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Gun Violence

A back door at Robb Elementary School
Courts & Law

Texas police: School door shut but didn’t lock before attack

Investigators initially said a teacher propped the door open before 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.

3 years ago

Activists hung caution tape around City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to bring the crime scenes they witness in their neighborhoods to city officials’ work place. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Why Philly can’t make stronger gun laws, and the legal battle to get that changed

Pennsylvania has some laws on the books known as “preemption” statutes, and they stop municipalities from enacting tighter regulations.

3 years ago

Security guards stand outside the entrance to Pennridge High School in Perkasie, where students were holding a memorial for children killed in the Uvalde school shooting. Members of the press were not allowed to attend the event. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Bucks County students gather, grieve lives lost in Uvalde, Texas, and worry for the lives of students around them

Pennridge High School students organized a memorial to honor the victims, and to take a stance against gun violence.

3 years ago

Students stand with signs, calling for an end to gun violence in Philly.
Community

Teen gun violence coalition issues call to action based on survey data

After surveying 1,300 Philadelphia students about gun violence, the newly-formed Enough is Enough campaign is using their findings to make demands to city officials.

3 years ago

A toy yellow school bus is in focus, with a blurry American flag in the foreground.
Community

Empty spaces, broken hearts in a Texas town gutted by loss

In a town as small as Uvalde, Texas, even those who didn’t lose their own child lost someone.

3 years ago

Camden police cars on the street with lights flashing
Education

Increased police presence around Camden schools a short-term plan, officials say

Camden’s current plan to increase police presence at schools is short-term, as officials talk about what to do for next school year.

3 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium.
Politics & Policy

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

The nation's governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

3 years ago

Three police officers walk towards a car.
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting

The Justice Department says it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand in front of a memorial to the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Community

Uvalde tells Biden to ‘do something’; he pledges ‘we will’

A crowd in Uvalde, Texas, has urged President Joe Biden to “do something” after the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman.

3 years ago

Myra Maxwell speaks at a podium with a sign stating the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in front of her.
Community

Philly DA’s office group that offers compassion to victims’ families seeks some for itself

Members of the DA’s office CARES team asked for some compassion for the people working to help others at their worst moments in life.

3 years ago

A close-up of Vice President Kamala Harris, dressed in black, pointing emphatically as she speaks at the funeral of one of the victims of the Buffalo shooting attack.
Community

VP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: ‘We will come together’

The last of the victims of a gunman’s racist attack on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket has been memorialized at a funeral service that became a call to action.

3 years ago

Law enforcement personnel are gathered outside of the school following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Community

Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe

Authorities acknowledged that children and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway.

3 years ago

A memorial in front of a sign saying Robb Elementary School.
NPR
Community

The U.S is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence

The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other wealthy nation.

3 years ago

Activists, politicians, and faith leaders gather for a rally at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, calling for legislators to act to stop gun violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Gun violence activists call for stronger legislation to stop mass shootings, street violence

Lawmakers and activists gathered in Philadelphia Friday to demand stronger statewide action on firearm legislation.

3 years ago

A Wilmington police car
Courts & Law

2 men sentenced for ‘horrific’ shooting spree that left Newark woman dead, Wilmington child maimed

Keyonna Perkins’ killing and Ja’Shown Banner’s shooting occurred 20 miles apart on the same day while the gunmen hunted for Perkins’ boyfriend.

3 years ago

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