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White Kansas City man, 84, charged for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house when going to pick up his younger twin brothers.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2023

Spurred by Highland Park, other mass shootings, marchers press Congress for assault weapons ban

‘We hope to make sure that our voices are heard,’ said Ivy Domont at Washington march. The mother of three youngsters was at the Highland Park July 4th parade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2023

Chicago-area protesters march in Washington for federal assault weapons ban

Fed up with repeated mass shootings, hundreds of people from the Chicago area took part in a march in Washington, D.C., Monday to call for a federal ban on assault guns.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 18, 2023

News briefs

Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023

17 arrested in connection with 11 gang-related Sikh shootings in Northern California

A Northern California multi-agency investigation into gang violence between rival Sikh groups connected to 11 shootings has resulted in 17 arrests, authorities said Monday during a news conference.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 17, 2023

Parents of Christian Glass, fatally shot by police, appeal for end to gun violence: ‘People are scared’

Former Clear Creek County deputies Andrew Buen and Kyle Gould are charged in the death of 22-year-old

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

17 men arrested in California Sikh community shootings

Authorities in Northern California have arrested more than a dozen people they say are responsible for a series of shootings within the Sikh community

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Where Raoul Moat's ex Samantha Stobbart is now and fears over ITV drama

Samantha Stobbart met Moat aged 16, but never anticipated the nightmare he would put her through.

Daily Record · Apr 17, 2023

Tenn. lawmakers' race to adjourn complicates gun safety push

Tennessee lawmakers are pushing to adjourn by the end of the week as they look for an exit from a session that has been eclipsed by the fallout of the Republican supermajority expelling two young Black Democrats and a growing to push to pass some sort of gun restriction legislation

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

‘Every child deserves to be safe’: VP Kamala Harris responds to Ralph Yarl shooting

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday became the highest-ranking official so far to react to the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black Kansas City student, saying “every child deserves to be safe.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023