less than a month after 22 people died in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, NBC News reported. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the measures after they were passed in a 2019 legislative session that the National Rifle Association, called “highly successful” at the time, celebrating...

A Chicago psychiatrist discussed ways to cope with stress following the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas.

In the wake of the deadly mass shootings over the weekend more people are talking about mental health and stress. Not only how the violence impacts those directly involved, but also everyone who sees it and spends time in public places. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has that side of the story.  

A total of 25 people were shot in a span of less than four hours on Sunday morning in Chicago, and police are scrambling to increase patrols to address the spasm of violence.

As school shootings continue to happen across the country, campuses and medical centers are taking steps to be prepared in the event of a potential emergency.