All news on the topic: Gun crime

Three shocking mass shooting incidents on the same night have rocked communities across the US. Seven shot in Amarillo, Texas, with two dead. Nine shot in Cleveland, Ohio. Three shot in Los Angeles with one dead

Police rushed to the scene on the outskirts of Griffin, Georgia, to find a teen shot dead in the middle of the road. Authorities say he had left his house to confront some other teens egging it when he was killed

Seven-year-old Kyrie Barnes has tragically succumbed to his horific injuries after being shot while sleeping in an apartments in Dallas, Texas - his family have shared a picture of the boy in the hope it will make people come forward and help catch the callous killers

Elle Edwards' murder was described as a "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense" at Liverpool Crown Court today as jurors found Connor Chapman guilty of the killing

Elle Edwards was fatally shot outside the Lighthouse Inn, a pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on Christmas Eve and now Connor Chapman has been convicted of murder and other charges

Toddler Deor Nita, 4, was found dead in an upstairs room in Cumberland, Indiana, US, by police after she was shot by her 5-year-old sibling while playing

Lansing Police responded to reports of a shooting on Wednesday morning in Washington Square just shortly at 1.30am after four victims suffered gunshot wounds

The suspected gunman was arrested after being cornered in an alleyway wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying multiple magazines, an AR-type rifle, a handgun and a police scanner

The Baltimore Police Department confirmed there has been a mass shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue after witnesses claimed the gunshots "kept going off"

A Florida sheriff's deputy, Scot Peterson, has been acquitted of felony child neglect charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school shooting, that cost the lives of 17 people

Jordan Mykol Henning, a soldier stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, allegedly shot his wife, Ashley Henning dead during her birthday party in Rineyville, Hardin County

Ajike Owen, 35, was shot dead through her front door in Ocala, Florida, US, after suspect Susan Lorincz claimed she had been "disrespected" by the mum's children for two years

Ralph Yarl, now 17, went to pick up his twin younger brothers from their friend's house in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 13 when he was allegedly shot by suspect Andrew Lester

Charges have been dropped against Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in a murder case after video evidence showed the man they shot had physically assaulted her

Amber Beraun alleges that after taking $100 from her, Damien Boyce soon offered to pay the money back and even invited her to 'come chill' with him

A suspect is in custody following the deaths of four people at a residence in Kellogg, Idaho. Reports indicate the shooting is believed to have occurred after a neighbour dispute

The family were eagerly anticipating their trip back to their native Britain and had just received their passports when tragedy struck

A man believed by Las Vegas police to be the victim's ex boyfriend kidnapped her from a nail salon and held her hostage at his home - police secured the release of a 3-year-old child, whose parents were the victim and suspect

Two people including a suspect are dead after a hostage situation. SWAT teams secure the release of two other women and a three-year-old child from a property in Spring Valley, Nevada

Tragic Solaine Thornton, 11, was killed in a shooting in Saint-Herbot, Brittany, on Saturday night, in which her parents were also shot and remain in hospital

Mark Dicara, 62, was drifting off when he thought he heard an intruder entering his home in Illinois on April 10, but he awoke to a searing pain and a gunshot wound that had gone through his whole leg and lodged itself into the bed under him

Little Solaine Thornton, 11, was cruelly shot dead and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton were seriously injured when their neighbour, a local recluse called Dirk Raats, opened fire in Brittany, France

Dirk Raats, 71, allegedly used both a rifle and revolver as his aim fell on Solaine Thornton, 11, and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton, 52 and 49, who were seriously injured in the attack

Nicholas Mireles, 55, Mario Mireles Ruiz, 27, and Christian Marlon Segovia, 25 were shot dead after a row broke out over parking during a birthday party, according to police

Her mum, Cheryl, 47, led the tributes on what would have been her daughter’s birthday - and placed a message at a tree in memory of her daughter