Gun Violence

Two measures regulating the sale and use of guns in Delaware were approved by the State Senate Thursday afternoon.

City health officials said the new plan will take a more preventative approach.

Philly is spending more on policing now than in the past, yet PPD can’t budget for anti-violence work amid a homicide crisis, the Commissioner Outlaw said.

About $25.8 million has been pledged for such groups or causes by nearly 30 philanthropic donors in the aftermath of the shooting.

An L&I spokesperson told NBC10 Monday that they closed Golf and Social Bar due to coronavirus violations.

West Philadelphian Amir Bey Richardson writes about his experiences with guns and how U.S. history and struggles for white power have shaped them.

Four of the wounded were in critical condition and three were stable, news outlets reported. A person of interest was in custody.

“We are robbing our children of a childhood,” said an organizer of Friday’s rally at City Hall.

Last week's mass shooting at an Asian massage parlor was another example of the anti-Asian racism which has heightened with the pandemic. But this racism is far from new.

“This Senate will be different,” said Schumer, D-N.Y. “The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.”

Authorities said Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was from the Denver suburb of Arvada and that he engaged in a shootout with police inside the Boulder store.

Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.

This week; how is Philly's Asian community reacting to the shootings in Atlanta? A new app designed to reduce gun violence is coming soon. And, keeping migrating birds safe.

The victim was shot at the Market-Frankford Line's 15th Street Station late Sunday night, SEPTA said.

Lawmakers and advocates say if the suspect in the deadly Atlanta-area shootings had been forced to wait before getting a gun, he might not have acted on his impulse.