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4 people shot outside baseball stadium in US capital

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 01:47 PM

Four people were shot outside a baseball stadium crowded with thousands of spectators in the US capital on Saturday, causing the game to be abruptly halted as fans were ushered out. Read more »

Gun violence claims 14 lives over July 4 weekend in Chicago

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 06:52 AM

The United States celebrated Independence Day with parades, barbecues and fireworks, but in violence-plagued Chicago, 88 people were shot, 14 of them fatally.   Read more »

Shooting in Texas capital leaves 14 wounded; one suspect still at large

Reuters
Posted at Jun 13 07:42 AM

Fourteen people were wounded after two men opened fire at each other in a busy entertainment district in downtown Austin, Texas early on Saturday, police said, adding that one of the suspected shooters remained at large. Read more »

Girl, boy armed with AK-47 in shootout with Florida deputies

Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 07:20 AM

The girl was shot and wounded after she pointed a shotgun at deputies, and the 12-year-old boy put down his weapon thereafter and was not injured, the sheriff's statement said. Read more »

Florida shooting kills at least two

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 31 09:18 AM

Two people were killed and at least 20 wounded early Sunday when three shooters fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a concert in the Miami area, police said, the latest shooting in a year that has seen a surge in both gun sales and gun violence. Read more »

Police, FBI seek motive in California shooting rampage

Peter DaSilva and Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Posted at May 27 06:36 PM

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States.   Read more »

8 killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Amy Osborne and Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 27 06:48 AM

A public transit worker shot dead eight people at a California rail yard Wednesday before turning his gun on himself as police arrived, officials said, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Read more »

Texans can carry concealed handguns without permit under bill headed to governor

Brad Brooks, Reuters
Posted at May 25 01:18 PM

Rep. Matt Schaefer, a Republican who authored the bill, which gun rights advocates call a "constitutional carry" law, had earlier called it the "strongest Second Amendment legislation in Texas history."   Read more »

12 killed in weekend spate of US shootings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 11:29 AM

A dozen people were killed and about 50 injured in shootings across the United States over the weekend, after President Joe Biden last month branded the country's gun violence an "epidemic." Read more »

Children were spared death but traumatized in Colorado massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 06:48 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS - Investigators will continue seeking a motive and possibly release the names of the victims and the shooter on Monday after a Sunday morning massacre at a Colorado home where a man killed six adults and then himself in the presence of children. Read more »

Boyfriend attacks birthday party, kills 6 people and himself in Colorado, say police

Reuters
Posted at May 10 06:08 AM

It is the latest in a resurgence of mass shootings in the United States after such incidents seemed to recede during the height of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Read more »

US government announces clampdown on 'ghost guns'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 07:44 AM

The US Justice Department moved Friday to tighten firearms regulations and close loopholes that have allowed the rapid proliferation of untraceable, home-assembled "ghost guns." Read more »

Shooting kills 8 in Indianapolis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:44 PM

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a delivery company by a gunman who is believed to have then turned the gun on himself, police in the US city of Indianapolis said. Read more »

More guns than people: Why tighter US firearms laws are unlikely

Andy Sullivan, Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 07:00 PM

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to enact despite widespread public support. Read more »

1 dead in Tennessee school shooting: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 10:38 AM

One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said.    Read more »

Multiple victims in reported shooting at Knoxville, Tennessee school, say police

Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Posted at Apr 13 05:45 AM

Authorities did not say if the gunman had been taken into custody, but the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported that one person had been detained. Read more »

1 dead, at least 5 wounded in Texas shooting

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 09 03:28 PM

One person was killed and at least 5 wounded in a shooting at a business in Texas Thursday, just hours after US President Joe Biden called gun violence an "epidemic" and unveiled plans to tackle the crisis. Read more »

Former NFL player suspected of killing 5 in US, then himself

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 09 04:22 AM

The suspect, identified as former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams, allegedly fatally shot the five victims Wednesday in South Carolina. Read more »

’It has to stop’: Biden attempts to tackle US gun violence ‘epidemic’

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 01:43 AM

"Enough prayers," Biden said. "Time for some action." Read more »

Biden plans crackdown on untraceable 'ghost guns'

Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 09:45 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will unveil his administration's first steps to curb gun violence, including a plan to reduce the proliferation of 'ghost guns,' after a slew of mass shootings that have put pressure on him to act. Read more »