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Two teens were arrested this week in connection to the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy. According to NBC affiliate WESH2, the incident occurred around 7 p.m. on April 3 in a mobile home in Belleview, Florida. Police say officers arrived at the scene shortly after, and found 16-year-old Christopher Leroy Broad Jr. on the floor […]
A four-year-old girl is dead after being shot by her younger brother in Chester, Pennsylvania. The shooting, per a regional report from 6 ABC, took place while the siblings—a four-year-old girl and her two-year-old brother—were inside a parked car alone at a gas station. In a statement shared Tuesday, the City of Chester Police Department […]
A shooting in Sacramento has left 6 people dead and at least 12 injured after people opened fire in a crowded area, per The Sacramento Bee. Local police are now searching for suspects in the Sunday shooting, which took place around 2 a.m., according to Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester. Police believe multiple shooters were involved. Lester added […]
Shootings amid spring break-related activities in Florida and Texas resulted in multiple injuries this weekend, authorities said. Miami Beach saw the hospitalization of a total of five people in connection with two separate shooting incidents, per a report from WTVJ. In a shooting that took place early Sunday, three people were hospitalized, including two individuals who were […]
Two Chicago police officers responsible for the shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez just days apart in March of 2021 are not being charged, per Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Officer Eric Stillman—who shot and killed Toledo on March 29—and Officer Evan Solano—who shot and killed Alvarez two days later—are not being charged after Foxx claimed officers […]
Tragedy has befallen a family in a Chicago suburb after a three-year-old child accidentally shot and killed his mother after finding his father’s gun and playing with it. According to the Associated Press, 22-year-old Daejah Bennett was shot in the neck on Saturday after her child found 23-year-old Romell Watson’s gun in the backseat of their car. […]
An Ohio man is facing charges after he allegedly held a gun to his girlfriend’s head because he was upset she had job opportunities. WTAP reports Brandon Bruce, of Marietta, OH, has been charged with aggravated menacing, two counts of domestic violence, and having weapons under disability. According to police, Bruce held a gun to his […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again secured a win in his ongoing federal gun case. According to legal documents obtained by XXL magazine, a U.S. district judge has granted YoungBoy’s request to suppress video evidence that was seized during his 2020 arrest. Attorneys for the 22-year-old rapper—legal name Kentrell Gaulden—argue the footage was inadmissible in court because the camera was […]
The so-called “stand your ground” laws may be doing more harm than good. According to a new study, researchers confirmed a notable link between the self-defense statutes and a significant rise in U.S. firearm homicides. The peer-review report, published in the JAMA Network Open on Monday, found states that enacted SYG laws experienced an average increase of 8-10 percent in […]
A 15-year-old Mexican teen died after an Uzi submachine gun she was posing with for a TikTok video went off. As reported by Vice and the local outlet Proceso, Yazmín Esmeralda, who lived in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, was visiting her grandmother’s house in Guasave with her mother and younger brother when she discovered the weapon stashed away in the bottom of […]
