gun violence
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2 Ohio Brothers With BB Guns Arrested in Park, Ordered to Write Tamir Rice Essays
The situation is eerily, scarily familiar. Two young brothers from Parma, Ohio, were playing in a park with a pair of BB guns when police were called to the scene. According to the Washington Post, the orange tips that normally distinguish the toys from a real gun had been removed. A 911 caller reported the…
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Baltimore Rapper Lor Scoota Shot and Killed After Rallying to Stop City Violence
Tyriece Travon Watson, better known as rapper Lor Scoota, was working hard to try to stop violence in his hometown of Baltimore. Tragically, just a short while after leaving a charity basketball game he had hosted to promote such peace, Lor Scoota was shot and killed, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, police…
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NJ Mom Facing Charges After 5-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother
A New Jersey mother is facing multiple charges after her 5-year-old son shot his 4-year-old brother in the head while playing with her gun, killing the younger child, the Washington Post reports. The shooting, which authorities have classified as accidental, occurred at the family’s East Orange, N.J., home around 11 a.m. Saturday, the Jersey Journal…
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Philadelphia Mother Charged With Murder in Shooting Death of 4-Year-Old
The mother of a 4-year-old girl who shot and killed herself inside her home has been charged with third-degree murder, according to ABC 6 Philadelphia. Shakeia Holmes, 25, of North Philadelphia is now in jail, and an arrest warrant for her boyfriend, Demetrius Williams, has been issued. He is facing involuntary manslaughter charges. Police say the…
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Final Okla. Teen Sentenced in Murder of Australian Student
The final Oklahoma teenager involved in the 2013 shooting death of an Australian student has been sentenced, CBS News reports. James Edwards Jr., now 18, was the last of four teens to be sentenced in the murder of 22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was shot to death while jogging in Duncan, Okla. Lane was in the…
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Report: Ill. Man Charged With Weapons Offense Told Police He Acquired Illegal Gun Through Social Media Site
Round Lake Park, Ill., police say that a man who was apprehended early Sunday on charges of possession of a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun told them that he acquired the gun through social media, the Chicago Tribune reports. Osvaldo Colon 21, faces charges including aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of cannabis after being pulled over…
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Jam Master Jay’s Brother Says His Death May Be a Cold Case, but It’s Far From Closed
If you don’t know his name, you know the legendary hip-hop group from which he hailed: Run-DMC. Jam Master Jay was the famed DJ who literally became the band for Run (now known as Rev. Run) and DMC. Jay had an innovative way of reworking riffs from classic guitar records and making them sound unique,…
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Father of 3 Shot Dead in Car on Chicago’s South Side
A Chicago father of three was found shot dead in a car Sunday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. Dwayne Triplett, 32, leaves behind his 12-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 8 and 9. The children’s mother died a little more than a year ago, the children’s grandfather told the news site. “I was scared for…
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It’s Easier to Blame Hip-Hop for Concert Shootings Than It Is to Address America’s Violence
As common as death by gun in America is, the hand that holds the gun often defines how those deaths are depicted. So it was not surprising to see the kind of reaction generated by one man being killed and three people being wounded at a T.I. concert in New York City recently. It concerned…
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Son Allegedly Shoots Father at Repast for Brother’s Funeral Service in Baltimore
The police are investigating a shooting that occurred at the New Song Worship & Arts Center in Baltimore after a son pulled a gun on his father at the post-funeral repast for his brother, the Baltimore Sun reports. Authorities say that the brother of Antonio Addison, a 22-year-old who was killed in West Baltimore last month,…