All news on the topic: Gun crime

A man has been convicted of shooting a 15-year-old boy dead in a children’s play area during a family music festival at a London park.

Police have confirmed that 10 people were shot dead at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, while more than 10 others were injured and taken to the hospital.

A great-granddad has been jailed for five years after he pulled a pistol on his granddaughter during an argument over his late wife’s ashes.

‘We have to ensure that only the right people have guns in Sweden,’ says the prime minister, Ulf Kristersson.

A new report has shown the areas with the most firearm offences in the UK, as well as where has the most shotguns and where has the most refused certificates

British national Ellie Bentley, 22, has been left with devastating injuries after being dragged by a car while sheltering from nearby gunfire in St. Louis, Missouri, US

Bodybuilder Denis Yoshio, 32, who showed off his demanding fitness routines to more than 50,000 followers on Instagram was shot dead outside his home by two men who fled on a motorbike

Abubakar Jah, 18, "was left to die" after it is said he was shot and stabbed in the chest allegedly by someone travelling in Land Rover Discovery in Canning Town, east London

Two women, aged 27 and 36, and a man were injured in the incident in Clapham, south London, on Friday, when two people on a moped were being pursued by police

The shooting has happened at residence in Scheesel, Germany, and has left four people dead. A soldier from German Armed Forces has been arrested following the gunning

Corporal Anderson de Oliveira and his daughter Alycia Peroni Valentim, 19, were shot dead by three gunmen as they waited in a car in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Reece Martin and Anthony Milton have both been jailed for 12 years after shooting a gun towards a home in West Derby, Merseyside, with a mum and son inside

WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING CONTENT. The Houston Police Department released bodycam footage of Genesse Ivonne Moreno storming a Texas megachurch on February 11 with her 7-year-old son before being gunned down

Hisham Awartani, a student at Brown University, was left unable to walk after being shot while walking to a family dinner along with two friends in Burlington, Vermont

In a press conference this afternoon officials in Minnesota shared details about the atrocities which killed two officers and a paramedic, confirming the suspect had arsenal of weapons and was firing from multiple locations

Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church on Sunday morning sending worshippers scrambling for safety before being gunned down by two off-duty security officers

Joel Osteen took to Twitter to reveal his "community is devastated by today's events and grateful for the swift actions of law enforcement" after the Texas megahurch shooting on Sunday

Alfie Lewis lost his son Aaron, aged just 26, after he was shot outside Anna Jung's chip shop in Wavertree, Liverpool, a murder which has not been solved in the seven years since

Police have launched a major investigation after a man named as Lenny Scott, 33, was shot in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on Thursday by a culprit said to be riding a bike

Emergency services dashed to a flat in Old Swan, Liverpool, where a man was found with a severe gunshot injury - and he's since been taken to hospital via air ambulance

Mateus Facio, 21, was enjoying his New Year's Eve celebrations with friends in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil when he felt a pain in his head he thought was a stone, but he had been shot

Dallas police said a 17-year-old suspect is wanted on a charge of murder after the killing of a popular high school student who had just had a baby daughter in Texas

Since father-of-seven Deavon Harrison was found seriously injured at a house in the Dunstall Hill area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands Police have detained murder suspects

Savanah Soto, 18, was meant to give birth to her baby boy last week but was found dead along with boyfriend Matthew Guerra, 22, inside a car dumped in a car park in San Antonio, Texas

CCTV footage from the News and Booze (also known as Sangha newsagents) in Norris Green shows a man wearing a green hooded jacket and flip flops and holding an enormous firearm