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News Articles: shootings

A law enforcement officer inspects a handgun at the scene of a shooting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2.

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  • National

Thousands of guns are found at crime scenes. What do they tell us? 

A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from.

December 17, 2025
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
Firefighters and law enforcement officers stand outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., on Sunday.

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  • National

Attack at a Mormon church in Michigan leaves at least 4 dead, 8 injured

Multiple people were shot at a Mormon church in Michigan that was then set on fire, authorities said Sunday. The shooter was killed by police.

September 29, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Chris Arnold
An American Red Cross Disaster Relief van is parked outside a hotel that is acting as a reunification center after a shooting at a country club in Nashua, New Hampshire, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

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  • National

Man is arrested and charged in New Hampshire country club shooting

A gunman opened fire in a New Hampshire country club on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others, authorities said.

September 21, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People pay their respects to Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Ariz., on Wednesday.

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  • National

What we know about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Kirk was killed Wednesday while speaking at a campus event in Utah. Authorities are still searching for a suspect, after releasing two people who were previously taken into custody.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Ayana Archie
Police respond to a shooting outside the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., on July 28, 2025.

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  • National

Shooter opens fire outside Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others

A gunman opened fire Monday outside the largest casino in Reno, Nevada, killing three people and wounding three others before police shot the suspect and arrested him, officials said.

July 29, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Law enforcement and emergency responders are shown on Sunday afternoon following reports of an ambush shooting attack on Canfield Mountain, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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  • National

Man started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush, officials say

Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Russell Lewis,
  • Eric Whitney,
  • and 1 more
In this image taken from WSOC video, various police vehicles gather outside a community after a mass shooting, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Hickory, a city in Catawba County, N.C.

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  • National

Shooting leaves 1 dead, 11 hurt on a North Carolina street during a house party

Authorities said at least 80 shots were fired in the shooting that began at about 12:45 a.m. People reported running, ducking for cover and scrambling to their cars for safety.

June 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The campus of Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., where a teenage girl opened fire on Monday.

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  • National

The Wisconsin shooting suspect is female. That's rare, data says

Authorities say a 15-year-old girl carried out the shooting that killed two and wounded several at a Wisconsin school. Female shooters are relatively rare, statistically speaking.

December 17, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Signs stand outside Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., Jan. 25, 2023.

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  • National

Ex-assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of boy who shot teacher

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot a teacher.

April 10, 2024
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
An aerial view of Chicago. In the past few days, at least six high school students in the city have been shot outside their schools.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Their deaths leave holes that will never be filled

A string of shooting deaths of Chicago high-schoolers shocks and saddens, despite a decrease in the city's homicide rate.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Georgia State University Police Chief Anthony Coleman

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  • News

GSU touts long-range safety plans after multiple shootings at troubled downtown intersection

After four people were shot near a downtown RaceTrac gas station early Sunday morning, a town hall presentation by Georgia State University leadership Monday skipped ahead, unveiling campus improvement plan.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, inspects weapons collected as part of an amnesty near the city of Smederevo, Serbia, Sunday, May 14, 2023.

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  • Europe

Guns, grenades and rocket launchers are among 13,500 weapons surrendered in Serbia

The government declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to surrender unregistered weapons as part of a crackdown on guns following the two shootings this month that left 17 people dead.

May 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Former Seattle SuperSonics forward Shawn Kemp, center, attends a WNBA basketball game between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky on May 18, 2022, in Seattle. Prosecutors in Washington state charged Kemp on Friday, April 14, 2023, with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone.

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  • Law

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is charged with 1st-degree assault in a March shooting

Kemp said he was shot at first after he tracked down his stolen cell phone and confronted the person he presumed had it. Kemp was released from jail and not initially charged after the incident.

April 17, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with victims' families, local leaders and community members who were impacted by the shootings in Half Moon Bay.

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  • Law

At least 18 dead in 3 days after mass shootings in California devastate 2 communities

The shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, two towns just hundreds of miles apart in California, share devastating similarities.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Vanessa Romo
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with government officials and gun control advocates, speaks at a news conference on May 30 about firearm-control legislation that was tabled in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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  • World

As gun violence rises in Canada, weapons from the U.S. complicate gun control efforts

A bill before Canada's Parliament aims to stop the spread of handguns — but one of the most difficult challenges for Canada is the guns being smuggled over the border from the U.S.

July 09, 2022
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
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