Gun violence

Brian Thompson served as UnitedHealthcare CEO for more than three years having been named to the top job in April 2021, according to his official bio.

Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the chest outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.

Thompson, who led the largest private insurer in the U.S., was set to attend UnitedHealth Group’s investor day, which the company canceled.

A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022.

Prosecutors allege two rival gangs were responsible for about 50% of all violent crimes in Washington Heights and Inwood the last few years. The gangs are linked to seven murders, with four of those killed having been innocent bystanders. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports

Four bystanders were shot dead in the last 18 months because of gang rivalries in upper Manhattan, authorities said as they announced the indictments of dozens of people in a yearslong welter of gunfire, robberies, weapons deals, car crashes and more.

Law enforcement officials believe the young girl was caught in the middle of gang activity in the neighborhood. 

The young girl was walking with her parents on the sidewalk on West 145th Street when she was struck in the stomach by a stray bullet, sources said. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A 7-year-old girl was shot near a busy Harlem thoroughfare, according to police.

The man killed in the shooting at Tuskegee University has been identified as 18-year-old male from Troy, Alabama, who was not a student, local authorities said Monday.

One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, said a teenager attempted to enter an area elementary school while potentially armed.

Celebrity chef Tobias Dorzon was shot then apparently robbed in Hyattsville, Maryland, shocking surveillance video shows.

The singer was shot while signing autographs after a performance Saturday night.

Surveillance video and bodycam footage captured the chaos unleashed during a mass shooting in downtown Orlando that left two dead and at least seven hurt while tens of thousands gathered for Halloween celebrations, according to the Orlando Police Department.

The Orlando Police Department is investigating after at least two people were killed and six were injured in an early morning shooting in downtown Orlando.

The family of the Army reservist who committed the October 2023 massacre in Lewiston wants to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries among military members

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A sommelier at an upscale New York City restaurant run by a world renown chef was shot and killed outside a Manhattan deli, according to police, and three teens have been charged in his murder.

Jake E. Lee is “fully conscious and doing well” in the hospital, where he is expected to make a full recovery, his management said.