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 see repeat victims. “It’s so frustrating as a medical provider because we obviously pride ourselves in taking amazing care of kids and saving lives and fixing lives, but these injuries are preventable,” Clukies said. “There’s nothing that compares to having to tell a parent that their child passed away from a completely preventable thing.” The Justice Department sought to address the violence through “Operation Legend,” named for LeGend Taliferro. “I grew up in this neighborhood and I’ve been around a lot of gun violence,” Mercedes Jones, Amaria’s 28-year-old sister, said.

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Younger, female and Midwestern: How Natalie Rupnow defied the typical descriptions of a school shooter
5 days, 14 hours ago

Younger, female and Midwestern: How Natalie Rupnow defied the typical descriptions of a school shooter

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 Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow opened …

Schoolgirl killers: The nine females who have carried out school shootings since Columbine - as Natalie Rupnow, 15, joins roll call of horror
Trending News
6 days, 2 hours ago

Schoolgirl killers: The nine females who have carried out school shootings since Columbine - as Natalie Rupnow, 15, joins roll call of horror

Daily Mail  

School shootings have become a near-daily occurrence in the United States, but the Wisconsin rampage that left three dead on Monday was a rarity. The Abundant Life Christian School massacre is the 10th school shooting to be carried out by a female shooter since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 where 13 were murdered. Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed a …

‘Combination of factors’ led to Wisconsin school shooting, police say
6 days, 11 hours ago

‘Combination of factors’ led to Wisconsin school shooting, police say

Firstpost  

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details about a possible motive, though he said bullying at Abundant Life Christian School would be investigated Flowers and candles are placed outside the Abundant Life Christian School Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in Madison, Wis., following a shooting on Monday. AP The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student …

15-year-old girl behind Wisconsin school shooting: How common are female shooters in US?
1 week ago

15-year-old girl behind Wisconsin school shooting: How common are female shooters in US?

Firstpost  

The United States was haunted by another shooting as a 15-year-old student, identified as Natalie Rupnow, opened fire at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing two people and injuring six others on Monday morning. A 15-year-old female student opened fire at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing two people and injuring six others on Monday. Children prepare to …

US school shooting: Shooter was 15-year-old, killed herself, say cops
1 week ago

US school shooting: Shooter was 15-year-old, killed herself, say cops

Live Mint  

A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and teacher were killed and the suspected shooter was found dead. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people had died and seven others …

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police
1 week ago

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and teacher were killed, and the suspected shooter was found dead. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people had died and seven …

What data tells us about 2024 school shootings in the US
1 week ago

What data tells us about 2024 school shootings in the US

ABC  

Three people are dead, including the shooter, after a student opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin. The shooting took place 12 years and two days after one of the most notorious school shootings in US history: the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 26 people were killed. So far, 2024 has seen the second-highest …

Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school
1 week ago

Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school

CNN  

CNN — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. “But the trauma – it’s a lot, because I’m sure they lost friends and teachers, which is not OK. And I …

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
1 week, 1 day ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
1 week, 1 day ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

US news: Two students injured in shooting incident in North California, gunman dead
2 weeks, 5 days ago

US news: Two students injured in shooting incident in North California, gunman dead

Live Mint  

Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and deputies arrived to find the gunman on the ground near the playground, dead after apparently shooting himself, sheriff’s officials said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, a private school in Palermo with fewer …

A list of mass killings in the United States this year
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Associated Press  

The latest mass killing in the U.S. emerged Thursday when police investigating the deaths of a woman and her son in Duluth, Minnesota, discovered another woman and boy dead at a different home along with the man police suspected. IRONDEQUOIT, NEW YORK: Aug. 31 Four people were found dead after firefighters extinguished multiple blazes at a home in upstate New …

Silent wounds of a generation: The toll of gun violence on youth mental health and a call for change
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Silent wounds of a generation: The toll of gun violence on youth mental health and a call for change

Salon  

After every school shooting, a painful and familiar cycle repeats itself. In ways we do not yet fully comprehend, this public health crisis is affecting a whole generation of students who are growing up in the wake of lockdown drills and school shootings. And even more children will come home from school, haunted by the memory of crouching in silence, …

