gun violence

A heated debate erupted on Capitol Hill when Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal, yelled at his GOP colleagues Wednesday and repeatedly called them “cowards” for not supporting stricter gun measures in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., engaged in a heated exchange in the hallways of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Authorities say a 16-month-old boy was fatally shot by a 5-year-old sibling at a northwestern Indiana apartment.

The older sibling accessed a handgun inside the Lafayette apartment on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shot the boy, who was identified as Isiah Johnson, police said late Tuesday.

Around the U.S., private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans. They also sometimes lack access to government programs to bolster security.

Averianna Patton said she saw the Instagram messages at 9:57 a.m. Monday, less than 20 minutes before police said they received calls about a shooter at The Covenant School.

A bloody scene unfolded on Long Island late Saturday when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people, wounding four people who all required hospitalization, police said. The violence occurred around 10:30 p.m. in Hempstead off Spencer Place near Jerusalem Avenue, authorities said in a news release. Police said the unidentified suspect drew a firearm and began shooting at…

New York City hip hop personality Taxstone was convicted in connection to a 2016 shooting that killed a man at Manhattan concert venue Irving Plaza just before rapper T.I. was scheduled to perform, the Manhattan district attorney announced.

A Queens man was sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars for the death of a 15-year-old getting off of a city bus in Far Rockaway in February 2018, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced. Atekel Donaldson, 26, and from Far Rockaway, pleaded guilty in December to manslaughter in the first degree and was subsequently sentenced to 17 years in…

A sheriff said that a body was found Wednesday night during a search in the Colorado woods near where they had found an abandoned car that belonged to a 17-year-old student accused of shooting two administrators at his Denver high school earlier in the day. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the body was found not far from the car...

A bizarre foot chase miraculously ended without injury after a man brandishing two loaded firearms sent people panicking down New York City streets and had cops in hot pursuit. Federal authorities said the tense altercation unfolded after Jason Fleming, 39, walked into a crowded Chelsea bodega Thursday afternoon. He stood in the doorway waving around a revolver, terrifying a girl…

A man is dead and others were recovering at hospitals Saturday after being stabbed during a fight overnight in Brooklyn, authorities said. The three people were stabbed in East Williamsburg around 3 a.m. near Knickerbocker Avenue, police said. A 24-year-old man was stabbed in the neck and a 26-year-old man in the torso. Each of the victims was taken to…

Police say a good Samaritan helped take down a man armed with two guns running down a street in Chelsea.

While the gunshots sent people immediately scrambling, hours later those who live in the neighborhood did not sound overly phased by the shots fired. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

Cops are looking for a man in black with a black face mask seen on camera gunning down a 17-year-old on a Brooklyn sidewalk in broad daylight, killing him with a shot to the chest, authorities say. The NYPD identified the victim in the 5 p.m. Wednesday shooting as Graig Bassett. Bassett lived less than a mile from the scene…

Cops are looking for a man who shot and killed a 17-year-old on a Brooklyn street Wednesday.

Some Manhattan high schools are getting extra police presence after a series of gang-related shootings steps away from schools. Melissa Colorado reports.

The NYPD is promising a beefed-up presence outside of three Manhattan schools impacted by shootings, and police said that gangs are behind each of the shootings. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

NYPD officials believe the shootings across Manhattan on Tuesday were gang-related, News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

The victim was said to have been shot at least three times. Video posted to the Citizen app showed a heavy law enforcement response. Here’s what we know so far.