Gun Violence

“An act of heroism a lot bigger than we should expect from any 15-year-old,” Obama said of the teenager.

Gisela Mota, 33, was sworn in as mayor less than a day before she was shot in her home in Temixco, a central Mexican city.

"I'm the first person to see him and when I saw him, I thought it was a dummy gun, but then I saw the bullet clip in his hand and the bullets were shining," the pastor told CNN.

During the program, President Obama is slated to talk about the negative impact that gun violence has had on our country and will take questions from attendees.

Maleah Williams was outside her apartment playing with Christmas gifts alongside friends when shots rang out in the complex.

After disagreeing on a $5.3 million commission for the flag and repairs for the museum, a $3.6 million budget was considered.

The PSA, titled "End Gun Violence," aired between games on Christmas Day and was released online Wednesday.

Stories about gun violence within our country are becoming all too common. President Obama is utilizing the incidents as an avenue to open up the conversation about the need for stricter gun control laws. He recently released a statement about the killing of Zaevion Dobson, a high school football star from Knoxville, Tennessee who was […]

A community is mourning the loss of Zaevion William Dobson, who risked his life to save others when a gunman randomly opened fire.

​​   Chicago enters the weekend with at least 14 people wounded in several shootings across the city since Friday afternoon. Six of the shootings happened in a two-hour period during the early hours of Saturday morning, The Chicago Tribune reports. Four of the shootings were reportedly drive-by shootings while others stemmed from robberies and fights. The […]

A Secret Service officer accused earlier this year of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home was shot and killed in Southwest D.C. Tuesday during a suspected robbery gone awry, according to NBC Washington. Arthur Baldwin, 30, a resident of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was unarmed when he was shot multiple times around 2:50 p.m., the report says. He had most recently […]

Since the Sandy Hook massacre, gun violence in America has only gotten worse. In fact, 554 kids under the age of 23 have died from gunshots in the three years since the horrific crime, according to an NBC News analysis. But that number may very well be larger, as suicides often go unreported.