Gun Violence

A new podcast from WHYY and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting looks at the controversial policing practice stop and frisk.

The new podcast from WHYY and the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting asks neighborhood communities for answers to tough questions.

Three football players were killed on a bus late Sunday after returning to the University of Virginia from a field trip. Police arrested the suspected gunman after a 12-hour m

Calling in the national guard is taking the lazy way out, writes Pastor Carl Day, a prominent public safety advocate.

The three former Sharon Hill police officers charged with firing shots that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility have pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment.

The man, who is believed to be in his 20s, was shot 11 times throughout the body, police said.

Police say the gunmen exited a black-colored vehicle that was parked in the middle of the block and fired about 40 shots.

The gun lobby promised a legal challenge when the bills were proposed. They object to a ban on assault-style weapons, and age and magazine size limits.

Three suspects in September’s deadly shooting near Roxborough High will be charged with murder in a separate fatal shooting that happened the day before.

Some gun violence prevention advocates want DA Krasner gone, but don’t blame him for the shooting crisis in Philadelphia.

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time.

It's the fifth person I-D’d in connection to the shooting that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde and hurt four other teens.

Police say four women and two men ages 26 to 36 are among the victims.

Authorities say a former Philadelphia sheriff’s deputy illegally sold guns just two weeks after they were used in the deadly Roxborough High School shooting.

Under the proposal, retired officers are exempt from most gun-free zones except ultra-sensitive locations, like municipal buildings.