Gun Violence

Autumn Johnson, the 1-year-old who was fatally shot and killed in Compton, was laid to rest on Saturday.

One out of every three days in January had a mass shooting.

The incident occurred Saturday around 1 p.m. when police responded to a call that Dyzhawn Perkins, 19, was behaving erratically at a local grocery store and later attacked an elderly couple who lived nearby, WTVR reports. When two Buckingham County police officers later found Perkins at a nearby home, he reportedly jumped through a plate-glass window and allegedly attacked one of the officers.

A Tennessee police officer is blaming Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance for a drive-by shooting that occurred outside of his home.

Nathan Barksdale, the Baltimore drug lord and inspiration behind HBO's hit series The Wire, has died.

A haircut turned into an attempted murder when a woman tried to shoot a barber who gave her an alleged botched hairstyle.

In the first two months of 2016, there have been a reported seven school shootings.

Matthew Williams, a young and vibrant activist who called for peace and justice in Chicago, was shot and killed on Saturday while inside a friend's apartment.

The family of Autumn Johnson is mourning her death after the toddler was fatally shot just a week after her first birthday.

A Mardi Gras celebration in Mississippi ended tragically with the death of two people on Sunday afternoon

An 18-year-old Atlanta native livestreamed the moment after three men opened fire on her car as she, her mother, and a friend were ordering from a Burger King drive-thru in Florida early Tuesday morning. According to the Miami Herald, Donesha Gantt was with two women at a Burger King in Opa-locka, when three gunmen shot a total […]

The criticism against the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois began in January when the non-profit organization teamed up with the Chicago Police Department to monitor police stops with the help of contact cards and thorough reports on incidents between officers and civilians.