Tag Archives: Gun violence

More than 14,600 people in the United States, including hundreds of children and teenagers, have been killed in gun-related violence since the beginning of the year, according to the figures provided by a non-profit research group. The latest report by Gun Violence Archive showed on Sunday that a total of …

US President Joe Biden has expressed outrage at the death of six people — including a child — who were shot at a birthday party and a park, blasting rival Republican national leaders for collaborating with the nation’s gun lobby to “further erode gun safety.” “Guns are the leading killer …

There have been a total of 609 mass shootings in 2022 in the United States so far, putting the country on pace to reach around 675 by the end of the year, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. Last year saw a shocking 690 mass shootings across the United …

A vast majority of Americans in a new poll support background checks on all gun sales, one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Texas.

Shootings in a church in California, and a market in Texas left at least three dead and several injured on Sunday, US authorities said.

At least 8 people were shot dead and 16 injured in a number of shooting incidents in Chicago over the weekend, local media reported. The spree of shootings has been recorded from about 5:45 pm on Friday when a 69-year-old man, was shot dead at his residence in South Kilpatrick, …

At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets in the US capital Friday. The shooting led to lockdowns at several schools and left a community on edge before the suspect was found dead hours later, local US media said. The …

A 22-year-old suspect remains in police custody and is expected to be charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol. At least 14 people have been injured in a shooting at a busy shopping centre in Columbia, capital of the US state of South Carolina, and police say they have arrested …

Concern about crime and violence in the United States is at the highest level since 2016, a recent Gallup poll has shown. According to the latest data, 80 percent of Americans expressed concern over crime. Among them, 53 percent worried a “great deal” about crime, and another 27 percent worried …

Giving criminals concessions like setting bail money low and handing out lenient sentences only encourages more crime – which is why the United States is seeing a record rise in murders and the widespread looting of shops. Don’t worry, folks. Once again, a Hollywood actor and an associate professor of …

Gun violence erupted at retail outlets crowded with post-Thanksgiving holiday shoppers in North Carolina and Washington state on Friday, sending bystanders at both locations scurrying for cover and injuring a total of seven people, police said. At a shopping mall in Durham, North Carolina, a late-afternoon shootout between “two groups …

At least 13 people were injured in nine shootings overnight in Chicago, according to police. A 4-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot twice in the head Friday night while inside a home on South Ellis Avenue, the Chicago Police Department said on …

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with record sales of firearms, has fueled a shortage of ammunition in the United States that’s impacting law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters, and hunters — and could deny new gun owners the practice they need to handle their weapons safely. Manufacturers say …

Two people were killed in Houston, a large metropolis in the US state of Texas, late on Thursday in what police believe to be a case of murder-suicide, according to reports. A woman was also shot and rushed to a hospital in an injured state, reports said. The identity of …

Public shootings, rising gun violence, and a string of hate-driven attacks on subway pedestrians have led to growing concerns over public safety in the US city of New York. More importantly, it has become an important issue in the race for American’s most populous city’s upcoming mayoral primary election, with …

Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend, police said Sunday. From Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in Chicago and 2,240 people were shot, a number that …