Mass Shooting

The World Sent 65,000 Teddy Bears to Newtown. His Job Was to Keep the Gifts from Overwhelming the Town.

Mass Shooting

The World Sent 65,000 Teddy Bears to Newtown. His Job Was to Keep the Gifts from Overwhelming the Town.

The gifts and messages of condolence offered comfort and broke hearts. Chris Kelsey was among those who bore the weight of sorting the outpouring.

Paul Kix
A Grieving Sandy Hook Father’s Five-Year Battle Against Mass-Shooting Hoaxers

Longform

A Grieving Sandy Hook Father’s Five-Year Battle Against Mass-Shooting Hoaxers

Conspiracy theorists say the Newtown massacre was staged. Lenny Pozner has made it his life’s work to protect the honor of his murdered son.

Mike Spies
Active Shooting

For Six Minutes, Rancho Tehama Gunman Tried to Shoot His Way Into Elementary School

For six minutes on Tuesday morning at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Tehama County, California, everything went as teachers had rehearsed. A man had crashed a stolen car through the school’s front gate. He was stalking the grounds, armed with…

Alex Yablon
California Shooting Spree Spans 7 Crime Scenes, Including Elementary School

Mass Shooting

California Shooting Spree Spans 7 Crime Scenes, Including Elementary School

The rampage began with a domestic shooting, police said. At least five people were killed.

Team Trace
There Were 7 Mass-Casualty Shootings in the Week After Sutherland Springs

Mass Shooting

There Were 7 Mass-Casualty Shootings in the Week After Sutherland Springs

On November 5, 26 people were fatally shot and another 20 were wounded at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in rural Texas. In the seven days following that mass shooting, there were seven other mass-casualty incidents across the…

Jennifer Mascia
The Extraordinary Burden Placed on Sutherland Springs

Mass Shooting

The Extraordinary Burden Placed on Sutherland Springs

Of all the mass shootings to shock our country in the last several decades, few have placed a greater stress on the community they afflicted than last Sunday’s church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, population 600. The First Baptist Church,…

Alex Yablon
Sunday’s Other Church Shooting: 2 Fatally Shot as Services Let Out in California

Mass Shooting

Sunday’s Other Church Shooting: 2 Fatally Shot as Services Let Out in California

Sunday’s mass shooting at a small church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was motivated at least in part by a domestic conflict between the gunman and his wife’s family, authorities there said. The gunman, Devin Kelley, killed 26 people and…

Jennifer Mascia
At Least 26 Dead in Mass Shooting at Small-Town Texas Church

Mass Shooting

At Least 26 Dead in Mass Shooting at Small-Town Texas Church

The shooting is the worst mass killing in Texas history.

Jennifer Mascia
Here’s How Quickly Cable News Lost Interest in the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Mass Shooting

Here’s How Quickly Cable News Lost Interest in the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Two weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, coverage of it had all but vanished from six major cable news networks, an analysis by The Trace of data collected by the Television News Archive found. The…

Daniel Nass
At Least 2,900 Americans Have Been Shot Since Las Vegas. Congress Has Already Lost Interest.

Mass Shooting

At Least 2,900 Americans Have Been Shot Since Las Vegas. Congress Has Already Lost Interest.

It’s been 25 days since the October 1 massacre in Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. In that time, at least 2,920 more people have been shot across America, 906 of them fatally, according to the…

Jennifer Mascia and Alex Yablon
After Las Vegas, Doctors Step Up Efforts to Quell Shootings

Health Care

After Las Vegas, Doctors Step Up Efforts to Quell Shootings

One of the nation’s leading gun-violence researchers published a commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine on Tuesday calling on physicians to publicly pledge to discuss firearm safety with their patients. Garen Wintemute, who heads a unique state-funded firearm-violence…

Jennifer Mascia
More Than 800 People Have Been Shot in America Since the Las Vegas Massacre

Mass Shooting

More Than 800 People Have Been Shot in America Since the Las Vegas Massacre

At least 809 people were shot in the seven days after the massacre on the Las Vegas Strip, 247 of them fatally, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive. They were struck by bullets fired during domestic incidents, drive-by…

Jennifer Mascia
They Went To Las Vegas to Mark Milestones, Only to Have Their Lives Cut Short

In Memoriam

They Went To Las Vegas to Mark Milestones, Only to Have Their Lives Cut Short

Victims of Sunday’s mass shooting included people celebrating new jobs, birthdays, and years together.

Jennifer Mascia
After Las Vegas, the NRA Directs Blame Toward a Familiar Enemy: Hollywood

Mass Shooting

After Las Vegas, the NRA Directs Blame Toward a Familiar Enemy: Hollywood

The National Rifle Association’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre, and its top lobbyist, Chris Cox, went on Fox News last night to deliver their first on-camera responses to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Each pressed a number of points — a central…

Alex Yablon
The Las Vegas Shooter’s Accessories

Mass Shooting

The Las Vegas Shooter’s Accessories

There is a whole class of products designed to make semiautomatic guns automatic.

Miles Kohrman

Gun violence journalism that informs and empowers.

Mass Shooting

The World Sent 65,000 Teddy Bears to Newtown. His Job Was to Keep the Gifts from Overwhelming the Town.

A Grieving Sandy Hook Father’s Five-Year Battle Against Mass-Shooting Hoaxers

For Six Minutes, Rancho Tehama Gunman Tried to Shoot His Way Into Elementary School

California Shooting Spree Spans 7 Crime Scenes, Including Elementary School

There Were 7 Mass-Casualty Shootings in the Week After Sutherland Springs

The Extraordinary Burden Placed on Sutherland Springs

Sunday’s Other Church Shooting: 2 Fatally Shot as Services Let Out in California

At Least 26 Dead in Mass Shooting at Small-Town Texas Church

Here’s How Quickly Cable News Lost Interest in the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

At Least 2,900 Americans Have Been Shot Since Las Vegas. Congress Has Already Lost Interest.

After Las Vegas, Doctors Step Up Efforts to Quell Shootings

More Than 800 People Have Been Shot in America Since the Las Vegas Massacre

They Went To Las Vegas to Mark Milestones, Only to Have Their Lives Cut Short

After Las Vegas, the NRA Directs Blame Toward a Familiar Enemy: Hollywood

The Las Vegas Shooter’s Accessories