gun violence

Health & Safety

'Say Something' tip line in schools flags gun violence threats, study finds

8:17am January 17, 2024

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A new study in Pediatrics shows that an anonymous tip line for students is catching some gun threats before they can escalate. It is part of an effort to treat gun violence as a public health problem.

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Law enforcement officers head into the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus after reports of an active shooter, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas.

National

Report: Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who had applied for a job at UNLV

11:39pm December 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

The attack just before noon sent police swarming onto the campus, while students barricaded themselves in classrooms.

Hisham Awartani with his father, Marwan Awartani, and mother, Elizabeth Price. On Saturday, Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot in Burlington, Vermont.

Mother of Palestinian student shot in Vermont thought he would be safer in U.S.

2:21pm November 27, 2023

by Brian Mann

Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."

A file photo of police at UNC Chapel after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus.

Health & Safety

University of North Carolina shooting suspect found unfit for trial, sent to mental health facility

2:18pm November 27, 2023

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday.

The award-winning young playwrights of Enough! take a bow at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in November 2023.

Arts

Teens wrote plays about gun violence — now they are being staged around the U.S.

5:08pm November 13, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

Around 250 young playwrights wrote and submitted work as part of the annual contest, Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence. Six were chosen as finalists and had their work performed.

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Health & Safety

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world

2:08pm October 31, 2023

by Nurith Aizenman

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..

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Winston-Salem police seek community response to wave of violence

4:58pm October 18, 2023

by Paul Garber

Winston-Salem police asked for more community input during a press conference Wednesday to address a spate of recent violence.

The road to the city-run gun range in Albuquerque, N.M. Police think the local culture around guns has changed, and one undercover cop estimates half the cars on the road now carry a firearm.

National

The governor tried banning guns in Albuquerque. The public health emergency continues

5:00am October 18, 2023

by Martin Kaste

N.M. Gov. Michelle Luhan Grisham's temporary ban on guns in the Albuquerque area caused a political firestorm. The ban, since scaled back, faces legal challenges. Meanwhile, shootings haven't stopped.

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a file photo of police tape blocking off a neighborhood where a mass shooting occurred in October 2022

Courts

Raleigh mass shooting suspect faces 5 murder charges as his case moves to adult court

8:05am October 05, 2023

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

A teenager is facing murder charges in adult court nearly one year after police say the youth killed five people and injured two others in a shooting rampage that rocked his quiet neighborhood in North Carolina’s capital city.

National

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting

10:00am October 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

The new law, signed by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont in June, bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions.