Chicago gun violence deemed unacceptable on other side of especially bloody summer
3 years, 2 months ago

Chicago gun violence deemed unacceptable on other side of especially bloody summer

CNN  

CNN — 1,606 people were shot in a single three-month summer period in Chicago. The influx of firearms into the hands of soon to be trigger pullers is “ground zero for violence,” Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown told CNN. People who make blood money off of getting guns into the hands of felons, violent people, who couldn’t otherwise get that gun in their hands,” Brown told CNN. “The lives deeply impacted by the violence that once it comes to their doorstep, it lives on in some form forever.” Lightfoot’s budget would also increase police spending, though she has told CNN in the past that a safer Chicago is going to take more than just policing. “Our life coaches, our outreach workers, our clinicians, they’re saving lives every single day.” In West Garfield Park, on Chicago’s West Side, Lightfoot hopes community-based investments can help create “anchors and infrastructure” toward generational change.

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Chicago house party turns deadly after shooting kills three and leaves five more wounded
3 weeks ago

Chicago house party turns deadly after shooting kills three and leaves five more wounded

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Eight people were shot, …

An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
3 months, 1 week ago

An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

Wired  

In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, a steadily growing epidemic continued to burn its path across the United States. Gun violence stole the lives of 45,222 Americans that fateful year, the worst year on record for gun deaths to that point. Addressing violence and death is the duty of anyone who has ever had to mend the wounds of …

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares
5 months ago

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares

China Daily  

The shoot-out at a party in West Philadelphia on Sunday, in which three people were killed and six others injured, once again shows the danger from firearms in the United States. Unlike random shootings, the shoot-out in West Philadelphia was triggered by an argument at the party, which then turned violent with people involved pulling out firearms. Because of lax …

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares
5 months ago

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares

China Daily  

The shoot-out at a party in West Philadelphia on Sunday, in which three people were killed and six others injured, once again shows the danger from firearms in the United States. Unlike random shootings, the shoot-out in West Philadelphia was triggered by an argument at the party, which then turned violent with people involved pulling out firearms. Because of lax …

Column: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters

LA Times  

Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. “We don’t have to continue down this path,” Murthy said in introducing the report, “and we don’t have to subject our children to the ongoing horror of firearm violence in America.” Gun violence has so warped us that nearly three-quarters of American adults report stress about the possibility of a mass …

US: Firearm violence a health crisis
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US: Firearm violence a health crisis

China Daily  

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory Tuesday, declaring firearm violence in America a "public health crisis''. Murthy said the impetus for the advisory stems from the increase in gun violence, especially mass shootings since 2020, which he said exact a profound toll on the nation's well-being. "I want people to understand the full impact of firearm violence …

US: Firearm violence a health crisis
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US: Firearm violence a health crisis

China Daily  

By MAY ZHOU in Houston | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-26 13:32 US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory Tuesday, declaring firearm violence in America a "public health crisis''. Murthy said the impetus for the advisory stems from the increase in gun violence, especially mass shootings since 2020, which he said exact a profound toll on the nation's well-being. …

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
6 months ago

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Surgeon general says widespread gun violence has led to ‘unimaginable pain’ for victims across the country. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis in the United States. “Firearm violence is an urgent public health crisis that has led to loss of life, unimaginable pain, and profound grief for far too many Americans,” Murthy said …

US Surgeon General declares gun violence "a public health crisis"
6 months ago

US Surgeon General declares gun violence "a public health crisis"

Salon  

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. His advisory also urges a “significant increase” in funding for research on gun injuries and deaths, as well as greater access to mental health care and trauma-informed resources for people who have experienced firearm violence. He cited soaring gun …

Rampant shootings mar Halloween weekend across US, 8 dead, 50+ injured
1 year, 1 month ago

Rampant shootings mar Halloween weekend across US, 8 dead, 50+ injured

Hindustan Times  

The Halloween weekend was marred by multiple shootings across the US that left at least eight people dead and more than 50 others wounded. The US is facing a severe problem of gun violence, which is influenced by factors such as easy access to firearms, poor gun control laws, racial injustice, social and economic issues. The worst mass shooting occurred …

US firearm homicide rate ticks down from pandemic peak, but remains elevated
1 year, 2 months ago

US firearm homicide rate ticks down from pandemic peak, but remains elevated

CNN  

CNN — After years of increases, the rate of firearm-related homicides in the United States decreased in 2022, according to data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the first time the national firearm homicide rate has fallen since a sharp increase was recorded from 2019 to 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to …

Two killed, dozens wounded in Baltimore mass shooting
1 year, 5 months ago

Two killed, dozens wounded in Baltimore mass shooting

Al Jazeera  

No arrests made as police say they are working to identify a suspect and determine a motive for the attack at a neighbourhood street party. A manhunt is under way after two people were killed and 28 others wounded in a mass shooting at a neighbourhood street party in the city of Baltimore, the latest deadly incident of gun violence …

Mass shootings and violence leave dead and injured across the US this weekend
1 year, 6 months ago

Mass shootings and violence leave dead and injured across the US this weekend

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the United States this weekend, including at least 60 shot in the Chicago area alone. ST. LOUIS An early Sunday shooting in a downtown St. Louis office building killed a 17-year-old and wounded 11 other teenagers, the city’s police commissioner said. WASHINGTON STATE Two people were killed and two …

US cities hope crime strategies keep homicide numbers dropping and prevent summer surge
1 year, 6 months ago

US cities hope crime strategies keep homicide numbers dropping and prevent summer surge

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials around the U.S. rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more visible and engaging with community groups, in some cases leaning on civilians to enforce curfews and keep the peace. Violence often surges during summer months, so this holiday weekend will undoubtedly ramp up pressure …

Black and Hispanic people in Chicago exposed to gun violence at ‘significantly and persistently higher rate,’ report says
1 year, 7 months ago

Black and Hispanic people in Chicago exposed to gun violence at ‘significantly and persistently higher rate,’ report says

CNN  

CNN — Black and Hispanic people who grew up in Chicago were exposed to gun violence at a “significantly and persistently higher rate” by age 40 than their White counterparts, a new report shows. By the time the participants turned 40, about 56% of Black respondents and nearly 55% of Latinos said they had seen someone else get shot, compared …

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence

Huff Post  

There is a stark, startling conclusion one can draw from the endless string of mass shootings we’ve seen in America: Murder is one of the prices we pay for the freedoms we say we want. They point to California’s gun laws as proof given those three nearly back-to-back mass shootings earlier this year. “If the country had California’s firearm death …

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests
1 year, 8 months ago

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests

CNN  

CNN — A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the US, and new research suggests that shootings are becoming more lethal, too. Nearly 49,000 people died from firearm injuries in the US in 2021, CDC data shows – an unprecedented surge of about 23% over two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. “That includes larger magazine capacity …

DC Edit | End gun culture in America
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | End gun culture in America

Deccan Chronicle  

By one count of the inexplicable madness of mass shootings in the United States of America, there were as many as 648 instances in 2022. Considering most, if not all, shooters are male, what gun violence points to is something sociologists are now describing as stemming from the toxic masculinity of life in America. Irrespective of the most recent bipartisan …

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US
1 year, 11 months ago

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US

Firstpost  

The gun problem in the United States is grave. The Saturday incident was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May last year, wherein 19 children and two teachers were killed. As per the non-profit research group Gun Violence Archive, on Sunday alone, the US saw three mass shootings …

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical
2 years, 1 month ago

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical

LA Times  

Chief LeRonne Armstrong, shown last year, said the Oakland Police Department will be extending what was initially a 30-day initiative to deploy “all available resources” against gun violence. “That’s not plausible.” And despite the efforts laid out by Armstrong, Brooks described the Police Department’s relationship with the community as “horrific.” “Rather than actually addressing the small percentage of the folks …

Opinion: How a bullet fired by a stranger almost killed and forever changed me
2 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: How a bullet fired by a stranger almost killed and forever changed me

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This essay is part of the CNN Opinion series “America’s Future Starts Now” in which people share how they have been affected by the biggest issues facing the nation and experts offer their proposed solutions. She’s been involved locally and nationally with Students Demand Action, an organization of young activists working to end gun violence. ‘On a path …

‘Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. In Portland, police busy with three killings and nine non-fatal shootings in 48 hours couldn’t control three illegal street races last weekend that attracted hundreds and shut down major …

Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story
2 years, 4 months ago

Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story

The Independent  

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Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause
2 years, 5 months ago

Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As violent crime rates in the U.S. have ticked upward in recent years, conservative politicians have blamed progressive policies and blue-state lawmakers for being “soft on crime.” What they have largely ignored, however, is that crimes involving guns account for a significant portion of this increase. “Where there are more guns, there are more homicides.” - Kelly …

