Mass Shooting

Ghost Guns

Officials Confirm Santa Clarita Shooter Used a Ghost Gun

The perpetrator’s handgun was assembled from parts available for purchase without a background check.

Longform

‘Everything That You’re Feeling Is Okay’

Las Vegas's death investigators witnessed the atrocities of the Route 91 shooting, then had to grapple with the difficult task of healing themselves.

Mass Shooting

The Odessa Shooting Is a Textbook Case of the Risk of Private Gun Sales

The background check system once stopped some shooters from getting a gun. But in Texas, like 29 other states, private sellers don’t have to vet their customers.

Announcements

Coverage of Mass Shootings Threatens Public Safety. Let’s Fix It.

America’s news organizations must acknowledge the negative impact our reporting can have — and pledge to change course.

In Memoriam

One City, Shared by Two Nations, and a Mass Shooting That Shook Us All

Grappling with the strengths and the fissures exposed by a mass shooting in my hometown of El Paso.

Mass Shooting

The Ex-FBI Agent Updating ‘See Something, Say Something’ for the Mass Shooting Era

Katherine Schweit thinks people don’t realize how much power they have to prevent mass shootings.

Mass Shooting

Google Promotes Sale of 100-Round Magazine Like the One Used in the Dayton Shooting

Google Shopping has a policy against posting gun accessories. But we identified multiple listings for high-capacity magazines.

Active Shooting

Mass Shootings Are Destroying Our Sense of Public Space

Gun rampages do more than kill and injure. They also damage Americans’ communal life. Yale sociologist Vida Bajc analyzes the aftershocks.

Mass Shooting

El Paso Shooter Coveted ‘Most Lethal’ Rifle Ammunition on the Market

The Russian-developed 8M3 rifle round is known for its ability to expand and fragment on impact, creating catastrophic wounds.

Active Shooting

Nine People Fatally Shot in Dayton, Ohio, Outside a Downtown Bar

A summer night out ended in horror in Dayton, Ohio, where a gunman killed nine people and injured 27 others around 1 a.m. Sunday, August 4, in a popular downtown entertainment district. It was the second mass killing with a…

Active Shooting

At Least 20 People Killed at an El Paso Walmart

At least 20 people are dead after a mass shooting at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, August 3. Police said another 26 were injured, and that a suspect is in custody. Governor Greg Abbott…

Community Violence

When 12 People Are Shot in Your Neighborhood, and America Shrugs

National newspapers and cable news channels had little interest in last weekend’s mass shooting in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where residents didn't receive many thoughts or prayers from the public.

Data

Garlic Festival Shooting Highlights a Common Pattern: Guns From Nevada, Used to Kill in California

California has among the strictest gun laws in the country. Some of its neighbors are another story.

Law

Family of Las Vegas Victim Brings Wrongful Death Case Against Gunmakers

The family of a woman killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting of 2017 filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against 11 gun manufacturers and dealers, accusing the companies of intentionally producing or selling AR-15 rifles that can be easily modified to…

Mass Shooting

Virginia Beach Shooting Reflects Trend Toward More Powerful Handguns

The use of semiautomatic handguns since 1990 has outpaced an already growing gun market.