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Law enforcement officers in Colorado arrested an armed suspect who allegedly shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building early on Tuesday morning and setting a fire once inside the building. The armed suspect had reportedly been involved in a two-vehicle crash near the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in Denver at around […]

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shootings of three homeless people in separate incidents around the city, authorities announced Friday. All three shootings occurred in the early morning hours over several days in November, Police Chief Michel Moore said at a news conference along with Mayor Karen Bass and […]

BURLINGTON, Vt.—Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously injured over the weekend when a man shot them at close range on a city street—an attack being investigated as a possible hate crime, authorities said Monday. Jason J. Eaton, 48, made his initial court appearance by video from jail […]

A suspect remains at large in New England after two deadly shootings. With at least 16 people dead and up to 50 injured, find out what’s known so far about the authorities’ “person of interest.” Who is newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)? We take a look at his past experience and what he plans […]

Sadly, firearm-related violence remains a significant issue in the United States. So how can you react appropriately if you should ever find yourself in an active-shooter situation? NTD spoke to an expert.

NEW YORK—Police on Tuesday were hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a crowded park, wounding four people including two young children, authorities said. Two masked men dressed all in black rode a scooter to St. James Park in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx shortly before 6 p.m., Chief of Patrol John […]

A number of shootings over the weekend left people dead across the United States. This includes two attacks during public gatherings, and an attack on law enforcement.

A grand jury has indicted a failed political candidate on federal charges in connection with multiple drive-by shootings at the Albuquerque homes of state and local officials in December 2022 and January of this year. Former Republican candidate Solomon Peña and two alleged accomplices were indicted for election interference, conspiracy, and weapons-related charges on Wednesday, […]

MESA, Ariz.—A suspect has been arrested in connection with five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded, authorities said Sunday. Mesa police said 20-year-old Iren Byers was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. […]

NEW ORLEANS—New Orleans police are investigating after apparently related shootings Saturday night left two people dead and two injured. Officers responded around 9 p.m. after getting calls about shootings at two locations in the Skyview area minutes apart, police said in a news release. Investigators believe the shootings were related, and they’re working to establish […]

With Title 42 ending on Thursday, Texas and Arizona are bracing for a surge in border crossings. The two states are now pitching different solutions.

WEST BATH, Maine—A sister who discovered a crime scene in which four people were shot to death arrived to broken glass, bullet holes, blood and guns strewn about the home, and the suspect was later arrested at the scene of a highway shooting with what appeared to be blood on him, according to state police. […]

Shootings with four or more victims in the United States have become increasingly deadly over the last few decades, according to data from The Violence Project’s Mass Shooter Database. The project’s statistics show that in the four years leading up to 2021, some 295 people were killed in such incidents—compared to 92 in the four-year […]

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) leads the House Judiciary Committee to New York City to take a closer look at crime in the city and the district attorney’s role in it. NTD’s team in the Big Apple covers the heated hearing. What are the factors behind the rise in violent crime? We hear from former Virginia […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media. “She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on the fundraising site […]

DETROIT—A man was released from a Michigan prison Friday after nearly 21 years, freed from a life sentence after state authorities acknowledged that an Ohio serial killer could have been the person who killed two deer hunters in 1990. “A state of shock,” Jeff Titus, 71, told The Associated Press moments after walking out of […]

ARKABUTLA, Miss.—A gunman authorities say killed six people in Mississippi busted into his ex-wife’s home and smashed her boyfriend in the head with the butt of a gun before shooting her in the head, her boyfriend told The Associated Press on Saturday. The fatal shooting of 60-year-old Debra Crum in the home she shared with […]