A list of mass killings in the United States this year
2 months ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. : Aug. 31 Four people …

School gun deaths reach 48 this year as grim total surpasses 2023 with months to go
2 months, 2 weeks ago

School gun deaths reach 48 this year as grim total surpasses 2023 with months to go

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The number of gun violence incidents on school grounds in 2024 so far has …

When threats of violence at school flare up, parents in America face ‘an impossible situation’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

When threats of violence at school flare up, parents in America face ‘an impossible situation’

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN granted anonymity to sources in this story at their request to protect them, their families and their children’s schools from further threats. Similarly, in the first three weeks of this academic year, 282 bogus written threats to kill or shoot up a school were recorded in Florida’s Volusia County, said its sheriff, who issued a warning to …

Students walk out demanding 'future free from gun violence' after Georgia shooting
3 months ago

Students walk out demanding 'future free from gun violence' after Georgia shooting

Raw Story  

Joined by educators, parents, and gun control advocates, thousands of Georgia students on Friday staged a classroom walkout organized by the youth-led March for Our Lives "to demand a future free from gun violence" following the September 4 mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, the deadliest such event in the state's history. "Across Georgia, Republican leaders—like those who …

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 …

US News: Deadly Georgia School Shooting claims 4 lives, injures 9; Biden and Harris condemn violence
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US News: Deadly Georgia School Shooting claims 4 lives, injures 9; Biden and Harris condemn violence

Live Mint  

Four individuals, including two students, were killed in a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. The White House is calling for tighter gun regulations amid ongoing concerns about gun violence in the US At least four people, including two students, were killed and nine others injured when a fellow student opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, …

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 …

Why mass shootings and violence increase in the summer
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why mass shootings and violence increase in the summer

LA Times  

A woman wipes away tears after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven people dead and dozens wounded in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2022. Two years ago, a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven people dead outside Chicago. “It’s the gathering, the free time, the drinking,” said James Alan …

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 cops shoot dead Wisconsin student outside school premises
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US cops shoot dead Wisconsin student outside school premises

Hindustan Times  

In a harrowing incident at a Wisconsin middle school, police shot and killed a student outside Mount Horeb Middle School on Wednesday. People gather at a site designated for parent and student reunifications following a report of a armed person outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. State Attorney General Josh Kaul provided the …

Opinion: It’s been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we’re still getting wrong about school shootings
8 months ago

Opinion: It’s been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we’re still getting wrong about school shootings

LA Times  

A boy looks through the fence at Columbine High School where 13 roses were placed in remembrance of the 13 people killed by two gun wielding students at the school on April 20, 1999. And data my colleagues and I are gathering show that there have been nearly 350 intentional school shootings in K-12 public schools since 2015, meaning these …

As gun violence looms over Pennsylvania youth, local organizations offer safe spaces
8 months, 1 week ago

As gun violence looms over Pennsylvania youth, local organizations offer safe spaces

NPR  

As gun violence looms over Pennsylvania youth, local organizations offer safe spaces Enlarge this image toggle caption Hannah Yoon for NPR Hannah Yoon for NPR Trevor was 14 years old when he bought his first gun from a friend. Enlarge this image toggle caption Hannah Yoon for NPR Hannah Yoon for NPR Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel says youth in …

We, The Voters — The Left. The Right. The Disillusioned.
8 months, 1 week ago

We, The Voters — The Left. The Right. The Disillusioned.

