Minneapolis SWAT Team Arrests Shooter After 19 Complaints
A 54-year-old Minneapolis man charged with shooting a neighbor last week was arrested early Monday following an hours-long SWAT...
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Sep 112 min read
Residents Take Caution After Shooter Opens Fire On Kentucky Highway
Residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a Kentucky highway are taking precautions they never thought would be needed in their...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 31 min read
Four Fatally Shot On Chicago Commuter Train
A shooting on a commuter train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead. Three people were pronounced dead at the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 62 min read
Deputy Viewed Massey's ‘In Jesus’ Name’ Rebuke As Threat
The deputy sheriff who shot Sonya Massey to death in her Illinois home last month reported that he interpreted the Black woman's...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 232 min read
'Enigmatic' Trump Shooter Differed From Notorious Gunman Profiles
In the months after an isolated, deeply troubled 20-year-old took his mother’s AR-style rifle and opened fire inside Connecticut's Sandy...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 172 min read
Can High-Profile Shootings By Young Men Be Prevented?
The 20-year-old male shooter who killed one man and wounded two others in an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 152 min read
'Active Shooters' Killed Slightly More People In U.S. Last Year
Parents in the village of Mount Horeb, Wi., got a terrifying alert in May: There was an active shooter at their children's school. Police...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 92 min read
Despite Mass Shootings, July 4 Gun Violence Toll Dropped This Year
Independence Day weekend is almost always the time of year when gun violence kills or injures the most people. This year, there were...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 252 min read
Active Shooters in Public Spaces Rose Sharply In Past 5 Years
Active shooters violently targeted members of the public across the U.S. at a rate that was 89% higher from 2019 to 2023 than in the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 231 min read
Four Killed, 10 Wounded In Shooting At Arkansas Grocery
A shooter who opened fire at a grocery store in Arkansas left the store and parked cars riddled with bullet holes as bystanders ducked...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 192 min read
An Average Of 57 Shootings Daily Near Public, Private K-12 Schools
Every day, an average of 57 shootings occur near a school in the United States, according to a new analysis by The Trace. In thousands of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 182 min read
Despite A Weekend's 73 Shooting Deaths, Gun Violence Declines
Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more injured in shootings across the nation over the weekend, and experts warn gun violence...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 172 min read
ATF Agent Won't Be Charged In Fatal Shooting Of AR Airport Head
An Arkansas prosecutor said a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent was justified when he fatally shot the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 162 min read
Maine Man Freed On Bail, Killed By Police After Break-In, Shooting
A Maine State Police tactical team fatally shot a man on a rooftop after an hourslong standoff in which authorities said he fired at...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 131 min read
Illinois Home Crisis: 3 Deputies Shot, Shooter Wounded
Three sheriff's deputies were injured in a shooting at a home in an Illinois town on Wednesday, USA Today reports. The Ogle County...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 301 min read
Family Of MO Teen Shooting Victim Sues Homeowner Who Shot Him
The family of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot in April 2023 after going to the wrong house in Kansas City, filed a lawsuit...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 292 min read
CO Deputy Guilty Of Misdemeanor For Killing Man In Distress
A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who had called...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 291 min read
Louisiana Gunman Shoots Three Police Officers, Two Bystanders
Three police officers were shot and injured by a gunman after responding to a shooting outside a home in Kenner, La., on Sunday, CNN...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 161 min read
'Rust' Armorer Gets 18-Month Term For Involuntary Manslaughter
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the movie set for "Rust," was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday. Gutierrez-Reed was...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 182 min read
Unintentional Shootings By Kids Killed 157, Injured 270 Last Year
At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, says the advocacy group Everytown....
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