mass shootings

Gunman kills 9 in a mass shooting at a school in Austria

12:12pm June 10, 2025

"There are no words to describe the pain, the disbelief and the grief that all of Austria feels right now," said the country's Chancellor Christian Stocker. "Our country has fallen silent in horror."

Mass shooting at Apalachee high school in Winder, USA

What research says about preventing school shootings

1:06pm September 05, 2024

Experts on school violence say a key to preventing such tragedies is identifying and supporting students in crisis before they hurt others.

National

Sandy Hook survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates

2:00am June 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

About 60 of the 330 kids graduating from Newtown High School will also be carrying the emotional burden of knowing that many of their former classmates won't get to walk across the stage with them.

Bridget Barton drove back to Kansas City, Mo., the day after the parade to turn in the bullet she found in her backpack to police and to give a statement. She was mobbed by media that had assembled for a news conference at the same location â interviews she says are now a blur.

They were injured at the Super Bowl parade. A month later, they feel forgotten

5:58pm March 15, 2024

A Kansas family remembers Valentine's Day as the start of panic attacks, life-altering trauma and waking to nightmares of gunfire. They wonder how they'll recover from the Kansas City parade shooting.

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Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan (center) and Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek (left) speak to the media after a mass shooting in downtown Prague on Thursday.

World News

At least 14 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university

5:39pm December 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

A student opened fire Thursday in a university building in downtown Prague, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic's worst mass shooting, officials said.

A bullet casing is seen at the site of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday. Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded during the shooting at a block party on Saturday night.

July has already seen 11 mass shootings. The emotional scars won't heal easily

4:35pm July 04, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

There have been nearly a dozen mass shootings this month and a total 346 mass shootings so far this year — each one leaving a heavy toll for communities around them.

A police officer works the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., Sunday, June 18, 2023.

National

Multiple mass shootings across the U.S. leave at least 6 dead on holiday weekend

8:19am June 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

The shootings stretching from coast to coast follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.

FILE - A protestor holds a sign during a Students Demand Action event, near the U.S. Capitol, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Washington.

Poll: Most Americans say curbing gun violence is more important than gun rights

5:08am May 24, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

A year after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found the highest percentage in a decade said ending gun violence trumps protecting gun rights.

Law enforcement officials in the Cleveland, Texas, neighborhood where a man allegedly shot five of his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard.

One way to prevent gun violence? Treat it as a public health issue

5:12am May 12, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith has spent decades framing violence as a public health issue. She spoke to Morning Edition about how guns fit into that picture and what prevention would look like.

People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a deadly mass shooting on Jan. 24 in Monterey Park, Calif. President Biden will announce his latest gun safety push there on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Biden wants to boost background checks on gun buyers. But it's hard without Congress

5:56pm March 14, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

During a visit to Monterey Park, Calif., Biden announced an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks that take place and support communities impacted by gun violence.