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Another American Is Fatally Shot. And Marlon West Does Another Push-Up.

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Another American Is Fatally Shot. And Marlon West Does Another Push-Up.

“Every push-up is a person, it’s not just a number.”

Elizabeth Van Brocklin
She Thought She’d Shot a Burglar. Then She Realized It Was Her Roommate.

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She Thought She’d Shot a Burglar. Then She Realized It Was Her Roommate.

Nearly 50 times since 2015, American gun owners have fired at friends, family members, and emergency responders they mistook for intruders. This is the story of one self-defense shooting gone horribly wrong.

Albert Samaha and Sean Campbell
Murder-Suicide By Gun Is an Everyday Occurrence in America

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Murder-Suicide By Gun Is an Everyday Occurrence in America

Through the first six weeks of 2018, there were at least 76 incidents and 171 deaths.

Jennifer Mascia
More Than 140 People Were Shot, 54 Fatally, on New Year’s Day

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More Than 140 People Were Shot, 54 Fatally, on New Year’s Day

From left, Leticia “Letii” Vela; Adrian Jashawn Porter; Chandra Mays; and Connie Britton. A 4-month-old boy wounded in North Carolina. Two men dead in St. Louis. A woman killed by her boyfriend in Michigan. Just 24 hours into…

Jennifer Mascia
A Florida Toddler Was One of This Weekend’s Young Shooting Victims. He Was Riding His Scooter.

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A Florida Toddler Was One of This Weekend’s Young Shooting Victims. He Was Riding His Scooter.

Carnell Williams-Thomas was riding a scooter through the courtyard of his family’s Miami-Dade County apartment complex on Friday night when his life was cut short. The 2-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet and died. “All I could…

Jennifer Mascia
At Least 438 People Were Shot in the U.S. Over Thanksgiving Weekend

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At Least 438 People Were Shot in the U.S. Over Thanksgiving Weekend

In Bulverde, Texas, on Friday afternoon, Daniel Boor, 53, was teaching his 12-year-old son to shoot when the boy unintentionally shot his father in the head, killing him. In Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday night, a woman came home from…

Jennifer Mascia
Criminal Justice

Arrest Made in Brutal Shootings of Black Pedestrians in Baton Rouge

Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have arrested a suspect in the fatal ambushes of two black pedestrians last week. Police said they had matched DNA from the alleged shooter, 23-year-old Kenneth Gleason, who is white, to shell casings at the…

Jennifer Mascia
150 American Children Have Been Struck By a Stray Bullet This Year

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150 American Children Have Been Struck By a Stray Bullet This Year

That’s at least one every 32 hours.

Jennifer Mascia
5 Joyous Moments Shattered By Shootings This Week

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5 Joyous Moments Shattered By Shootings This Week

"Wow, I think I've been shot!"

Jennifer Mascia