NPR  

We, The Voters — The Left. Consistently top of mind for NPR listeners and readers are the often complicated questions related to gun violence, the economy, immigration, reproductive rights, healthcare, and U.S. foreign policy. Sponsor Message Project Schedule • Gun Violence • Economy • Immigration • Abortion and Reproductive Rights • Health Care • Foreign Policy Foreign Policy Foreign policy …

Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say
8 months, 1 week ago

Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Eleven people standing outside a family gathering Saturday night were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city’s South Side. Department Deputy Chief Don Jerome told reporters Saturday that the shooting happened when shots were fired at a crowd standing outside a family gathering around 9 p.m. …

Opinion: My son was killed with a gun. Like too many California parents, I don’t know who did it
8 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: My son was killed with a gun. Like too many California parents, I don’t know who did it

LA Times  

Like a lot of parents, I’ve carried a picture of my son everywhere I go for many years. That means more than a third of the state’s killings go unsolved, leaving families and communities to bury people they love without ever knowing who committed the crime. And many California cities and counties with disproportionately high gun violence rates have homicide …

Column: A road rage horror story, a child’s murder and lessons for us all
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: A road rage horror story, a child’s murder and lessons for us all

LA Times  

The killing of 6-year-old Aiden Leos on an Orange County freeway is a haunting and cautionary tale. The group’s research and policy arm analyzed gun violence data and determined that the number of road rage injuries and violent incidents involving guns has increased every year since 2018. Anyone who has ever gotten behind the wheel in city or freeway traffic …

Anonymous tips work to prevent school shootings and suicides, new study finds
11 months, 1 week ago

Anonymous tips work to prevent school shootings and suicides, new study finds

CNN  

Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Researchers studied data from the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, operated by the violence prevention group Sandy Hook Promise, which includes an around-the-clock crisis center staffed by trained counselors who review tips submitted by phone and online and notify appropriate responders. In a review …

1 student dead, 5 injured in US' Iowa after teenager opens fire at high school; kills self
11 months, 2 weeks ago

1 student dead, 5 injured in US' Iowa after teenager opens fire at high school; kills self

Hindustan Times  

A teenager armed with a handgun and shotgun killed a fellow student and wounded five other people at a high school in the midwestern US state of Iowa on Thursday, authorities said. Law enforcement officers respond to a school shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex in Perry, Iowa, U.S. The shooting at around 7:30 am triggered …

3 killed, 1 injured in UNLV mass shooting; shooter was an academic in his 60s, sources say
1 year ago

3 killed, 1 injured in UNLV mass shooting; shooter was an academic in his 60s, sources say

LA Times  

Police stand outside the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus, where a number of students sheltered in place amid Wednesday’s shooting. At a news conference Wednesday evening, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Chief Kevin McMahill said investigators knew the shooter’s identity but wouldn’t release it until next of kin were notified. It just didn’t make …

Inside a month of America’s school shootings
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside a month of America’s school shootings

The Economist  

Your browser does not support this video. MON 30th TUE 31st WED 1st THU 2nd FRI 3rd SAT 4th SUN 5th MON 6th TUE 7th WED 8th THU 9th FRI 10th SAT 11th SUN 12th MON 13th TUE 14th WED 15th THU 16th FRI 17th SAT 18th SUN 19th MON 20th TUE 21st WED 22nd THU 23rd FRI 24th SAT …

Cincinnati mass shooting: 11-year-old killed, 4 other children and an adult injured
1 year, 1 month ago

Cincinnati mass shooting: 11-year-old killed, 4 other children and an adult injured

CNN  

CNN — An 11-year-old boy was killed and four other children injured when someone in a car opened fire into a crowd Friday night in Cincinnati, officials said, in yet another example of “the reality these kids have to live through” as the nation’s gun violence epidemic roils on. Just please come forward, we’re begging.” Isaac Davis, whose son was …

For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears
1 year, 1 month ago

For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising from a crowd clustered around a large picnic shelter makes clear this afternoon’s story-sharing is already underway. “They’ve got other folks lined up,” says Holm, who a generation ago survived one of the first school mass shootings to shake America’s consciousness. “I …

22 killed, many injured in mass shooting in US\'s Maine, gunman at large
1 year, 1 month ago

22 killed, many injured in mass shooting in US\'s Maine, gunman at large

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: At least 22 people were killed and "many, many more" were injured in shootings in the city of Lewiston, Maine Wednesday evening, city officials reported, overwhelming local hospitals with gunshot victims. Rescue vehicles rushed in from around central Maine to tend to the wounded, McCarthy said, and the two Lewiston hospitals "have called in every off-duty staff member that …

