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Two shootings, two different responses — Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers
State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings.
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One killed, three others injured in Bronx by shooters on scooters: Police
One person was killed and three others were injured after scooter-riding shooters opened fire on a street corner in the Bronx Tuesday evening, police said.
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Police officer, sheriff's deputy and suspect killed in upstate NY shootout, cops say
A police officer and a sheriff’s deputy in upstate New York were shot and killed Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, who also was killed, police said. The shooting took place shortly after 8 p.m. in Liverpool, about 6 miles north of Syracuse. The Syracuse Police Department and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office were tracking a...
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What was the ‘gun show loophole'?
The Justice Department announced in April that it was closing the ‘gun show loophole.’ Here’s what you need to know.
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Biden administration's new rule expands background checks to close ‘gun show loophole'
Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
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Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have cleared a significant hurdle toward permitting certain trained teachers and faculty who haven’t worked in law enforcement carry handguns on school grounds.
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Former assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher
A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in the case of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in Newport News last year.
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Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
The parents of a Michigan school shooter have each been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four students in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting.
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Verbal dispute ends with 1 person shot in Queens: NYPD
Police are asking for help in finding an individual they say shot another person following an argument in Queens on Friday. According to the NYPD, at around 5:20 p.m. on 243 Street, in the Rosedale neighborhood, the alleged shooter and a 49-year-old individual had a verbal dispute which lead to the 49-year-old being shot in the arm. As the victim…
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Police searching for shooter who killed customer during botched Bronx deli robbery
A Bronx deli customer was shot and killed while simply trying to buy a snack, an unintended target in a botched robbery. Police said the gunman is still on the run after the shooting early on Easter morning in East Tremont, and they have put out a photo of the man they want to talk to. NBC New York’s Gaby...
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Deli patron browsing chips shot dead in botched NYC robbery attempt
A Manhattan man trying to buy a snack is dead following an attempted deli robbery in the Bronx’s East Tremont neighborhood. According to the NYPD, the victim, who cops identified as Stefon Barnes, was in Gourmet Deli on East Tremont Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday when a stranger approached another man and reached for his pocket. Barnes and...
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Search for shooter in deadly Bronx robbery attempt
A man trying to buy a snack is dead following an attempted robbery in the Bronx’s East Tremont neighborhood. Romney Smith reports.
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Suspect arrested after toddler grazed by bullet in daytime Bronx shooting
A man was arrested in connection to a weekend shooting of a 2-year-old in the Bronx, according to law enforcement.
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Shooting in Nashville restaurant kills 1 man and injures 5 others
Police say a man was killed and five other people were injured during a shooting inside a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant.
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Toddler grazed by bullet in the Bronx
The young child was struck in the hip on a bustling Bronx block Saturday. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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Toddler grazed by bullet in daytime Bronx shooting: police
A 2-year-old toddler was shot Saturday afternoon in the Bronx in a brazen display of gun violence, police said. The shooting happened around 2 p.m. in the Fordham Heights neighborhood near Grand Concourse and East Fordham Road, according to the NYPD. Police said someone standing outside of the Capital One Bank on the corner of Creston Avenue and East Fordham…
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2 women shot at day care in Virginia with 70 kids inside
Two women were shot inside a KinderCare day care center in Springfield, Virginia, on Wednesday. Potentially saving lives, one of the victims refused to let the shooter enter, authorities say.
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3 die in 2 NYC shootings within 20 minutes
Three people were killed, including a 17-year-old boy, within 20 minutes in separate Manhattan and Brooklyn shootings, authorities say. In the first case, cops responding to a call of a shooting near East 128th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem around 7:30 p.m. Sunday found an 18-year-old woman shot in the head and back, and a 25-year-old man shot in…
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Long Island house party ends in deadly shooting of 19-year-old
A Long Island house party came to a deadly end when two teenage victims were shot, one fatally. Police in Suffolk County said the shooting happened Friday night at a home on Ackerson Boulevard in Bay Shore. Cops said when they arrived at around 9 p.m., there were nearly 50 people in attendance. They found 19-year-old Sean Mills and a…
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Police kill man shooting at people in East Flatbush
A 20-year-old man with no criminal record was shot to death by NYPD officers who came upon him chasing two people while firing multiple gunshots in Brooklyn, authorities say.