Shootings

FILE - A law enforcement officer looks around the scene following a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs NFL football Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14, 2024. A third man is now facing murder charges for the Feb. 14 shootings during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl rally. One woman died and about two dozen other people were hurt in the burst of gunfire. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)

A third man is now charged with murder in the Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooting

A third man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, left, speaks alongside Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson during a press conference at Genesee County Prosecutor's office in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, announcing Congressman Dan Kildee's brother has been murdered in Vienna Township on Tuesday morning. (Julian Leshay Guadalupe/The Flint Journal via AP)

Family member arraigned in fatal shooting of Michigan congressman’s brother

Rawiya Halhouli holds a photo of her slain son Rami Halhouli, in their house in Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Halhouli, 12, was fatally by an Israeli police officer while launching a firework on March 12. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A Palestinian boy is shot dead after he lit a firework. Israel’s use of deadly force is scrutinized

FILE - Police on the scene of a shooting Monday, July 3, 2023 in Philadelphia. A man who previously had been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he killed five people and wounded several others in Philadelphia in early July appeared for a preliminary hearing Tuesday, March 19, 2024, and his lawyers said he has been receiving treatment and medication. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Philadelphia mass shooting suspect is headed to trial after receiving mental health treatment

A police vehicle is parked outside Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)

Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

People run as bullets whizz overhead in another gang attack in Haiti

Gunfire erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital on Thursday hours after Associated Press journalists observed another round of evacuations of foreigners. People fled the area as bullets whizzed near buildings including the general hospital, the National Palace and the main penitentiary.

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Fifth suspect charged in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that wounded 8

A fifth suspect has been charged in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month.

Minnesota officer who fatally shot 65-year-old man armed with a knife will not be charged

A Minnesota police officer will not be charged for fatally shooting a 65-year-old man who was armed with a knife.

Brother of airport director shot by ATF agents speaks out about shooting

The brother of the Little Rock airport executive shot by federal agents serving a search warrant says he fears his brother may not survive.

Attorney general’s office clears Delaware police officer in fatal shooting of suspected drug dealer

The Delaware attorney general’s office says a police officer was justified in using deadly force last year against a man who drove his vehicle toward him while trying to avoid an arrest for dealing drugs.

Mississippi deputies arrest 14-year-old in mother’s shooting death, injuring stepfather

A 14-year-old girl faces charges of murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of her mother and injuring of her stepfather.

Suspect charged in Indianapolis bar shooting that killed 1 person and injured 5

A man accused of opening fire inside a crowded Indianapolis bar has been formally charged with murder in the shooting that killed one person and seriously injured five others.

ATF agent injured in shootout at home of Little Rock, Arkansas, airport executive director

Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.

FILE - Police clear the area following a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs NFL football Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Three men from Kansas City, Mo.,, face firearms charges, including gun trafficking, after an investigation into the mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade and rally, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

A teenager faces a new felony charge over the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration

Juvenile authorities say a 16-year-old boy is facing a new felony charge from the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration that killed one person and wounded nearly two dozen others.

FILE - An officer on scene following a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The last of four suspects in the shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop earlier this month was captured Tuesday, March 19, in Virginia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Last suspect in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that wounded 8 is captured in Virginia

The last of four suspects in a bus stop shooting of eight Philadelphia high school students earlier this month was captured Tuesday in Virginia. The U.S.

Wounded Kentucky deputy released from hospital; man dead at scene

Kentucky State Police have revealed that a person was pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting that wounded a deputy.

FILE - Sgt. Aaron Skolfield responds to questioning, Jan. 25, 2024, in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Skolfield, a Maine sergeant whose actions prior to the Lewiston mass shooting were criticized by an investigatory panel, has pulled papers to run for sheriff. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Sergeant faulted for actions before Maine mass shooting is running for sheriff

A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff.

Student at Alabama A&M University injured in shooting

A student at Alabama A&M University has been injured after exchanging gunfire with a campus police officer.

FILE - "Rust" movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed stands by her defense team during her involuntary manslaughter trial, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M. A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool, File)

Movie armorer challenges conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

A movie set armorer is challenging her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.”

FILE - Photographs of four students — Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; and Justin Shilling, 17 — sit among bouquets of flowers, teddy bears and other personal items left at the memorial site, Dec. 7, 2021, outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. The parents of the four students killed at the Michigan school called on Monday, March 18, 2024, for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Parents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed

The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school are calling for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting.

FILE - Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024. Krasner announced Monday, March 18, 2024, that a man who spent more than a decade in prison after his arrest as a teen won't be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting. C.J. Rice, now 30, has been free since a federal judge late last year found his trial lawyer deficient and the state's case weak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Philadelphia man won’t be retried in shooting that sent him to prison for 12 years at 17

A Philadelphia man won’t be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting after spending more than a decade in prison starting when he was 17.

