April 23, 2024

At Least Two Officers Shot in Heavily Gun-Controlled New York

A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy were shot in Salina, New York, Sunday shortly before 9 p.m. Salina is a suburb of Syracuse, New York. Syracuse.com reported that “an officer down call went out at 8:51 p.m.” The shooting is believed to have occurred in connection with a home “at 4945 Darien

Judge Shot and Killed Outside Home in Gun-Controlled Maryland

Washington County Circuit Court Associate Judge Andrew Wilkinson was shot outside his Hagerstown, Maryland, home on Thursday and died later in the day at the hospital. The BBC reported that police believe 52-year-old Wilkinson was targeted because of an ongoing custody battle. He was shot multiple times, and police found him lying in the driveway.

15 Shot, 5 Dead on Juneteenth in Gun-Controlled NYC

Fifteen people were shot, five of them fatally, on Juneteenth in gun-controlled New York City. ABC 7 reported there were ten separate shooting incidents Monday across the city. At 2:30 p.m. a 27-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered. The person who found him tried to put pressure on the wound to

Nearly 40 Shot over 3 Days in Gun-Controlled Chicago.

Nearly 40 people were shot during the first three days of this week in gun-controlled Chicago. The wounded included a 15-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, while the deceased included a 21-year-old mother. The Chicago Tribune reports that twelve people, including the 4-year-old girl, were shot during one 12-hour period stretching from “Tuesday through early Wednesday.” […]

Gun-Controlled Chicago Ends 2016 with Nearly 800 Homicides for the Year

Gun-controlled Chicago ended 2016 with nearly 800 homicides throughout the year. The Chicago Tribune reports that there were a total of 779 homicides between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016. That is an increase of 287 homicides over 2015 totals. There were 4,385 shootings — fatal and non-fatal combined — in gun-controlled Chicago during 2016. […]

BET: So Many Deaths in Gun-Controlled Chicago, Police Only Investigate 11 Percent

On May 13 BET claimed there were “over 500” firearm-related deaths in gun-controlled Chicago in 2015, yet only “55 of them resulted in a legitimate investigation.” So many of the dead were black males from Chicago’s south side and their demise made gun-related violence the “leading cause of death for black men between the ages […]

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