Prosecutors have yet to decide if any adults will be held criminally accountable.
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Michigan State shooter’s father wants stricter firearm controls
Michael McRae, 67, told The Detroit News he is praying for something to change in America, even as his son, 43-year-old Anthony McRae, was accused of being behind the nation’s 67th mass shooting in 2023.
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Fatal police shootings are still going up, and nobody knows why
The majority of people police shot and killed were armed. And, as in prior years, about one quarter of people killed were in the throes of a mental or emotional crisis.
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Police: Nine children shot at Georgia gas station
Authorities in Columbus, Georgia, said an altercation at a nearby party Friday night spilled over to the gas station.
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Commentary: I was shot in the Southern California desert. Why? That’s the wrong question.
Knowing a shooter’s motive is no protection from other shooters’ future acts of violence. For that, we need gun reforms – but our courts and our politicians aren’t stepping up.
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White supremacist gets life in prison for Buffalo supermarket massacre
His victims at the Tops market included a church deacon, the grocery store’s guard, a neighborhood activist, a man shopping for a birthday cake, a grandmother of 9 and the mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner.
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Police seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State
The gunman, who fatally shot himself during a confrontation with police, was neither a student nor an employee.
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Illinois gun-ban incites lawsuits at a rate of 1 every 4 days
The ban on dozens of semiautomatic rifles and handguns took effect immediately, but enforcement is under scrutiny after a state court endorsed a temporary restraining order in a case led by a gun dealer.
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Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
The ruling is the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws.
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Nebraska man who shot inside Target got rifle 4 days earlier
The man entered the Omaha Target Wednesday armed with an AR-15-style rifle. He fired several rounds before being fatally shot by police.