More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial disparities — in states with more permissive gun policies, according to a new ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

At least 28 people have been shot, six fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.

While city staff said the program had been a long time coming, the vote eerily came on the same night that a 14-year-old boy was injured in a shooting in ...

The Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) program, which began in February 2024, has resulted in ...

A suspect is dead after allegedly shooting and killing two women at a Kentucky church and injuring a state trooper, officials said.

Is ShotSpotter helping catch killers? Cleveland has spent $2.8 million on the tool, and there is growing evidence that it is ...

On "Our Chicago," we talked with two leaders in the fight to reduce gun violence about the successes and what still needs to be done.

Seven people were killed and 37 others were shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, with a 16-year-old girl becoming ...

At least 50 people have been shot, six fatally, in gun violence across the city so far this Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said. ABC7 is tracking holiday weekend shootings from the morning of ...

It happened outside a restaurant as people were leaving an album release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz. Another mass shooting happened at a club that operated from the same address in 2022.