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Gun Violence

Lee Horton and Dennis
Community
Billy Penn

Freed after wrongful convictions, the Horton brothers want to stop Philly gun violence

They've been trying to get officials to discuss their anti-violence plan, but realize “it may feel a little uncomfortable to defer to the ideas of prisoners for solutions.”

4 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Courts & Law

Feds charge two Philly men in string of armed robberies at Latino businesses

The pair hit five businesses in the Feltonville and Juniata sections between Nov. 21 and Dec. 6. One business was robbed twice in two days.

4 years ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2022. On Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced legislation aimed at letting private citizens file lawsuits to enforce a ban on assault weapons. The bill is modeled after a Texas law that lets private citizens enforce a ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected
Politics & Policy

California bill would allow citizens to enforce weapons ban

A California bill would allow private citizens to go after gun makers in the same way Texas allows them to target abortion providers.

4 years ago

In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter listens during a sentencing hearing Feb. 18, 2022 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who said she confused her Taser and her handgun before shooting Wright during a traffic stop, was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in Wright
Courts & Law

Judge sentences cop who killed Daunte Wright to 2 years

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright has been sentenced to two years in prison.

4 years ago

Attorney General Kathy Jennings (at microphone) says straw purchases are a prevalent menace. (State of Delaware)
Courts & Law

‘Real evil of straw purchases’ revealed in Delaware firearms cases

Delaware prosecutors say guns obtained illegally via straw purchases include one woman who bought her boyfriend a gun used in a Dover murder.

4 years ago

(From left) Randi McGinn, Brian Panish and Jesse Creed, attorneys for the family of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, take part in a news conference alongside portraits of Hutchins and her family, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. The family of Hutchins is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie producers of “Rust” for wrongful death, the attorneys said Tuesday
Courts & Law

Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ set

Lawyers for Halyna Hutchins' family announced a lawsuit filed in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son at a Los Angeles news conference Tuesday.

4 years ago

A mourner kneels beside 26 teddy bears
Courts & Law

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington in 2015, saying the company should have never sold such a dangerous weapon to the public.

4 years ago

A general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center
Courts & Law

Court rules against Philadelphia lost gun reporting law

One of the judges says the decision is legally correct but warns it also puts people’s lives at risk.

4 years ago

Sadiq Sellers leans against a fence in Philly
Community

Humanity behind the headlines: Black men on surviving in Philly

On the heels of Philly’s most violent year in decades, Tyler Campbell spoke to fellow Black men about the city’s gun violence crisis, survival, and kinship.

4 years ago

Listen 4:40
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner addresses the media
Courts & Law

$5 million for forensics is only a ‘drop in the bucket,’ says Philly DA

Krasner suggested a substantial increase in forensics funding would result in more arrests and convictions.

4 years ago

A crime scene investigator works on the scene of a mass shooting
Community

Philly launches new victim advocate office amid ongoing violence crisis

Family members of city crime victims shared they are grateful to see the creation of a new office dedicated to their support.

4 years ago

File photo: The Minneapolis skyline is shown Thursday, July 11, 2019, behind the Mississippi River.  (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Courts & Law

Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock entries

The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.

4 years ago

Philadelphia police at the scene of a shooting near Olney Transportation Center on Feb. 17, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Homicides, shootings begin trending down in Philly

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw stressed that even though the numbers are down, people are still dying and families are losing loved ones on a daily basis.

4 years ago

File photo: DA Larry Krasner speaking in Fairmount during his weekly violence briefing on January 31, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA: Murders are down compared to this time last year

Philadelphia’s District Attorney says homicides are down for the first time this year, and a new initiative is looking to help younger offenders take a path away from crime.

4 years ago

Karla Chavez, of the social activist group Chiactivists, puts up a sign at a memorial for 8 year old Melissa Ortega in Chicago on January 24, 2022. - Ortega was walking with her mother in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on January 22 when she was struck by stray bullets after an unknown offender shot multiple times in their direction. (Photo by Paul Beaty / AFP) (Photo by PAUL BEATY/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Gun violence is killing more children. The pandemic may be playing a role

4 years ago

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