Highland Park shooting: Bond set at $50K for father of alleged gunman

"Robert Crimo Jr., again the father, took a reckless and unjustified risk when he decided on Dec. 16, 2019, to sign his son's application for a firearm owner's ID, or FOID card. At the time he signed the application, his son was 19 and could not — let me say that again — could not get a FOID card, and because of that could not legally purchase a firearm without his father's assistance in that application process," Lake County officials said.

Sandy Hook 10 years later: Legacies and activism sparked by tragedy

December 14 marks the 10-year anniversary since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six educators were senselessly gunned down.

Colorado Springs Club Q shooting suspect charged with hate crimes

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, has been formally charged with hate crimes after five people were killed and 17 others wounded in a shooting last month at a gay nightclub.

Uvalde shooting: City files lawsuit against DA over Robb Elementary records

The lawsuit is asking a judge to compel DA Christina Mitchell to hand over all relevant law enforcement investigation records and materials from all agencies related to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre

The white gunman who attacked shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three others has pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges. Most of the victims were Black.

Virginia Walmart Shooting: 31-year-old employee Andre Bing accused of killing 6 people, himself

A Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart employee shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in a mass killing that struck the nation just before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Colorado gay club shooting suspect, visibly injured by patrons, held without bail

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, could be seen slumped over in a chair with injuries he suffered when patrons attacked him after he allegedly opened fire in the gay nightclub.

Veteran helped disarm shooter at Colorado gay club: ‘It’s the reflex’

Rich Fierro told reporters how he grabbed the shooter's body armor and began punching him. Police say Fierro and another man, Thomas James, stopped the shooter after he began spraying bullets inside Club Q on Saturday night.

Colorado gay bar shooting suspect facing murder, hate crime charges

The man suspected of opening fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crime charges Monday, while hundreds of people gathered to honor the five people killed and 17 wounded in the attack on a venue that for decades was a sanctuary for the local LGBTQ community.

Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

Mariano Pargas is the second police leader to leave law enforcement in the fallout since the massacre in May, when hundreds of officers waited more than an hour to confront the gunman inside a classroom at Robb Elementary School.

Recent false reports of attacks at US schools coming from overseas, federal agents say

Federal agents believe a recent spate of threats and false reports of shooters at high schools and colleges across the U.S. may be coming from outside of the country.

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.