Gun Violence

How residents in Mantua and Kensington are pushing for change.

A listening tour has surfaced new suggestions — but some of them are already in the works.

The use of social media for bragging about violent acts is on the increase in Philadelphia. Police say young people aren’t realizing the true reality of their actions.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said there was insufficient evidence to charge the officers in the deaths.

According to the Action News data journalism team, the homicide rate is now up 8% from last year, which broke a somber record.

Domestic assaults with guns have almost doubled over the last five years. Philadelphia City Council heard from victims and others about how to work on the issue.

The new play “Childhoodslost Chronicles” features teenage actors, showing gun violence through their eyes. It runs this weekend at the Arts Bank on South Broad Street.

Philadelphia has set aside funding for community groups combating gun violence. But nonprofit leaders say actually getting the money has been a challenge.

A Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a 12-year-old that allegedly shot at police will lose his job. Philadelphia’s police commissioner calls the shooting a tragedy.

Residents and community partners can attend in person or virtually to provide feedback on the city’s anti-violence strategy.

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.

Las Vegas police say 14 people were shot before dawn at a hookah parlor and that one man died and two people suffered critical injuries.

Police say a bullet pierced the window of Internal Affairs, nobody inside was injured.