DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers heard from Second Amendment advocates and gun violence activists on a bill that would require firearms to be safely stored when they are not in use to keep them...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz has announced his selection for program manager of his initiative to curb gun violence in the Ohio city.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police said Friday they’ve created a specialized team of officers and detectives to focus full time on shooting investigations in response to a jump in gun violence...

Police investigators are looking into whether a Yale graduate student shot to death over the weekend in Connecticut was a targeted victim in a road rage incident that possibly occurred after a car...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city has ordered a curfew for young people in a bid to curb crime.

The curfew for all Jackson residents under 18 went into effect...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has reported a higher number of shootings and homicides in 2020.

The Providence Police Department reported that there were 18 homicides and that 73 people...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Councilman Eric Bunch said Tuesday that Police Chief Rick Smith should resign or be fired because “he is not doing the job we need him to do.”

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 13-year-old Milwaukee girl fatally shot over the weekend lost her brother to gun violence in 2017.

Nevaeha Ware had dreams of becoming a doctor, telling Journal Sentinel...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City recorded 180 homicide victims in 2020, the highest number of killings in a single year in its history, as gun violence surged nationwide.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Birmingham mayor and police chief are asking the public for help after the city saw more than 100 homicides in 2020 with more than half of those remaining unsolved....

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s have taken three men into custody in connection with a weekend outbreak of gun violence in suburban Altadena.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School were remembered Monday on the eighth anniversary of the massacre during an online...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two teenagers have been injured in a shooting in The Gate District of St. Louis, police there said.

The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Thursday along Rutger Street, a...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A mother fatally shot her 5-year-old son before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide early Wednesday in a south St. Louis neighborhood, police said.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston police on Monday identified the victim of a Friday shooting that is part of a rash of gun violence that injured 10 others in recent days.

SEATTLE (AP) — Shooting deaths and injuries increased in the first nine months of the year in King County, Washington state said, which prosecutors attributed in part to uncertainty and anxiety...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford police said Saturday that they seized six firearms and arrested seven people on weapons charges as the city takes aim at escalating gun violence.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old St. Louis boy is dead following a shooting.

The shooting happened Thursday afternoon in St. Louis' Greater Ville neighborhood. Police on Friday identified the...

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The number of reports of gunshots called in to the Meriden police department this year is the highest in the last decade, officials said.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say another child has been shot in St Louis, which has seen a surge of gun violence involving children in the last year.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia officials expressed alarm at surging gun violence this year that has already caused more homicides than were recorded in all of last year — and which continued...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six people in their teens were wounded in a pair of quadruple shootings over the weekend in Philadelphia amid a surge in gun violence in recent months.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say the latest in a series of city-wide crime sweeps has netted 36 arrests, including many suspects with a history of gun violence.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Family and friends of an 8-year-old Akron girl killed in a shooting last month are calling for an end to gun violence responsible for the deaths of the girl and other children...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence in Chicago left 10 people dead over the weekend and 43 others injured.

The gunfire came amid a surge in violence this year in the nation's third-largest city....

ALBQUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller announced Thursday that Police Chief Michael Geier will retire this fall, with Deputy Chief Harold Medina taking over as acting chief next...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s gun-violence crisis continued to surge in August to levels unmatched in recent city history, with the Police Department reporting that 275 people were shot — by...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in were investigating the shooting of a young child near Oak Park in Kansas City.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday, when a girl younger than 10...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 40 professional athletes signed a letter in solidarity with the Invest In Us coalition, demanding accountability for the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two people were killed and seven others were wounded Tuesday in shootings across Philadelphia as a recent surge of gun violence in the city showed no sign of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents and resources have been sent to Indianapolis to support city police in their efforts to curb increasing gun violence, a senior prosecutor said...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As the number of shootings and shooting homicides continues to increase across Philadelphia, city leaders and police are asking people to check their homes for guns and...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has been shot and killed in St. Louis, police there said.

The shooting happened in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood around 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, when...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend, police said Sunday....

LANSING, Mich (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out President Donald Trump's administration Friday for not knowing what's happening in Michigan and the Legislature for refusing to work with her...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois State Police are seeking high-definition cameras and license plate scanners as expressway shootings rise in the Chicago area but some civil rights groups contend that data...

CHICAGO (AP) — Five people including a 15-year-old boy were killed in separate shootings from Friday afternoon into early Saturday, Chicago Police said.