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Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University

Officials at Georgia's Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weekend shooting outside a residence complex on campus. The campus was briefly locked down after the Saturday afternoon shooting.

May 20, 2024
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11 hurt in mass shooting that marked a weekend of gun violence in Savannah, Georgia

An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people injured in a busy tourist area of of Savannah, Georgia. The shootout Saturday night near Savannah's Ellis Square was one of five weekend shootings in the city.

May 20, 2024
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Student charged in shooting at Atlanta’s Benjamin E. Mays High School

A student at Benjamin E. Mays High School has been charged in the shooting at the school last week that injured four students.

February 20, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
People flee after gunshots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade on Feb. 14 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City shooting was not an act of terrorism or homegrown violence, say police

The city's chief of police told reporters Thursday that the shooting, which left one person dead and 22 others injured, "appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gun violence."

February 15, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Vanessa Romo,
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Police officers keep watch Thursday near the scene outside Frank and Estella Beam Hall, where the UNLV Lee Business School is located, the morning after a shooting left three dead at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.

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3 UNLV faculty members were killed in the Las Vegas campus shooting

For students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday's campus shooting was a stark statement on the prevalence of gun violence — and a fresh reminder of the city's tragic history.

December 07, 2023
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  • Emily Olson,
  • Vanessa Romo,
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This image provided by WSB-TV shows police on the scene of a shooting that left multiple people injured in downtown Atlanta early Sunday morning, Oct. 29, 2023. In a statement Sunday, university officials confirmed that two students were among those injured in the shooting.

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4 people shot near Georgia State University campus, school plans ‘listening session’

Four people were shot Sunday near Georgia State University's Atlanta campus. Two of the victims are students at the university. Authorities say three of the victims are in stable condition, and one is in critical condition.

October 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A police officer searches for evidence in front of a building at Morgan State University after a shooting, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Baltimore.

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5 people were wounded in a shooting at Morgan State University

Five people were wounded, none critically, in a shooting that interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Morgan State University on Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the historically Black college.

October 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A sheriff's deputy stands guard near the Fulton County Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Fulton County district attorney's office investigator accidentally shoots self in leg at courthouse

Atlanta police say an investigator with the Fulton County district attorney's office accidentally shot herself in the leg inside the county courthouse in downtown Atlanta.

September 22, 2023
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This photo released by the Atlanta Police Department of video footage on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, shows a suspected shooter. Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were investigating an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured.

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Political Rewind: Georgia still reeling after Midtown shooting; Kemp signs new budget

Monday on Political Rewind: Lawmakers and citizens fear not much will change after last week's Midtown shooting. Meanwhile, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens proposes the largest budget in the city's history. And Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sets a date for Georgia's primary. 

May 08, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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A McDonalds in Moultrie, GA is surrounded by caution tape.

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Police: Georgia man who killed 3 was in gunfight earlier

Police in Georgia say a man who killed his workplace manager, mother and grandmother before taking his own life had been involved in a gunfight less than 48 hours earlier.

May 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Police officers stand guard on a road in the village of Dubona, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, May 5, 2023, as they block the road near the scene of a Thursday night attack.

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A suspect has been arrested in Serbia's second mass shooting in 2 days

Serbian police said they have arrested a suspect in a shooting attack that killed at least eight and wounded 14, the nation's second such mass shooting in two days.

May 05, 2023
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PBS NewsHour Sen. Warnock on the prospects for voting rights legislation: ‘This is about our democracy’

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Elected officials respond to Midtown Atlanta shooting: 'It was a senseless tragedy'

Elected officials in Georgia responded to the shooting that left one woman dead and four others wounded in Midtown Atlanta. 

May 04, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
The woman killed in the May 3 shooting at the Northside Hospital Midtown medical office building has been identified as Amy St. Pierre, 38, an employee with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Victims identified in Midtown shooting as calls for stronger gun control continue

The woman killed in the May 3 shooting at the Northside Hospital Midtown medical office building has been identified as Amy St. Pierre, 38, an employee with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

May 04, 2023
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  • Collin Kelley and
  • Dyana Bagby
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Official: Gunman kills 3, then self in rural Georgia town

A man recorded by a security camera fatally shooting his manager at a fast food restaurant in south Georgia is also suspected of killing his mother and grandmother at their nearby homes before taking his own life. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday evening that 26-year-old Kentavious White fatally shot himself at the McDonald's restaurant where he worked after killing the manager.

May 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Cobb County Police search cars as they leave the Edison Apartments in Smyrna, Ga., Wednesday, May 3, 2023, after a shooter killed one person and injured four others in a medical building in Atlanta, then was seen on a traffic camera in the area.

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Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder

Jail records show the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault.

May 04, 2023
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