Gun Violence

Officials in Delaware’s largest county have agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021.

Alvin Wyatt, 35, of Atlantic City, had argued that he acted in self defense when he opened fire at Pleasantville High School on Nov. 15, 2019.

Police say the toddler was home with seven other family members at the time of the shooting.

The Milford police chief has been nationally recognized for her implementation of a gun violence intervention model experts are calling a “game changer.”

Delaware emergency management and education officials believe the new plans will help limit dangers posed to students.

Democratic senators in Pennsylvania are hoping that this will be the year that stronger gun laws make it to the governor’s desk.

The presence of school resource officers, sometimes called school police, comes with tradeoffs for Black students according to a new report.

The decision follows a string of shootings by landlord-tenant officers over the last several months.

Police say the victims were attending a vigil for a victim who was shot and killed in the same area on July 5.

Further details on what led up to the shooting have not been released.

State Representative Stephen Kinsey and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis hosted a roundtable discussion on gun violence.

The meeting, which focused on "transparency and accountability," also stressed the importance of collaboration to address the gun violence crisis.

Keyonna Perkins was kidnapped, stuffed in a trunk, and executed. The bullets missed their intended target, but one struck 6-year-old Ja’Shown Banner.

The city instituted the LTO to replace famously corrupt constables, but the private contractors who carry firearms have also run into problems.

Experts and lawmakers say staffing and tech issues contributed to the 911 call error related to last week’s mass shooting.