A year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on 14 February 2018 sparked a national youth protest movement, gun violence remains an American crisis. Nearly 1,200 American children and teenagers have been killed with guns in...
An autopsy has found the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Police say Ian Long, a 28-year-old ex-marine machine-gunner, shot and killed 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill in the town...
A man who was inside the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, captured the moment a gunman fired deadly rounds. Ian David Long killed 12 people on Wednesday night: when police arrived they found him dead at the scene, having appare...
Residents stood in silent shock and grief outside a California bar on Thursday where a former US marine had burst in the night before and shot dead 12 people, including a police officer. But some made their feelings known by carrying signs. “Gun con...
The Ventura county sheriff, Geoff Dean, has confirmed the identity of the gunman who killed 12 people at a southern California bar on Wednesday night. Authorities believe former US marine Ian David Long shot and killed himself after opening fire at...
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It was the deadliest assault on Jews in US history. Eleven people gunned down as they attended their local synagogue on Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. Synagogues across the country locked their doors and an icy fear spread through Jewish communities....
A woman armed with a handgun opened fire at a Maryland warehouse complex where she was employed, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life. There are reports the woman had a work-related grievance and that the shootin...
“A red spot on the map means gunfire, so I avoid going there,” says Leonardo Duarte, who works on the streets for a rehabilitation clinic in Rio de Janeiro. Shootings and violence are routine in his neighbourhood of Vigário Geral, a slum in the grip...
The woman who allegedly opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in a suburb of San Francisco, injuring three before killing herself, was apparently furious with the video website because it had stopped paying her for her clips. Police in California na...
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is famous for its influence on American politics. Under its executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, the group has resisted changes to gun legislation for more than four decades, despite multiple mass shootings....