Gun Violence

UPDATE: May, 30,2012 — 10:14 P.M. Leo Riles, 18, has turned himself in for the murder of a 5-year-old girl and a 33-year-old woman in New Orleans. He has still has not implicated anyone else in the shootings, though surveillance video captured a group of men involved in the altercation, reports NOLA.com. ———————————————————————————————————— After being […]

When Micheal Green II finished his homework, he went outside to play basketball. But moments later, he was shot, the Detroit Free Press reports. SEE ALSO: Racist Obama “Don’t Re-Nig” Bumper Sticker Photographed 6 Female Politicians Go After Male Masturbation, Viagra Woman Strangled By NY Train Station Escalator ‘LIKE’ NewsOne’s FB Page To Stay Up […]

Michael Haynes of Detroit was shot dead over a box of condoms this weekend, the Detroit Free Press reports. SEE ALSO: Documents Uncovered On First Black Harvard Grad Dad Forces Son To Hold Sign For Earning Bad Grades Baby Elephant Plays In The Sand At The Toledo Zoo (VIDEO) The deadly killing took place at […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE ——————— Jackie Rowe-Adams Place of Residence: New York, N.Y. Why she is a local hero: Rowe-Adams co-founded  Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. with Jean Corbett-Covington. When Rowe-Adams tells a group […]

Oakland California had a busy year with the Occupy Wall St. movement in 2011. We saw a lot of political talk, shut down ports and political unrest in the city. Ironically, in the shadow of “the movement” that created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Oakland saw a surge in homicide. Sadly, many of […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head during the filming of a rap music video in Oakland was taken off life support Friday. Hiram Lawrence, who would have turned 2 on Dec. 28, was pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m., the Rev. Roosevelt Taylor said. SEE ALSO: Second Child Shot […]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A dean’s list student who killed a Virginia Tech police officer had no ties to the university and did not know the patrolman, authorities said Friday without offering a motive for a crime spree that spanned two days and ended in suicide. SEE ALSO: Why Obama Was Right To Back “Abortion […]

UPDATE — Via MSNBC: Violence erupted at Black Friday sales across the U.S. with one bargain-hunter left critically injured after being shot during a robbery and 15 other people injured when an angry shopper used pepper spray. Several of the incidents took place at Wal-Mart stores as millions of Americans loaded up on holiday purchases. Update 11:57 a.m. ET: An off-duty police officer […]

NEW YORK — Several incidents of gun violence marred the annual New York West Indian Labor Day Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. In all, more than 7 people were shot in and around the parade, according to the New York Post. One man was shot during the jurvee, pre-carnival celebration at a McDonalds near […]

While shootouts used to be only accessible in movie theaters, surveillance and cell phone cameras allow us to see the real thing: dangerous shootings without the Hollywood gloss. Here are just five infamous shootings that have been caught on camera. 5. Las Vegas, 2010. A deranged 66-year-old man, Johnny Wicks opened fire at the Lloyd […]

The rate of firearm deaths among children under 15 years old is 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined, according to statistics from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. With these alarming rates, parents must understand that prevention starts with them. Detroit police investigator Kimree Beckem suggests […]

Five people were fatally shot, and 27 others were wounded this past weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a rash of violence that Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey described as a “blatant disregard for human life.” There were a total of 9 incidents of gunfire, including one incident where a gunman targeted random patrons inside a […]