Videos show Chicago police fired 96 shots in 41 seconds at fatal traffic stop

Videos show Chicago police fired 96 shots in 41 seconds at fatal traffic stop

The gunshots continued even after driver Dexter Reed,26,exited his vehicle and fell to the ground,officials said in releasing the footage,911 calls and police reports.

  • bySophia Tareen andKathleen Foody

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Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade

Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade

Video shows two onlookers chase and tackle someone,holding that person down until two police officers arrive.

  • byHeather Hollingsworth andNick Ingrahm
Mother found guilty over 15-year-old son’s school shooting

Mother found guilty over 15-year-old son’s school shooting

A jury has convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021.

  • byEd White
Pilot threatened to shoot captain on flight,investigators say

Pilot threatened to shoot captain on flight,investigators say

The indictment of Jonathan Dunn was issued just a few days before an off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit jump seat tried to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air jet in midflight.

I’ve reported on gun violence in the US for more than a year and I just can’t get used to it

I’ve reported on gun violence in the US for more than a year and I just can’t get used to it

This year alone there have been 21,928 firearm related deaths in the US,at least 355 of them part of a mass shooting.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass shooter sentenced to life in prison

Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass shooter sentenced to life in prison

The guilty plea comes just seven months after the shooting that killed five people,and spares victim’s families and survivors a long and potentially painful trial.

  • byColleen Slevin andJesse Bedayn
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How the politics of fear turns small mistakes into American tragedies
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How the politics of fear turns small mistakes into American tragedies

In a nation where strangers are often seen as threats and fear has been politicised,going to the wrong address or ringing the wrong doorbell,can end badly.

  • byTim Sullivan andAaron Morrison
Dozens of firearms to be banned in Washington state,including AR-15s,AK-47s

Dozens of firearms to be banned in Washington state,including AR-15s,AK-47s

A new law has passed that would block the sale,distribution,manufacture and importation of more than 50 firearm models,including AK-47s and similar rifles.

  • byLisa Bauman
Six-year-old girl,parents shot,wounded by neighbour over stray ball

Six-year-old girl,parents shot,wounded by neighbour over stray ball

A North Carolina man said that as soon as he saw the armed man who lived next door coming out shooting,“I was hollering at everybody to get down and get inside”.

Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got into wrong car

Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got into wrong car

A man shot two Texas cheerleaders after one of them mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own,in the latest in a string of recent US shootings apparently sparked by someone showing up at the wrong place.

Bank employee kills four in Kentucky,including governor’s friend

Bank employee kills four in Kentucky,including governor’s friend

A bank building in downtown Louisville,Kentucky,has become the scene of America’s latest mass shooting.

  • byDylan Lovan