The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Man suspected of killing wife is shot and killed by police on bridge before son, 8, found dead in his car

The eight-year-old was not killed in the officer-involved shooting, authorities said

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

South Carolina prepares for first execution in more than 13 years

After July ruling that state’s death penalty is legal, a man on death row has a week to decide how he will be executed

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2024

Judge allows bond for fired Florida deputy in fatal shooting of Black airman

A judge has allowed bond for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man’s apartment door

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

Odessa is still healing five years after a mass shooting

“It’s like time passes, but it also freezes,” said Rosie Granados, whose twin sister was killed during the shooting.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 29, 2024

Footage surfaces of alleged Tren de Aragua members wielding rifles in Colorado building as task force seeks to take gang down

A group of people can be seen taking over an apartment complex in Aurora. Local authorities have joined efforts to address the situation

Latin Times · Aug 29, 2024

Stray bullets and closed schools: Rio’s kids suffer as police crack down on gangs

Thousands of schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas miss classes and risk violence as Brazil’s police battle drug gangs

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2024

Today’s school children practice running for their lives – but there are better ways to keep students safe from shooters

A 6-year-old girl lost one of her white Adidas lace-up sneakers as she and her 21 classmates practiced fleeing for their lives after an imaginary intruder entered their school.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2024

‘The police don’t seem to care’: in a rural California town vexed by gun violence, families search for clues on their own

Dozens of families have lost loved ones to homicides in Delano, where most murders go unsolved

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2024

Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege

A lawyer has told a coroner that three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two police officers and a bystander in an ambush on a rural Australian property and wounded a third officer two years ago if they had not shared the same psychiatric disorder

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

Woman accused of murdering former partner denied bail

Proving self-defence might be a struggle, a judge has told a woman while denying her bail ahead of a trial for allegedly stabbing her former partner to death.

AAP · Aug 29, 2024