Gun Violence

Davis, who has been on the front lines of the Black Lives Matter movement for some time, understands that Jordan is just one story of many in America. For him, the most immediate change can come on Black Friday, the third anniversary of Jordan's death.

This past weekend, the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha, a historic Black fraternity, took to the streets of Chicago and held steadfast in the midst of icy temperatures and a snowstorm to protest against the epidemic of violence plaguing Black communities in the Windy City. On Monday, Roland Martin host of NewsOne Now, talked with Rev. […]

Savion Barrow was at his Rock Hill home with his mother and 10-year-old sister when the incident occurred. His mother, who hasn't been identified, told police she was watching television when she heard the semi-automatic gun go off. She turned around to discover that little Savion had shot himself in the head while playing with the firearm.

A licenced gun owner from Tennessee says she acted in self-defense when she pulled out her weapon when a man approached her in a Walmart parking lot. According to News Channel 5 Nashville, Sherry McLain, 67, was leaving the retailer last Saturday when James Crutchfield, 52, asked her if she had a lighter. Frightened, McLain pulled out […]

A tragic event that took place Thursday evening in a Bronx apartment has left one 16-year-old girl dead and has police on the hunt for a person of interest in the case. Zion Willis was allegedly playing with a gun after visiting the apartment and shot herself in the mouth which prompted gun owner Dale Weston […]

Consultant W. Ken Katsaris, who is also a certified Florida law enforcement officer instructor, called the Nov. 2014 incident tragic, but "objectively reasonable."

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The autopsy showed a bullet from a .38 caliber entered Green's chin, causing his death. The teen had a gun of the same description on him the day he died. It belonged to a friend of the family.

The events leading up to the death of a teenager from Normandy, Missouri has left many asking whether the young man was suicidal, or if he was fatally shot by police officers. The shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon when police were called to aid an alleged suicidal teenager, identified as Amonderez P. Green, The Huffington Post reports. The 18-year-old was […]

Corey Jones' final moments may have been recorded, revealing clues about the night he was shot by a Florida police officer after his car broke down on the side of the road.

The family of Deante Smith is looking for answers after the 25-year-old was gunned down by his pastor in an alleged confrontation about an affair the pastor had with his wife.