1 killed in shootings at Jacksonville Beach on St. Patrick’s Day

Police are investigating a series of shootings in Jacksonville Beach that left one person dead during the busy St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

People celebrate the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. This year's theme was "50 Cheers for 50 Years." The parade marks one of the first mass gatherings following the deadly shooting at last month's Super Bowl champion Chiefs rally in Kansas City. (APhoto/Nick Ingram)

Undeterred: Kansas City crowds go to St. Patrick’s Day parade, month after violence at Chiefs’ rally

The memory of the deadly shooting at the last month’s Super Bowl rally in Kansas City, Missouri, was still on the minds of many at the St.

Iowa officer fatally shoots a man armed with two knives after he ran at police

Police in Iowa say an officer fatally shot a man armed with two knives after he ran at police who were responding to a distress call.

Shooting in Washington leaves 2 dead, 5 injured. Police are looking for a single gunman

Police say an early morning shooting in Washington, D.C., killed two people and wounded five others.

Arizona authorities say a road rage incident led to a motorist’s death. The other man was arrested.

Authorities in Arizona said Saturday that a 47-year-old man was fatally shot in an apparent road rage incident in Tucson.

Coroner identifies 3 men who were found fatally shot in northwestern Indiana home

Authorities have identified three men who were found fatally shot in a northwestern Indiana home. Police found the men shot in a home in Griffith on Friday afternoon.

Law enforcement officers carry rifles outside Central Maine Medical Center during an active shooter situation, in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine, that left 18 dead, released their interim report on Friday, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

What to know about the Maine mass shooting commission report

An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.

Northwest Indiana sheriff says 3 men dead after being shot

A sheriff says a shooting at a home in Northwest Indiana has left three men dead. Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. says police sent Friday afternoon to a home in Griffith found two men dead and a third in critical condition, all having suffered gunshot wounds.

Judge asked to dismiss claims against police over killing of mentally ill woman armed with shotgun

DOVER, Del. (AP) — An attorney for the Delaware State Police asked a judge Friday to dismiss several claims in a lawsuit filed by the brother of a mentally ill woman whom an officer killed after firing a shotgun at him.

Law enforcement officers, right, stand near armored and tactical vehicles, center, near a property on Meadow Road, in Bowdoin, Maine, following a mass shooting, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine, that left 18 dead, released their interim report on Friday, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Law enforcement should have seized man’s guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds

An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in Maine issued an interim report that has found that a sheriff’s office had cause to take the killer into protective custody and take his guns from him beforehand.

James Crumbley turns to look for family members after it was announced they were present in the Oakland County Courtroom of Cheryl Matthews on Wednesday, March, 13, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of failing to secure a gun at home and ignoring his son's mental health. Ethan Crumbley killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Jury deliberations are set to resume Thursday. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

School shooter’s parents could face years in prison after groundbreaking Michigan trials

The parents of a Michigan school shooter will be sentenced on the same day, April 9, for the deaths of four teenagers in 2021. They could face years in prison.

FILE - NYPD officers stand aboard a train at the West Fourth Street subway station, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in New York. Prosecutors say a man who shot and critically wounded another man on a New York City subway train will not immediately be charged with a crime while prosecutors investigate whether the shooter acted justifiably in self-defense.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)

New York subway shooting may have been self defense, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a man who shot and critically wounded another man on a New York City subway train will not immediately be charged with a crime while prosecutors investigate whether the shooter acted justifiably in self-defense.

State Trooper Brian North, right, shakes hands with his defense attorney, Frank Riccio, after a jury delivered a verdict of not guilty on all counts in Connecticut Superior Court in Milford, Conn., Friday, March 15, 2024. North was acquitted of all charges Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen car holding a kitchen knife. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media/Pool)

Connecticut trooper acquitted in shooting death of Black college student following chase

A white Connecticut state police trooper has been acquitted of all charges in the death of a 19-year-old Black community college student who was shot as he sat in a stolen car while holding a knife.

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Wauwatosa Police Department in Wauwatosa, Wis., shows then-Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah. On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2024, a federal judge dismissed two of three claims against Mensah, who killed three people of color in five years. The families of Antonio Gonzales, Jay Anderson and Alvin Cole all filed federal lawsuits in 2021 and 2022 against Mensah and the city's police department, alleging that Mensah used excessive force and the department promotes racism. The lawsuits were consolidated in September 2022. (Gary Monreal/Monreal Photography LLC/Wauwatosa Police Department via AP, File)

A judge tosses claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed 3 people in five years

A federal judge has dismissed two of three claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed three people of color in five years.

FILE - In this image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. A jury convicted movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin has been indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and has pleaded not guilty ahead of a July trial date. (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Alec Baldwin seeks dismissal of grand jury indictment in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”