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4 dead and 17 injured after gunfire erupts at popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, police say

Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday evening in a bustling entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, in what police now believe was a targeted...

‘Gun, gun, gun! Run, run, run!’ Grocery store witnesses describe the deadly rampage in Colorado

Amir Vega, Holly Yan, CNN August 27, 2024

CNN — A trip to the grocery store turned into a fight for survival at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado. The shooter entered the store the afternoon of March 22, 2021, and opened fire, killing 10...

City officials are asking people to come forward with information about an early morning shooting that injured more than two dozen people in Akron, Ohio, Sunday. Mike Vielhaber/News 5 Cleveland via AP

A 27-year-old man was killed and 24 other people were shot when gunfire erupted during an Ohio birthday party

CNN – A 27-year-old man was killed and 24 other people were shot after gunfire erupted early Sunday morning in Akron, Ohio, during what a police official said was a big birthday party. Officers responded...

Exterior of Bowman Hall on April 24, 2024.

People reflect on Bowman Hall shooting 10 years later

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter May 7, 2024

On April 2, 2014, Quavaugntay Tyler fired a shot from his 9mm Ruger gun into his hand while two females who suspected him of cheating confronted him in Bowman Hall parking lot. Ten years later, those...

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter to be sentenced today

Christina Maxouris and Cheri Mossburg, CNN April 15, 2024

Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the “Rust” film armorer who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month for the 2021 on-set fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is scheduled to be...

Police release body camera video capturing Illinois police shooting man inside his home

Whitney Wild, Bill Kirkos, CNN March 1, 2024

CNN -- A police department in suburban Chicago has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom....

Shooter wounds 4 at Walmart near Dayton, Ohio, before dying of self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

Melissa Alonso and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN November 21, 2023

  CNN -- Four people were wounded after a shooter opened fire at a Walmart near Dayton, Ohio, before taking his own life Monday night, authorities said. The suspect, described...

Michael Gardner (Lancaster County Sheriff's Office)

Man officiating a wedding in Nebraska accidentally shot his 12-year-old grandson during the ceremony, police say

Amy Simonson, CNN October 4, 2023

CNN -- A grandfather who was officiating a wedding in Nebraska is facing charges after accidentally shooting his 12-year-old grandson during the ceremony, officials said. Michael Gardner, 62, was officiating...

UNC student newspaper front page displays community’s texts during school shooting and lockdown

Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN August 31, 2023

CNN -- The entire front page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, Wednesday displayed “text messages sent and received by UNC students,” during...

‘He could be anywhere now:’ Search continues for Texas man suspected of killing his neighbors after being asked to stop firing his rifle outdoors

Nouran Salahieh, CNN April 30, 2023

CNN -- The FBI is helping in the manhunt for a gunman accused of shooting and killing five people – including a child – at a Cleveland, Texas, home after neighbors asked him to stop firing his...

At least 9 teens injured after shots fired at Texas after-prom party

Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN April 23, 2023

  CNN -- At least nine teenagers suffered non-life-threatening injuries after shots were fired at an after-prom party in Texas, according to local police. Deputies from the Jasper County Sheriff’s...

A mass shooting tied to an Alabama birthday party leaves 4 people dead and a ‘multitude of injuries’

CNN -- A mass shooting tied to a birthday party has left four people dead and a “multitude” of injuries in Dadeville, Alabama, state officials said. The shooting happened...