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“Very senior” officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during traffic stop ‘meant to fire taser instead of gun’

The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright on Sunday, prompting a fresh wave of unrest in the U.S., intended to fire her taser and not her handgun, according to a Minneapolis police chief. Wright, ...

Atlanta shooter allegedly bought gun on the same day as shootings that left 8 dead

The man accused of fatally shooting 8 people at three massage parlors in Georgia, allegedly bought his gun the same day of the deadly attack. Robert Aaron Long walked into a gun shop on Tuesday ...

Young mom killed after “scalp blown off” by 14-year-old with gun as she sat in traffic

Pamela Cabriales had just enjoyed dinner with friends and was sitting in her car when she was shot in the head by two teens – one just 14 years old. The horrific incident happened last ...

‘The time to act is now’ – Biden calls on Congress to pass tougher gun laws on Parkland anniversary

Three years ago on Valentine’s Day a gunman opened fire at a school in Florida killing 17 people and leaving 17 injured – it was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. The attack ...

Donald Trump says the Make America Great Again Movement has ‘only just begun’, after impeachment acquittal

Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, for his role in the attacks on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The final vote in the U.S. Senate ...

“Kill him with his own gun” – Veteran cop recalls being threatened by MAGA mob in DC as he lay on the floor

First-hand accounts are emerging from the law enforcement officers caught up in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol building and they make for uncomfortable reading. One police officer has described being stunned and injured ...

11-year-old girl killed in drive-by shooting appeared in anti-gun advert when she was 7

An 11-year-old girl, who was featured in an anti-gun violence video, has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Wisconsin. Anisa Scott was riding in a car driven by her mother’s boyfriend when gunshots were ...

Gunman kills federal judge’s son, wounds husband inside their New Jersey home

A gunman opened fire at the home of a federal judge in central New Jersey Sunday evening, killing her 20-year-old son and injuring her husband. A massive investigative is now underway. According to reports, an ...

1-year-old dead after two suspects opened gunfire at cookout in Brooklyn

A 1-year-old baby is dead, and three men were left wounded after gunfire interrupted a family’s cookout in Brooklyn Sunday night. “He was the joy of my life,” Samantha Gardner, the little boy’s grandmother told ...

5 children shot, one dead, outside of dance party after attack by gunmen

A 13-year-old boy was killed and four other children wounded when several armed assailants fired at a group of young people leaving a dance party in Baltimore, authorities have confirmed. As per reports, a 19-year-old ...