Gun homicides and suicides in US children and teens are at a record high
1 year, 2 months ago

Gun homicides and suicides in US children and teens are at a record high

CNN  

CNN — Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 2,279 firearm homicides in children and teens in 2021 – double the number of deaths recorded a decade prior, according to the CDC’s WONDER database. Seventeen …

Shooting survivors have ‘distressingly high’ risk of repeat firearm injury, study finds, especially young Black males
1 year, 3 months ago

Shooting survivors have ‘distressingly high’ risk of repeat firearm injury, study finds, especially young Black males

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Edward Barksdale needed answers and he turned to Cleveland’s SWAT team, the county juvenile detention center and the local police to get them. “The point is, if you can build community around people and help people see a different purpose, then they don’t put themselves in harm’s way, because they see a different future for themselves,” Barksdale …

Editorial: There’s no place like America for gun violence
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: There’s no place like America for gun violence

LA Times  

It was perfectly legal for the racist killer of three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday to buy and possess the Glock handgun and AR-15-style rifle he used in the shootings, officials said. Pence added that his solutions include an “expedited federal death penalty for anyone engaged in a mass shooting.” It’s difficult to …

Four adults and one teenager dead: What we know about mass shooting in Philadelphia
1 year, 5 months ago

Four adults and one teenager dead: What we know about mass shooting in Philadelphia

The Independent  

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Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia mass shooting
1 year, 5 months ago

Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia mass shooting

Al Jazeera  

The suspect, a man believed to be aged 40, did not appear to have any connection to the victims, police said. Four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia overnight and a suspect has been taken into custody, according to the local police, in the latest outbreak of gun violence in the United States. “At this point, …

Yet another mass shooting rocks US as 4 killed in Philadelhphia, suspect in custody
1 year, 5 months ago

Yet another mass shooting rocks US as 4 killed in Philadelhphia, suspect in custody

India TV News  

US shooting: In yet another shocking incident of shooting in the United States, a gunman opened fire on Monday night, killing four people and injuring two others in Philadelphia. The shooting occurred a day after gunshots broke out at a block party at a holiday weekend in Baltimore, roughly 160 km to the southwest, inflicting 28 injuries and killing two …

Baltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’
1 year, 5 months ago

Baltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — Authorities searched Monday for the suspects who opened fire during a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore that killed two people, wounded 28 others and prompted one resident to jump into action when she found a wounded teenage girl on her doorstep. Richard Worley, Baltimore’s acting police commissioner, said it wasn’t clear if the shooting was targeted or …

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 …

Mix of bravado and access to guns contribute to mass shootings by teens in St. Louis, other cities
1 year, 6 months ago

Mix of bravado and access to guns contribute to mass shootings by teens in St. Louis, other cities

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A 1 a.m. shooting at a party in downtown St. Louis kills one and injures nearly a dozen. “I remember when I was a child and we had fights — somebody got a black eye or a broken nose and lived to tell about it,” St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones told reporters after Sunday’s shooting. “It wasn’t like …

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 …

A list of recent high-profile shootings in the United States
1 year, 7 months ago

A list of recent high-profile shootings in the United States

Associated Press  

The latest high-profile mass shooting in the United States happened Saturday in Allen, Texas, where eight people were killed and seven were wounded at a busy outdoor shopping center before police killed the gunman. An employee shot and killed five people and wounded eight others inside the Old National Bank in Louisville while livestreaming the attack on April 10. A …

Alabama cops charge 3 teens with murder in mass shooting that left 4 dead, 32 hurt
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama cops charge 3 teens with murder in mass shooting that left 4 dead, 32 hurt

India Today  

Three Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, state police said on Wednesday. Two suspects - Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16 - both from Tuskegee, were arrested on Tuesday night and charged with four counts of …

How many mass shootings have there been in 2023?
1 year, 8 months ago

How many mass shootings have there been in 2023?

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Gun Violence Archive’s definition holds …

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