Biden says gun violence has turned America’s communities into ‘killing fields’
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden says gun violence has turned America’s communities into ‘killing fields’

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Monday said gun violence has turned everyday places in America into “killing fields” as he marked the passage of the first significant federal gun safety legislation in 30 years. The President continued, “That’s what we owe all those families represented here today and all over this country the past many years across our schools, …

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
2 years, 5 months ago

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ala. — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Just 5% of mass shootings end with four or more people dead, he said, “and only a quarter of those are in …

Opinion: The gun crisis more of us should be talking about
2 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: The gun crisis more of us should be talking about

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Pastor Carl Day runs Culture Changing Christians Worship Center in Philadelphia. Day’s organization, Culture Changing Christians, hears on a daily basis from grieving mothers and family members of those harmed by gun violence, begging for support. Possible solutions The same solutions that would help reduce mass shootings would also reduce the daily toll of other forms of gun …

Feds cracking down on violence, guns in parts of Detroit
2 years, 6 months ago

Feds cracking down on violence, guns in parts of Detroit

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Authorities on Monday announced a summer crackdown on crime in certain areas of Detroit, pledging to take felons who are caught with guns to federal court where prison sentences typically are longer than in state court. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said her prosecutors will focus on the city’s 8th and 9th precincts and swiftly make decisions on charges, …

America’s deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks
2 years, 6 months ago

America’s deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks

CNN  

CNN — In South Carolina and Texas, victims were shot at a high school graduation party. Just America going about its normal business this weekend under the deadly daily shadow of gun violence, as a staggering 10 mass shootings since Friday deepened trauma from recent massacres at a Buffalo supermarket, a Texas elementary school and a mass shooting at a …

US gun killings are a public health problem
2 years, 6 months ago

US gun killings are a public health problem

Al Jazeera  

Trauma surgeon Joseph V Sakran says after the Uvalde school massacre, being silent on gun violence is being complicit. Then I thought about what we, as trauma surgeons and healthcare professionals, have to do every day in cities all across America: to try and explain to mums and dads why their child is never coming home again. This is an …

COVID's Death Milestone And Mass Shootings: Is Mass Death The New Normal?
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID's Death Milestone And Mass Shootings: Is Mass Death The New Normal?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. It’s a dynamic that’s encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to make meaningful commitments to …

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. It’s a dynamic that’s encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to make meaningful commitments to ensure there really …

Data | Buffalo shooting latest in the rising hate crimes and firearm-related murders in U.S.
2 years, 7 months ago

Data | Buffalo shooting latest in the rising hate crimes and firearm-related murders in U.S.

The Hindu  

On Saturday, an 18-year-old white man walked into a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, and gunned down 10 people. Mass shootings have become more frequent in the United States with the number of such incidents rising significantly since 2017, declining slightly after 2020 due to the pandemic. Data shows that hate crimes have been increasing …

1 dead, 10 injured after 2 shootings in Chicago
2 years, 7 months ago

1 dead, 10 injured after 2 shootings in Chicago

India Today  

One person was killed and 10 were injured in two shootings on Chicago’s South Side in the space of six hours on Tuesday, a spasm of gun violence on the hottest day of 2022 so far, serving as a warning that the city is entering the warmest and deadliest time of year. Police said the first shooting happened at about …

Chicago shootings: 8 dead, 16 injured in US gun violence incident
2 years, 7 months ago

Chicago shootings: 8 dead, 16 injured in US gun violence incident

India TV News  

Highlights Gun violence has been a major problem across US, with regular cases of sporadic shooting incidents Over 140 mass shootings have taken place in the United States so far in 2022 Biden administration has been unveiling new measures to address recent mass shootings Chicago shootings: At least 8 people were shot dead and 16 left injured in a number …

Weekend shootings: At least 13 dead, nearly 50 injured in gun violence
2 years, 8 months ago

Weekend shootings: At least 13 dead, nearly 50 injured in gun violence

CNN  

CNN — At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in shootings across the country this weekend, including one in Sacramento, where the police chief called the scale of violence “unprecedented” in her 27-year career there. Dallas: 1 dead, 16 injured in concert shooting One person was killed and 16 others were wounded Saturday night in …

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year
3 years ago

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN — One of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the capital of Texas is nearing the end of its deadliest year on record in 2021 as cities nationwide are experiencing a rise in homicides and gun violence incidents that began last year when the pandemic tightened its grip on the US. The rise in violent crime is …

The United States homicide rate continues to soar in 2021. Why?
3 years, 1 month ago

The United States homicide rate continues to soar in 2021. Why?

