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Two teachers and two students were killed when a shooter opened fire at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, on Wednesday morning. Nine others were also injured. The suspect, who was taken into custody alive, was identified as a 14-year-old student. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
Vice President Kamala Harris called the high school shooting in Georgia a "senseless tragedy" during a speech in New Hampshire, where she also unveiled new proposals to help small businesses. Former President Donald Trump reacted to the shooting on social media, saying, "Our hearts are with the victims." Trump is expected to lay out his economic plans on Thursday. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
At least four people were killed, including two students and two teachers, in a shooting at a high school in Winder, Georgia. The suspect, a 14-year-old student, is in custody and will be charged as an adult, officials said. CBS News' Jared Eggleston is on the scene.
Two students and two teachers were killed in the Georgia high school shooting, officials said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. A 14-year-old suspect was taken into custody.
A 32-year-old woman, a 4-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl and a 1-year-old girl were found dead inside the car, the Weber County sheriff said.
The San Francisco 49ers said Ricky Pearsall was recovering from a bullet wound to his chest.
Gunfire rang out in two major U.S. cities on Monday. In a Chicago suburb, four people were killed on a train. Police say the shooter did not appear to know the victims and the attack was random. New York City police say at least five were wounded at a shooting along the the West Indian American Day parade route.
At least five people were shot at New York City's West Indian American Day Parade on Monday, according to the NYPD. There is no active shooter and the shooting appeared to be an "intentional act," NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a press conference. Police are looking for a suspect.
Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia, whose son was shot and killed in 2012, joined family members and survivors of gun violence to tell their stories at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
New data from major American cities shows homicides are down 13% during the first six months of 2024 compared to the same time in 2020. CBS News vice president of Data Journalism John Kelly gives us insight into these numbers.
The day after the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the internet saw a huge spike in calls for violence, and in particular an increase in calls for a modern-day civil war, researchers say.
Immediately following July's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, there was a significant spike in calls for violence across online platforms. The research firm Moonshot, which tracks domestic violent extremism online, found there were more than 1,500 calls for civil war the day after the shooting — up more than 600% from a normal day. Anna Schecter, senior coordinating producer for CBS News' crime and public safety unit, has the details.
An Illinois sheriff told CBS News on Thursday that a former deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey last month was "a rogue individual that acted outside the scope of his authority." Roxana Saberi has more.
CBS News has learned that the sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey worked for six different law enforcement agencies in four years. He was also discharged from the Army in 2016 for misconduct after receiving a DUI. Roxana Saberi reports.
According to researchers, mass shooters in the U.S. tend to fit a specific profile. University professors Jillian Peterson and James Densley compiled a database of detailed life histories of 180 U.S. mass shooters to look for early warning signs. Peterson, executive director of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center, joins CBS News to break down her findings in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Law enforcement officials told CBS News homeland security reporter Nicole Sganga that there was a tip to the Butler County sheriff's office regarding a suspicious individual at the rally, but officials lost sight of him. Former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a bystander was killed.
In addition to former President Donald Trump, at least one person was killed and two others critically injured when a gunman opened fire at the former president's rally in Pennsylvania. Scott MacFarlane, who was at the rally, reports from the scene.
The ammo vending machines have been placed in grocery stores in three states as the U.S. battles what the surgeon general calls a public health crisis of gun violence.
From July 1 to July 7, 340 people were killed and 756 were wounded for a total of 1,096 shooting victims across the U.S., according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Four people were killed and another three wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning during a pool party at a home in the northern Kentucky city of Florence. The suspect later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase, authorities said.
Two women are dead and three children are in the hospital after a shooting in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. CBS News Chicago's Asal Rezaei reoprts.
Earlier this year, CBS News teamed up with independent newsrooms "The Trace" and "Reveal," and found law enforcement agencies routinely sell their guns when they upgrade their arsenal. Between 2006 and 2022, more than 52,000 weapons once used by police were connected to crimes. CBS News correspondent Stephen Stock has more on how one department is changing its policy.
Following a CBS News investigation into police departments selling or trading in service weapons that were later used in crimes, the department profiled is changing its policy.
Police fatally shot a 13-year-old boy late Friday night following a chase in Utica, New York, after the teen displayed what turned out to be a replica handgun, authorities said. Michael George has the latest.
There are new details Friday in the 10-count indictment against former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo. Janet Shamlian spoke with the family members of two of the students who were killed the Uvalde shooting and has their reaction.
The conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder died Wednesday after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking an event at Utah Valley University. Authorities have not identified a suspect.
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University Wednesday. His body was flown on Air Force Two to Arizona, where he lived with his family.
The U.S. military strike killed 11 people who the Trump administration said were Tren de Aragua members. A Venezuelan official denied they were involved in the gang.
Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn't make sense, former officials said.
The Trump administration wants an appeals court to lift a ruling that blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook before an interest rate meeting next week.
Members of Congress are curtailing outdoor events and public appearances in the wake of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Ryan Routh, who is representing himself, was warned by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to stay on topic.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right politician who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, was found guilty on five counts.