Al Jazeera  

‘Shock to the system’ from COVID-19, George Floyd protests, rising gun crime, poverty and racism are seen as root causes. “It’s sort of a perfect storm.” Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed while being arrested by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020. In Houston, the US’s fourth-largest city, police have tracked 339 homicides so far this year, an increase …

Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
3 years, 2 months ago

Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. “They’re doing it in real time.” Dr. Lindsay Clukies, an emergency room doctor at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, said she and her staff often …

After decades of near silence from the CDC, the agency’s director is speaking up about gun violence
3 years, 3 months ago

After decades of near silence from the CDC, the agency’s director is speaking up about gun violence

CNN  

CNN — For the first time in decades, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – the nation’s top public health agency – is speaking out forcefully about gun violence in America, calling it a “serious public health threat.” “Something has to be done about this,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in an exclusive interview …

Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
3 years, 5 months ago

Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest. For the counselors at places such as Philadelphia’s AVP, who only treat people experiencing trauma and loss from violence, the rise in violent crime is the reason they are stretched thin. …

Chicago Police: 100 Shot, 18 Homicides Over Holiday Weekend
3 years, 5 months ago

Chicago Police: 100 Shot, 18 Homicides Over Holiday Weekend

News 18  

One hundred people including two police officers were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city’s police department said Tuesday. The bloodshed was comparable to the long Fourth of July weekend last year, when 17 people were fatally shot and 70 more were wounded. Police Superintendent David Brown put much of the blame …

Chicago is throwing its ‘whole government’ at summer violence
3 years, 6 months ago

Chicago is throwing its ‘whole government’ at summer violence

CNN  

Chicago CNN — “I’m not saying I’m God or I can prevent anything from happening, but I know in my heart I did what I can at 1 or 2 in the morning to help put this guy in a safer environment.” That’s how Jervon Hicks describes his mission as an outreach worker and life coach on Chicago’s South Side. …

Police: 4 slain in Chicago mass killing all shot in head
3 years, 6 months ago

Police: 4 slain in Chicago mass killing all shot in head

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A mass shooting that left …

Police: 4 dead, 4 hurt in shooting on Chicago’s South Side
3 years, 6 months ago

Police: 4 dead, 4 hurt in shooting on Chicago’s South Side

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — An argument in a house on Chicago’s South Side erupted into gunfire early Tuesday, leaving four people dead and four more injured, police said. At a news conference Tuesday morning, Police Superintendent David Brown said three of the victims who died were female and one was male. The witness told police more gunshots rang out at about 5:45 …

Police chiefs confront a surge of gun violence – and it’s not even summer
3 years, 6 months ago

Police chiefs confront a surge of gun violence – and it’s not even summer

CNN  

CNN — An unrelenting surge in gun violence and murder is gripping American cities even before the habitual summer spike in crime, leaving police brass from New York to New Orleans scrambling for solutions. “And the breadth of it, the fact that just about every major American city, let alone the suburbs, are experiencing significant crime increases, particularly shootings and …

US shootings: Fatalities reported in Chicago, Portland, Miami-Dade and other cities
3 years, 6 months ago

US shootings: Fatalities reported in Chicago, Portland, Miami-Dade and other cities

CNN  

CNN — Mass shootings and gun violence took the lives of at least 16 people with multiple people wounded across the United States last weekend. In Indianapolis, Indiana, a Saturday shooting left two people dead and two injured, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. In Salt Lake City, Utah, a shooting left one person dead and four others injured Sunday …

Chicago police encouraged by drop in homicides in May
3 years, 6 months ago

Chicago police encouraged by drop in homicides in May

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago saw a drop in the number of homicides in May compared with the same month last year and it ended with fewer killings than any Memorial Day weekend in a decade, the police superintendent said Tuesday. Police dispatched more officers to the street for the holiday weekend, when gun crime typically spikes, and the department reported 32 …

Startling surge in L.A. bloodshed as COVID-19 fades: ‘Too many guns in too many hands’
3 years, 7 months ago

Startling surge in L.A. bloodshed as COVID-19 fades: ‘Too many guns in too many hands’

LA Times  

Los Angeles police respond to a shooting scene — one of five by a single gunman on April 27 — at 7th and Figueroa streets. Moore also noted that more than a dozen homicide victims this year were homeless and said the LAPD has linked much of the violence to the “interchange between gang violence and homeless encampments, where we’ve …

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